Welcome to the Bridge Holidays Web site

      
First For Bridge organise bridge holidays in partnership with Arena Travel. Martin and Judy continue to host many of the holidays featured on the website and in our brochure.

This has given us the opportunity to expand our Bridge Holidays programme, whilst maintaining the high standards that have been our hallmark over the years.

Austria, Alpine Palace Resort,Hinterglemm

Sun 9th - Wed 19th June 2013, 10 Nights Halfboard

Due to cancellation, two traditional rooms are now available in the Wolf Haus!

Lisbon, Hotel Palacio 5* hotel

Thurs 4th - Tues 9th July 2013, Half board, 5 nights

City Break in the beautiful city of Lisbon with Bob Baker as Bridge Director.

Our duplicate bridge holidays abroad and UK duplicate bridge breaks are all designed to provide a blend of good play and convivial surroundings and are aimed at players of all abilities including the expert and those with less experience.

To contact us please call 01473 660802 or if you wish us to get in touch with you please visit our contact page.

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To enhance everybody's enjoyment we support the EBU's Best Behaviour at Bridge Policy.

 

Bridge Holidays for established players.

We run a series of bridge weekends, bridge breaks throughout Europe and the United Kingdom.
Click on the links below for further information on our bridge holidays or Tel 01473 660802, we would be happy to assist you.

• La Quinta Hotel Menorca 3rd - 10th May 2013 Voted by TUI as one of the best 100 hotels in the world. (Bridge Seminars)
   
• S'Algar Hotel Menorca 10th - 17th Plus 17th - 24th May 2013 14th consecutive year. (Bridge Seminars) No single supplement (subject to availability)
  
  
• Alpine Palace Hotel Austria 9th - 19th June 2013. Our first visit to this 5 star hotel in the Saalbach Hinterglemm region of this beautiful country.Due to demand, places are now limited. Two traditional rooms have become available due to cancellations.

• Hotel Palacio Lisbon Portugal 4th - 9th July 2013. City Break in Lisbon with a full bridge programme every evening.New Short Break - 5* venue
  
  
• Thistle Hotel Cheltenham 28th July - 3rd August 2013 Our sixth visit to this wonderfully situated hotel
  
  
• MS Minerva Shores of the Emerald Isle 18th - 29th August 2013. Swan Helenic flagship cruise in association with the Royal Horticultural Society. Andrew Kambites is the Bridge Director.
  
  
• Dalmeny Hotel Lytham St Annes Lancashire 8th - 15th September 2013. Bridge break in the North of England.

• The Lake Hotel Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland 29th September - 04th October 2013. Half Board. 5 Nights. Golf Package Available!

• S'Algar Hotel Menorca 27th September - 11th October 2013. Balearic island holiday. World record. 42nd consecutive year.
   
• La Quinta Hotel Menorca 11 - 25th October 2013. Voted by TUI as one of the best 100 hotels in the world.Due to selling out in Oct 2012, we have increased the duration to 14 nights, and offer 7 & 14 night Stays.

• Santa Eulalia Resort Albufeira, Algarve 31st Oct - 28 Nov 2013. 7,14,21 & 28 Nights, 4 weeks for the price of 3! Book by 05 April 2013 to secure this fantastic early booking offer*

• Christmas at Paradise Park,Los Cristianos, Tenerife 20th - 27th December 2013. Our first Bridge holiday over Christmas.*Early Bookings strongly recommended to secure flight seats for peak dates*

• New Year holiday Turquesa Playa, Tenerife 27th December - 04th January 2014. Celebrate New Year in the sun.Combine a stay at the Turquesa with a week at the Paradise Park and enjoy a full festive Bridge Holiday.

• NEW***** Athena Royal Beach, Paphos, 22nd January - 05th February 2014. Bridge & Bowls. Back By Demand! We are delighted to announce that due to the success of our first Bridge & Bowls holiday in Paphos this January, we are returning to this popular hotel.

• FREE UPGRADE****** Villa Side Residence, Turkey 04th -18th March 2014, All Inclusive. We have upgradedour hotel in Side to the brand new 5* Villa Side Residence. A hotel of excellent quality& well positioned in Side. LIMITED SINGLE ROOMS WITH NO SUPPLEMENT AVAILABLE
  

CALL 01473 660802 & we will be delighted to speak to you

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First for Enjoyment

It is our objective to provide unique and exciting duplicate bridge holidays for players of all abilities plus those who want to learn or improve. There is always a full and exciting duplicate bridge programme that usually includes either Swiss teams or pairs. We also try to ensure that tennis, bowls and other facilities are freely available at the hotels used. Questions: Go to our frequently asked question pages. We organise the worlds longest running licensed overseas duplicate bridge holiday being held in October 2012 for the 41st consecutive year. If you want a Balearic island holiday this is the place to come. We guarantee that our duplicate bridge tuition will provide plenty of humour and will be of the highest standard. The bridge tuition will provide comprehensive notes as well as lasting memories. We will also be offering UK duplicate bridge weekends and breaks.



Did you know playing bridge is good for your health? Go to our newsletter to discover how.
Did you know playing bridge is good for your pocket? Visit our bridge quiz page for a chance to win £100.00.
Did you know playing duplicate bridge makes you famous? Visit our gallery page, you may well feature.
Did you know you can improve your duplicate bridge? We are offering UK duplicate bridge tuition. Visit our holiday pages to see what's available.
Did you know Bob Baker is offering duplicate bridge tuition in the UK? Visit our links page to learn more.
Bridge laws, Andrew Kambites has written some question and answer pages on some of the more common misconceptions of the laws.

Our Bridge Programmes

We would like to stress that nothing on our duplicate bridge holidays is obligatory. You play in as many or as few bridge sessions as you wish. Obviously our bridge programme for a particular bridge holiday will vary dependent on the length of the break. In addition to playing bridge, we will always endeavour to provide a minimum of two bridge seminars. Duplicate bridge is usually available twice daily, at 2.30pm and 7.45pm. The afternoon sessions usually finish between 4.45pm & 5pm the evenings between 10.45pm - 11.15pm. The afternoons are normally given over to open pairs/teams. We endeavour to vary the evening sessions, with a balance between teams and pairs, with at least one Swiss style event during a two week bridge holiday abroad. During all evening sessions, we utilise a duplimate machine which means we are able to produce hand record sheets at the end of the session and when we have two or more sections both can play the same hands. With our UK duplicate bridge breaks we always lay on an "Early Bird" afternoon session on the day of arrival.
Please click here to see a sample of previous duplicate bridge programmes.

Bridge Holidays for established players.

Free stuff.

Go to our free stuff page for convention cards, convention card editors, hand generators and lots more.

What is Bridge?

Good question, that's hard to answer, but here goes...
Bridge is a card game, the aim of which is to make as many tricks as possible, using both your own cards, and that of your partner. Between you, your team will hold half the cards in the deck. Your opposition will hold the other half. The game borrows on techniques learnt from chess and poker. The skilful player will not only play with thought and care, but will also bluff where necessary in order to sow seeds of doubt in their opponents minds. The skill of the opponents is in overcoming this smoke-screen. Easy to learn, but hard to master, it has an endearing appeal which has lasted throughout the centuries. A game played by many millions of people throughout the world, including ex-US presidents, film stars, and people like you and us.