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The Beginner’s Course is designed for those who wish to learn the game from scratch, with no prior knowledge assumed. We closely follow the English Bridge Union recommended path to learning, starting with MiniBridge.
Students are encouraged to start playing in 'Supervised Play' sessions towards the end of Term 1 onwards. When they feel comfortable students are encouraged to play in the other sessions aimed at Beginners and Improvers (click here to find out more about these sessions).
The lesson schedule is shown below the cost is £180.00 per term which includes all course materials.
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Beginner’s Term 1
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Beginner’s Term 2
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Beginner’s Term 3
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Beginner’s Term 4
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01. Getting Started with Minibridge
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11. Responding with a New Suit or NT Bid
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21. Attitude Signals and Discards
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31. Opening 2NT
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02. Playing Minibridge with Trumps
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12. Opener’s Minimum Rebids (when Unbalanced)
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22. Overcalling a Suit
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32. Opening 2 Clubs
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03. Introducing Declarer Play
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13. Opener’s Strong Rebids (when Unbalanced)
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23. Making a NT Overcall
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33. Slam Bidding
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04. Introducing Defence
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14. Opener’s Strong Rebids (with a Balanced Hand)
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24. Take-Out Doubles
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34. Vulnerability, Doubling and Introducing Pre-empts
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05. Recap on Declarer Play and Defence
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15. Recap on Opener’s Rebids
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25. Recap on The Competitive Auction
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35. Three Weak Twos
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06. The Auction, Opening 1NT and Balanced Hand Responses
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16. Uncontested Bidding Revision
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26. 4-4-4-1 Hands
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36. Coping with Opposition Pre-empts and Weak Twos
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07. Responding to 1NT with an Unbalanced Hand
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17. Declarer Play Techniques in NT Contracts 1
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27. The Stayman Convention
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37. Recap On Pre-empts and Weak 2s
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08. Recap on 1NT Responses
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18. Declarer Play Techniques in NT Contracts 2
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28. Defensive Cardplay vs. NT Contracts
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38. Review of Declarer Play Techniques
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09. Opening 1-of-a-Suit and Limit Raises
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19. Declarer Play Techniques in a Trump Contract
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29. Defensive Cardplay vs. Suit Contracts
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39. Review of Defensive Cardplay
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10. Term 1 Revision
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20. Declarer Play Revision
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30. Revision
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40. 5332s and Bending the Rules
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