Organized Bridge - why not?

[Harry1954]

One of the very few activities that seems lacking on HAL is organized bridge. On sea days it is especially in demand on all cruises I have experienced. On HAL, however, it is catch as catch can and often is a dud because there is no timed event nor an organizing person.

 

Duplicate bridge has become quite a popular sport among the over 50s crowd IMHO and when it is organized on a cruise tends to have more people than the tables provided - each and every sea day.

 

Am I just dreaming here or is anyone else interested in such activities?

 

harry

[Druke I]

I'm not a bridge player, but it must be a very popular card game.

 

On our last two Oceania cruises, there were so many bridge players one of the specialty restaurants was being used as a venue for the players on sea days.

[RuthC]

My experience on longer cruises with lots of sea days, is that there is an established bridge schedule. The conference rooms are tied up all day, and sometimes much of the evening.

You're just on the wrong cruises!

[lakeboji]

We were hoping for a sanctioned bridge game while aboard the Zuiderdam 10 day Panama Cruise in February...However, not to be! There was a quilting group that took up all of the "card rooms", so they put a few card tables up in the Crows Nest...not the best place to play bridge. It was hard to compete with those playing trivia and those enjoying a few cocktails...

[kakalina]

I have only seen dedicated bridge played with an instrutor on cruises over 21 days in length. I was told, ever so haughtily, by an instructor on one cruise that 30 days was not long enough to learn the rudiments of the game. She said she was only teaching those that already knew the basics. So, I decided to stick with Canasta.

[Harry1954]

I have only seen dedicated bridge played with an instrutor on cruises over 21 days in length. I was told, ever so haughtily, by an instructor on one cruise that 30 days was not long enough to learn the rudiments of the game. She said she was only teaching those that already knew the basics. So, I decided to stick with Canasta.

Canasta is a wonderful card game. My grandmother taught me when I was only 5 while on a train from San Fran to Philadelpia for seven days. We had a splendid time playing with each other and with others as they joined us in the Club Room.

Regarding Bridge, whoever that person was is silly. All bridge clubs have a very easy learn to play bridge set of lessons that everyone masters very quickly. Granted they are not in the league of tournament players, but they don't play with those folks anyway ...

harry