For complete beginners to bridge, we offer a six-week introductory course that covers the very basics of card play and bidding. Groups are kept small so students have the support they need to develop a firm foundation of understanding.
This is followed by three Practice Hand sessions (to help students to consolidate their learning before they begin Module 1. See Prices and Booking for more details and to book
This course is for complete beginners.The next Introductory course starts Autumn 2024
1. Introducing MiniBridge; playing in No Trumps
2. Defence: leads against a NT contract
3. Playing in Trumps; why choose trumps; drawing trumps
4. Defence: leads against a Trump contract
5. Introducing bidding. Opening 1NT and responding with a balanced hand
6. Responding to 1NT with a weak unbalanced hands.
Here we introduce some key principles and set the foundations for further learning. Each module is taught over ten weekly online sessions and will include bidding, declarer play and defence. Each lesson will include a one hour zoom lesson with a small group so you can ask questions and go over new topics at your pace.The second hour will be a one hour guided session using RealBridge so you can practice and discuss what you have learnt in the lesson. In each module there will be three consolidation sessions where we put together the key points from several previous sessions.
By the end of the first three modules you will be able to play social bridge with and will be clear on basic bidding and play and be ready to learn more so you can play competitive bridge.
The next Module 1 starts in January 2024
The next Module 2 starts in April 2024
1. Defender principles: 2nd Hand Play
2. Bidding Strong Balanced Hands
3. Bidding with a Strong Unbalanced Hand
4. Consolidation: Practice Hands 1
5. Declarer strategies playing in a Suit Contract; eliminating losers.
6. Defender principles: 3rd Hand Play
7. Consolidation: Practice Hands 2
8. Responder bidding
9. Opening 2NT; scoring
10. Consolidation: Practice Hands 3
The next Module 3 starts in September 2024
1. Suit Overcalls
2. Takeout Doubles
3. Overcalling 1NT
4. Consolidation: Practice Hands 1
5. Passive Leads and Discard Signals
6. Stayman over 1NT and 2NT
7. Consolidation: Practice Hands 2
8. 3-Level Pre-empts and Responses
9. Defensive Bidding over Pre-empts
10. Consolidation: Practice Hands 3
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