SUPERVISED PLAY WILL BE TAKING A BREAK OVER THE SUMMER.  THE LAST SESSION WILL BE 9TH JULY.  IT WILL RESTART IN SEPTEMBER - DATE TO BE CONFIRMED.

Continues fortnightly on Wednesday evenings.

• These events are available to all club members.
• No teaching, but there will usually be a theme.
• Commentaries on the hands are provided, usually including recommended bidding.
• The formula is 12 boards, online using RealBridge, with a friendly supervisor at each table who will review and discuss the bidding and card play.
• Starting at 7 o’clock, it should finish around 9 o’clock.
• Each table is independent, going at its own speed, and this allows a spectrum of tables from beginners to advanced.
• Supervisors are there to give advice on bidding and play. Players all help each other.
• The cost is £4 per session, taken from club accounts based on an entry form.

We will need to know who is attending in advance, so we have the right number of supervisors on the day

A partner is not essential. We will pair people up if needed, but it helps enormously if players can find their own partners and make up groups of four.

Please book via the Calendar event on the main website.

The following list contains supervised play topics up to July 2025 which are available on request to run again.  If you have 4 players who would like us to run a particular topic, please ask and we will arrange it.  

1 Defence Mix. Includes standard leads and play by the leader’s partner.

2 Trump Promotions Mix. Some trump promotions but other things too including Bath coup.

3 Trump Control Mix. Drawing trumps, how many to draw and allowing for bad splits.

4 Really Easy Slams. Deals from the EBU book of this name. They’re not that easy!

5 Teams of Four. Random deals.

6 Bid NT with Flat Hand. Different situations with the same guiding principle, and when not to do it.

7 Leading up to High Cards. Very effective if opposition winners are kindly placed.

8 Bidding over 1NT. Doubles, overcall, Landy, and what to do next.

9 Light Opening bids. Minimum opening bids using the Rule of 20 and the subsequent auction.

10 Another Teams of Four. Random deals.

11 Set Up Side Suit. Declarer forms a plan with emphasis on a side suit.

12 Defensive Guidelines Selection. Includes whether to play high or low and covering an honour.

13 Pre-empts and Weak Twos. Making these bids and defending against them.

14 Unusual NT and Michaels. Two conventional overcalls showing 5-5 in two suits.

15 Danger Hand and Elimination. Keeping out one defender, getting defenders to open frozen suits.

16 Heffalump Traps. Done as a Zoom meeting in which we solve these teasers from English Bridge.

17 Checkback. Convention to find out more and look for a major fit after opener rebids in NT.

18 Camrose Trophy. A selection of random deals.

19 Fourth Suit forcing. Understanding this very useful convention.

20 Defenders Lead Trumps. When to do it and why.

21 More Camrose Trophy. A selection of random deals.

22 Planning in Trump Contracts. Declarer forms a Plan.

23 Overcalls over 1NT. Natural overcalls or own system and how to handle by opener’s partner.

24 Random Selection.

25 NT and Transfers. Systems after 1NT and 2NT openings, and NT rebids by opener.

26 Real Slams. A collection of real slam deals from club events in recent years.

27 Cover an Honour. Examples and exceptions to the saying cover an honour with an honour.

28 Swiss Pairs. A selection of random deals.

29 Going Fishing and Deception. Pretend finesses and other deceptive plays.

30 How High to Raise Partner. More than just counting points, also raising with 3-card suit.

31 Yet Another Teams of Four. Random deals.

32 More Planning in Trump Contracts. Declarer forms a Plan.

33 Negative Doubles. A recap on doubles by opener’s partner after an intervening overcall.

34 Defence by Second Hand. When to play high or low including recap of cover an honour.

35 BIABD Charity Pairs Selection. A selection of random deals.

36 All Change after a Double. How a number of bids change their meaning after a take-out double.

37 Running a Long Suit. Defenders under pressure to discard, real or imagined.

38 Pudding Raise. Limit jump bids in NT after a 1 of a suit opening bid.

39 Safety First. A careful approach in the bidding, declarer play and defence.

40 Duck Surprise. Ducking plays to hold up the opposition or to maintain communication.

41 Chidwick Cup Charity Sims Selection. A selection of random deals.

42 Double or Overcall. Choosing between a take-out double, an overcall or maybe a pass.

43 More Chidwick Cup Charity Sims Selection. A selection of random deals.

44 Strong Opening Bids and Reverses. 2NT openers, hands suitable and not suitable to reverse.

45 Yet More Camrose Trophy. A selection of random deals.

46 Unblocking. Suit management and creating entries for both declarer and defence.

47 Danger Hand. Keeping off lead a defender who has tricks to cash.

48 Improve Partner’s Defence. Signalling encouragement or suit preference for a switch.

49 Winners and Losers. Planning for declarer, disposing of losing cards.