This page contains links to the teaching notes from the Exeter Golf & Country Club bridge lessons.  Beginners' lessons are held on Monday afternoons at 1:30pm to 3pm in the Exeter Golf and Country Club Bridge Room.

The current set of 10 lessons starts on Monday 13th January 2020, and will finish on Monday 23rd March 2020, having missed out Monday 17th February (half term).

Previous Lesson Set Notes:

Week 1: Tricks Taking, Play Mechanics, Minibridge

Week 2: Planning the Play, Finessing

Week 3: Finessing: Missing the Queen, Each Way, Danger Hand

Week 4: Trump Contracts, Which card do I win with?

Week 5: Trumps are better, Deciding on the contract, Defending

Week 6: Scoring, Trumps Rule # 1

Bidding Unbalanced Hands

Bidding Balanced Hands

Bidding 4441 Hands

Stayman

Red Suit Transfers

When Partner opens 1NT

Competitive Bidding

Pre-Empts

Advanced Competitive Bidding

Strong Opening Bids

Who's in Charge?

Bidding Crib Sheet

Bidding Flowchart

Plan Your Play

New Stuff (Jan 2020)

Improvers Notes:

Advanced Stayman and Red Suit Transfers

Raising on 3

The Wriggle

When to Draw Trumps

Weak Jump Overcalls

System On

Checkback Stayman

Forcing and Limit Bids

The bidding app can be downloaded onto Android devices (not Apple) from here, or by searching for Jezsoft at the Google Play Store.

The app can also be run on a windows PC using an emulator called Bluestacks , but I wouldn't recommend doing this to anyone without a technical bent.