The Junior Award Scheme - Minibridge level

The skills which must be displayed to achieve this level are:

Deciding the contract
Be able to count the points correctly
Know the correct suit order
Say what is trumps (or NT) and who is declarer/'boss'
Know the jumber of tricks needed for game or part score
Identify a hand suitable to play in NT
Identify a hand suitable to play in a suit
Identify whether to call game or part score in a suit
Playing the cards
Count the total number of winners
Knocking out high cards to establish winners
Drawing trumps in a suit contract
Count the points to work out where the outstanding cards lie
Take a finesse against an outstanding card
Playing
Take part in an in-class competition
Show respect for your partner
Work out and record the score



The guidelines for teachers for assessing this level of the scheme are available here.