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Last updated: 22 December PM. Will be changed and updated regularly.

BREAKING: I SEE THAT THERE ARE NEW MEMBERS IN BOTH THE GROUP ON NEBENAN AND IN THE FACEBOOK GROUP. PLEASE DO GET IN TOUCH IN CASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PLAYING BRIDGE OVER THE HOLIDAYS WHEN WE ARE ALL BETWEEN VHS COURSES. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE UNDECIDED WHETHER TO COMMIT TO ONE OF THE VHS COURSES, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSES, TO THE TEACHER, AND TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

This autumn’s VHS courses are running and coming to an end soon. Below is information on the opportunities to play privately during the holidays, as well as information on the VHS courses due to start in the middle of January:

WHEN VHS IS CLOSED, THERE IS STILL THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AT MY PLACE, AND THE EARLIER I KNOW IF THERE IS INTEREST, THE BETTER:

Below is a week-by-week overview, including the weeks where for one reason or the other there is no bridge course at VHS. Where nothing else is stated, we aim at arrivals from 18.15, ready to start playing at 18.30, but for those who can only come later, that is also OK. We’ll start playing as soon as enough people have arrived.

The occasional opportunities to play bridge privately during autumn, in the weeks where VHS is closed, are marked with *** below.

***Week 52: Those of us who played last night agreed to meet again on Sunday, 29 December 18.15-ish, so so far we have Agata, Quincy, Rob, Teresa and myself. Two, ideally three, more would be great.

2025 courses now online for registration:

Course starting Wednesday 15 January: https://www.vhsit.berlin.de/VHSKURSE/BusinessPages/CourseDetail.aspx?id=743390

Course starting Friday 17 January: https://www.vhsit.berlin.de/VHSKURSE/BusinessPages/CourseDetail.aspx?id=725702

***Week 1: 30 December to 5 January: For now, any time day or evening, as far as I’m concerned, (but 4 and 5 January only from late afternoon).

***Week 2: 6 to 12 January: Since interest in playing the first two weeks of this year has been underwhelming up to now, the only possibility to play this week is now Thursday 9 January. NOTE that I have a zoom course from 18.45-20.00. Everybody is still welcome to come and play, but we would need at least four people in addition to myself.

Week 3: Wednesday 15 January VHS 1/10, and Friday 17 January VHS 1/10

Week 4: Wednesday 22 January VHS 2/10, and Friday 24 January VHS 2/10

Week 5: Wednesday 29 January VHS 3/10, and Friday 31 January VHS 3/10

***Week 6: The option to play at my place on either Wednesday 5 or Friday 7 February

Week 7: Wednesday 12 February VHS 4/10, and Friday 14 February 4/10

Week 8: Wednesday 19 February VHS 5/10, and Friday 21 February 5/10

Week 9: Wednesday 26 February VHS 6/10, and Friday 28 February 6/10

Week 10: Wednesday 5 March VHS 7/10, and Friday 7 March 7/10

Week 11: Wednesday 12 March VHS 8/10, and Friday 14 March VHS 8/10

Week 12: Wednesday 19 March VHS 9/10, and Friday 21 March VHS 9/10

Week 13: Wednesday 26 March VHS 10/10, and Friday 28 March VHS 10/10

Week 14:

Week 15:

Week 16:

Week 17:

Week 18:

Week 19: New courses now available for registration: Course starting Wednesday 7 May here, and course starting Friday 9 May here.

The best ways to keep informed are

ask to be placed on the teacher, Rob Crouch’s, mailing list if you are not already on it;
keep an eye on this website post;
check out the group on Facebook here; on nebenan here; and in the games group on InterNations here.

Comments? Questions? Attending but don’t know my address yet? E-mail me here.

Playing Bridge in English

16/06/2023 Helle Møller

Dates for July:

In July we will be playing on 21 and 28 July starting at 15.00 hrs, but it is OK to arrive later, especially if you don’t mind perhaps having to wait a little while in order to be able to play. We will play till about 22.00 hrs, but again, there is no obligation to stay till that hour.

The venue is near the Jewish Museum in Kreuzberg, and you will get the precise address after signing up on this e-mail address. Please let me know your name and your approximate time of arrival. For obvious reasons of logistics, it is important to know the approximate number of people and their approximate times of attendance.

Note that the limit as to the number of people who can play at any one time is three tables (four at a pinch but the fourth table is less comfortable due to crossbars on two sides, so I guess that would be a matter of first come, first served :-)).

Some prior knowledge of playing bridge is an advantage but most of us who will be playing to start with are relative, but not complete, beginners. Everything is on a very informal basis – no tournaments or anything like that.

Likewise, some basic English and or German skills suffice. We will get by one way or another, as long as you are able to read my posts here, and any e-mails I will be sending you on the subject. And as far as I am concerned, playing bridge only works in one language, and that language is not German, and definitely also not Danish, or any other language than English. (Sorry :-)).

Please bring your own sustenance. There are three cafés next to and opposite the Jewish Museum, and the nearest café to where we will be playing is Café Nea, Lindenstraße 26 (open till 17.00 hrs).

If the need arises, food can of course also be ordered in from a delivery service.

Depending how this develops, further dates will be published here in due course.

ALSO NOTE: A new course, Pa4090H – Learn to play bridge in English, suited for beginners as well as intermediates, starts at VHS Pankow on 22 September. The teacher is Rob Crouch who, with a bit of luck, will also be present at at least some of the private bridge afternoon/evenings mentioned in this and future posts.

Playing Bridge in English in Berlin

Playing bridge in English in Berlin

07/05/2023 Helle Møller

Looking for people available and interested in playing bridge regularly.

Please contact me on this e-mail address.

Helle Møller