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Results
CLUBHOUSE - Monday Afternoon
Director: Alan Mawdsley
CLUBHOUSE - Monday Evening
Director: Pip Smitham
BBO - Monday Gentle Duplicate
10:00
RealBridge - Swiss Pairs
17:30-18:30
Sunday Coffee and Cake
Director: Annabel Burrows
CLUBHOUSE - Club Teams Championship
11:00
Director: Richard Banbury
RealBridge - Supervised Play
10:30
CLUBHOUSE - Friday Morning Gentle
Director: Vic Martin
Calendar
18th Mar 2024
CLUBHOUSE - Afternoon Duplicate
13:30
Host: Nick Elmslie
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18th Mar 2024
CLUBHOUSE - Evening Duplicate
19:30
Host: Wanted
18th Mar 2024
CLUBHOUSE - Bidding and Play Workshop
19:30
19th Mar 2024
CLUBHOUSE - Gentle Duplicate
10:00
Host: Terri Wright
19th Mar 2024
CLUBHOUSE - Ploughmans & Mini Swiss Pairs
13:30
Host: Wanted
19th Mar 2024
RealBridge - Refresh & Practise
10:30
19th Mar 2024
RealBridge - Teams
17:45
20th Mar 2024
CLUBHOUSE - Bidding and Play Workshop
10:00
Beginners’ Course Syllabus
Terms & lessons comprising the Beginners' Course

The Beginner’s Course is designed for those who wish to learn the game from scratch, with no prior knowledge assumed.  We closely follow the English Bridge Union recommended path to learning, starting with MiniBridge.

Students are encouraged to start playing in 'Supervised Play' sessions towards the end of Term 1 onwards.  When they feel comfortable students are encouraged to play in the other sessions aimed at Beginners and Improvers (click here to find out more about these sessions).

The lesson schedule is shown below the cost is £180.00 per term which includes all course materials.

 

Beginner’s Term 1

Beginner’s Term 2

Beginner’s Term 3

Beginner’s Term 4

01. Getting Started with Minibridge

11. Responding with a New Suit or NT Bid

21. Attitude Signals and Discards

31. Opening 2NT

02. Playing Minibridge with Trumps

12. Opener’s Minimum Rebids (when Unbalanced)

22. Overcalling a Suit

32. Opening 2 Clubs

03. Introducing Declarer Play

13. Opener’s Strong Rebids (when Unbalanced)

23. Making a NT Overcall

33. Slam Bidding

04. Introducing Defence

14. Opener’s Strong Rebids (with a Balanced Hand)

24. Take-Out Doubles

34. Vulnerability, Doubling and Introducing Pre-empts

05. Recap on Declarer Play and Defence

15. Recap on Opener’s Rebids

25. Recap on The Competitive Auction

35. Three Weak Twos

06. The Auction, Opening 1NT and Balanced Hand Responses

16. Uncontested Bidding Revision

26. 4-4-4-1 Hands

36. Coping with Opposition Pre-empts and Weak Twos

07. Responding to 1NT with an Unbalanced Hand

17. Declarer Play Techniques in NT Contracts 1

27. The Stayman Convention

37. Recap On Pre-empts and Weak 2s

08. Recap on 1NT Responses

18. Declarer Play Techniques in NT Contracts 2

28. Defensive Cardplay vs. NT Contracts

38. Review of Declarer Play Techniques

09. Opening 1-of-a-Suit and Limit Raises

19. Declarer Play Techniques in a Trump Contract

29. Defensive Cardplay vs. Suit Contracts

39. Review of Defensive Cardplay

10. Term 1 Revision

20. Declarer Play Revision

30. Revision

40. 5332s and Bending the Rules