Unit 169 Mentoring Program
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In addition to our regular mentoring activities, in 2020, we are continuing a bridge coaching program for non-life masters. This program is open to any non-life master in the Unit with less than 500 masterpoints who would like to improve his or her bridge skills.
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Bridge coaches are willing to give up some of their regular games to play with our members. Each coach will play with two or three NLM players during the rest of this year. For the most part, each coach will play three games with each NLM they are coaching. The games need to be scheduled with the coaches at their convenience. We are asking NLM players to have only one bridge coach so we can open the program to the largest possible audience.
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If you are interested in having a bridge coach, please call either Rich Peffer (336-402-5367) or Cindy Wright (336-407-9842). You may also call a coach from the list below directly to see if he or she is available. We will try to collect helpful hints from our coaches to share with everyone on the website, and we will also post on the website the list of program participants.
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Greensboro coaches:
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Kathie Dwyer
336-852-9887
Louise Garcia
336-854-1662
Bob Hale
336-681-0497
David Idleman
301-332-5339
Cathy McLeod
336-324-7237
Debbie Monroe
336-848-7892
[Tom will observe mentee playing with regular partner, take notes, and discuss after the session.]
Nancy Osborne
336-855-8574
Bill Peabody
336-668-7210
Tom Skaar
336-501-1785
Winston-Salem coaches:
Betty Crockett
336-722-6045
Don Folger
336-766-6519
Kent Leggett
336-766-5816
Becky Santago
336-766-8651
Cindy Wright
336-407-9842
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On Saturday, April 28, Unit 169 held its traditional Mentor-Mentee Game in Winston-Salem. This annual game is open to any novice player paired with a life master; it awards plenty of Masterpoints. Top honors this year went to mentee Don Bosken and his mentor Sue Cooper. They romped home with a 68.15% game. Second and third overall places were won by mentee-mentor pairs Gail Bland-Susan Wesley (64.20%) and Sharon Stewart-Evelyn Fisher (60.79%).
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In the spirit of mentoring, the Unit encourages Club Owners to run games that pair newer and more experienced players throughout the year. Notices of these games are posted on our web site as they are offered. One such opportunity is the “Eight is Enough” game to be held on Saturday, October 18. This event pairs A, B and C players into teams to complete with other mixed teams. It generates lots of interesting pairings and great memories. Save this date in your bridge calendar; more detail will be provided later.
The Unit hopes that 2019 will be a year of great bridge, new experiences, new partnerships and fun for all. May all your finesses work!