Sociable Bridge

Play & Learn on Monday Afternoons

Friendly Duplicate.  But no need to bring a partner

Venue: Museum of Bath at Work in Julian Road

Table money of £3 includes refreshments, records of hands played, and results on the web

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Lunchtime Tutorials

Once a month there is a lunchtime tutorial immediately before the Monday afternoon duplicate session.On these the hands played provide practice with the topic of the day.

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Beginners

A course for beginners starts in the first week of February. The proposed timing is 10am to 12.30 on a Thursday morning. However there is some flexibility if this turns out to be an inconvenient time. More

Masterclasses

Occasional Masterclasses are given by Robert Baker. Robert is a full time chess & bridge teacher, and a professional member of the EBUTA. More

About Bath Bridge School

Bath Bridge School was formed in 2007, in the belief that there there ought to be opportunities to play and learn about bridge in Central Bath. Moreover we wanted to create an atmosphere that was welcoming and friendly. The teaching is aimed at providing sufficient confidence and skill to play bridge at a suitable level: at home with friends or very competitively at a bridge club, whatever level best suits the individual.

Teaching

In any bridge class there is always a range of skills, aptitudes, and intellectual curiosity. Then there is the well known fact that people learn in different ways, and at different speeds. That is why we believe in small group teaching. It then becomes possible to give a level of personal attention that is not possible with a big group.

Visual aids are also a feature of our courses. Carefully designed slides mean that any difficult concepts are explained visually, as well as verbally. And there are hands to play and discuss that also illustrate and reinforce the ides that have been presented.

Phil Cooke have many years of experience in teaching challenging subjects in an easy to understand and informal way.

Suitable?

Our bridge courses and play and learn sessions are mainly aimed at anyone who can already play bridge and wants to improve. The backgrounds of those attending include:

• Those playing with friends and wanting to improve their bridge
• Those playing social bridge, and wanting to move onto club play
• Those returning to bridge after a gap
• Those wanting to adapt to the Acol system
• Those new to the area and wanting to meet other bridge players

The venues are in central Bath, near to the Assembly Rooms and Park & Ride bus stops. Some of those attending previous courses and the social bridge on a Monday live within walking distance, but many come from the surrounding area, including, Frome, Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Keynsham, Bathford, Corsham, Norton St Philips, Freshford, Beckington, Coombe Hay, and as far afield as Sherborne.