Papatoetoe Contract
Bridge Club

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Lessons are scheduled for 2024 on a Monday Evening

Ring Lance 021 855 032

Mondays 6:45pm to 9pm

Lessons are free until Easter.

After that you can join the club for a small fee.

Questions & Registration contact the club by email using pcbc@xtra.co.nz

or ring 021 855 032

DateLessonLesson Subject
11 Mar 1A Mini-Bridge - No Trump Play
18 Mar 1B Mini-Bridge - Suit Play
25 Mar 2 1-Level Opening Suit Bids
01 Apr* Easter Revise & Practice
08 Apr 3 Responders Non-forcing Bids
15 Apr 4 Responder's Forcing Bids
22 Apr 6 Responder's Rebids
29 Apr 5 Balanced Hands
06 May 5A No Trump Play and practice
13 May 7Overcalls
20 May 8 Takeout Doubles
27 May 9 Preemptive Openings
03 Jun 10 Strong Opening Bids
10 Jun Revise & Practice
17 Jun Revise & Practice
24 Jun Revise & Practice
01 Jul Graduation & club play

Location of Club

Kolmar Centre - Click Here For Map


Improvers and Intermediate Lessons

Check the NZBridge website for online lessons


Bridge

Bridge is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards, played by four players in two competing partnerships.

In contract bridge you always play with a partner against another pair. All the 52 cards are dealt out, each player receiving 13 cards. For most recreational players, bridge is simply an interesting and fun game that never gets boring and is always challenging. However, with practice and experience, any person with a good memory can, during the course of a game, pretty much work out who holds which cards.

What makes bridge different from many other card games is its bidding system. Bidding often takes up half of a game, while the other half comprises the actual playing of the cards. The side that “wins” the bidding is contracting to take a certain number of tricks in the play, and will be rewarded in the scoring if they do so, but punished if they fail.

We teach the Acol bidding system - weak 1 NT Opener