Townsville Bridge Club

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CLUB BRIDGE LESSONS

The Club offers lessons for bridge players ranging from Beginners, Improvers and Intermediate on topics designed for each level of experience.

1. BEGINNERS lessons starting Feb 10th at 9:00 am and for those that prefer the evening, Thurs Feb 12th at 5:30. Contact Di on 0439598019 to register your interest.

BASIC BIDDING

PLAY TECHNIQUES - Making a Plan, Making More Tricks with Promotion, Making Tricks by Trumping, Making Tricks through length, Finesses, Discarding Losers and Combining Your Chances

IMPROVERS - Overcalls (Competitive Bidding) Strong Openings 2NT and 2C Takeout Doubles (Competitive Bidding) Slam Bidding Stayman over 1NT and 2NT Weak 2 Openings Transfers over 1NT Pre-emptive Bidding 3,4 & 5 levels

2. CONSOLIDATION, SUPERVISED PLAY AND MENTORING

Tuesday morning at 9am Supervised Play which aims to CONSOLIDATE what players have learned and to provide further education and mentoring on various topics for INTERMEDIATE players. The sessions are also open to players who want to brush up on topics of interest to them.

INTERMEDIATE A roster of Experienced players who host sessions covering:

BIDDING: Opening in a Suit revisited Reverse Bids Major Suit Raises Strong 2 Level Openings and Responses Opening 1NT and Responses (Stayman, Transfers) revisited Opening Light Jump Shifts Losing Trick Count Overcalls Revisited Michaels Cuebid Negative Doubles Slam Workshops Balancing Invitation e.g. Roman Keycard Redoubles Competitive Biddin

MORE PLAY TECHNIQUES - Making a Plan, Making More Tricks with Promotion, Making Tricks by Trumping, Making Tricks through length, Finesses, Discarding Losers and Combining Your Chances

BRIDGEMATE AND SCORING PRACTICE - Duplicate Bridge Scoring and Bridgemate practice