Would you like to learn how to play Bridge?

By Grant Patterson | Posted: Thursday May 19, 2022

The timaru bridge club is offering bridge lessons commencing 16th June.

Bridge is an amazing game.
Here in Timaru we play contract duplicate bridge. This is a way of playing where you can win, even though you get bad cards all night!
Come along to the lessons and allow us to explain how this works.
Bridge can be played at many different levels. Some people get most enjoyment by playing competitively, and playing in the many tournaments offered around the country. Others prefer to come along and have a good game of cards and enjoy the social side of our club with their friends.
Bridge is played at our club typically between 7.30 and 10.30 on Monday and Tuesday nights. Play on Wednesday evenings is more casual beginning at 7pm and finishing sooner. There is also casual bridge for all levels of play on a Wednesday afternoon. This is sometimes used for new players to ask advice from senior players on how to improve their bridge.There is also casual bridge on Friday afternoons.
We use awesome technology to deal the cards and to post both the hands and results on our website within minutes of the finish of play.
We have a healthy club in Timaru with approximately 200 members of all ages.
We run lessons each year to help prospective members learn how to play. The lessons run for 12 weeks from 7-9pm on a Wednesday evening and this year will commence on 15th June.The lessons are structured to present different aspects of the bidding and play each week. We like to get attendees around the card table as soon as possible to practise the lessons learnt that evening.
We are lucky to own our own clubrooms (which are rented out from time to time when not being used for bridge) which helps keep the annual sub down. They are spacious, centrally heated and contain a full kitchen and bar.
We would love you to come along and learn, either with a partner or by yourself. It does take time to learn, however, be warned Bridge is addictive!!

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