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ESSENTIAL INFO
If you purchase a ticket for this course, all the information on this page will be emailed to you with your ticket.
👥 Suitable for: Ages 16 and up
📍 Venue: Bellingen Public School (mobility aid accessible)
📈 Level: BEGINNER skill level
⏰ Schedule: Mon–Fri, 9am – 12pm (5 Half-Days)
🏷️ Extra costs: This course has a cost of $10 for materials
🚗 Check your venue: If you are booking multiple courses, we are unable to provide transport between venues.
Required skills & experience
No experience required
Supplies that will be provided by your tutor
Cost of $10 includes:
Printed course notes to take home
A very useful book to have is Paul Marston's 'Introduction to Bridge'. However, it is only an optional purchase and it is not essential for you to buy a copy.
Learning outcomes
Bridge is a partnership game and by the end of the course, you will:
Learn the language of bridge and its terminology
Understand suits and No Trumps, card hierarchy and how to win tricks.
Learn how to assess the strength of your hand and be able to decide how high to bid and in what suit or in No Trumps
Have an introduction to opening bids and standard responses.
Have the confidence to continue to learn and to play at a bridge club or socially.
COURSE PLAN
DAY ONE
Basics of bridge
Glossary
What are high card points
Tricks
Bidding
DAY TWO
Understanding how partners play together
Finding a fit with suits or no trumps
DAY THREE
How to create a game plan
DAY FOUR
How to show strength
When to overcall or double
DAY FIVE
Review and play
COURSE TUTOR
Richard Levy
Richard is ranked as a National Master of the Australian Bridge Federation - the peak body controlling bridge in Australia.
He has extensive experience in training and as a Business Behaviourist he advised and trained many executives and business owners on improvement and stress reduction – attributes Richard says complement a successful bridge ‘career’.
Richard conducts weekly ‘Improve your Bridge’ training sessions in Nambucca Heads for players around the mid-North coast and offers private coaching to players who want to improve their bridge skills.
Lyndall Edsall, Barry Butler & Judie Bartley will be working alongside Richard as the assistants for this course.
“Richard was an outstanding tutor and an altogether great guy!”
“The tutor was informative, entertaining and made difficult information easily accessible.”
“I attended ‘Introduction to bridge’ - Richard was entertaining, experienced and patient - a really good teacher. And all his ‘helpers’ were also very patient and helpful to us. Lyndall was helping our table and she was terrific. There was also a nice harmony amongst the participants. It was a fun way to be introduced to bridge.”
