1. We aim to make learning bridge exciting, friendly and fun.  There is nothing serious about good bridge!

2. We cover all the important aspects of bridge in nine months.

3. We offer regular pay-as-you-go Bridge Coaching for those who have completed the course so you can continue to improve your bridge.

4. We publish an Amazon.co.uk best selling book "Acol From Scratch" designed specifically to cover all three courses costing just £10 in class.

5. If you need to miss a week you can choose to take two lessons in one week and stay on track. That's because we offer the same lesson at different times over a two week period.

6. For Beginner's and Club Bridge I there are Sunday catch-ups where all the main lessons are given again for those who were away.

7. Every fourth lesson is a summary of the previous three lessons allowing you to can keep up if you miss a lesson or just need help on a particular topic.

8. Every lesson features duplicated hands so that all tables play the same cards together allowing for group discussion.

9. We don't just want you to play, we want you to win.

10. Our courses are not available from anyone else.

The Acol bidding system was invented at the Acol Bridge Club in North London some time in the 1930s.  It was popularised by Terrance Reese a bridge writer who won the Bermuda Bowl (World title) for Britain in 1955.  Acol is not the world's best bidding system, it is however the unofficial British Standard.  You can turn up at pretty much any bridge club in Britain and play with a new partner if you know Acol.  For this reason it's the system you should learn first.

The system I teach is very close to Standard English "Modern Acol" but has a few slight differences.  I've documented and listed the differences in the course book.  To play with a new player down your local club you can download my convention card and most players will be able to play it without discussion.  For less experienced partners you can download a new partner questionnaire to make sure you're on the same wavelength.

Five Card Majors

The bad news is that Acol is not the World Standard for the following reasons:

• 95% of bridge players around the world play five card majors.

• Acol is a four card major system.

• 95% of teams at the 2013 Bermuda Bowl played a five card major system.

• If you want to play on line you will need to know five card majors.

The good news is that our version of Acol is designed to change to Standard American with just a few simple changes.  This is not true of most versions of Acol.