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Broaden your Game
Are you looking to take your bridge game to the next level? Anita Curtis’ Intermediate online bridge lessons are just what you need! Anita, a highly qualified teacher, has an extraordinary talent for breaking down even the most complex bridge conventions and strategies into simple, understandable steps. Whether you’re a Rookie player eager to improve or a Restricted player preparing to step into Open play, these lessons are perfect for you.
Will Jenner-O'Shea has joined NSBC for another year of great workshops. Will has represented Australia in several bridge events, including the World Mind Games in Beijing in 2008. Will built a successful career teaching at clubs - not a powerpoint in sight, with his charismatic ways, he very successfully teaches, explains, walks through and personally assists each table. The pace is good, the topics interesting and many "WOW" or "NOW I GET IT!" moments happen at these workshops. Will has taught thousands of beginners and intermediate players across Australia and author of the best selling book 20/20 Bidding which is available for purchase at East Lindfield or The Willis.
Online Lessons are normally held online on Thursday mornings at 9:30am. Join "live" on Zoom or watch the recording at your leisure. To book or order a recording, click here to email Anita.
Face-to-Face (F2F) Lessons are normally held at East Lindfield on Fridays. To see our Calendar of Lessons - click here.
Online Lessons cost Visitors $20 | Members $17 per lesson. Visitors can pay for lessons by clicking here.
F2F Lessons cost Visitors $25 | Members $20 per lesson. Visitors can pay for lessons by clicking here.
Bridge Workshops cost $60 which includes Lunch and morning tea.
To see the current schedule of Intermediate lessons - please see below:
Course | Days | Time | Venue | Find out more |
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Broaden your Game (for people playing regularly who want to improve.) | ||||
Evaluate your hand for better bidding at all levels Improve your bidding judgement! | Thursday | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Register |
Mastering Good No-Trump Games with Will 4th-Suit Forcing, Stoppers, Hand Evaluation, & Play/Defense Tips for No-Trump Success | Friday 13th Feb | 10am | East Lindfield | |
Eddie Kantar's Commonsense Defence Get some easy tips that will make a huge difference to your defence | Thursday | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Register |
More on 4th Suit Forcing Practise 4SF including inferences that will help your bidding. | Thursday | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Register |
Which bids are forcing? Improving with John Newman To bid with confidence you need to know the strength of rebids and responses. We'll put it all in context so you can see broad simple patterns. We'll look at how to bid as a passed hand. Gain clarity about auctions that many players misunderstand and discover how much easier bridge feels! | Friday 28th Feb | 1:00 pm | East Lindfield | |
Gentle Hand Analysis 1, 2025 All skills. 8 hands to bid, play & defend for the aspiring intermediate player. | Thursday | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Register |
Step up over their 1NT Find out how to show both majors after the opposition open 1NT and how the bidding should continue. | Thursday | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Register |
Eddie Kantar’s Play with finesse! Fine tune your finessing technique at intermediate level. | Thursday | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Register |
Improve Your Competitive Bidding with Will Overcalls and Doubles. How to Respond to Overcalls and Doubles. How matchpoints scoring works. | Friday 9th May | 10am | East Lindfield | |
Defend Better By Knowing What To Do - with Will Active defence, Passive defence. Forcing Defence, and How To Use it. Other Defence situations. | Friday 4th July | 10am | East Lindfield | |
It's All About Shape - with Will Showing the Shape of Your Hand. Making the Most of Very Shapely Hands. Staying Out of Trouble. | Friday 8th Aug | 10am | East Lindfield | |
Strong Hands and Slams - with Will Showing your point range accurately. The Splinter Convention and valuing shortages. Roman Keycard. | Friday 10th Oct | 10am | East Lindfield |