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FACE TO FACE BRIDGE COURSES IN EDGWARE
NEW COURSES in the Autumn
Free Taster commences Monday 28th August 2023 click here for details
Beginners' course commences Monday 4th September 2023 click here for details
Intermediates' course commences Tuesday 5th September 2023 click here for details
Advanced Course commences Wednesday 6th September 2023 click here for details
Bridge Courses
1.Beginners course
(10 weeks)
2.Beginners course (7 weeks)
3.Beginners course
(9 weeks)
4.Intermediate course
(10 weeks)
if
you wish me to come and run any of these courses at your club or
5.Intermediate course (9 weeks) for a group of friends then email me Harold Schogger
6.Intermediate course a (7 weeks) schogger@haroldschogger.com
7.Intermediate course b (7 weeks) for details click on on
8. Play of the hand course or see below
9. How to play duplicate course
10. How to Read the Opponents Cards (4
weeks)
12. Children's Beginners Course (over two weeks)
13. Advanced Course (10 weeks)
Learning to Play bridge with Harold Schogger - some thoughts
| 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: Week
1: The Absolute Basics & Mechanics of the Game, Hand
Assessment Week
2: The Opening Bid of One of a Suit Week
3: The Opening Bid of One and 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
Strong Jump response) Blind leads, more on finesses Week
9: Overcalls (Simple and jump overcalls), more Opening leads, Week 10: Revision, The Double, The Redouble, The Blackwood Convention
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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: Week
1: The Absolute Basics & Mechanics of the Game, Hand
Assessment Week
2: The Opening Bid of One of a Suit Week
3: The Opening Bid of One and Two No Trumps, The Finesse,
Scoring Week
4: Responses in the same suit (Limit responses) Week
5: Responses in No- Trumps, Suit establishment, Entries,
Ducking Week
6: Unlimited responses, Unblocking play, Holding up Week
7: Responses to the Weak No-Trump (The Weak take-out, the
Strong Jump response) Blind leads, more on finesses Week
8: Overcalls (Simple and jump overcalls), more Opening leads, Week 9: Revision, The Double, The Redouble, The Blackwood Convention
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This course is for people who have been playing about 18 months to 2 years and have got to grasps with the basics of the Beginners and Intermediates Course and wish to eventually progress to the world of Duplicate Bridge. |
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Each week there will be one aspect of bidding and one aspect of card Play covered. |
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Week 1. Negative (Sputnik) Doubles & Keep Tenaces intact |
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Week 2. Roman Key Card Blackwood & Unusual Opening Leads |
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Week 3. Elimination Play & Cue Bidding |
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Week 4. Unusual No Trump & Mckenney Discards |
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Week 5. Puppet Card Stayman over 2NT & Avoidance Plays |
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Week 6. Transfers to Majors & Card Reading |
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Week 7 Unassuming Cue Bids & Dummy Reversal |
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Week 8. Michaels Cue Bids |
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Week 9. Splinters & Special Signalling Techniques |
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Week 10. Fourth Suit Forcing & Simple Squeeze |
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6 week ADVANCED COURSE part 1 |
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This course is for people who have been playing about 18 months to 2 years and have got to grasps with the basics of the Beginners and Intermediates Course and wish to eventually progress to the world of Duplicate Bridge. |
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Each week there will be one aspect of bidding and one aspect of card Play covered. |
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Week 1. Negative (Sputnik) Doubles & Keep Tenaces intact |
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Week 2. Roman Key Card Blackwood & Unusual Opening Leads |
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Week 3. Elimination Play & Cue Bidding |
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Week 4. Unusual No Trump & Mckenney Discards |
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Week 5. Puppet Card Stayman over 2NT & Avoidance Plays |
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Week 6. Transfers to Majors & Card Reading |
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6 week ADVANCED COURSE part 2 |
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This course is for people who have been playing about 18 months to 2 years and have got to grasps with the basics of the Beginners and Intermediates Course and wish to eventually progress to the world of Duplicate Bridge. |
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Each week there will be one aspect of bidding and one aspect of card Play covered. |
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Week 1 Unassuming Cue Bids & Dummy Reversal |
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Week 2. Michaels Cue Bids |
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Week 3. Splinters & Special Signalling Techniques |
| Week 4. Fourth Suit Forcing & Simple Squeeze |
| Week 5. Weak Twos in Majors and Deceptive Plays |
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Week 6. The Losing Trick Count & Double finesses |
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This course is for people who have been playing about 18 months to 2 years and have got to grasps with the basics of the Beginners and Intermediates Course and wish to eventually progress to the world of Duplicate Bridge. |
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Each week there will be one aspect of bidding and one aspect of card Play covered. |
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Week 1. Negative (Sputnik) Doubles & Keep Tenaces intact |
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Week 2. Roman Key Card Blackwood & Unusual Opening Leads |
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Week 3. Elimination Play & Cue Bidding |
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Week 4. Unusual No Trump & Mckenney Discards |
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Week 5. Puppet Card Stayman over 2NT & Avoidance Plays |
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Week 6. Transfers to Majors & Card Reading |
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Week 7 Unassuming Cue Bids & Dummy Reversal |
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Week 8. Michaels Cue Bids |
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10 week Intermediates Course |
| This course is for
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. Week
1. One no-trump and responses (The Stayman convention) Week
2. Overcalls (Revision, the one no-trump overcall, Rule of
eleven) Week
3. Opener’s rebids 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 Week
6. The Acol 2Club 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,
avoidance plays Week
9. Forcing to game response
Week
10. Revision, Blackwood, Gerber
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This course is for people who have been playing about 18 months to 2 years and have got to grasps with the basics of the Beginners and Intermediates Course and wish to eventually progress to the world of Duplicate Bridge. |
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Each week there will be one aspect of bidding and one aspect of card Play covered. |
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Week 1. Negative (Sputnik) Doubles & Keep Tenaces intact |
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Week 2. Roman Key Card Blackwood & Unusual Opening Leads |
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Week 3. Elimination Play & Cue Bidding |
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Week 4. Unusual No Trump & Mckenney Discards |
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Week 5. Puppet Card Stayman over 2NT & Avoidance Plays |
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Week 6. Transfers to Majors & Card Reading |
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Week 7. Unassuming Cue Bids & Dummy Reversal |
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Week 8. Michaels Cue Bids |
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Week 9. Splinters & Special Signalling Techniques |
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Week 10. Fourth Suit Forcing & Simple Squeeze |
| Week 11. Weak Twos in Majors and Deceptive Plays |
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9 week Intermediates Course |
| This course is for
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. Week
1. One no-trump and responses (The Stayman convention) Week
2. Overcalls (Revision, the one no-trump overcall, Rule of
eleven) Week
3. Opener’s rebids 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 Week
6. The Acol 2Club opening bid (and responses) Week
7. Pre-emptive opening bids of three of a suit Week
8. Forcing to game response
Week
9. Revision, Blackwood, Gerber
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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 Assessment
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Week
2: The Opening Bid of One of a Suit |
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Week
3: The Opening Bid of One and Two No Trumps, The Finesse, Scoring |
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Week
4: Limit Responses in the same suit, Limit Responses in No-Trump |
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Week 5: Responses in a New Suit, Suit establishment, Entries, Rubber Scoring |
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Wee
Week 6: Overcalls
(Simple and jump overcalls), Opening leads,
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Wee
Week 7: Double,
The Redouble, Blackwood
Convention |
| This course is for
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 strong & weak |
| Week 2 | Overcalling, the 1NT Overcall and Declarer's Card Play Guidance |
| Week 3 | Opener’s rebids, Covering an honour with an honour, |
| Week 4 | The Acol strong two (Simple signals, to draw trumps or not to draw trumps?) Simple Signals |
| Week 5 | The Informative Double More finessing |
| Week 6 | Unlimited responses & Revise other replies, Unblocking Play Holding up Chicago/Duplicate Scoring |
| Week 7 | Double, The Redouble, Blackwood Convention revised plus Gerber & No Trump Quantitive bidding |
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7 week Intermediates' Course Part b |
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| This course is for
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 | The Acol 2Club opening bid (and responses) |
| Week 2 | Pre-emptive opening bids of three of a suit |
| Week 3 | Strong no-trumps and prepared bids in the minors, avoidance plays |
| Week 4 | Forcing to game responses |
| Week 5 | Cue Bidding |
| Week 6 | Weak Twos |
| Week 7 | Simple red suit transfers |
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How to Read The Opponents Cards Course |
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| This course is based on one of the most famous books ever written "How to Read Your Opponents' Cards by Mike Lawrence | |||||
The following is a resume of the
subjects covered during the course :-
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Play Of The Hand Course |
| 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 |
| Many people who have taken one of Harold’s courses and are now playing regularly, perhaps coming to Supervised Play, have said how helpful it would be to have the occasional refresher covering particular points in the bidding or in the play. So what we have done is put together a programme of what we call ‘consolidation lessons’, the idea being that every 3rd week or so – that seems quite often enough for everyone’s taste – groups of like minded people, typically who have done a course together, meet for a refresher lesson on a particular topic of choice. At most we allow 8 people for each of these sessions so that everyone gets answers to their own particular questions. Consolidation lessons are run primarily by our Associates, Alan Shackman and Ian Kay. To find out more, to join an existing group or perhaps to set up some consolidation sessions for your own group of players contact Alan on 020 8361 7639 or alanshackman@btinternet.com. We emphasise that a programme of consolidation lessons can be tailored to your own particular requirements, but here are some typical topics aimed at those who have completed the beginners course: § opening bids with balanced and unbalanced hands § the bidding after an opening bid of 1NT § limit bids and other responses after an opening bid of 1 of a suit § opener’s rebid having opened 1 of a suit § overcalling § Blackwood and when to use it § ‘putting it all together’ and on the play § opening leads against suit and no trump contracts § suit establishment § the finesse § ruffing losers § hold-up play
Topics for those who have completed the intermediates course include § Stayman and overall revision of bidding after a 1NT opening § Acol strong twos and 2§ § take out double § pre-empts § strong overcalls, 1NT overcalls § review of responding when holding a strong hand § encouraging/discouraging signals and petering § when not to draw trumps immediately § avoidance play § the rule of 11 and other points in no trump play
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| How To Play Duplicate Course | |
| This 5 week course describes the similarities and differences between social/rubber bridge and competition duplicate bridge. Over the 5 weeks the following lectures will take place:- | |
| Week 1 | The mechanics of duplicate, boards, bidding boxes etc |
| Week 2 | How to score / how to estimate your score |
| Week 3 | The etiquette and some rules |
| Week 4 | Tactics :- Part scores or - Games |
| Week 5 | Tactics :- Slams - Doubling |
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10 session beginners course for Children |
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spread over ten days 2 hours each afternoon for two weeks |
| This course is designed for absolute beginners who may
have never played cards before. 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:
session
1: The Absolute Basics & Mechanics of the Game, Hand
Assessment
session
2: The Opening Bid of One of a Suit
session
3: The Opening Bid of One and Two No Trumps, The Finesse,
Scoring
session
4: Responses in the same suit (Limit responses)
session
5: Choice of opening bids, Scoring
session
6: Responses in No- Trumps, Suit establishment, Entries,
Ducking
session
7: Unlimited responses, Unblocking play, Holding up
session
8: Responses to the Weak No-Trump (The Weak take-out, the
Strong Jump response) Blind leads, more on finesses
session
9: Overcalls (Simple and jump overcalls), more Opening leads, session 10: Revision, The Double, The Redouble, The Blackwood Convention
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Enrolment Details |
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For Beginners, Intermediate & Play of Hand Courses :- |
| There is a morning and afternoon session for each course available, participants are welcome to change between the two at their convenience The 10 week course is £130 per person and the 7 week courses are £90 per person |
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For Duplicate Course :- |
| This 5 week course is £70 per
person for the 5 weeks
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Learning to play bridge with Harold Schogger I asked my students what is the merit in learning to play bridge and here are some of their thoughts - I hope it inspires you to want to come and learn to play bridge with me.
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Ever fancied Learning Bridge No Better time than now Enrol on my Beginners Course and I will show you how
Bridge is good to stimulate the mind and make one think in a logical way- it’s a very interesting and social game good for all ages
We have been to Harold for over 10 years - improving our bridge as a gamer one can never stop learning. Harold is an excellent teacher-always makes our supervised sessions bridge sessions of great interest.
Harold makes Bridge easier to absorb and expert advice
The social aspect of playing bridge was a draw
Harold Schogger has good reputation as a good tutor
Enjoyable lessons given with patience in an orderly fashion- not bombarding us with information not relevant to specific lesson.
Bridge is a Lifeline for companionship if you are alone
Social activity, stimulates mind, helps prevent dementia, learn new skill, have fun- we want to play
I enjoy the supervised sessions - they are clear information and very helpful - I enjoy improving my game and the social aspect
I learn to play bridge because I felt it was good for the brain and was fortunate to be taught by one of the best teachers in the business.
Harold is an excellent teacher and playing birdge keeps my mind active and stimulated.
Harold makes bridge fun to learn and explains all the rules very clearly
I want to learn again after 30 years, so I can use my brain and have hopefully a better social life.
Hobby- Social- stimulating of the min- best tea make I know plus good biscuit selection- best teacher i know because uses good teaching techniques
Social Asset- Good form of entertainment- good teacher- makes your mind think- stimulating - good refreshments
Stimulating- Nice to use your brain- always good to learn something new- Great Teaching approach - explains concepts well- Good tea and biscuits- patient
I have found Harold most understanding and helpful in teaching me right from the start- I took up bridge as a way of meeting people.
Warm- friendly- improving skills
Bridge is an absorbing game keeping my brian cells alive
I came every week to improve my bridge in a friendly instructive atmosphere.
Came to improve my bidding and playing in a very friendly place with very good instruction
Welcoming atmosphere- keeps the Brian active
Why you should learn bridge? Because it is sociable, stretches the mind, enjoyable sand can be played at any age Why Harold? Because he is extremely knowledgeable at bridge, patient and an excellent teacher
I decided to learn bridge after my husband died and I found a highly recommended teacher lived nearby and I booked a course of lessons and I find it very enjoyable and stimulating and Harold is an excellent teacher
A sociable game for pairs and singles- broadens your social life
Recommended by so many people as a super teacher- I agree- social asset
Makes learning good fun
Keeps the mind active and a good way to meet people- Harold helped me to improve my game and feel more confident in my play.
Why Bridge? I find it a very stimulating game to maintain brain function Why Harold? Harold is a very competent teacher enabling us to learn bridgeb in a friendly environment.
Strengthens the mind for memory, simple arithmetic- addictive game-you are always learning- the game never gets old
Exercises the mind- Sociable- Harold a great teacher
Good for socializing and keeps the brain active- good teacher
Keeps your mind active and a good activity - fun to learn with Harold
Keeps mind active- Helps memory- social- meet some nice people
Good skill to have- Social aspect- Harold is very patient and good teacher Harold has good teaching skills- nice atmosphere- good tea and biscuits
To be able to play with my wife who has been playing for 7 years- Great social as one gets older- Keeps the brain active
Gives us things to do with others instead of going out to eat- Keeps my wife happy- mentally stimulating
I want to learn bridge to be able to play with friends who already play- I can also meet new friends I enjoy the stimulation of my brain
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