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School of Bridge

September to December 2011

Printer Friendly Version. January 2012

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1. All venues open from Monday 9th January.

2. We have many special topics/hands which we can make available on request.

3. Please note our venue on Thursday afternoon is Cheadle Hulme Bridge Club. The address of the club is:-
Cheadle Hulme Bridge Club
TUDOR BUILDING
MELLOR ROAD
CHEADLE HULME
SK8 5AT
There is a map showing the immediate area and a link to Multimap on the CHBC website
(click on the "we are here" tab) Cheadle Hulme Bridge Club

4. Those wishing to repeat the beginners’ course will be free to do so (or swap between improvers' & beginners' classes at will).

5. Also we are now giving monthly seminars at Cheadle Hulme Bridge Club on the first Tuesday of the month (the second Tuesday in January). These will be aimed at people who are looking to improve their duplicate bridge skills.

Weekly Schedule - Sep to Dec

W/C 9th Jan

Preemptive Bidding

Slam bidding - When not to abuse Blackwood

W/C 16th Jan

Slam Bidding in NTs

Quantitative Bidding

W/C 23rd Jan

2 Club Opening Bid & Blackwood

Summary – supervised play

W/C 30th Jan

Strong Acol 2 Bids

Switch or Return - playing back partner's suit

W/C 6th Feb

Strong Jump Shifts by Responder

Cover or not?

W/C 13th Feb

Plan the Play in Trump Contracts - Ruffing in Dummy

2nd hand play

W/C 20th Feb

Plan the Play in Trump Contracts - Finessing

Summary – supervised play

W/C 27th Feb

Plan the Play in Trump Contracts - Discarding on Winners

Transfers I

W/C 5th Mar

Opener Rebids in NTs and Delayed Support

Transfers II

W/C 12th Mar

Defending - Opening Leads and Signalling

The 1NT battleground

W/C 19th Mar

Planning the Play in NTs - the Hold-up

The mysterious redouble

W/C 26th Mar

Planning the Play in NTs - Suit Establishment - Ducking

Summary – supervised play

W/C 2nd Apr

More Signalling - Suit Preference Signals

Declarer play~the Early Tricks

W/C 9th Apr
Easter Monday

Closed at both Venues

Closed at both Venues

W/C 9th Apr

Which suit should you bid first

Declarer play~Clues from the Bidding

W/C 16th Apr

Protective Bidding

Declarer play~Frequent situations - card combinations

W/C 23rd Apr

Revision

Summary – supervised play