Bridge Courses
- Beginners course
- Intermediate course
- Play of the hand course
- How to play duplicate course
- Enrolment details
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Harold Schogger's Courses |
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Tel/Fax 020 8905 3877 |
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Bridge Courses
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| This course is designed for absolute beginners who may
have never played cards before, and for players whose
knowledge may be a little precarious. Each lesson is divided into two parts - a lecture of about 45 minutes followed by playing of hands connected to the theory part of the lesson. A comprehensive set of notes is given out. The following is a resume of the subjects covered in this course: |
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| Week 1 | The absolute basics & mechanics of the game, hand assesment |
| Week 2 | The opening bid of one of a suit |
| Week 3 | The opening bid of one or two no-trumps, the finesse, scoring |
| Week 4 | Responses in the same suit (limit responses) |
| Week 5 | Choice of opening bids, scoring |
| Week 6 | Responses in no-trumps, suit establishment, entries, ducking |
| Week 7 | Unlimited responses, unblocking play, holding up |
| Week 8 | Responses to the weak no-trump (the weak take out, the jump take out), blind leads, more on the finesse |
| Week 9 | Overcalls (simple and jump overcalls), more opening leads |
| Week 10 | Revision, the double, the redouble, the Blackwood Convention |
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players who have successfully completed the beginners course or for players who wish to expand
their knowledge in bidding and play. Each lesson is
divided into two parts; a lecture of about 45 minutes
followed by playing of hands connected to the theory part
of the lesson. A comprehensive set of notes is given out.
The following is a resume of the subjects covered each week of the course.
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| Week 1 | One no-trump and responses (the Stayman convention) |
| Week 2 | Overcalls (revision, the one no-trump overcall, rule of 11) |
| Week 3 | Opener's rebid, covering an honour with an honour, defensive tricks and playing tricks |
| Week 4 | The Acol strong two (simple signals, to draw trumps or not to draw trumps?) |
| Week 5 | The take-out double (and responses, petering, avoidance plays) |
| Week 6 | The Acol 2 Club opening bid (and responses) |
| Week 7 | Pre-emptive opening bids of three of a suit |
| Week 8 | Strong no-trumps and prepared bids in the minors |
| Week 9 | Forcing to game response |
| Week 10 | Revision, Blackwood, Gerber (introduction to Duplicate Bridge) |
| This course is the ultimate course on all aspects of play. The course is designed for players who have successfully completed both the beginners and the intermediate courses and wish to really come to terms with the most important issues of card play including declarer play and defence. |
The following is a resume of the subjects covered during the course :- Suit establishment; Entries; Finesse positions; Counting your losers; Ducking; Unblocking plays; Hold up plays; The cross ruff; Getting extra tricks by ruiffing in the short hand; Getting extra tricks from a dummy reversal; Loser on loser plays; Elimination plays; Simple squeezes; Safety plays, the safe hand and the danger hand; Percentage plays Opening leads against suit and no-trump contracts; Leading through strength and up to weakness; The trump lead; Unusual leads and the lightner double; Third hand plays high? second hand plays low?; Rule of 11; When to duck; Simple signals; Simple discards; McKenny discards; Lavinthal suit preference signals |
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For Beginners, Intermediate & Play of Hand Courses :- |
All courses last for 10 sessions There is a morning and afternoon session for each course available, participants are welcome to change between the two at their convenience The cost of each course is £125 per person for the 10 weeks |
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For Duplicate Course :- |
| This 5 week course is £60 per
person for the 5 weeks
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To enrol please fill out the following form :-
| To find out about when the next course starts send an Email to us stating the course you are interested in joining and we will email you back with full details. |
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