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Last updated: 31 March AM. Will be changed and updated regularly.

During the weeks where for one reason or the other there is no bridge course at VHS, we can play occasionally at my place. 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.

Playing privately is a good opportunity for newcomers to get an introduction to the game, to the teacher, and to the rest of us without committing to a ten-session course right away. Some very basic prior knowledge is an advantage but not a requirement.

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE LINKS TO THE COURSES STARTING IN MAY.

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

PLEASE feel free to start letting me know if this is of interest. So far, I have heard from nobody, and I do have a life to plan ….. :-). I have already had to delete three options (9, 22 and 23 April) since the last update.

***Week 15: We can play at my place Thursday 10 April. So far, KS, MS, HM, QL and RC are available.

***Week 16: (!! Easter !! – Friday 18 April is Good Friday). As far as I am concerned, we can play:

Thursday 17 (AD, HM, QL and RC available) or

Friday 18 (CE, GE, HM and RC available), or if there is interest:

Saturday 19 (CE, GE, HM, QL, RC and TP are available) or

Sunday 20 April (TP available).

***Week 17: 21 April is Easter Monday. As far as I am concerned, we can play on 21 April (QL, TP and HM available) or 22 April (QL, RC and HM available).

***Week 18: We can play at my place on 1 May.

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

Week 19: 7 May VHS 1/10; 9 May VHS 1/10

Week 20: 14 May VHS 2/10; 16 May VHS 2/10

Week 21: 21 May VHS 3/10; 23 May VHS 3/10

Week 22: 28 May VHS 4/10; 30 May VHS closed, presumably a “bridge day”

Week 23: 4 June VHS 5/10; 6 June VHS 4/10

Week 24: 11 June VHS 6/10; 13 June VHS 5/10

Week 25: 18 June VHS 7/10; 20 June VHS 6/10

Week 26: 25 June VHS 8/10; 27 June VHS 7/10

Week 27: 2 July VHS 9/10; 4 July VHS 8/10

Week 28: 9 July VHS 10/10; 11 July VHS 9/10

Week 29: 18 July VHS 10/10

Week 30 onwards till the autumn courses start there will again be opportunities to play privately at my place. Watch this space.

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 the private bridge evenings at my place 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