I've become a Bridge teacher. Yesterday, Sunday, I ran my first intermediate class for players with some experience in the game, but wishing to hone their skills. I was expecting 20-25 people in the Armidale Bridge Club (ABC) rooms on Rockvale Road. Instead, we got 34! Moreover, they were very enthuiastic and I had a wonderful reception. So, the whole morning went very well.
To prove how much I've recovered, I talked standing up for 3 hours and felt no ill-effects. Indeed, I went for a walk afterwards and covered 7 km in 53 minutes at a faster speed than before I had my cardiac arrest! This was a speed of about 5 mph. If this appears fast, I'll concede that I ran part of it!
For the cognoscenti, my lesson covered both bidding and play. Topics included: accuarate hand valuation; disruptive bidding; and trump management.
Just three weeks from now, I'm giving my first master-class on the subject of squeeze play. It will focus on simple, double and repeating squeezes. For those who do not play bridge I have to correct a possible misapprehension. Bridge is not a violent game and executing a squeeze does no long-term harm to the opponents - except to deflate their egos.
AS
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