| In addition to providing duplicate games, we are committed to bringing new players to the game, and providing appropriate venues for their game to grow. Text in red means starting soon, sign up now. Courses are afternoons unless stated otherwise |
Program Offerings - Overview |
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| Program | When | Duration | Details | |
| Advanced Novice/Intermediate Courses | Next offered May/June 2019 | Mondays 12:30 - 3:00 | ||
| Level 2 Course | Starts Jan 2019 | Mondays; 12:30 - 3:00 | 10 weeks | Click here |
| Absolute Beginner Course | Just Ended, sorry | Mondays 12:30 - 3:00 | 10 weeks | Click here |
| Lesson & Play4 | Year Round | 12:30 - 3:00 1st Wednesday of every month |
Adv_Nov & Intermediate | Click here |
| Shuffle & Play | Mondays 12:30-3:15 | Ongoing; Supervised | Recent Level 2 Graduates (or equivalent) | Click here |
| We also offer a complementary advanced seminar aimed at Open players. This runs on the first Monday of months Oct thru June. It starts at 11:00 before the open game, and is run by Dave Colbert, a international-level Canadian player. Just show up, no registration required. |
Below are descriptions of courses offered |
Shuffle & Play |
| Open to any novice players who have completed Level 1 and 2 or equivalent. Come and practice your game by playing shuffled hands. Ideal for those who prefer this casual learning environment over a gentle but formal duplicate game. A bridge instructor will be supervising by answering any of your questions. Runs every Monday from 12:30 to 3:15. $8 per session |
Absolute Beginner Bridge: Lesson series |
| This course will start from the very beginning and take participants through the basics of the game. Topics include .... |
| * Basic mechanics of the game |
| * Bidding basics; suits/rank/auctions |
| * Counting points in your hand |
| * Starting to bid your hand - Opening Bids |
| * Bidding - Evaluating your hand |
| * Bidding - Responses |
| * Scoring |
| * Starting to Play the Hand |
| * Card combinations |
| * Bidding - Overcalls |
| * Intro to Defence - Opening Leads |
Beginner Bridge Level 2: Lesson series |
| This course is for those who have specifically taken Beginner Bridge (Level 1) at EBC or an equivalent first bridge course. (Those wishing to verify equivalence, please check the course description above). Topics for Level 2 include .... |
| * Review of Beginner course |
| * Bidding: Opener's Rebids |
| * Competitive Bidding: Overcalls & Doubles; review and responses |
| * Playing the Hand: Building Blocks of Declarer Play |
| * Playing the Hand: Analyze and Play Trump & NT contracts |
| * Defense: Basics |
| * Defense: Talking with your cards |
| * Bidding: Big Hands |
| * Bidding: Adding some conventions (Blackwood, Gerber) |
| * Last week: Supervised Play & Casual competition |
Lesson & Play-4 Drop-In |
| Participants have learned the basics of the game but need to improve their skills. There is about 45 minutes of direct instruction (topic of the day such as Raising a Major opening), followed by play of 4 hands. Hands are prepared and duplicated to provide maximum learning. Everyone plays the same hands, with direct assistance from the class director. After each hand is played, the instructor will go over the bidding, opening lead and play in detail with the entire group. It is the intention that participants will, if they so choose, be able to move to a novice duplicate game and on from there, once they are in a position to do so. Note that the EBC runs a 199er Novice game every Thursday and a 0-20 novice game every Wednesday |
| May/June 2018 | Length in Days | Date(s) | Fee | Level (Advanced Novice=easier or Intermediate=harder) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mondays 12:30-3:00 | ||||
| Defensive Techniques for the Intermediate Player | 1 | 30-Apr | $20 | Intermediate |
| Play of the Hand: Suit Play | 1 | 7-May | $20 | Advanced Novice |
| Play of the Hand: NoTrump | 1 | 14-May | $20 | Advanced Novice |
| First Conventions for Advanced Novices | 2 | May 28 & Jun 4 | $40 | Advanced Novice (Neg Doubles, 2-suiters, Jacoby 2NT, 2N over Weak 2) |
| Practice Bidding (bring your favourite partner ideally) | 1 | 11-Jun | $12 | All |
| Recruitment Event - Bring your bridge friends..... | 18-Jun | Free | ....and get a free lunch & bridge | |
| Play and Analyze - Play 8ish hands, take up rigorously | 1 | 25-Jun | $12 | All |
| $124 | Take every course for $115 and improve your average game by 4% |