From a Cruise Ship Guest November 2025
" Vote for Mr Trump ! "
He fought back bravely from a bout of Gout, To Ensure our bidding had Lots of Clout
Never once was our Guru down in the Dumps, He came back to teach us how to play in Trumps
John and Lulu showed us best ways to score, So on the Questionaire lets give them 10 Points or More
And then The Barkers Should get Good News, Saga will book them for Another Cruise
The Phantom Scribbler - Nov 25
From a Cruise Ship Guest October 2025
Just wanted to say a quick Thank you for all your efforts teaching us Bridge on Ambience. It was hard work but great fun at the same time. i think i went to all the 3 classes each day. Much was way above my head but at least i know what to study
now. When i get a bit more competent I'll try and join the Tuesday evenings that you mentioned You're an inspiration and a great example of a couple living the dream.
Barry C October 2025
From a Cruise Ship Guest October / November 2024
I just wanted to say how much Alison and I enjoyed the Bridge lessons you gave during the cruise. I’ve tried previously to begin to learn the game, only to find I was unable to stay the course. This wasn’t the case with your lessons, which we both thoroughly enjoyed. We also greatly appreciated you giving up your time for the catch up lessons (you’ll recall that, embarrassingly, I forgot to chance our clocks on one of the cruise evenings and we ended up arriving very late for one of the lessons!)
Phil C November 2024
From the Cruise Director on a Cruise August 2024
S2418 - Score 5 - Really great instructors. Would like to see what they can do on longer cruises with more sea days as they had a real impact on this one with people young and old attending, even some children to the beginners.
From a Cruise Ship Holiday we looked after
I joined your classes as a beginner on our first cruise, on the Bolette to the Faroes, Shetland and Orkneys in August, and loved learning the basics. Thank you!
Feedback to First for Bridge after Our Last Holiday July 2023.
Hello Arena Staff, after 10 wonderful days at the Chateau - Wimbledon watching took over - belated want to thank the Bridge Hosts, John and Sarah Barker - they took endless trouble to look after all of us, the slightest problem was resolved, having to fill in requests for daily meals - a task - on outings they had maps printed of the place to visit a day before, clear instructions given before, or in the coach when and where to meet - not only bridge hosts but also excellent tour leaders- totally unexpected and unique - please, convey them again my best wishes and many thanks for all their help which made the holiday even more memorable - Anon July 2023 From a Holiday Questionaire.
I want to celebrate the work of John and Sarah Barker as host of this holiday and Mark as the Director of Bridge on the trip to Challis les Eaux. They were attentive and supportive of all the participants and worked as well coordinated team. I believe the Hosts went out of their way to make the holiday work well for all. It is for this reason that I am giving them 10 out of 10, a mark I have rarely used in the last fifteen years of holidays with First for Bridge and other companies offering similar holidays - Richard C July 23
"Thank you very much for a fantastic 12 week Fast Track Bridge course for beginners. That certainly got the 5 of us playing bridge by the end of the course. I would like to thank you in particular for your patience and understanding of your student's different needs and adjusting the lessons to suit each individual's way of learning.
Thank you so much for making our last lesson with you so very special by organizing such a wonderful surprise for us by inviting 6 lovely people from your club to join us for the evening so enabling us to have a taste of real Duplicate Bridge. The evening was truly enjoyed by all 5 of us and gave us more of a relaxed insight as to what it would be like to play in one of your clubs. Many, many thanks to those, friendly and very helpful members who made the evening such a success and from a personal aspect cleared up a few queries I had been mulling over.
You are doing a wonderful job John in keeping Bridge going in such a fun way and I am sure it will inspire more people to learn to play this great card game. I look forward to continuing learning with you so as to build up my confidence to play at club level. A big thank you again".
Jeanne
"Another Lovely Bridge Weekend at the Links Hotel with John Barker. He is an excellent Host who makes everyone feel welcome. The Bridge is very well run and most enjoyable."
Bridget
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