Fort Wayne Area Duplicate
Bridge Directors
The Fort Wayne area has excellent ACBL certified bridge
directors available to conduct the various games that are held at the club. All
of the directors are independent contractors working for the clubs that host the
individual games. Below is a brief outline of the Fort Wayne area bridge
directors.
Jack Spring has a diversity of director experience and also has
many years of local club and tournament experience. Jack performs the director
duties for the Tuesday afternoon games and shares the Monday and Thursday evening director duties with Mike Bonahoom.
Don Ferguson is an ACBL certified director. After a recent director illness he was rushed into service. Don
has many years of bridge experience and also provides technical and other
assistance to his wife Rose when she is teaching bridge classes. Don handles the
director duties for the Saturday evening games.
Mike Bonahoom has years of experience as a bridge player,
teacher and director has made substantial contributions to the betterment of
bridge in the Fort Wayne area. Mike directs the Wednesday afternoon invitational
and open games, Saturday afternoon game, and shares the director duties for the Monday and Thursday evening games with Jack
Spring.
Dick
and LaVerne Petersen are co-managers and co-directors of the Swindell bridge
club, which meets every Tuesday evening for an open stratified game. Dick and
Laverne are both Bronze Life Masters, certified ACBL directors, and certified
ACBL teachers. ( LaVerne has more master points than Dick)(Don't tell him).
Emory
Jeffers is the newest director in the FWDBC. He is working on his Life Master
certificate. He is both an ACBL certified director and an ACBL certified
teacher. He is currently assisting Dick and LaVerne on Tuesday nights. He is
currently teaching beginner lessons at the IPFW extension.
Please remember the directors have as
much fun refereeing disputes as you have participating in the disputes; only their
"fun" is multiplied by the number of troublesome players and tables in the session.
Thanks
ladies and gentlemen for rendering your services to the players at the Fort
Wayne Duplicate Bridge Club.
Fort Wayne Area Bridge Teachers
Want to learn more about bridge in general and the bidding and playing
techniques. The Fort Wayne area has excellent teachers available to help you in
your quest. Below is a synopsis of the teachers and their programs which are available from
the teachers in the area.
Mike Bonahoom has many years of experience as a player, director
and teacher of bridge. He has mainly concentrated his free teaching efforts at
the 99'er group that he started at the Fort Wayne Duplicate Bridge Club. His
efforts have led to a substantial increase in player participation. Many of the
students that he had as 99'ers have now graduated to the open games. Mike is not
available for private or individual lessons but is always willing to offer
assistance if you have a specific question.
Rose Ferguson has many years of experience as a player and
teacher of bridge. She has taught the classes at IPFW university for many years.
The classes at IPFW are taught at the beginning and intermediate levels
using the Silverman Five Card Major Teaching Series during the fall and winter
sessions. Registration for the IPFW classes is through the regular university
registration process. Rose is also available for direct small custom classes covering
selected phases of the game of bridge. She may be contacted by email at
GrandSlamRose@yahoo.com.
Norm Stephan taught bridge at IPFW for many years and has also
provided free lessons for the 99'er group at the bridge club. He is currently
available for individual playing lessons during open game sessions and is also
conducting informal custom classes for small groups at his home. Norm can be
contacted by email at Norms@fwi.com.
Dick Petersen, LaVerne Petersen, Emory
Jeffers and Craig Herold are also certified ACBL teachers, see their pictures in the director's
section, above.
All of the above teachers are ACBL life
masters and will be delighted to share their various playing experiences with
you.
