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Beginners Class (Absolute Beginner Level — Lessons 1–20)

Wednesday afternoons at 1.30 pm with Elizabeth Peckham, or
Wednesday evenings at 7.00 pm with Clare Gray,
starting on 21 September 2011.

£5 per session, to be paid at each class.

About This Class

If you want to learn to play bridge, but have little or even no knowledge of the game, this is the class for you! The twenty graded lessons will ease you into bridge at a comfortable and relaxed pace, yet will give you an excellent grounding in the basics of the game.

In each lesson, after a presentation by the teacher and a quiz to test your understanding, you will play some practice hands of bridge based on the lesson content. At the end of each lesson, you will receive your own set of notes to keep and study.

If you have any questions or would like further details, please send an e-mail to our Education Convener at classes@carltonbridgecentre.org.uk.

Lesson Topics

1. Basic Mechanics of Bridge
2. Mini-Bridge
3. Defenders' Play (Part 1)
4. Play
5. Bidding (Part 1)
6. Scoring
7. Bidding (Part 2)
8. Bidding System (Part 1)
9. Bidding System (Part 2)
10. No-Trumps
11. Responses to an Opening Bid of One of a Suit (Part 1)
12. Responses to an Opening Bid of One of a Suit (Part 2)
13. Opener's Rebid
14. Declarer Play (Part 1)
15. Defenders' Play (Part 2)
16. Signals (Part 1)
17. Overcalls
18. Coping With Overcalls
19. Stayman Convention (Part 1)
20. The Take-Out Double (Part 1)

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