Note: all places are now filled.  Keep watching for future courses.

We are running a beginner's bridge session from January 2024 - you will not need to have any previous experience in playing Bridge.

If you are already a tennis or croquet member, you'll be able to play bridge within your existing membership.  All you will need to do is pay the £1 table money per session, and when you start the course, buy the book that accompanies the course.

Details (as they stand) added below:

• Follow the English Bridge Education & Development’s (EBED) Bridge for All course - this will be a 30 week Year One course run over three terms of 10 weeks.

• The classes are around 2 hours in length.  Mainly hands on interactive sessions.  There will be some light flip-board explanation of the current lesson, followed by a combination of examples, practice cards, quizzes, demonstrations etc, followed by a recap of what students have learnt.  There may also be homework for students to complete between lessons.

• The course will be held in the meeting room of the East Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (directions):

Salterns Road

Lower Parkstone

POOLE 

Dorset 

BH14 8BL

• We’re hoping to have 8 students - this allows for two tables of four - which will be ideal for students to learn to play bridge.

• We're planning on running the course Friday afternoons from 2pm to 4pm, with a 15 minute break.

• The Bridge lessons will be free.  However, students are required to join the club and pay the usual fees for any session you play.

• For the remainder of the current year ‘23-‘24 this will be £35 for the Bridge section membership.  This would cover the time frame for the first term of the Bridge for All course.  The ‘24-‘25 Bridge section membership is expected to be £65.  You would need this if/when we run the 2nd and 3rd terms.

• There is a fee of £1 per session (table money) to cover incidentals.

• Students will be expected to buy the Beginning Bridge One book that accompanies the course.  It is expected to cost £21.90.  Do not buy this directly, as you’ll end up paying a lot more.

• Reservations for the course will be on a first come first served basis.

If you are interested then contact either Martin Webb (07595 453 913) or Sarah Cloke (07919 488502) to reserve a place.