Come and enjoy a few hours of gentle intellectual activity playing Whist or Court Whist. Some experience is necessary but if you have ever played any type of whist, whether recently or in earlier years, you will quickly pick up the basic requirements.
On Thursdays we play Whist. It’s simple and easy and a good place for a beginner to start. Whist is a game of strategy and can be rather amusing. Whist is a plain trick game, where 4 players, paired off in partners, try to win as many tricks as they can. It is similar to Bridge because it involves four players broken into teams of two. However, it is much easier to play.
On Tuesdays we play Court Whist which is a little more advanced in that each game has a slight variation to basic Whist, to spice up the game. Many find Court Whist more challenging because not every game is played the same way; you have to be sharp and on the ball.
Both versions have a break at half time.
Whist may not be as popular a game as it used to be; Bridge really managed to take its place, but still, this delightful game is simple to understand and generally a fun way to pass some time with friends. Whist continues to be played widely in Britain, often in local tournaments called “whist drives”.
