Anyone interested in teaching this session either face to face or online please contact 

Tim Wickens at  highland@education.sbu.org.uk

Classes this year 23-24

Elgin  Contact David Angus Elgin Bridge Centre. David will continue and finish course with current beginners and peohaps start a new beginners in January

Ness Bridge Club  Beginners' Evening Class starts on Tuesday 10th October 2023 Face to face  Iain Slinn  ;   www.bridgewebs.com/ness

                                Ness Club  class also run an improvers group providing play experience and advice on tuesday evenings.

U3A Online Across Scotland   Open to any U3A member across Scotland 

                                Beginners 9.45 on Fri mornings from 29th Sept online (Open to any U3A member)  Contact Ann Wickens 

                                Play and Learn Play and Learn 10.30 with discussion of hands online at 12.00 fom 30th Sept Contact Ann Wickens 

                                Fortnightly lessons with tournament and discussion afterwards  and tournaments followed by discussion on alternate weeks

Four Directions club  Lessons are for intermediate players, and will now be given every second Monday (2 to 4 pm) from 18th September in the Craigmonie Hotel, Inverness. Those                                               interested should email:  margaretkingsmills@outlook.com

There may also be other learning opportunities. Please contact Tim Wickens if none of the above suit you.

Represntatives from Scotland England Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Wales have been colloborating to share learning resources especially for young people.

Anyone with additional material that they wish to share may send to  highland@education.sbu.org.uk This is a work in progress and material and links will be added

EBED  minibridge 

Glasgow High School course

Bridge 

Minibridge 

New Tricks videos and compatible resources

Module 1

The deck of cards, rankings within suits from 2 to ace and suit rankings. Dealing the cards and sorting your hand.

Module 1 video

Module 1 Powerpoint

Module 2

Basics of trick-taking. Play in NT, set-up of declarer, dummy and two defenders.

Module 2 video NT NT

NT Quiz Modules 1 & 2

Deal File 2 SBU Hand Sheet 2 SBU

Module 2 Powerpoint SBU

Supplementary videos:

Aces, Kings & Queens Part One

Aces, Kings and Queens Part Two

Unscrambling Suits

Practice Level One Bridge

Module 2 deal files

Module 3

Card play in trumps - how trumping works. Very simple strategies for declarer and defenders.

Module 3 video

NT Quiz Module 3

Module 3 deal file SBU Mod 3 Hand Sheet SBU

Supplementary videos:

The Master Trump (Declarer)

The Master Trump (Defenders)

Module 3 Powerpoint

Hand sheets

Module 4 

Scoring (minibridge style, so no vulnerability, doubles or slam bonuses). 

Module 4 video. NB This video will be replaced shortly with new version omitting slam bonuses. The quiz also contains one question that mentions slam bonus so I will add link once that has been removed.

NT Quiz Module 4

NT Level 2 Scoring Table

Module 4 Powerpoint

Module 4 deal files

Hand sheets

Module 5 

How good are your hands together? HCP and simple ideas on the importance of distribution. 

Module 5 video

NT Quiz Module 5

Powerpoint

Deal files

Hand sheets

Module 6: Taking more tricks.  Broken down into:

Module 6.1: Top tricks - explaining the difference between guaranteed and potential tricks. Simple explanation of when it might be important to take your top tricks.

Module 6.1 video

NT Quiz Module 6.1

Module 6.1 Powerpoint

Module 6.2: Suit potential - idea of knocking out opponents’ high cards to establish suits. Introduction to ideas of how suits are likely to break

Module 6.2 video

NT Quiz Module 6.2

Module 6.2 Powerpoint

Module 6.2 Deal files

Hand sheets

Module 6.3: The finesse.  Examples of a few basic types of finesse.

Module 6.3 video

NT Quiz Module 6.3

Module 6.3 Powerpoint 

Module 6.3 deal files

Hand sheets

Module 6.4: Using the trump suit.  Introduces the idea of the ‘long trump hand’, making extra tricks by ruffing in the short hand and why you don’t always want to draw trumps straight away.

Module 6.4 video

NT Quiz Module 6.4

Module 6.4 Powerpoint

Deal files

Hand sheets

Module 6.5: Using dummy’s side suit. Establishing long suits in dummy by ruffing them good where necessary.

Module 6.5 video

NT Quiz Module 6.5

Module 6.5 Powerpoint

Deal files

Hand sheets

Module 7: Defence.  Broken down into:

Module 7.1: Opening leads.  Leading from shortage vs rump contracts and length vs NT.  Top of honour sequences.

Module 7.1 video

NT Quiz Module 7.1

Module 7.1 Powerpoint

Deal files

Hand sheets

Module 7.2: Effective defence.  Trying to think from declarer’s perspective and foil their plans

Module 7.2 video

NT Quiz Module 7.2

Module 7.2 Powerpoint

Deal files

Hand sheets

Module 7.3: Attitude signals on opening leads and discards - low=like, high = hate.

Module 7.3 video

NT Quiz Module 7.3

Module 7.3 Powerpoint

Deal files

Hand sheets