The Sydney Bridge Club owns a clubroom in Surry Hills and operates in the City and Inner West. We position ourselves as a community club, by running regular club sessions to suit players of different levels. We also run Beginners Courses, mini-pre-game lessons and Workshops to help our players to advance in their bridge journey.
We usually run 2-3 Beginners Courses in a year. The NEW Beginners Courses are going to start in early May! You don’t need to know anything about cards to learn bridge, our Beginners Course are designed for absolute new players. For players who are beyond Beginners, please consider our Friday Workshops.
If you need further information, please call Wing on 9264 6884 or email her on office@sydneybridgeclub.org.au.
NEW Beginners Course 2026
Several times a year, we run Beginners’ Lessons at Sydney Bridge Club. Each course runs for 6 weeks and costs $159. The teacher, Wing Roberts is an experienced and patient teacher of new players and will guide you through all of the basics of bridge.
The Beginners Courses in Term 2 (May/June) will be held in the City. There will be Beginners Courses in the evening and Polish Club Ashfield in Term 3 (July/August):
- 6 Wednesday Afternoons | City 6th May – 10th June, 2.00pm – 4.30pm [Flyer]
- 6 Friday Afternoons | City 8th May – 12th June, 2.00pm – 4.30pm [Flyer]
After completing the Beginners Course, you will have the option to continue your journey in either City or Polish Club Ashfield. There are regular play sessions running in parallel to the Beginners Course. Both of our venues also provide on-going Supervised Sessions – Monday morning, Tuesday night, Wednesday morning in City and Thursday morning in Polish Club Ashfield.
If you would like to get a glimpse of the game, to experience how and where a duplicate bridge is played in a bridge club, we would like to invite you to a FREE Introduction Seminar:
- Friday | City 17th April, 1.00pm – 2.00pm
- Wednesday | City 22nd April, 12.30pm – 1.30pm
For players who finish Beginners Course… NEW Improvers I and II
After they finish Beginners Classes, many of our students look for more structured learning opportunities to supplement their Supervised sessions and help them to progress. From end of March, students will be able to book into our NEW Improvers I and Improvers II classes, $159 each.
Improvers I
- 6 Monday Mornings | City 23rd March – 4th May, 10.00am – 12.30pm (NO lesson on Easter Monday 6th April)
- 6 Tuesday Nights | City 31st March – 5th May, 7.00pm – 9.30pm
- 6 Thursday Mornings | Ashfield 26th March – 30th April, 10.00am – 12.30pm
Improvers II
- 6 Monday Mornings | City 11th May – 22nd June, 10.00am – 12.30pm (NO lesson on Kings Birthday 8th June)
- 6 Tuesday Nights | City 12th May – 16th June, 7.00pm – 9.30pm
- 6 Thursday Mornings | Ashfield 7th May – 11th June, 10.00am – 12.30pm
Other learning opportunities
The best way to improve your game is to play frequently and to sometimes play in a more challenging field. Our experience told us that, playing once a week will maintain your skill, playing twice or more every week has a big impact on improving your game. It is normal to feel a bit nervous when you first play beyond your level, ask our Directors for a Green Dot Sticker (protection system) so you can have a chance to settle in.
There are also guided materials for improvers:
- Monthly Workshop – once a month, usually on a Friday or a Saturday, to be held in our City venue. Will Jenner-O’Shea is a reputable bridge teacher and will introduce more focused topics in his Workshops.
- Half-day Education Seminar – focused learning on a single topics in more details. It’s an new initiative, we are hoping to have it run once a month.
- Weekly Wisdom – a weekly online article by Julian Foster. Julian is a many times NSW Representative, and one of the best bridge mentors. He wrote on an interesting hand from the SBC sessions, congresses and any tables. A great way to play and learn at your own pace.
What next? Supervised Sessions and more…
There are on-going Supervised Practice Play sessions in both venues:
- City: Monday morning, 10.00am – 12.30pm
- City: Tuesday night, 7.00pm – 9.30pm
- City: Wednesday morning, 10.00am – 12.30pm
- Polish Club Ashfield: Thursday morning, 10.00am for 10.15am start – 12.45pm
All these Supervised Sessions start with 15 minutes pre-game talk, followed by a supervised duplicate. Get your first Masterpoints here!
If you have already played some bridge, then you don’t necessarily need Beginners’ Lessons, perhaps try the Improvers Course or simply join the Intermediate / Open Inclusive sessions.
The Wednesday morning in the City is suitable for Supervised players who have played for a while and step up for Intermediate Play. There will be a pre-game talk at 9.45am and game starts at 10.00am. Marcia Scudder is a many times NSW Women’s Team Captain, and her mini lesson will definitely keep your brain turning!
For sessions that are labelled as “Open Inclusive”, the level of players varies but most of them have a bit more experience. You’re welcome to join these sessions when you feel like stretching your skills! Just let the director know, so they can introduce you to the players in the Open field and put you under “protection system”. You’re also welcome to ask office to refer you to a Session Buddy, so they can introduce you to the field.
You don’t need a partner, visitors and walk-ins are welcome.
Finding your winning edge beyond Intermediate and Open…
For those who have advanced beyond Intermediate and have played in Open duplicates, sometimes you feel like you have touched a “glass ceiling”. Join us to play in congresses! Playing in higher level games and congresses is the best way to stretch your game. We run Club events and Congresses a couple of times in a year, we also travel to play in congresses. We usually arrange a SBC Dinner Out when travel to congresses, it is great fun to discuss a hand that you have played and compare with the others over a drink 😉
These SBC Dinner Out @ Congresses will be announced in the monthly club message. Please also keep an eye on the SBC website and Facebook group.
We can also refer you to Personal Mentor. Please talk to Wing in the office.
