Seminar Program Spring 2026
The seminars will run on the 2nd & 4th Saturday’s of the month, starting on 24th January & finishing on 28th March.
The “lesson” part of the seminar will last for around 45 minutes, followed by practice hands to reinforce the learning, there will be a “coffee” break after an hour.
Seminar 1 – 24th January 2026 – Declarer play in No trumps (Steve)
This seminar is suitable for all levels of players, including beginners.
We will look at how we cope with the defence having a good suit in which we have only 1 “stop” & the concept of “danger hand”, which that situation often creates. Also we will look at how we can set up a long suit in an otherwise weak hand. End play tactics (including squeezes) will be looked at briefly.
Seminar 2 – 14th February 2026 – Where’s the Queen of Hearts? (Roman Key Card Blackwood) (Helga)
We realise that many of you will already use Roman Key Card Blackwood (RKCB) – however how many of you that do know about asking for the Queen of trumps after a 5§/¨ response? Helga will show you how we can do that.
Seminar 3 – 28th February 2026 – Cue Bidding to find the Slam (Sue)
This seminar will show you how Cue Bidding can help you find slams that you’d avoid using just RKCB.
Adventurous Beginners would find both this seminar & Seminar 2 of interest, although the bidding processes which often leads to slams will only be covered towards the end of their 3rd term.
Seminar 4 – 14th March 2026 – Revision of transfer responses to 1NT (Helga)
Everyone apart from Beginners would find this seminar useful. It will include looking at the full McKendrick 2ª convention.
Seminar 5 – 28th March 2026 – Defence vs NT’s (Steve)
This would be relevant to everyone. Opening lead is often key to defending NT contracts, so this will be focused on. But there will be lots of advanced tips.
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