Learn Bridge
Why learn bridge?
Many games provide fun, but bridge grips you. It exercises your mind. Your mind can rust, you know, but bridge prevents the rust from forming.
– Omar Sharif
No matter where I go, I can always make new friends at the bridge table.
– Martina Navratilova
Beginner Lessons
Evening lessons are held at the club rooms on Tuesday evenings starting at 7:30pm. Lessons consist of two weeks of Minibridge (at no cost) followed by 12 weeks tuition. At the lessons you are taught the basics of how to bid using Acol, and a little bit about play. From the very start you meet and play with other new players, and you learn and move on together.
Following this, new members are buddied-up with more experienced players who will guide you through your first games and introduce you into the junior grade on Tuesday evenings.
After the lessons most people join the club and are given a New Zealand Bridge number that you use whenever you play in a club.
The next course starts on 28 July 2026.
The cost is $80 for 12 weeks of lessons and includes tuition and comprehensive take-home notes.
If you are interested in attending the lessons, let us know using the contact us button
Improver’s Classes (“Let’s talk about it”)
Improver’s classes are weekly on Saturdays, starting 1pm, at the Wellington Bridge Club. The first session will be on 6 June. The cost is $6 per session
- Informal Saturday afternoon coaching sessions for players from across the region
- Friendly, non – competitive (no scoring)
- Chat about each hand with an experienced player at the table
- No need to book or have a partner – just turn up
- Delicious home-made afternoon tea
- If you have been been playing a year or more, and want new skills, this is for you
- Upskill each week with a different topic
- $6 per session (please note we do not accept cash, but you can get registered for automatic Direct Debit payment)
- Contact Helen on 021 881990 with any questions
Topics:
June – Declaring
- June 6 Planning the play, managing entries
- June 13 Creating tricks when playing a suit
- June 20 Creating tricks in no trumps
- June 27 Playing the odds, safety plays, card combinations
July – Defending
- July 4 Signals and discards
- July 11 Opening leads: active versus passive
- July 18 2nd/3rd hand defensive play
July/August – Bidding
- July 25 Minimum and limit bids versus forcing bids
- Aug 1 Going on or signing off?
- Aug 8 Competing over a weak 1 NT
- Aug 15 Competitive bidding when we overcall
- Aug22 Sacrificing and making the scoring work for you
Learning online
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