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Evening Bridge Lessons for Beginners and Supervised play

Come and have fun while you learn. The bridge will be easy paced and friendly, always with some experienced players on hand to help when you get stuck! Absolute Beginner lessons will take place as well a few times per year.

Contact Margaret Mob: 0419449305
Email: [email protected]

Notes from Our Teaching Sessions

Useful Bidding Agreements

Getting to the Right Game
Finding Slams
The Contested Auction

Seven Deadly Sins presentations

Notes

Summer 2023

Opening Leads
Actions in Third Seat
Unblocking
Negative Doubles
Reopening Doubles
Summary

Autumn 2023

Finding a Fit
Which Suit to Bid First
Forcing Bids
The Checkback Convention
Reverses
Fourth Suit Forcing
Summary

Winter 2023

Responding to 1NT
Responding to One of a Major
Overcalls
Take out Doubles
Power Doubles
Playing NT Contracts
Finesses

Spring 2023

Quick Tricks and the Losing Trick Count
The Strong 2C Opening

Summer 2024

Opening Weak Twos
Overcalling Weak Twos
Take Out Doubles of Weak Twos
Declarer Play. When not to draw trumps.
Responding to 1NT with weak hands.
Two-suited responses to 1NT (1)
Two-suited responses to 1NT (2)

Autumn 2024

Defending No Trump Contracts A B C D E F
Coping with Interference A B C

Common Errors

Some easily-avoided mistakes in bidding, defence and play.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Chris Bayliss' comment on Week 2

Notes from several previous series of lessons are below.

Double Trouble

A whistle-stop tour of the world of doubles covered nine different doubles in four weeks. See the results of our endeavours below.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Playing No Trump Contracts

I think most people enjoyed our sessions on No Trump play - not least myself. Below are copies of the notes given out for each of the four weeks.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Defending against No Trumps

Here are the notes for the sessions on No Trump Defence.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5