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| "SNIPPETS for beginners" - Get ahead of the Wednesday class! |
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| Wednesday Beginners Course |
1st module
OCTOBER 2024
9th Lesson I 1ntroduction & Opening 1NT
16th Lesson 2 Opening 1NT & 2NT
23rd Lesson 3 Declarer play in NT
30th Lesson 4 Leading against a NT contract
NOVEMBER 2024
6th Lesson 5 Trumps
13th Lesson 6 Ways of winning tricks
20th Lesson 7 Opening one of a suit & responses part 1
27th Lesson 8 Opening one of a suit & responses part 2
DECEMBER 2024
4th Lesson 9 Opening one of a suit & responses part 3
11th Lesson 10 Stayman
JANUARY 2025
2nd module
8th Lesson 1 Limit bids
15th Lesson 2 Reverse bidding
22nd Lesson 3 Simple overcalls
29th Lesson 4 Opening one of a suit - which suit to choose
FEBRUARY 2025
5th Lesson 5 Pre-emptive bidding
12th Lesson 6 2-level openers part 1
19th Lesson 7 Red Suit Transfers
26th Lesson 8 2-level openers part 2
MARCH 2025
5th Lesson 9 Making Enquiries
12th Lesson 10 An Introduction to Take Out Doubles
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| "SNIPPETS for Thursday beginners" - Get ahead of the class! |
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| Thursday afternoon Beginners' Course |
1st module
JANUARY 2025
9th Lesson I 1ntroduction & Opening 1NT
16th Lesson 2 Opening 1NT & 2NT
23rd Lesson 3 Declarer play in NT
30th Lesson 4 Leading against a NT contract
FEBRUARY 2025
6th Lesson 5 Trumps
13th Lesson 6 Opening one of a suit & responses part 1
20th Lesson 7 Opening one of a suit & responses part 2
27th Lesson 8 Opening one of a suit & responses part 3
MARCH 2025
6th Lesson 9 Ways of winning tricks
13th Lesson 10 Stayman
2nd module
20th Lesson 1 Limit bids
27th Lesson 2 Reverse bidding
APRIL 2025
17th Lesson 3 Simple overcalls
24th Lesson 4 Opening one of a suit - which suit to choose
MAY 2025
1st Lesson 5 Pre-emptive bidding (TBC)
8th Lesson 6 2-level openers part 1
15th Lesson 7 2-level openers part 2
22nd Lesson 8 Making Enquiries
29th Lesson 9 An Introduction to Take Out Doubles
JUNE 2025
5th Lesson 10 Red suit transfers
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| Consolidation Course |
1st module
OCTOBER 2024
7th Lesson 1 Opening & responding to 1NT/2NT opener
14th Lesson 2 Opening at the one-level
21st NO CLASS
28th Lesson 3 Continuing the bidding when partner opens at the 1-level, part 1
NOVEMBER
4th Lesson 4 Continuing the bidding when partner opens at the 1-level, part 2
11th Lesson 5 Pre-empts
18th NO CLASS
25th Lesson 6 Opening with a 2-bid Part 1
DECEMBER
2nd Lesson 7 Opening with a 2-bid Part 2
9th Lesson 8 Signals & Discards
16th NO CLASS
23rd NO CLASS
30th NO CLASS
Lesson 7 Doubling & overcalling a 1NT opener
JANUARY 2025
6th Lesson 9 Looking for slams
13th Lesson 10 Simple overcalls
20th NO CLASS
2nd module
JANUARY
27th Lesson 1 Take out doubles
FEBRUARY
3rd Lesson 2 What everyone else does after a take out double
10th NO CLASS
17th NO CLASS
24th Lesson 3 Leading & Defence
MARCH
3rd Lesson 4 Defeating Trump Contracts
10th Lesson 5 Which suit to open & where do declarer's tricks come from?
17th NO CLASS
24th Lesson 6 Bidding to show shape & points
31st NO CLASS
APRIL
7th NO CLASS
14th Lesson 7 Doubling & overcalling 1NT
21st NO CLASS
28th Lesson 8 The Halmick Convention
MAY
5th TBC Lesson 9 More about Red Suit transfers & other stories
12th TBC Lesson 10 Making Your Plan
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| Intermediate Course |
1st module
November 2023
4th 1 Introduction / Doubling 1NT & Halmick
18th 2 Negative doubles
25th 3 Transfers over 1NT & 2NT openers
January 2024
6th 4 Much more about Stayman
20th 5 Signals
February
3rd 6 Playing your honour or not
10th 7 2-level openers - weak or strong? Part 1
17th Reprise: 2-level openers - weak or strong? Part 1
March
2nd 8 2-level openers - weak or strong? Part 2
9th 9 4th suit forcing
16th 10 5-card Stayman over 2NT openers
2nd module
April
13th 1 Countering an overcall
May
11th 2 Jump overcalls - what sort?
June
29th 3 Defending in 2nd seat
July
27th 4 Defending in 3rd seat
November
2nd 5 Take out doubles
9th 6 Opener/responder's actions over TOD
30th 7 "Asking" Part 1
January 2025
25th 8 "Asking" Part 2 Cue bidding & Splinters
February
15th 9 Convention cards, Halmick & TODs again
END OF COURSE
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OTHER POSSIBLE TOPICS:
Losing trick Count
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