Hi ,

I'm very happy to share that next week, we'll start sending out four new lessons in Pam Livingston's free mini-course, Aggressive vs. Passive Defending in Bridge.

We would be so grateful if you helped us invite others to register. The person with the most friend referrals will win a free personal online coaching session with Pam!

Use the link at the bottom of this email or forward this email and your friends can register here:

This is a bit of an experiment. I hope this is a fun contest. Thank you so much to everyone who helped share our bridge videos, lessons, & classes.

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Aggressive vs. Passive Defending in Bridge

In half of all bridge hands your side is defending. There are great gains to be made by improving your defence and it is all about gathering information and putting together the pieces of the puzzle. Join Pam for this free introductory defence course and find out why defence is her favourite part of the game.

Watch Pam's Introduction

These four lessons will be appropriate for all bidding systems.

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Good News from New Zealand

In other news, congratulations to Pam and the NZ team for their fantastic play this last weekend in the World Bridge Federation matches against Australia.

Here is a message for us all from Pam:

"The Zone 7 playoffs between New Zealand and Australia were held over the weekend. For the first time they were played on RealBridge. Five sections were contested with the players congregating in either Auckland or Christchurch. So no, we didn't play from our homes, because this was a World Bridge Federation event and was closely supervised.

Three pairs were in Christchurch - my partner (Jan) and I, our teammates (Jenny and Shirley) and a Seniors Pair - along with our team captain Kris. Our other pair (Carol and Andi) were in Auckland. We had our score up and team talk online.  

I loved it. We played 6 x 16 board stanzas with each pair playing two per day. The result was pretty good for us 221 - 116. It would be wonderful to have the opportunity to play against other countries too.

All games were played in excellent spirit with the Australians being a pleasure to play and to get to know. Many thanks to my team - you played so well and were fabulous teammates.

New Zealand won: Open, Women, Mixed

Australia won: Senior, Youth"

Team New Zealand

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A Musical Break

Lastly, who else has been missing going to the theater?!?

Did you know our teacher Adam Parrish is also a skilled playwright and songwriter? He recently released a couple new songs from his new musical, Swipe Right. Enjoy!

'Red Flags' from Swipe Right: The Musical

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So many reasons to celebrate! Our warmest congratulations to Pam & the NZ team, and to Adam & his cast and crew. Well done, all.

Stay tuned for Pam's free defence videos which I will send out to you in the coming weeks. Thank you again for your support.

Yours partner in learning,

Bajir from Learn Bridge Online