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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: Sheryl Finkenstadt ACBL Ranking: Silver Life Master |
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Phone: 636-244-2301 E-mail: sheryl@finkenstadt.com |
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# Years Teaching: Off and On, since 1966. No formal classes since 1975 Approximate # Students Taught: 44 Where lessons held: Arranged. |
| Preferred Method of Teaching: Small groups of 4. Will teach individuals or pairs. Methods tailored to student needs, including pre-dealt "lesson hands" & take-home quizzes. Emphasis upon applying principles. ["Teach to fish, not just hand out a fish."] |
| Professional Play Dates: Yes. |
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Name: Lee Hastings
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Phone: 314-469-8668
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# Years Teaching: 4
Where Lessons Held: in my home or yours
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Preferred Method of Teaching: ACBL TAP accredited, Easybridge! accredited, Cruise director certified Lessons feature the bidding ladder, pre-dealt hands and 'theme of the week' lesson focus. Through Meramec Community College 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: see above |
| Professional Play Dates: No |
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Name: Linda Powers ACBL Ranking: Silver Life Master |
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Phone: 636-532-2210
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# Years Teaching: 12
Where Lessons Held: arranged |
| Preferred Method of Teaching: Will teach beginning and beyond. Classes are structured to fit the needs of the students, from basic bidding to conventions, declarer play and defense. Two hour lesson includes one hour of instruction and one hour of prepared hands. |
| Professional Play Dates: Yes |
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Name: Jane Schaffer |
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Phone: 636-928-1487
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# Years Teaching: 20 |
| Preferred Method of Teaching: prefer small groups of 4-16; if enough interest, will hold separate, special game for beginners. |
| Professional Play Dates: Yes, by prior arrangement. |
Name: Jay Shah ACBL Ranking: Silver Life Master
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Phone: 314-493 6093 E-mail: jshaent@gmail.com, Web site: www.jbrigde.info |
# Years Teaching: Many years of informal teaching Approximate # Students Taught: Many informally Starting formal classes beginning January 2012. Location and days are to be determined, visit my web site for the latest information about these classes. Very active in promoting bridge thru novice friendly game. Have helped over a dozen player 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! Preferred Method of Teaching: Accredited teacher, ACBL director. |
Name: Phyllis Siegel ACBL Ranking: Bronze Life Master |
Phone: 314-966-3933 |
# Years Teaching: 30+ years Where Lessons Held: St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis Community College at Affton Community Center, Bridge for Kids at MICDS, Teacher/Counselor at Bridge for Kids Summer Camp |
Preferred Method of Teaching: Acredited teacher, ACBL director, SAYC, 9 week beginner's bridge and party bridge with intermediate instruction; Intro to duplicate. "Teaching Bridge is my Fun job" |
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Name: Janet Vontz ACBL Ranking: Life Master |
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Phone: 636-561-8808
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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 in Jefferson County CARL CLYNE (636-285-9687) or in St. Louis 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. |