Bridge Anyone?

Earlier this year we found a Bridge teacher who thrives on teaching Beginner Bridge! He is obviously a VERY patient man. Anyway we had ten people sign up, a few who played a bit years ago, the rest absolute beginners including one or two of us who had problems remembering what was a club and what was a spade. I confess I was one of the latter – and I don’t play poker either! No card sense and a face like an open book – it was a sure bet that I would not be able to actually ever play a hand.

But 10 lessons later and a little bit of memorizing, I was kind of hooked on the game. Since then we have tried to get together to play most weeks. There is a core group of about 6 to 8 who turn up and everyone gets a turn to play. We are still sometimes painfully slow both during the bidding and the actual play, but the idea is that we treat it as a learning experience – the couple of really good players who come are very patient teachers and there is NO PRESSURE! But our silly mistakes are getting fewer and we are all having fun.

Hopefully in the fall the KL Bridge Club will be inaugurated with a regular evening game that new members will join. At the moment we play in the reading room. It would be great to get several tables going up in the Grand Room so people can play a few hands at one table and then mix with into another group. The purpose is social and fun and meeting your neighbors. If you are interested and have not been part of the bridge group, let me know that you may want to play- and what your level is. So when things get going tin the fall you will be on the email list.

If you have never played and want to learn, let me know and we may be able to organize another set of lessons.