SUPERVISED PLAY
If you can play a social game of bridge but feel that you are not yet ready to play a full duplicate, we recommend supervised play as your next step
This program aims to help you build the capability and confidence to play a standard duplicate.
Supervised play includes a short lesson, and then a chance to play bridge. You will play around 15 boards each week. The boards will be predominantly randomly dealt hands.
The Supervised program runs as per schedule below:
| 2025 Schedule |
Lesson |
Duplicate |
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29 January - 17 December |
Wednesday evening |
6.45 pm – 7.00 pm |
7.15 pm -10.00 pm |
| 31 January - 19 December |
Friday morning |
9.00am – 9.15 am |
9.30 am – 12.30 pm |
Attendance at the lesson is optional. The lessons at each session will be identical. Feel free to come to either or both sessions. There is no charge to attend the lesson.
Normal table fees will be charged for the duplicate.
You can stay in the supervised program for as long as you wish.
A schedule of the 2025 Supervised Lectures can be found here, lecture notes can be downloaded by clicking on each link:
Supervised Lectures Schedule
Wednesday Evenings (6:45 until 7:05) |
Friday Mornings (9:00 until 9:20) |
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8th Jan No Lecture 15th Jan Very Shapely Hands 22nd Jan Responding With Fits 29th Jan Responding In Misfits 5th Feb 1NT Response (6-10) 12th Feb Responding to One of a Suit 19th Feb Responding To One No Trump 26th Feb Responder's Second Bid 5th Mar Fourth Suit Forcing 12th Mar Play the Honour from the short hand 19th Mar No Trump Responses - Revision 26th Mar No Trump Responses - Garbage Stayman 2nd Apr No Trump Responses - Slam Bidding 9th Apr Opening Leads 16th Apr Counting Tricks in No Trumps 23rd Apr Ruffing In The Short Hand 30th Apr When Should We Draw Trumps 7th May Introduction to Supervised Play 14th May Lead Towards Honours 21st May No Trump Ranges 28th May Simple Stayman 4th Jun Transfers 11th Jun Attitude Signals 18th Jun Takeout Doubles 25th Jun Responding to Doubles 2nd Jul Checkback over One No Trump 9th Jul Dealing With Poor Trumps 16th Jul Defence 23rd Jul Reverses 30th Jul Interfering in Their Auction 6th Aug Dealing with Interference 13th Aug Introduction to Supervised Play 20th Aug Announce Club Length, NT Strength 27th Aug Better Minor, 5 Card Majors, Strong NT 3rd Sep Weak Twos and Pre-empts 10th Sep Opener’s Second Bid 17th Sep Holding Up 24th Sep Reading the Opening Lead 1st Oct Strong Two Club Opening 8th Oct Strong Two No Trump Opening 15th Oct Slam Bidding – Blackwood 22nd Oct Avoiding One Opponent 29th Oct Counting Tricks 5th Nov Developing Long Suits 12th Nov All Kinds of Finesses 19th Nov Introduction to Supervised Play 26th Nov Opening New Suits 3rd Dec Overcalls 10th Dec Weak Jump Overcalls 17th Dec Responding to Overcalls 24th Dec No Lecture 31st Dec No Lecture |
10th Jan No Lecture 17th Jan Takeout Doubles 24th Jan Responding To Doubles 31st Jan Checkback (Advanced) 7th Feb Dealing With Poor Trumps 14th Feb Reverses (Advanced) 21st Feb Interfering In Their Auction 28th Feb Dealing With Interference 7th Mar Defence (Advanced) 14th Mar Opening New Suits 21st Mar All Kinds of Finesses 28th Mar Establishing Long Suits 4th Apr Reading The Opening Lead 11th Apr Power Doubles 18th Apr Overcalls 25rd Apr Weak Jump Overcalls 2nd May Responding to Overcalls 9th May Introduction to Supervised Play 16th May Announce Club Length, NT Strength 23rd May Better Minor, 5 Card Majors, Strong NT 30th May Weak Twos and Pre-Empts 6th Jun Opener’s Second Bid 13th Jun Holding Up 20th Jun Strong Two Club Opening 27th Jun Strong Two No Trump Opening 4th Jul Slam Bidding – Blackwood 11th Jul Reading the Opening Lead 18th Jul Avoiding One Opponent 25th Jul Very Shapely Hands 1st Aug Responding With Fits 8th Aug Responding in MisFits 15th Aug Introduction to Supervised Play 22nd Aug One No Trump Response (6-10 HCP) 29th Aug Responding to One of a Suit 5th Sep Responding to One No Trump 12th Sep Responder’s Second Bid 19th Sep Fourth Suit Forcing 26th Sep Scoring and Tactics 3rd Oct No Trump Responses – Revision 10th Oct No Trump Responses - Garbage Stayman 17th Oct No Trump Responses – Slam Bidding 24th Oct Opening Leads 31st Oct Counting Losers 7th Nov Ruffing with the Short Holding 14th Nov When Should We Draw Trumps? 21st Nov Introduction to Supervised Play 28th Nov Lead towards Honours 5th Dec No Trump Ranges 12th Dec Simple Stayman 19th Dec Transfers 26th Dec No Lecture 2nd Jan No Lecture |
