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The Unit Board of Directors offers this list as a service to students desiring to learn more about the game of bridge, particularly duplicate bridge. The Unit does NOT endorse the work of any one of these teachers over another. You should talk with other bridge players and interview a range of teachers before you select any teacher. |
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Name: Lee Hastings
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Phone: 314-469-8668
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# Years Teaching: 10
Where Lessons Held: in my home or yours
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Preferred Method of Teaching: ACBL Teacher Accreditation Program accredited, Easybridge! accredited, Cruise director certified Lessons from Fundamentals through 2/1 Game Force, Defense, and Play of the Hand: feature the bidding ladder, pre-dealt hands and 'theme of the week' lesson focus. 12 Practice hands to reinforce learning each lesson. Classes or private lessons for small or large groups or individual. |
| Professional Play Dates: Yes for tournaments or local club games |
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Name: George Hawley
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Phone: 314-921-9354
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# Years Teaching: 12
Where Lessons Held: St. Louis Community College @ Florissant Valley - Continuing Education; call 314-595-4444 for beginning & intermediate class schedules |
| Preferred Method of Teaching: community college class |
| Professional Play Dates: No |
Name: Jay Shah ACBL Ranking: Gold Life Master
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Phone: 314-493 6093 E-mail:jshaent@gmail.com Website: www.jsbridgepad.com |
# Years Teaching: 10 formal, 10 plus of informal teaching Approximate # Students Taught: 250+ Classes are suitable for the absolute beginner to the Novice Players. Very active in promoting bridge thru novice friendly games. Have helped many players in achieving their life master status by playing in tournaments to get the required color points and continuing doing so with many more. According to my wife, bridge is my mistress! Conducting classes (on line lessons/videos) to get the most out of the computer software such as Bridge Baron. Have also taught several private groups (of 4 or more) and continuing these lessons. Also available for one on one lessons at the sanctioned club game. Visit my website for the latest schedule of lessons and novice friendly games. Preferred method of teaching: Accredited teacher, ACBL director |
Name: Phyllis Siegel ACBL Ranking: Gold Life Master |
Phone: 314-966-3933 Cell phone: 314-313-6092 |
# Years Teaching: 30+ years Where Lessons Held: St. Louis Bridge Center, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, Affton Community Center, Bridge for Kids at MEGSS, MICDS, & Cor Jesu, Teacher at Youth Bridge Camp and Adult Boot Camp, Lodge of Des Peres, Teacher at High School Bridge Camp on cruises and private lessons.
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Preferred Method of Teaching: 2/1 (but can easily help students switch from Standard American). Accredited teacher, ACBL director, (under 30+ years of teaching), SAYC, 7-8 week beginners' bridge class, supervised play, party bridge with intermediate instruction; Intro to duplicate. Also teaches online BBO -- private or group lessons. "Teaching Bridge is my fun job!" I never lose at bridge. I either win or learn! |
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Name: Janet Vontz ACBL Ranking: Silver Life Master |
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Phone: 314-803-8808 E-mail: janetvontz@gmail.com |
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# Years Teaching: 6
Where Lessons Held: arranged |
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Preferred Method of Teaching: ACBL Certified. Casual weekly 2-hour Tuesday Morning hands-on classes at Lake Saint Louis. Q&A session for 1 hour after Saturday Afternoon game at Bridge Haven. Available for private lessons. Can also teach Precision system (classical or hybrid) to an establishing partnership.
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| Professional Play Dates: Yes |
| Here are two easy approaches for groups who wish to learn to play modern bridge or while playing bridge! Read on for details... |
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EASYBRIDGE! 1 Easybridge! is for people who have never played bridge, people who learned to play a long time ago and would like to learn how to play modern bridge, and people who play “ social ” bridge occasionally and would like to broaden their skills. Easybridge! is based on experiential learning. You learn from and while playing the game of bridge. Each game begins with a short presentation that expands on what you learned from your Easybridge “Comic Book” (a text book like you've never seen before). Yes, there is homework, but you've never been better entertained while learning! At each Easybridge! game, you pause and help yourself at a (free) table filled with goodies on your way to your bridge table. You can come with a partner or not. Sometimes, you will play with that partner, more often with another nice person. It is common to see a player show his cards to an opponent asking, “How would you bid this hand?” We are here to learn how to play bridge, not to demonstrate how smart we are. If you have never played before, join the fun during the first 4 or 5 games in an Easybridge! 1 series. If you already know something about bridge, join the fun anytime! Incidentally, while most bridge “classes” are x-number of weeks long, Easybridge! never ends! When we complete the 15-week Easybridge! 1, we start the 10-week Easybridge! 2. After that comes 10 weeks of Easybridge! 3. And, guess what? It never finishes. You just learn more and more, play more and more, eat more and more free goodies and meet more and more nice partners and opponents. If you have any questions, contact LEE HASTINGS (314-469-8668). BRIDGE PLUSA special form of duplicate play devised for students. It is patterned after the students' classroom experience. The games usually last two hours, allowing the students to play 10-15 hands. The games are supervised by an accredited teacher. Students can practice bridge, duplicate style, after completing a basic class. The Bridge Plus game is divided into 2 segments, 20 minutes of instruction followed by a social duplicate game . If you do not have a partner, please "come on out." A partner will be provided.
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If you desire to have your name listed as a Bridge Teacher, please send the required information to designteam@unit143.org. If you desire to have your name listed as a Bridge teacher on the ACBL website, please use this link. |