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Bridge for All Course, Year 1 Term 1 2024 Tuesday Afternoons at Oxford Bridge Club

Oxford Bridge Club, 147 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7AN
11 spaces available

Course dates

  • Tue, 1 Oct '24   2pm – 4pm BST - done
  • Tue, 8 Oct '24   2pm – 4pm BST - done
  • Tue, 15 Oct '24   2pm – 4pm BST
  • Tue, 22 Oct '24   2pm – 4pm BST
  • Tue, 5 Nov '24   2pm – 4pm GMT
  • Tue, 12 Nov '24   2pm – 4pm GMT
  • Tue, 19 Nov '24   2pm – 4pm GMT
  • Tue, 26 Nov '24   2pm – 4pm GMT
  • Tue, 3 Dec '24   2pm – 4pm GMT
  • Tue, 10 Dec '24   2pm – 4pm GMT

Details

This course is open to anyone who would like to learn bridge and are just starting their bridge career, either complete beginners or for those that would like to revisit all bridge topics from the start.

The Year 1 Term 1 Bridge for All course is a 10 week course (Lessons 1 - 10) and is based on the English Bridge Union’s ‘Bridge for All’ programme, using the Standard English ACOL bidding system. The cost is £110 per term.

Tutor: Ian Bishop

Each week's class includes some gentle teaching and a lot of practice. The topics to be covered in Term 1 are:

Y1L1 Introduction to MiniBridge
Y1L2 Playing in Trumps
Y1L3 Introducing Declarer Play
Y1L4 Introducing Defensive Play
Half term 28/10/24 - 01/11/24
Y1L5 3rd Hand Defensive Play
Y1L6 Bidding - Opening 1NT
Y1L7 Responses to a 1NT Opening
Y1L8 Declarer Play - Hold up and simple Finesses
Y1L9 Suit Opening Bids and responses
Y1L10 New Suit Responses and Opener's Weak Rebids

Oxford Bridge Club is a charity and runs its education programme on a 'not for profit' basis. All of our teachers are fully trained, experienced Bridge teachers. The club offers a structured support programme for beginners in addition to lessons, enabling our students to gain the confidence to progress from classes to full club sessions if they so wish.

Level: Beginner

Instructions

Post-booking details

The course will take place at Oxford Bridge Club, 147 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7AN. You will find further details about the location and transport on our website at www.oxfordbridgeclub.com.

Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time to allow time to register and be seated.

We hope that you enjoy the course. After the course is complete we may ask you to provide feedback to help us guide future events.

CANCELLATIONS
Bookings cancelled 7 or more days before a single event or, in the case of a course, 7 or more days before the start date of that course, are eligible for a full refund. Applications for refunds for short-notice cancellations (i.e. less than 7 days before the event or start of the course) caused by emergencies will be considered by OBS on an individual basis. Full refunds or credits against future events will be given should OBS cancel a course.

Tickets

Cost

Course of 10 sessions

Course ticket - for remaining 8 dates.
Bridge for All Year 1 Term 1, Tuesday evening
£110.00

Location

Oxford Bridge Club
147 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 7AN