SUMMER 2008 BRIDGE CLASSES
!!!NEW!!!
Social Duplicate
Games
with ACBL masterpoints
Tuesdays & Thursdays
Play 12:30pm-2:30pm
Q&A 2:30pm-3:00pm
$10/person

Charity Duplicate
Games
Tuesdays 6:30pm
Wednesdays 12:30pm

Thinking Bridge
Supervised Play
12:30pm-3:00pm
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Mondays & Fridays
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Mini Lesson
12:30pm-1:00pm
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Supervised Play
1:00pm-3:00pm
*
Hand Analysis
$20/person
Limited to Five Tables
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Basic/Intermediate Classes: 2-Hour Lessons - $30/class
(Discount for multiple classes)
LATE SUMMER COURSE
SCHEDULE
Beginning the week of August 4th

Mondays 10am-12pm - Basic Competitive Bidding (5 Weeks)
Course Rating – Freshmen/Sophomores - August 4th, 11th, 25th, September 8th, & 22nd
Want to catch your opponents off guard? This course presents the tools to compete in the
auction and win. Preempt your opponents out of game and
bid game when your opponents open the bidding!   

Mondays 12:30pm-3:00pm – Thinking Bridge Supervised Play (Individual Classes)
Course Rating – Freshen-Seniors – August 4th, 11th, 25th, September 8th, & 22nd
Mini Lesson: 12:30pm-1:00pm * Supervised Play: 1:00pm-3:00pm * Hand Analysis *
$20/person Limited to Five Tables – Reservations Recommended!

Mondays 6:30pm-8:30pm – Play/Defense Combo Pt I (8 Weeks)
Course Rating – Freshmen/Sophomores – August 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th,
September 8th, 15th, 22nd, & 29th
Now that you are bidding those aggressive games…you need the fundamental play and
defensive techniques to make them and set them! This course provides these techniques
and introduces you to a new way of thinking about play and defense.
Instructor: Rob Preece

Tuesdays 10am-12pm - Advanced Play/Defense Study Group (6 Weeks)
Course Rating – Juniors/Seniors - August 5th, 12th, 26th, September 2nd, 9th & 23rd
Comfortable with your fundamental play and defense ideas? Take your game to the next
level by joining this Advanced Study Group. This course explores the deeper aspects of play
and defense from an all around perspective. Instructor approval for enrollment.


Tuesdays 12:30pm-2:30pm – Modern Bidding (6 Weeks)
Course Rating –Freshmen/Sophomores - August 5th, 12th, 26th, September 2nd, 9th & 23rd
Still playing the “Goren Method” and ready to update your bidding?  This course includes
both constructive and competitive bidding. Learn the new methods of hand evaluation to get
you on the road to winning more game and slam bonuses!

Wednesdays 10am-12pm - Basic Bridge (8 Weeks)
Course Rating: Freshmen – August 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, September 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th
Never Play Bridge Before? This is the class for you!  Have friends that would like to learn
the game?  Send them a note or better yet – give them a gift certificate for the class!
Instructor: Rob Preece

Wednesdays 12:30pm-2:30pm - Play/Defense Combo Pt II (6 Weeks)
Course Rating: Sophomores/Juniors – August 6th, 13th, 27th, September 3rd, 10th, & 24th
Got the new techniques under your belt and now wondering what to do with them?  This
course takes you to the next level of play and defense thinking while applying those newly
learned skills from Play/Defense Combo Pt I. *Prerequisite: Play/Defense Combo Pt I.


Thursdays 10am-12pm - “All-In-One” Bidding, Play & Defense (5 Weeks)
Course Rating – Sophomores/Juniors – August 7th, 14th, September 4th, 11th, & 25th
Looking for reinforcement of fundamental bidding, play and defense? This course revisits
all three areas in one class! *Prerequisite: Modern Bidding (or equivalent) and
Play/Defense Combo Part I  


Fridays 10am-12pm - Minor Suit Bidding (5 Weeks)
Course Rating – Juniors/Seniors – August 8th, 15th, September 5th, 12th, & 26th
Looking to add some spice to your minor suit bidding? Join us for this complete minor suit
series to beef up your minor suit auctions with New Minor Forcing, Fourth Suit Forcing,
Inverted Minors, and Reverses. These topics work together with 2/1 Game Force
to give you an all-around bidding system.

Fridays 12:30-3:00pm - Thinking Bridge Supervised Play (Individual Classes)
Course Rating – Freshmen-Seniors – August 8th, 15th, September 5th, 12th, & 26th
Mini Lesson: 12:30pm-1:00pm * Supervised Play: 1:00pm-3:00pm * Hand Analysis *
$20/person Limited to Five Tables – Reservations Recommended!

Saturdays 10am-12pm – Conventions (7 Weeks or Individual Conventions)
Course Rating – Sophomores/Juniors – August 9th, 16th, 23rd,
September 6th, 13th, 20th, & 27th
Major suit conventions are must learn subjects.  Start your major suit adventure
with notrump bidding in August and then get your major suit slam bidding
up to speed in September.  
Instructor: Charlie Price

October Course Schedule
Mondays 6:30pm-8:30pm – All In One Pt I (6 Weeks)
Course Rating – Sophomores/Juniors – October 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, November 3rd & 10th
Looking for reinforcement of fundamental bidding, play and defense? This course revisits
all three areas in one class! *Prerequisite: Modern Bidding (or equivalent) and
Play/Defense Combo Part I  
Instructor: Rob Preece

Wednesdays 10am-12pm - Basic Bridge Supervised Play (4 Weeks)
Course Rating: Freshmen – October 1st, 8th, 15th, & 22nd
Just finished the Basic Bridge Course?  This is a great course to reinforce those new ideas.  
Play 8 hands and ask questions while you play.  Each class includes a set of hand records
showing the bidding, play and defensive ideas of each hand.  
Instructor: Rob Preece

Saturdays 10am-12pm – Conventions (6 Weeks or Individual Conventions)
Course Rating – Sophomores/Juniors – October 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th, November 1st & 8th
Complete your constructive bidding structure with 2/1 Game Forcing, Forcing 1NT, 4th suit
forcing and new minor forcing. By the Holiday Season you will be in control of your
bidding when your side opens the bidding!
Instructor: Charlie Price

Fall Course Preview Beginning October 25th
Monday 10:00am-12:00pm: Play/Defense Combo Pt I
Monday 12:30-3:00pm: Thinking Bridge Supervised Play
Monday 6:30-8:30pm: All In One Part I (Instructor: Rob Preece)
Tuesday 10:00am-12:00pm: Advanced Play/Defense Study Group
Tuesday 12:30-2:30pm: Slam Bidding
Wednesday 10am-12pm: Basic Bidding (Instructor: Rob Preece)
Wednesday 12:30pm-2:30pm: All In One Part II
Thursday 10am-12pm: Modern Bidding
Friday 10am-12pm: Play/Defense Pt III
Friday 12:30-3:00pm: Thinking Bridge Supervised Play
Saturday 10am-12pm: Conventions: Minor Suit Bidding (Instructor: Charlie Price)

Kids Class
Fridays 4:30-6:00pm
Beginner and Advanced
$25 enrollment fee; $5/class

$180/8-Week Course; $160/7-Week Course; $140/6-Week Course;
$120/5-Week Course; $100/4-Week Course $80/3-Week Course;
Individual Course Classes $30; Retakes – ½ Price
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