Beginners Bridge (3Q_2025) - the next steps ....
Now that you have completed your MiniBridge Certificates 1 & 2, you are ready for the formal course of MiniBridge Lessons.
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Realbridge Playing Sessions
To support your NFB lessons, we have prepared practice hands for you to play on RealBridge to reinforce those lessons.
Once you have bid a hand at the table, do not continue with the play until one of our Mentors tell you if you made the correct bid; if you do not have a resident Mentor at the table please click on the Director button and a Mentor will attend your table.
These commentaries provide an additional, more detailed explanation of the recommended bidding.
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Release Date |
ACOL Bidding modules (on NFB) |
RealBridge Playing |
Commentary |
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Hands |
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u3aBD07 |
23-Sep |
Introduction to Bidding, Opening 1NT & Responses |
30-Sep |
U3ABD07 v1 |
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u3aBD08 |
30-Sep |
Opening 1 of a Suit and Raising Opener's Major Suit |
07-Oct |
u3aBC08 v1 |
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u3aBD09 |
07-Oct |
Responding to 1 of a Suit Opening Bid and Rebids |
14-Oct |
u3aBD09 v1.pdf |
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u3aBD10 |
14-Oct |
Opening/Re-bidding with a 1-suited or 2-suited hands |
21-Oct |
u3aBD10 v1.pdf |
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u3aBD11 |
21-Oct |
Responder's 2nd Bid |
28-Oct |
u3aBD11 v2 |
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u3aBD12 |
28-Oct |
Stayman |
04-Nov |
U3ABD12 v2 |
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u3aBD13 |
04-Nov |
Plan the Play ** |
11-Nov ** |
u3aBD13 PTP v4 |
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u3aBD14 |
11-Nov |
Overcalling with a Suit and Responding |
18-Nov |
u3aBD14 v1 |
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u3aBD15 |
18-Nov |
NT Overcalls and Takeout Doubles |
25-Nov |
u3aBD15 v2 |
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u3aBD16 |
25-Nov |
More Overcalls, Penalty Doubles & Duplicate Scoring |
02-Dec |
u3aBD16 v1 |
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u3aBD17 |
02-Dec |
Strong Hands |
09-Dec |
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u3aBD18 |
09-Dec |
Slam Bidding |
16-Dec |
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u3aBD19 |
16-Dec |
Weak Hands - Weak 2s & Pre-empts |
30-Dec |
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23-Dec |
Christmas Break |
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u3aBD20 |
30-Dec |
Opening Leads (and defence) |
06-Jan |
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06-Jan |
Graduation (Roundup) |
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** The commentary for u3aBD13 is in two halves - the first 12 hands are fully described for you.
Hands 13 -19 have been left free for you to fill-in the solution, using the 4 planning steps.
Plan/Re-play your RealBridge hands using the ‘My Hands’ option on Nofearbridge.
Nofearbridge has a powerful teaching tool that allows you to re-play your RealBridge hands on Nofearbridge; not only does it instruct you on the mistakes you've made, it also shows you how to 'plan the play' - full details here
Teaching modules on Nofearbridge
To access the Teaching modules on Nofearbridge (NFB) from w/c 22nd Sept 2025, click here
Realbridge Reinforcement Sessions
These sessions are in response to student feedback and are available to attend as extra sessions in order to revise cumulative lessons.
There will be no MS Teams Session beforehand - just login to RealBridge, by using the appropriate link on the Calendar
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Modules covered |
Commentary.** |
| 06-Nov-25 |
u3aBD07_09 |
u3aBDRE1 v1 |
| 20-Nov-25 |
u3aBD07_12 |
u3aBDRE2 v2 |
| 04-Dec-25 |
u3aBD07_15 |
u3aBDRE3 v1 |
| 18-Dec-25 |
u3aBD07_17 |
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| 06-Jan-26 |
u3aBD07_20 |
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** The Commentary for the Playing session will be available late evening of the playing day
MiniBridge Playing Sessions
This is a schedule of the dates that you will be playing MiniBridge on RealBridge.
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Lesson Description |
Commentary ** |
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| 26 Aug 2025 |
u3aBD01 MiniBridge 1 |
u3aBD01 |
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| 2 Sep 2025 |
u3aBD02 MiniBridge 2 |
u3aBD02 |
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| 9 Sep 2025 |
u3aBD03 MiniBridge 3 |
u3aBD03 |
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| 16 Sep 2025 |
u3aBD04 MiniBridge 4 |
u3aBD04 |
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| 18 Sep 2025 |
u3aBD05 MiniBridge 5 |
u3aBD05 |
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| 23 Sep 2025 |
u3aBD06 Defence |
u3aBD06 v3 |
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** The Commentary for the MiniBridge session will be available late evening of the playing day
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