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Bridge Teaching
Bridge Teaching

A 2-year Bridge for Beginners course will start in October 2026.

We invite anyone keen to find out about the game of bridge and to learn how to play to join us, meet new friends, and have fun together.

We are also starting a series of sorter courses for intermediate players with a wide choice of topics on offer.

For more details, contact Peter Rice

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Bridge Lessons for Intermediate/Improving Players

Bridge Topics for Intermediate / Improving Players

We have reserved a slot on Wednesday afternoons from 4:30 before the club duplicate session starts. From October this will be for the new beginners course. Up to them, we can offer any of the following topics for club member and anyone else who is interested.

Please contact Peter Rice if you would like to learn more about any of these topics. Each topic will take from 1 to 3 weeks to cover.

Topic Sessions
Responding to a 1NT Opening 2
Overcalling a 1NT Opening 1
Overcalling in a suit 2
Competing after an overcall 2
Two suited overcalls 1
Opening leads (suit and NT contracts) 1
Leads in defence 1
Defensive signalling (attitude, count, suit preference) 2
Declarer play in a suit contract 1
Declarer play in a NT contract 1
Declarer play – an extra trick with squeezes and endplays 1
Slam bidding 1
Responder bidding to game 2
Inverted minors 1
Weak 2 openings  1
Competing against weak-2 and pre-empt openings 1
Strong 2 openings 1
Multi 2-diamond opening 1
Duplicate pairs tactics 1
Hand evaluation and the losing trick count 1
Fourth suit forcing 1
Five card majors 1

 

 

 

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