Learn and Improve
Learn Bridge Locally
Bridge Clubs
Many local clubs now run classes as an introduction to duplicate bridge. There were items in the monthly Suffolk Newsletters for September 2011 (main article) and October 2011 (addendum).
These are the clubs we know about, the links below will take you to the club website for further details.
- Colchester
- Framlingham
- Ipswich & Kesgrave
- Risbygate
- Stansfield (pictured above)
- Stowmarket
- Woodbridge
Bridge Teachers
Suffolk has quite a few bridge teachers – see our teachers' page.
Read & Learn
Newspaper Columns
The Times now requires a subscription but we are fans of Andrew Robson's articles – see this page for links.
But Zia Mahmood in The Guardian is still free.
Locally Chris Chambers writes a weekly bridge column in the East Anglian Daily Times and publishes them online, this is the most recent article.
Instructional Writing
These articles first appeared in Table Talk:
- Celia Jeal's articles for those learning the game; 'Brush up your…'
Bridge Online
Bridge Club Live at www.bridgeclublive.com is an excellent online bridge club in its own right and is the most suitable site for Acol improvers. It was originally formed by amalgamating an international club with EBU Online, so it's much more Acol-friendly than other online clubs (which tend toward the international standard of 5-card majors and strong no-trump). It also runs Supervised Practice sessions for improvers.
Another very useful website for Acol improvers is www.nofearbridge.co.uk.
You can play for free, without downloading any software (but you will have to register) on Bridge Base Online (BBO). You can spectate on BBO without a login using their Vugraph facility. Many national and world events are transmitted live and you can see what is scheduled in the next few weeks. For real fans there is an archive of past events.