Thursday Morning Lecture Series - Winter 2009

The Unit is pleased to provide a series of free lectures as part of our education program. These lectures cover areas of interest for new as well as intermediate players. Lectures are held Thursday mornings from 10 AM to 11:30 AM at our Bridge Center. Recent changes are in red.

The Winter 2009 series is:

Date Subject Presenter Supporting Material
Jan. 15 Preempts: Or, A Guide To Sticking Your Neck Out Eric Mayefsky Handout
Jan. 22 (New Date) Preempts: continued Eric Mayefsky Handout
Jan. 29 Two Suits Are Better Than One: Michaels, Unusual NT and Other Two-Suited Hands Eric Mayefsky Handout
Feb. 5 The ABC's of Defensive Signals Sue Johnston Handout
To be rescheduled The Art of the Discard Sue Johnston
Mar. 12 Suit Opening Bids Revisited: All Seats and Vulnerability Guest Handout
Mar. 26 No Trump Opening Bids Revisited: All Seats and Vulnerability Guest Handout
Apr. 9 The ingredients of Take Out Doubles Ron Karr Handout
To be Rescheduled Penalty Double - When is a Double for Penalty Lori Spaeth
May 7 Losing Trick Count. What is it? How does it work? Guest Handout
May 21 Redouble Trouble Kathy Harper Handout
June 4 The Art of the Discard Sue Johnston Handout
Exercise solution
Geeske Joel presents Leads Against NT and Suit Contracts to over 60 attendees.

Previous Lecture Series:

Fall 2008


This series is funded by the generous donations of our members to the Unit 503 Restricted Fund. The Unit 503 Restricted Fund is administered by the ACBL Educational Foundation and donations to it are tax deductible. For information on how you can donate to this fund please go here.

This page last updated on Thursday, September 10, 2009