Building your basic skills

New players start with the 6-week “Introduction to Bridge” which is designed to teach participants the mechanics of playing Bridge, as well as give them an understanding of basic bidding and play.

Bridge Basics

These lessons follow the 6-week "Introduction to Bridge" course.  They expand on the basic ideas already learned, introduce some new ideas, and focus more on card playing skills. Each week there is a practice session that supports the lesson. Topics & schedule may be altered if the group progresses quicker than planned.

The Bridge Basics course is available face-to-face at East Lindfield and will be advertised below.

Below is our timetable for Bridge Basics Lessons that are scheduled for 2024. 

With this beginner program complete, ideally, players now spend some time playing Supervised Bridge and consolidating what they have learned so far. When they are ready, their next set of lessons is “The 5 Essentials”. 

The Five Essential Conventions

This is an ideal course for Bridge players who are returning to the game after a long break or those that have completed the beginner program and have been playing Supervised Bridge and consolidating what they have learned. When they are ready, their next set of lessons is “The Five Essentials”.  By the end of “The Five Essentials”, most players have moved up to play in the Rookie game.  The course is outlined below:

And for my next trick

The aim of the course is to establish a solid grounding in Declarer Play - creating a smart plan of attack, establishing your suits, knowing how to use your trumps for best effect and creating extra tricks. This is aimed at Supervised and Rookie players.