Barbara Seagram

Barbara Seagram (born 1949 in Barbados, West Indies) is a Canadian Registered Nurse and bridge writer (the game of contract bridge), teacher, and administrator. In addition to being recognized for her professional bridge teaching business and as co-author of twenty-four published bridge books, she is most widely known for co-writing with Marc Smith 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, which received the American Bridge Teachers' Association (ABTA) Book of the Year award in 1999.[1] The book is in its 13th printing and has been translated into French, German, Japanese and Danish. It has been named the top selling bridge book of the last 50 years.

Seagram was a member of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Board of Governors from 1997 to 2009, has served as president and vice president of ACBL Unit 166 (Southern Ontario), has contributed to the ACBL Bridge Bulletin,[2] and is annually recognized as one of the top ten recruiters of new ACBL members.[3] She has also served on the Board of Governors and Board of Directors for the ABTA.[4]

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

In 2012 the ACBL named Seagram and Aileen Osofsky jointly number 40 on the list of 52 most influential bridge personalities during the organization's 75-year history, citing their work promoting friendly behavior at the bridge table.[6]

Seagram and her husband travel all over the world and have now visited 164 countries. Seagram, in conjunction with Patti Lee of Toronto, has built 2 schools and now sustains four schools in Cambodia in addition to several outreach programs there for victims of landmine accidents. The Canadian NGO they work with is A Mine Free World.

Seagram and Lee are also involved in putting in water filters in remote villages in Laos. The Canadian NGO they work with is Adopt a Village in Laos. This NGO also builds schools in Laos. Seagram & Lee fundraise for both causes every year. The Toronto bridge community has generously donated many thousands of dollars to each cause.

Publications

Seagram's books are joint works with one or more co-authors and are published by the bridge specialist Master Point Press of Toronto.[7]

Defensive Play at Bridge: A Quiz Book (2013) with Bird Declarer Play at Bridge: A Quiz Book (2012) with Bird Winner of ABTA Book of the Year Bidding at Bridge: A Quiz Book (2014) with Bird

Pocket Guide to Defensive Play at Bridge (2014) with Bird Pocket Guide to Declarer Play at Bridge (2013) with Bird Pocket Guide to Conventions You Should Know (2012) with Bird pocket Guide to Even More Conventions You Should Know (2015) with Bird

The cheat sheets are laminated fold-out sheets filled with useful information. Barbara can be contacted by email via her website Website is www.barbaraseagram.com

References

  1. ↑ ABTA Book of the Year winners list.
  2. ↑ 2004 Bridge Bulletin Index
  3. ↑ Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Francis, Dorthy A., Editor, Sixth Edition (2001). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (6th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 731. ISBN 0-943855-44-6. OCLC 49606900.
  4. ↑ Better Bridge Magazine.
  5. ↑ School of Bridge
  6. ↑ Brent Manley (January 2012). "Significant Influence". Bridge Bulletin. American Contract Bridge League. 78 (1): 18–23. ISSN 1089-6376.
  7. ↑ List of titles published by Master Point Press

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