Bridge Events
Welcome to the Bridge Section
Welcome to the Bridge Section
The EDLT&CC Bridge Section is renowned for its friendliness — and its tea breaks. We believe that this has created an atmosphere, unique in the area, where people come to enjoy playing bridge together. Its success has been such that the Section is no longer taking on new members and there is a long waiting list which itself is now closed. However, we do hold quarterly Chicago Bridge drives and several courses open to non-members, and non-members can visit the Club four times a year on Monday evenings or Friday afternoons.
The Club plays Chicago and Duplicate Bridge; Rubber Bridge is no longer played as it has become an unpopular format at this and many other clubs. Monday evenings is for cut-in Chicago where players split up and regroup after each round, playing each round with different partners having a variety of skills. Wednesday evening is Duplicate for pre-arranged partnerships (owing to its popularity, non-members may not attend). Friday afternoon is again cut-in Chicago but with an emphasis on tuition where players are encouraged to ask for help and guidance with their bidding and card play.
There are four bridge drives during the year, and a keenly contested annual match between the Bridge, Tennis and Croquet Sections. We also hold a duplicate competition evening on the first Wednesday of every quarter.
Each year we offer a variety of courses, open to both members and non-members. Tuition is given in a very relaxed and informal manner by an enthusiastic and very knowledgeable Terry Wood. This year — 2010 — courses will all be ‘Back to Basics’ designed to reinforce proper bidding and cards play technique for those who may have recently learned Bridge or who have played for some time but feel their Bridge needs improvement.
Other courses have already been held covering Stayman and Transfers , Opening Leads, Competitive Bidding, Slam Bidding lasting two evenings each, and Beginners and Improvers course lasting 12 evenings. It is likely these courses will be run again in the future, so keep an eye on this web site for details.
Tuition fees for attending courses depend on the length of the course and are inclusive of course notes and tea and biscuits.
Membership is £30.00 per annum with table money of £1 for members and £2 for non-members including tea and biscuits during evening play. (But please remember that at present the Club is closed to new Bridge members.)
