| New Location for Wednesday Bridge |
Starting from September 2nd 2026 and primarily due to increasing numbers we will be meeting at a new location: Church Hall, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Cambourne Avenue, Bedgrove, Aylesbury, HP21 7AH.
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| September 8th |
We will play a set of randomly generated hands.
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| Lesson on Five Card Majors and Strong No-Trump |
The final lesson of my Beginner's Course covers Five Card Majors and Strong No-Trump. It will take place at the Oaks Cafe on September 7th at 10:00 and will last about two hours. This is the same session that I have run previously. I am opening this lesson up to anyone who is not doing the beginner's course - if any member of the club would like to attend please let me know in person or on paulbridgelessons@gmail.com.The charge for those not attending the beginner's course will be £10.
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| Whatsapp Group |
To make it fair for everyone I am outlining some rules to help everything run smoothly.
We have a Whatsapp group to manage attendance to the sessions. A poll will be sent out on Tuesday so you can reserve a place. Please respond by 9 a.m. on the morning of the session to make sure you can play. I will always try to find a place for anyone who books late or turns up without booking but this cannot be guaranteed.
Apart from exceptional circumstances there is a limit of six tables or 24 people. At present (January 2026) 30 people are invited. Bookings are recorded in date/time order so if more than 24 people wanted to come, it would have to be based on the 1st come, 1st served principle.
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| Continuing Bridge Course |
Continuing Bridge Course
There are twelve lesson left in this course and the lesson topics and dates are shown below.
The lessons take place at the Oaks Cafe, Elm Court, Elm Farm Rd, Aylesbury HP21 7NQ on a Monday afternoon at 2p.m.on a roughly fortnightly basis and will cost £10 per lesson. To guarantee a place you can pay in advance in blocks of five - if you miss any of the five you will not be charged for that lesson. If there are spare places for a lesson they will be available to anyone who wants to join on a first come, first served basis. Please get in touch at paulbridgelessons@gmail.com if you want any further information or to join the course.
The topics that will be covered are:
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Number of Lessons
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Dates
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Lesson Subjects
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Tidying up and bending the rules
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2
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Sep 21
Oct 5
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Showing Shape
Bidding awkward hands
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Defenders Play
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3
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Oct 19
Nov 2
Nov 16
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Signals and discards
Count signal on declarers lead
Making tricks with trumps
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Slam bidding
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2
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Nov 30
Dec 14
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Review of what we know and use of Blackwood
Cue bidding
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The final countdown
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5
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2027
Jan 4
Jan 18
Feb 1
Feb 15
Mar 1
Mar 15
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Landy defence to a 1NT opening bid
4441 hands
The Unassuming Cue Bid
Signals in the trump suit
Duplicate tactics
End of year competition
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