{"id":243,"date":"2026-08-12T08:56:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-tricks-bridge-club.onyx-sites.io\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:11:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newtricksbridge.club\/?page_id=243","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-background\" style=\"background-color:#b3d2cf\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">About<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/new-tricks-bridge-club.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rafi-and-girls-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newtricksbridge.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rafi-and-girls-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newtricksbridge.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rafi-and-girls-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newtricksbridge.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rafi-and-girls-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newtricksbridge.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rafi-and-girls-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newtricksbridge.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rafi-and-girls-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center alignwide has-medium-font-size\">New Tricks: Bringing the challenge, excitement and fun of bridge to all<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">New Tricks was set up to bring great bridge to players and new players to bridge.  This dual mission began with the creation of the New Tricks Tournament Series, which brought eight world class players together for a 28 board tournament, during which the experts talked through their analysis and strategies as they played. This entertaining and informative series was followed by several more series featuring top players, making a step change in the quality of online content available to bridge players worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, we began teaching bridge to children in primary schools, introducing this great game to hundreds of kids who were unlikely to have encountered it otherwise, many of whom responded with huge enthusiasm and have gone on to join the UK&#8217;s national youth squad since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We now plan to achieve a massive uplift in the numbers of young people discovering bridge through our dedicated learning site, newtricksplay.org, which combines fun puzzles with user-friendly learning resources, positioning bridge as &#8216;the ultimate puzzle&#8217;. 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