☘️ An ONLINE Bridge Club for Novice & Intermediate Players ☘️ Ireland's 1st Virtual Bridge Lounge - OPEN to all players ☘️
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100% of past students that responded to a survey said they would recommend 'Declan Byrne Bridge' to anyone looking to learn the game of bridge!
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| LEARN BRIDGE ONLINE with Declan Byrne (Sept 2023) |
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All classes take place ONLINE
♦ Morning & Afternoon Only♦
Next Courses Commence
Monday 18th & Tuesday 19th September 2023
Follow on courses in January 2024
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Beginners Term 1 - Monday 10:30am - 12:30pm
Suitable for complete beginners with no prior knowledge of bridge.
Introduction to the game of bridge; Introduction to the ACOL bidding system. Introduction to Club Bridge & Online Bridge; Mini-Bridge, Bridge Scoring; Beginners Bidding & Play; Bridge Hand Evaluation; Opening Bids; Partner's Responses, Basic Card Play and More.
Bid & Play with Guidance - Monday 2pm - 4pm
This course has a wide range of appeal and is suitable for novice, improvers and some intermediate players - bid & play with guidance followed by discussion about the auction and play. Revision of some previously learned elements of bridge are included.
Improver (Level 1) Go further with better bidding - Tuesday 10.30am - 12.30pm
Suitable for progressive novice and intermediate players that want to look beyond opening and responding bids and progress to better contracts with confidence.
A short revision of basic bidding followed by Reverse bidding, Slam bidding, Tournament Play, Card Play & more.
Improver (Level 2) Advanced - Tuesday 2pm - 4pm
Suitable for experienced novice and intermediate players that want to learn about leads, signals & defence.
Also included are popular bidding conventions and methods (Weak 2's, Negative Doubles, Losing Trick Count, Cue Bids).
Course = 10 weeks | 2 hour lessons | €150 per person
All classes are organised ONLINE using a combination of ZOOM & RealBridge/BBO
For further information contact:
Declan Byrne, email: learnbridgeonline@gmail.com
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| What past students said... |
“Thanks a million for such a wonderful introduction to Bridge. I was a hesitant beginner but really enjoy it now, all thanks to your super teaching! I also appreciate the effort you went to making it sociable online - you succeeded, and it’s now lovely to know lots of other beginner bridge players! Thanks again” - Inez (Tipperary)
“Excellent presentation, use of technology & investment of time from Declan. Superb!” - Nora (Kerry)
“I thought the course was brilliant and would highly recommend it to anyone thinking of starting. I really enjoyed the lessons” - Colette (Wicklow)
“A brilliant teacher, communicator and most of all FUN. I highly recommend Declan’s bridge classes for anyone thinking of learning bridge” - Nicola (Meath)
“Really, really impressive teaching style (knowledge taken as a given) and tutor persona” - Noel (Meath)
“A really excellent course and it has given me a great basis to build my bridge skills” - Stephen (Galway)
“I loved the course and think you are an excellent teacher” - Kathleen (Dublin)
"Thanks Declan for the brilliant lessons, a life saver during covid" - Brenda (Cork)
"You are a wonderful teacher and I wish you every success" - John (Galway)
“Thank you Declan!...you are a very good, very patient and communicative teacher” - Maureen (Dublin)
"You are an amazing teacher and made bridge fun to learn. You were right, bridge is addictive" - Annmarie (Meath)
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| Ireland's 1st Realbridge Player's Lounge |
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Reserve your table
Any day - any time
Booking essential
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A GREAT PLACE TO PRACTICE YOUR BRIDGE WITH FRIENDS - OPEN TO ALL BRIDGE PLAYERS
How DB’s Realbridge Lounge works:
- The player’s lounge is a 'virtual' bridge room where you organise three players to meet and play bridge at an agreed time, similar to a private game for fun or practice.
- You need 4 players to fill a table.
- If you sit at a table where the board is not number 1, then leave and sit at another table. (Someone has already played at that table if not on board 1).
- Cost is €4.50 per day, per player.
- Play up to 32 random boards – play some or all.
- Advance booking essential. Email Declan.
- Only sit at a table where boards have not been played already.
- There is no tournament director needed but I'm never far away.
- Come anytime & leave anytime.
Contact Declan: learnbridgeonline@gmail.com
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| DB Bridge MEET UP 2023 |
Many of Declan Byrne's Online bridge students met to play bridge in person. For some, this was their first time playing bridge at a table with real cards. A fantastic and fun day of bridge was enjoyed by all. |
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1st N/S & E/W
Dara & Angela and Ena & John
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 2nd N/S & E/W
Colette & Ailbhe and MaryJo & Tony
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3rd N/S & E/W
Annmarie & Inez and Declan & Tori
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4th N/S & E/W
Marie & Kate and Mary & Katie
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| CBAI NEWSLETTER 2023-2024 |
CLICK HERE to read all about it
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| Irish Bridge Journal |
Issue 3 - Summer 2023
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| What is RealBridge? |
RealBridge takes online bridge to the next level, with built-in video and sound, bringing the true face-to-face experience online. See and speak to your opponents - just like face-to-face bridge. Read More>>>
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| What is BBO? |
BRIDGE BASE ONLINE (BBO) is an online bridge service and is the world largest online bridge community.
How to set-up a BBO account. Read more>>>
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Zoom is a video conferencing service used to virtually meet with others - either by video or audio-only or both, all while conducting live chat. You must have zoom downloaded and set-up on your computer in order to attend these classes.
Download from Zoom website here
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