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Lessons and Practice Sessions
Beginners Lessons

We run beginners lessons at the Deva Bridge Club on Thursday afternoons (starting at 1.15 pm). Each lesson is £5 per person (cashless, pay on arrival) which includes teaching, handouts, playing practice hands with advice from the teacher/helpers and a break for tea/coffee and biscuits. Please ensure that you arrive in time to park, pay and get seated before the lesson starts.

We also run an email mailing list which can be very helpful for homework, reminders etc. and for pupils to ask us questions.

The programme of beginners lessons is in stages to help pupils progress from knowing nothing about bridge to being able to play a competent but basic game. This staged approach is also helpful for people who need to refresh themselves on some parts of the basics of bidding and play. The stages are:

  1. Minibridge
  2. Opening bids and basic declarer play
  3. Responses and rebids
  4. Competitive auctions and
  5. Strong hands, conventions and pre-empts.

Don't worry if these terms don't mean anything to you at this stage - just come along and enjoy!

Our beginners programme starts on the first Thursday in October and runs through (with breaks for Christmas and Easter) to the end of April. Please don't worry if you have missed the first lesson or two or are going to be away. We will be happy to help you catch up.

For more information please email: lessons@devabridgeclub.co.uk.

Improvers (and advanced) Lessons

The improvers lessons are similar in format to the beginners lessons but take place at 10 am on Thursdays.

We run a rolling programme of improvers lessons over two years so you can drop in or out as it suits your needs. Once again we will be happy to help you catch up if you miss any lessons.

There is also an advanced class this year on Friday evenings at 7pm.

For more information please email: lessons@devabridgeclub.co.uk.

Supervised Play

We run two programmes of supervised play:

There is a supervised social play programme which runs all year round on Monday afternoons starting at 1pm. These sessions provide an ideal opportunity for less experienced players to play in a more realistic environment but with plenty of help available and no time pressure or competitive element involved. They are charged at the normal club rate of £3 per session for club members and £4 per session for visitors. On 1st and 3rd Mondays these sessions are run as "fundays" when we have a TD and use BridgeMates - good preparation for playing in club regular sessions. 

Also, once the Thursday lessons have finished we run supervised play sessions on Thursday afternoons until the end of July. These work in the same way as the beginners lessons (1.15 pm start, £5 pay on the door etc.) but give you a chance to practice using randomly dealt hands with support and advice on bidding and play.

Please check the calendar to ensure that the session you want to attend is being held.