The next opportunity to play bridge (mostly but not exclusively) in English is by attending this VHS course starting on 22 September.

As long as the course is running, we will not be playing elsewhere, at least not on a regular basis, but if there is interest in playing ad hoc, or spontaneously, please do not hesitate to suggest a date.

I’ll start: Presumably because of autumn school holidays, there is a two-week gap in the course (weeks 43 and 44), so if anyone is interested in playing at my place during those weeks, please speak up, either by e-mailing me here, or by contacting Rob, the teacher of the VHS course – or using his mailing list if you are already on it.

Right now, the only date on which it will NOT be possible to play at my place is Thursday, 26 October.

If you do suggest a date or dates, please do not forget to specify the time of day that you would be able to start.

EDIT 7 SEPTEMBER: PLEASE DISREGARD BELOW TWO SUGGESTED DATES. THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS IN THE VHS COURSE STARTING 22 SEPTEMBER, AS PER MOST RECENT POST.

Now looking for people interested in playing bridge on Friday, 8 September. We already have three people signed up, so need at least one more, since I will have to leave for a couple of hours.

((We usually play from 18.00 hrs, but if enough people are interested in playing from 15.00 to 18.00 (or longer) please let me know and we will try to arrange that)).

The week after (15 September), I will be busy with Berlin Art Week related events on internations.org, but if four or more people want to play, I can hand over the key to my flat. From my point of view, that would be perfectly OK.

The VHS course, linked to in previous posts, starts on 22 September. Once that gets going, we will probably not be playing regularly, but if there is interest in playing ad hoc, or spontaneously, please do not hesitate to suggest a date.

For those who wish, and are not already on it, there is also a mailing list.

Please direct all ideas, questions, and suggestions, to me by e-mail here.

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Here are my suggestions for playing bridge at my place up until the start of the VHS course on 22 September. Please let me know on this e-mail address (click here) – or by replying to the e-mail you have received if you are on the mailing list – if you are interested in playing on one or more of those dates, keeping in mind, that if I do not hear from anybody, I am not keeping dates free forever :-).

Please also note that if we are between five and seven people, we take it in turns, and if we are ever eight people, I have a second bridge table :-).

And finally, if you have just recently dropped in, there are a couple of previous posts in this category that explains what we are about. Also, you do not have to reply in English is Germany is easier for you :-).

Week 34:

So far, Monday 21 or Tuesday 22, plus Friday 25 August from 18.30 (with Friday my personal preference).

Week 35:

Friday 1 September, any time.

Week 36:

4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 September any time. Right now, I have one person for 8 September.

Week 37:

9 to 17 September (Berlin Art Week): no bridge opportunities (but a lot of art-related events on internations.org :-)), so it is not because I have accidentally skipped that week.

Week 38:

Monday 18 September any time.

Feel free to comment, commit, confirm here, and please note that I usually keep an afternoon/evening free for bridge up until noon the day before.

As agreed between those of us who played last night, next week there will be one definite and one potential opportunity to play:

We are definitely playing on Thursday, 10 August, starting at 18.00 hrs, so please let me know some time during the week whether you can attend, to give us an idea of how many people to expect.

Then there is a suggestion to also play on Saturday, 12 August, afternoon and/or evening. In this case, I would like to know soonest whether at least three others are interested, including your preferred times of day.

More generally, whether you are by now a “regular” or if you would like to play but have not yet been able to join us, feel free to let me/us know your preferred days and times for the next seven weeks, and let’s see what can be arranged.

And finally, in case anybody is checking in here for the first time, please also read the previous posts, and please remember that neither your bridge skills nor your English skills need to be particularly good in order to join us :-). There is a bridge teacher among us most of the time, and we have books, and teach each other, and very often it all happens in a mixture of English and German, and in an extremely informal atmosphere.

A group of us have now been playing at my place twice, each time in two shifts, and it has worked out well.

Next bridge evening will be on Thursday 3 August, starting at 18.00 hrs. Please let me know if you are able to join us, and also your approximate arrival time if not around 18.00 hrs.

If you have not been part of the previous two bridge events, please also see the previous post in this category for further details.

After next week, we will probably go back to playing Fridays, until Rob’s next course (https://www.vhsit.berlin.de/VHSKURSE/BusinessPages/CourseDetail.aspx?id=686954). Watch this space ……

And finally, feel free to tell others whom you think might be interested.