Sunday March 1st

Commonly Misunderstood Auctions, And How To Get Them Right

All of the hands have opportunities for good play or defence to have an effect on the outcome.

• Defining Which Jumps Are Strong And Weak
• How Many Cards And How Many Points
• Identifying When Conventions Apply, And Don’t

Sunday April 5th (Easter Sunday)                  

The Jacoby 2NT Raise
Slam Bidding, Keycard (14/30)
Evaluating Hands For Slam

Introducing the Jacoby 2NT and follow-ups. Interesting Play Hands for Slam.

• The Game Forcing Jacoby 2NT Raise, and Responses
• Slam Bidding Using 4NT, Keycard (14/30)
• How To Value Hands For Slam (Shortages, Honours)
• Examples Of Control Bids, And Asking For Kings

Sunday May 17th

Improve Your Doubles
Sharpen Your Overcalls
Sacrifices and Scoring

All of the hands have opportunities for good defence to have an effect on the outcome.

• Doubles And Responding To Doubles
• Overcalling In Different Situations. Bid More, Bid Less
• How To Judge Sacrifices And How The Scoring Works

Sunday June 28th

Improve Your Competitive Bidding as the Overcalling team
Introducing the Giorgio Convention

All of the hands have opportunities for good defence to have an effect on the outcome.

• Competitive Bidding, Which hands overcall. Which hands pass.
• An introduction to Cue Raises
• Introducing the Giorgio Convention to help you bid games and stop low.

Sunday July 19th

Improve Your Defence
Better Leads, Signals and Counting in Defence

All of the hands have opportunities for good defence to have an effect on the outcome.

• Improve Your Leads. When To Lead Singletons / Doubletons, And When Not To.
• Improve Your Signals. Know Which Suit Your Partner Wants, Or Doesn’t Want
• Counting. Count Declarer’s Points and Tricks.

Sunday September 20th

Forcing Or Not
Which Bids Can You Pass, and Not

All of the hands have opportunities for good defence to have an effect on the outcome.

• Which bids are Forcing for each player.
• When do you need to jump or change suit.
• How to show a good hand in a competitive auction

Sunday December 6th

Test Your Knowledge 
Bidding, Play and Defence
Identify Your Strengths & Areas to Improve

Play a series of hands designed to test your knowledge and understanding of Bidding, Declarer Play and Defence.  Evaluate Your Game In Each Of These Categories:

• Bidding: How Many Cards, And How Many Points
• Play: When To Draw Trumps, Which Suit To Play Next
• Defence: What Does The Lead Mean, What To Play