Issue 255 Fall 2026
Issue 254 Summer 2026
Congratulations to Lorraine Eaglesham of Toronto ON, The ABTA 2026 Teacher of the Year.
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ABTA President Jill Wallace presents Barbara Seagram with the Book of the Year Award. The winner in the Advanced Beginner category was “Kantar Bridge Lessons I” (Baron Barclay) by Eddie Kantar, revised by Barbara Seagram. Seagram’s new publication is a major update and reorganization of the late Kantar’s volume of tips for advancing players.
“100 Bridge Tips for Club Players” (Master Point Press) by Rakesh Kumar
“To Win or Not to Win: The Art of the Duck” (AuthorHouse) by James Marsh Sternberg MD.
Bill Belfour from the Orillia Bridge Club presenting Silva Minassian with her ABTA Apple Basket award for the best teaching tip - "Guide for Declarer" - at the 2026 ABTA Convention.
Second place: "Teaching Tip: Counting Your Tricks Before Playing from Dummy at Trick 1" by Bruce Blakely.
We are excited to announce that the 2027 ABTA Convention will be held July 12–14, 2027, at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us for another exceptional program featuring outstanding speakers, practical teaching strategies, innovative ideas, and countless opportunities to connect with bridge teachers from across North America.
We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!
Interested in sharing your teaching knowledge and experience by mentoring another teacher?
After reading the ABTA Mentor Guide,
sign up to be an ABTA Mentor Teacher here.
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After reading the ABTA Mentee Guide, sign up to be an ABTA Teacher Mentee here.
We hope you’ll join the ABTA Teachers Mentoring Teachers Program as a mentor or mentee!
Save the Date: October 30 (Friday)
8:00 am PT | 9:00 am MT
10:00 am CT | 11:00 am ET | 12:00 pm AT
Description: In this hands-on webinar, we'll explore Zoom's best features for engaging students, encouraging participation, and creating an interactive bridge classroom, learn how to use polls and quizzes to check understanding, chat to encourage questions and discussion, reactions and other interactive tools to keep students involved, and recordings to give students a way to review lessons later.
Learn how to become an ABTA Master Teacher
Recording
All about the process of becoming TOY
Barbara Seagram
“Be a Good Detective” Date of Webinar: Sept. 30, 2025
Notes
Michael Berkowitz
“Hand Evaluation” Date of Webinar: Oct. 30, 2025
Tony Jackson
“Balancing” Date of Webinar: Dec. 10, 2025
Tony's Tips
Adam Parrish
“Modern Defensive Thinking” Date of Webinar: Jan. 27, 2026 Recording
Tony Jackson "From Simple-sohl to Lebensohl over Intervention Against Partner's 1NT Opening" Date of Webinar: April 29, 2026 Recording Lesson document Tony Jackson
"Lebensohl Over Weak Two Bids" Date of Webinar: August 5, 2026 Recording Presentation Document