Barbara Seagram

Barbara Seagram (b. 1949) is a Canadian bridge teacher, author and administrator. In addition to being recognized for her professional bridge teaching business and as co-author of seventeen bridge books, she is most widely known for co-writing (with Marc Smith) 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know,^[1] which received the American Bridge Teachers' Association (ABTA) Book of the Year award in 1999.

A member of the Board of Governors of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) from 1997-2009, she has served as president and vice president of ACBL Unit 166 , contributes quarterly to the league's Bridge Bulletin magazine,^[2] and is recognized as one of the top five recruiters of new members for the ACBL annually.^[3] She has also served on the Board of Governors and Board of Directors for the ABTA.^[4]

Seagram is a Gold Life Master and is a Master Teacher (A.B.T.A.) She has received the Kate Buckman Award (given to a person who has contributed most to others' enjoyment of the game) and in 2011 received the Audrey Grant Award for teaching excellence. She and her husband, Alex Kornel, run the Barbara Seagram School of Bridge in Toronto.^[5]

Her books are published by Canadian bridge publisher Master Point Press.^[6]

Bibliography

25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know (with Marc Smith), winner of the American Bridge Teachers' Association's 1999 Shirley Silverman Award for Best Student Book (1999)
25 Ways to Compete in the Bidding (with Marc Smith) (2000)
25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer (with David Bird) (2002)
25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know (with David Bird) (2003)
Practice Your Bidding: Jacoby 2NT (with Linda Lee) (2003)
Practice Your Bidding: Roman Keycard Blackwood (with Linda Lee) (2003)
Practice Your Bidding: Splinter Bids (with Linda Lee) (2003)
Practice Your Bidding: Four-Suit Transfers (with Andy Stark) (2004)
Practice Your Bidding: Jacoby Transfers (with Andy Stark) (2004)
Practice Your Bidding: Stayman Auctions (with Linda Lee) (2004)
25 Ways to Be a Better Defender (with David Bird) (2006)
Barbara Seagram's Beginning Bridge (with Linda Lee) (2008)
Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand (with David Bird) (2009)
Pocket Guide to Bridge (with Mark Horton and Ray Lee) (2009)

References

^ ABTA Book of the Year winners list
^ 2004 Bridge Bulletin Index
^ The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 6th Edition, 2001, page 731.
^ Better Bridge Magazine
^ School of Bridge
^ List of titles published by Master Point Press, including Seagram's.

External links

Official website

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