Autumn Bridge
November 25th - 30th 2012
An opportunity to play plenty of Bridge, with a mixture of duplicate competitions, tutorials with illustrative hands, and 'post mortems', plus a tutor to buttonhole at any time. The holiday begins at 3.15 p.m. on Sunday afternoon and ends with coffee at 10.45 a.m. on Friday.
Duplicate Bridge - For the first four days there will be a duplicate competition of at least 21 boards played late afternoon & early evening. On Thursday there will be a shorter (14 - 16 boards) competition finishing before dinner.
Full Mornings - There will be two full mornings sessions with tuition aimed at a particular subject, together with quizzes to get you thinking and discussion of the previous day’s tricky hands. After the coffee break, prepared hands will be played that will illustrate the tutorial subject.
Short Mornings - These two mornings will begin like the full mornings, but will finish at the 10.45 coffee break, leaving more free time to explore the Lake District.
Themes - The major themes of the week will be 'Avoiding Minor Suit Contracts' & 'Defensive Cooperation'.
Anything else? - The programme is flexible, and can be modified within reason if there is a clear majority wish to do so. If you are not familiar with the mechanics of duplicate bridge, please try to play a few sessions of duplicate before the holiday.
Prices are per person for the 5 nights and include full Cumbrian breakfast, morning coffee, light afternoon tea, 3-course dinner and VAT @ 20 %. A deposit of £150 per person is required for the holidays, which can be made by cheque or credit card. This is non-refundable unless the room is subsequently re let; cancellation insurance is available.
TUTOR
Ivor Francis has been playing bridge for over 50 years. Children, jobs and other commitments restricted his playing time for a number of years, but now that he has retired, he has reverted to the habits of his student days, playing bridge whenever and wherever he can.
Ivor has completed the various English Bridge Union (EBU) directors courses, but prefers playing and teaching to directing. He is a member of the EBU Teaching Association and has taught beginners and improver's at three FE colleges in Gloucestershire, and also more advanced players at summer schools. He thinks that whilst some 'bells and whistles' are necessary to do well against good opposition, more important by far are the basics of a sound system of bidding, declarer play and defence. Every holiday he runs seeks to combine at least two of these elements.
