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Bridge School - Beginners and Intermediates

Bridge Tuition is organised by the Pall Mall Bridge Circle Committee, and centres around courses for Bridge Beginners and Intermediates.  

NB: all lessons have to be booked in advance, and courses are booked and charged for by the term.

Bridge tuition is provided by Mike Eden (Beginners) and Anne Catchpole (Intermediates) --  both bridge wizards!  Their objectives are to prepare players to participate in the main duplicate section in a friendly environment.Mike Eden

 

 

Beginners Tuition

We hold a weekend introductory course every year in September which is designed to give people who have never played bridge before an introduction to the game.

There will be another course for beginners starting in September 2025, this is held on Wednesday evenings from 19:00 to 21:00 and the charge is taken by the term.  The course is taught by our new wonderful teacher Mike Eden.

We follow a course designed by the English Bridge Union and students are expected to attend regularly and do homework. This finishes in July and students then move onto the Intermediate group.

 

 

Intermediate TuitionAnne Catchpole

Intermediate lessons are held on a Thursday evening along side the Duplicate.  Our teacher for this course is Anne Catchpole. 

Anne has taught many of our players Bridge in the past and is always a firm favourite!

Students  are then given a Mentor to play with once a month in our Bridge Duplicate, this is very helpful for students in order to get used to playing on Duplicate Club nights. 

 

Last updated : 1st Jul 2025 18:29 BST
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Lesson Schedule for Intermediate students

2026 Schedule of lessons  January to April

January 8th                Transfer 1

Jan 15th                   Transfers 2

Jan 22nd                   Gentle duplicate

Jan 29th                   Continuing the auction

February 5th               When to overcall, and when not to

Feb 12th                   Hand evaluation – not just counting points

Feb 19th                   Gentle duplicate

Feb 26th                  Second hand low, third hand high

Mar 5th                    Negative ( sputnik) doubles

Mar 12th                   Tactics Pairs v teams (scoring)

(Mar 19th                Ross Cope teams )

 

Mar 26th                   Tackling suit combinations

April 2nd                   Transfers 3

Last updated : 5th Jan 2026 15:58 GMT
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