Course Overview
Welcome to ‘’Bridge for All’’ where you can learn, improve and challenge yourself in the timeless game of bridge. Whether you’re new to the game or looking to strengthen your basics, this course is perfect for you.
This course will cover the essential rules, strategies, and teamwork that form the core of bridge. You’ll learn how to evaluate your hand of 13 cards, understand basic bidding for both suit and no trump contracts, and grasp the importance of working harmoniously with your partner.
We’ll cover foundational techniques to enhance your play, including strategies for both offense and defense.
By the end of this course, you’ll have gained confidence in playing bridge, enabling you to enjoy the game at local clubs or with friends.
Remember, bridge is about fun, mental stimulation, and teamwork, where you and your partner are always on the same side!
Macquarie Community College operates from a range of venues across Northern and Western Sydney. We have campuses in Blacktown, Carlingford, Chatswood, Epping, Mt Druitt, Richmond, and Ryde. Enrol now!
What you will learn
Course outline
In this course, you will learn:
1. Bidding basics- How to evaluate your hand of 13 cards
- How to open the bidding in a suit contract and a no trump contract
- Points needed to respond to your partner’s opening bid at several levels
- Responding without a suit fit
- Points needed to overcall opponents
- simple system conventions including Stayman, transfers, jump bids and asking for aces
- How to play in no trumps – counting tricks, establishing long suit tricks, what is a finesse, leading honours, keeping control of suits
- How to play in Suit Contracts – counting losers, drawing trumps, establishing suits, dealing with unbalanced distribution
- How to play defence – the opening lead, which card in partner’s suit, agreed leads and signals, second hand play, discards, counting the cards during play
- Partnership system simplicity
- How to be supportive to your partner
- Dealing with disasters at the table and moving on
- Understanding duplicate bridge competition
- How to be a good dummy.
Course outcome
By the end of this course, you will have learnt the principles of card play, including how to play in no trumps, how to play in suit contracts and how to play defence. You will have the skills and confidence to be able to play a bridge game with others, including at local bridge clubs.
What you need to know
Entry requirements
This assumes no prior knowledge of bridge.
What you need to provide
Please bring a:
- All course material is provided and inclusive with course fees
- Notepad and pen