Leeds Bridge Club Trust is a company limited by guarantee number: 9490140, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity, number 1161317
Registered Office: Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre, Stonegate Road, Leeds LS17 6EL
The Club is affiliated to the English Bridge Union and the Yorkshire Contract Bridge Association
Next Seminar Via 'Zoom'
Details of our next seminar will be available shortly.
Thursday 7 January 2021 - 'Advanced Lebensohl over 1NT and more' by Nick Woolven
Tuesday, 19 January 2021 - Responding to 1NT by Mike Ferguson
Thursday, 4 February 2021 - 'Slam Bidding – Evaluating Hands' led by Robin Jepson (Open to all but aimed at less experienced players)
Thursday, 4 March 2021 - 'Combining Your Chances in Declarer Play' - a conclusion to a double session on this topic -by Alan Hayward (A continuation of the seminar that was held on Tuesday, 1 December 2020)
Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 'Signalling (1) - Why and how you should do it?' by Mike Ferguson
Thursday, 1 April 2021 - 'How to Handle Strong Distributional Hands' by Nick Woolven
Tuesday, 13 April 2021 - 'Signalling (2)' by Mike Ferguson - a continuation of the seminar that was on Tuesday, 16 March 2021 covering discards and more advanced signals.
Thursday, 29 April 2021 - 'Wielding the Axe: Doubling the Opponents for Penalties' by Daryl Kayes
Tuesday, 11 May 2021 - 'Card Play Strategies - Elimination and End Play' by Jim Edwards
Tuesday, 25 May 2021 - 'Finding Extra Entries' by Jim Edwards
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 - 'Not So Fast' by Mike Ferguson
Tuesday, 22 June 2021 - 'Evaluating Pre-emptive Hands' by Alan Hayward
Wednesday, 4 August 2021 - 'Psyches' by Alan Hayward
Thursday, 11 November 2021 - 'Protective Bidding' by Alan Hayward
Tuesday, 7 December 2021 - 'Sqeeze Play' by Jim Edwards
Tuesday, 26 May 2020 - 'Doubles of Stayman and Transfers' by Nick Woolven
Thursday, 11 June 2020 - 'Active and Passive Leads against NT Contracts' by Alan Hayward
Wednesday, 24 June 2020 - 'Declarer Play in No Trumps' by Brian Davison
Thursday, 9 July 2020 - 'Behaviour at the Bridge Table' by Mike Ferguson
Wednesday, 22 July 2020 - 'Declarer Play in Suit Contracts' by Brian Davison
Thursday, 6 August 2020 - 'Open Forum' with Mike Ferguson
Wednesday, 19 August 2020 - 'Rules Seminar' with Peter Carson
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 - 'Dealing with Opening Bids and Interference' by Nick Woolven
Tuesday, 22 September 2020 - 'The Law of Total Tricks and Total Trump Raises' by Alan Hayward
Thursday, 8 October 2020 - 'Major Suit Fit' - a session targeted at less experienced players - by Brian Davison
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 - Declarer play problems - a session targeted a more experienced players - by Mike Ferguson
Notes:
Major Fit Auction - Jacoby (2NT)
Major Fit Auction - Raising Partner's Major Suit
Declarer Play Problems - Hands
Thursday, 5 November 2020 - 'Declarer Play Problems' - a session led by Mike Ferguson, targeted at players whose NGS is Jack and below. Click on the link below to see the hands that were discussed during the seminar.
Declarer Play Hands for Seminar on Thursday, 5 November 2020
Declarer Play Answers to Hands from Seminar on Thursday, 5 November 2020
Tuesday, 17 November 2020 - 'Stayman' - a session led by Brian Davison aimed at students, beginners and improvers (up to NGS 8).
Tuesday, 1 December 2020 - 'Combining Chances' by Alan Hayward
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 - 'Simple Lebensohl Over Weak Two's' (Aimed at up to NGS 8) by Daryl Kayes
Archive of 'Hands of the Week' - February 2020 to July 2020
Week 3 February - 'Trust Your Partner' by Derek Markham
Week 10 February - Hand Analysis by Robin Jepson
Week 17 February - Hand Analysis by Alan Hayward
Week 24 February - 'Bid Boldly and Combine the Odds' by Richard Winter
Week 2 March - 'Don't Rush to Finesse' by Nick Woolven
Week 9 March - Hand Analysis by Alan Hayward
Week 16 March - Hand Analysis by Mike Ferguson
Week 23 March - 'The Extra Chance' by Tony McNiff
Week 30 March - Hand Analysis by Mike Ferguson
Week 6 April - 'Morton's Fork' by Robin Jepson
Week 13 April - Hand Analysis by Derek Markham
Week 20 April - 'Beware of Greek Gifts' by Richard Winter
Week 27 April - 'Double Trouble - Should you play the weak or strong No Trump?' by Richard Winter
Week 4 May - Hand Analysis by Robin Jepson
Week 11 May - 'Trying to Count - The Most Important Thing You Can Do? by Nick Woolven
Week 18 May - Hand Analysis by Alan Hayward
Week 25 May - Hand Analysis by Mike Ferguson
Week 1 June - 'The Value of the Ace of Trumps when Defending' by Nick Woolven
Week 8 June - 'The Rockcrusher' by Robin Jepson
Week 15 June - 'Doubles for Takeout and Equal Level Conversion' by Richard Winter
Our 'Training and Development' team is constantly reviewing its training activity options and is in the process of designing a programme of events to meet the needs of our members.
We have been offering a number of 40-minute seminars which we have delivered via 'Zoom', a cloud-based video conferencing facility. 'Zoom' is free and is very simple to join.
All our training events are offered to members of the 'Training Group'. If you are not a member of this group but would like to attend one of these sessions, please email Karen Kayes at
training@leedsbridgeclub.com in order to join the group and obtain details of how to attend.
The 'Training and Development' team would welcome ideas from club members regarding topics for future seminars. Please email Karen, at the email address shown above, if you have any ideas.