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bridge@aceshi.co.uk
or
07944 768643

Learn Bridge – It’s Fun!
Exercise your wits at the world’s most popular card game. Teams of two vie to come out on top. Gain a new social skill and meet like-minded people.

Aces Hi! is a lively London-based network for learning and playing bridge. Beginners, refreshers and more experienced players all catered for. We meet in different parts of London currently including Canary Wharf and Primrose Hill (Camden). Formal lessons we normally run in Earls Court. We think bridge should be fun – we use congenial venues where you can get a drink while you play. We offer classes for absolute beginners – see below – but if you know the basics, even at a most rudimentary level, just show up at one of our games and you will be made welcome and we will soon get you improving and having fun.

If you’ve recently done beginner lessons, with us or elsewhere, or learnt some time ago and are thinking of restarting, we are the group for you. We will help you learn and progress; advice is available as needed at all times. More experienced players are equally welcome. Many of our players graduate to regular club games.

Singles, couples and groups all welcome. Single players can come without a bridge partner and are always guaranteed a game.

Our weekday evening programme includes:

• Social bridge games and practice every Wednesday at Reebok Sports Club London, Canada Square, London E14 5ER from 6.30pm. There is no fixed starting time. To join in, just turn up any time after 6.30pm and join an available table and receive help and advice as required. We play till about 9.30pm. Click to Playing Opportunities for more info about the venue. The host is Ned Paul. Just come or email, text or phone Ned first if you prefer - 07944 768643. The group is an improvers/refreshers group but beginners can usually be accommodated - please ask.
  

• Bridge practice night at the Princess of Wales, 22 Chalcot Road, NW1 8LL every Wednesday from 7.15pm onwards. This is in the Primrose Hill area of Camden, just north of Regents Park. Click to Playing Opportunities for more info about the venue. Turn up for an informal game, join an available table and receive help and advice as required. The host is Kit Jackson.
  

• The chance to try duplicate bridge, the most popular form of bridge in clubs. We are linked with two novice friendly duplicate bridge clubs, the Ruff Club in Camden NW1 (Fridays) and Putney Bridge Club SW15 (Mondays). You will need to know the basics to join these games – ask for guidance if you are unsure. Partners found for single players.
  

• Want to start a new group in your area? If you can help us find a pub or bar that would welcome a table or two of bridge players, we have the experience and bridge expertise to get you going. If you think your locality has potential to support a small informal evening bridge group please email or phone Ned - 07944 768643.

Bridge Lessons for Beginners?
Our speciality is Learn Bridge in a Weekend. We run this very successful course several times a year in Earls Court SW5. Hours are Sat/Sun, 10.30am-5.30pm both days. The course is designed for absolute beginners but will furnish you with all the basic knowledge you need to start playing. No partner necessary, no previous experience required.

Learn Bridge in a Weekend is an intensive but fun way to learn, it gets all the basics out of the way at one time and after the course you will be welcome to join the Aces Hi! playing group. Fee £85 per person. Email for a registration form or click lessons for more information.

Next available dates:

• Learn Bridge in a Weekend - March 6th/7th 2010 (West Midlands BC, Solihull – by invitation of WMBC).
• Learn Bridge in a Weekend - April 10th/11th 2010 (Earls Court, London SW5).

If you would prefer weekly lessons, click to Ned Paul’s home page for current information.

Intermediate Classes
We recently ran a series of Sunday morning intermediate seminars and practice sessions. These proved really popular and we are likely to stage further seminars soon. Click to lessons page or email for more info.

Daytime Bridge
For details of daytime bridge, click to our timetable page. We recommend daytime supervised play games at Balham (Monday mornings), Ealing (Wednesday mornings) and Sheen - near Richmond (Thursday mornings) and newcomer-friendly duplicate bridge at Balham (Tuesday mornings) and Sheen (Thursday afternoons).

Who's Who?
Aces Hi! bridge director is Ned Paul, well-known London-based bridge teacher and director. Ned also runs The Ruff Club in Camden and Putney Bridge Club. Ned writes regularly in Bridge magazine. He was bridge advisor to the Oscar-winning film Gosford Park in 2001 and has also advised on other films and plays featuring bridge. Images on this website are mainly taken from Ned Paul’s extensive collection of historic postcards and ephemera featuring bridge and other card games.

Bookmark this site - it is under continuous development and will be updated regularly with details of session dates, times and venues, etc. For more information about anything on this site, please email or call or text one of the telephone numbers given below.