Bridge on Sydney's Northern Beaches

Enjoy this superb social mind game! The Manly Leagues Bridge Club invites you (and your friends) to join our small groups learning this great game of bridge in a friendly environment, with lessons on:

• Thursday evenings from 6-9pm, and
• Sundays from 11am-2pm (numbers permitting).

The intakes normally start on in the first week of February, the third week of May and the first week of September, subject to getting minimum numbers (about 8).The Group will continue with a regular Improvers/Supervised Session to allow you to consolidate your playing skills for as long as you like until you choose to play in the open sessions. We also offer a range of Improver and Intermediate Lesson topics whenever we get a small group that is interested.

Check the Beginner Group Lessons flier for all the information, and feel free to ask any questions to David Farmer by email or phone on 0415 715 743.

The Manly Leagues Bridge Club offers friendly Supervised Sessions that are open to all interested players. They are the logical next stage for those who have completed a set of beginners' lessons, and allow players to play at their own pace, to consult notes and to ask questions or chat about the hand they are playing.

We offer these Supervised Sessions on:

• Thursdays 6-9/9.30pm
• Sundays 11am-2/2.30pm (this is a new group starting in 2010)

The costs are very reasonable - generally $6 per session and include working through some practice hands with notes at the start of the session.

Please contact David by email or phone on 0415 715 743 to find out more and to register your interest.

Do you want to learn and master the main tools used in club duplicate bridge? The Manly Leagues Bridge Club is offering small group lessons on a range of specific improver and intermediate level topics and invites you (and your partner/friends) to improve your bridge bidding and play in a friendly environment. The cost is only $6 per lesson.

You can nominate your interest in individual topics and the times you are generally available and we will let you know when they are being scheduled. The classes are offered on Thursday evenings 6-7pm, Sundays 11-12noon or Wednesdays 1.45-2.45pm - with these time slots adjacent to our normal open and supervised duplicate sessions.

Try this declarer challenge, while under a little pressure. You competed to slam, bidding 6H over the opponents 6D, and now need to prove this was a better decision than doubling their contract. You are vulnerable and you have been doubled. Can you keep calm and think it through?

There are lots of ways to learn to play or improve your bridge. The best one will depend on how you like to learn and what card games you already play. Here are some options to consider:

If you consider yourself a raw beginner then one of the following is probably best: