Bridge Lessons
Our Bridge courses are designed to be an enjoyable and social experience to give players of all levels an insight and understanding of this increasingly popular game. You will be taught the Acol system and the course will guide you through a progression of principles and conventions at the relevant level with plenty of practical play.
The Hub offers a range of courses, explained below, and our tutors are John Bevan, who teaches our Beginners Blitz Bridge in a weekend course and Beginners Next Steps on Wednesdays, Improvers on Tuesdays, and John Spiers who oversees Supervised Play on Mondays.
John Bevan is a regular club bridge player who has taught beginners and improvers for several years, with his student age groups ranging from his 4 year old grandson to U3A members. A retired NHS consultant, John finds the game of bridge endlessly fascinating and enjoys sharing his passion for it with all his students.
John Spiers has been playing bridge for over 50 years and plays competitively in local clubs and increasingly online. He has many years’ experience teaching bridge. John is now retired after a career in IT and lives in Fernhurst.
Intermediate
A course of supervised play for players with around 2 years of experience and familiar with common conventions. Anyone who has attended a Hub Bridge course this year would be welcome to join these sessions. If in doubt, please speak to your tutor.
Day & Time:
Eleven week term - Monday 29th September - 15th December 2025
4:15pm - 5:45pm
Half Term Holiday: No classes week commencing 27th October 2025
Cost: £165 per 11 week term
Improvers
Develop confidence in bidding and play
Designed for recent learners and those wanting revision of the principles of bidding and play. A run through of each week’s chosen topic will be followed by playing set boards with plenty of time for questions and discussion afterwards. A good way to increase in confidence and practise bidding and playing hands.
Day & Time:
Eleven week term - Tuesday 30th September - 16th December 2025
3.45pm - 5:15pm
Half Term Holiday: No classes week commencing 27th October 2025
Cost: £165 per 11 week term
New Improvers
Develop confidence in bidding and play
Designed for those recent to the game or with some limited experience who would like some revision of the principles of bidding and play.
The Course will also cover through supervised play some practical applications of learned principles and standard conventions through supervised play.
The syllabus will mirror the Improvers Tuesday class and will be at a moderate pace to ensure everyone can benefit from the tuition.
Eleven week term - Wednesday 1st October - 17th December
4.15pm - 5:45pm
Half Term Holiday: No classes week commencing 27th October 2025
Cost: £165 per 11 week term
Beginners
Blitz Bridge in a Weekend
An intensive course of 12 hours teaching spread over 2 days suitable for complete beginners. The intention is to enable individuals to play ‘social bridge’ as quickly as possible. The course will comprise a methodical run through the basic principles of bidding, card play and scoring in a way that can be picked up quickly to allow for rapid improvement with an emphasis on learning by playing the cards. The numbers will be limited to ensure individuals will be able to ask questions in a friendly informal atmosphere. Participants will be able to sign up to a bridge site which offers online tuition at no cost for 3 months.
Date & Time
Saturday 1st (09.30 - 3.30pm) & Sunday 2nd November (10.00 - 4.00pm)
Cost: £145
“The 2 days were paced just right and the Tutor’s patience and humour kept us all relaxed and enjoying ourselves”.
Angie