Richard Brown has been playing bridge and making friends in Quail Creek for 17 years. For more than 10 years, Richard has been patiently teaching, coaching, and encouraging Quail Creek bridge players. On Monday mornings, Richard hosts the learning bridge player group where the hands are analyzed to improve both the bidding and the playing…
Mickey Zimny Gary Mitchell, an American Contract Bridge League Diamond Life Master and teacher, is offering a webinar (Zoom seminar) on Wednesday, Dec. 9 from 9 a.m. until noon. The topic will be hand evaluation, which is the basis of all close bidding decisions. For example: Is my balanced 17 count too good to open…
Mickey Zimny When teaching a group class, it is necessary to keep the subject matter to that which is of interest and benefit to the majority, which is why Gary offers Intermediate Bridge Classes on Sunday afternoons from 1-3 p.m. in the Mesquite Room and a series of Beginning Bridge Classes on Friday mornings from…
Mickey Zimny American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Diamond Life Master and teacher Gary Mitchell will be bringing his expertise to residents interested in learning to play bridge from scratch. Gary is considered to be in the top 1% of all ACBL bridge players and began teaching after giving up bridge tournament life 18 years ago.…
Quail Creek bridge players have enthusiastically welcomed Gary Mitchell’s bridge classes to the community. They began last September as a trial and have been so well received (basically by word-of-mouth) that they’ve been extended through 2020 and are now offered twice a week. His classes are geared toward novice and intermediate players and cover a…
Robert Wendland Every Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. between 16 and 52 players convene to play Chicago-style Bridge with five rounds of four hands each before changing tables and partners. Starting in November, however, things will start to change. Introducing Mixed Team Duplicate On November 18 the club will introduce an option to play Mixed Team…