Honors is the premier bridge
club in Manhattan and was founded in 1993 by Gail Greenberg. In 2008,
Honors became a Not For Profit Corporation, realizing Gail Greenberg’s
concept that Honors be owned and operated by and for the Honors
Community at large. Honors offer lessons for beginners, intermediate
and advanced players. We have Novice, Nonlife Master and Open duplicate
games.
Honors’ Bookstore is located on
the 14th floor and has a full line of bridge publications including
books and computer software. We have a variety of bridge equipment--
cards, boards, bidding boxes, convention card holders, and tablecloths.
You
can be sure that if it is bridge related, Gail is there. When it comes
to competing at the highest level (representing the United States and
winning five world championships and numerous National titles) or
teaching bridge over the course of thirty years to hundreds of eager
students in small and large classes, or to establishing two world class
bridge clubs, Hartes in White Plains and Honors in Manhattan., Gail
does it all. And she manages to accomplish this with a dedication to
the highest standards of professionalism and with what at times is the
most necessary of all attributes, a wonderful sense of humor.
Andrea
Hayman has been Chairman of the teaching program since Honor’s founding
in 1993. She says she doesn’t need her two law degrees (J.D. from NYU
and L.L.M. from Columbia) to teach bridge but it doesn’t hurt either.
She believes that while learning bridge can be hard, breaking it down
in logical steps makes it easier. Many of Honor’s regular duplicate
players who have achieved life Master rank owe their start to classes
with Andrea, who has taught literally thousands of students over the
years. Of course she still loves to play bridge competitively and has
won numerous regional tournaments.
About your teacher you want to know
Well lets have a brief “Alene” bio
For seven long years I lived in Asia
So, hoping I wouldn’t get aphasia
I took up bridge morning, noon, and night
And kept on playing ‘till I got it right
Teaching, directing and playing some more
And even representing Singapore.
I came home and again worked in Social Service.
Then turned fifty and got real nervous
Decided winning the lottery was truly reaching
So I resurrected my career of bridge teaching
An
avid professional player who, back in the 1970s, "knew" he would win a
few world championships during his lifetime. But, he married in 1980,
raised a family, and entered into various business ventures, ending up
in the electronic components and accessories business. Between 1980 and
2000 he only competed in a few US nationals, a few Central American and
Caribbean Championships, one Olympiad, and numerous lesser tournaments.
He now competes in most U.S. national tournaments, recently winning the
2008 Mixed Pair championship with Gail Greenberg and coming in 2nd in
2010. . He and Gail run bridge cruises and camps each year. Basically,
Jeff is all bridge, making his living as a professional, teacher, and
bridge/business partner.
After
graduating from the Columbia school of Architecture, Mike worked as an
architect, designer, wood-worker, urban planner and painter having
exhibited in a New York gallery. Cards were just a hobby to him until
he encountered bridge. And he was a natural. Combining his high IQ,
competitive nature, with his diversified creative talents made Mike an
immediate winner. And when he turned to teaching bridge, his students
became the winners as well.
In
a prior life, Marin worked as an architect in Bulgaria and Canada, but
always played bridge and directed. He came to New York in 1981 and has
been with Honors almost from its inception. Marin is no stranger to our
duplicate players, as he is widely regarded as a top-of-the-line
director. This term, in addition to directing, he will be showcasing
his teaching talents for beginner students. Marin’s easy manner as well
as bridge expertise combines to make him an excellent teacher having
amassed quite a loyal following in the Tri State area. He won the Bruce
Life Master Pairs in 2005 and the Open Swiss Teams in 2006 with a
student. He likes music and dogs.
A
lifer at bridge, Rick was introduced to the game at the age of 9 and
started playing duplicate in high school. After graduating from
University of Pennsylvania with a BA in psychology in 1973, .Rick
returned to NYC to immerse himself in the world of bridge. Since 1978,
Rick has been a Director, Teacher and a Professional player. Rick has
won numerous championships including North American Pairs, North
American Swiss teams and North American Fast Pairs. When not playing,
he and his wife enjoy outdoor activities including swimming and hiking.
In addition, they are avid dog lovers having rescued 5 Golden
Retrievers over the past 20 years.
Sue
learned to play bridge as an undergraduate at the University of
Wisconsin, and won two National Championship events before she became a
life master three years later. She won four world championship events,
was second once, and won numerous NABC events. She was Non-Playing
Captain of two World Championship teams, one of whom finished first and
the second finished fourth. In her spare time she was a workaholic
computer professional, working on Unix System Software for over twenty
years, on Bear Stearns software applications for twelve years, and HBO
Information Technology for 4 years until she retired last year.
Combine
an excellent knowledge of the game, an ability to express that
knowledge clearly with much wit and you have Jacks credentials as a
supervised play teacher. A retired Tax attorney Jack finds teaching
bridge far less “taxing”.
It
would be impossible to list all of Jacquis accomplishments and talents
when it comes to bridge. As a player she has won five World
Championships, more national titles then she can remember and was
selected into the Bridge Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed on very few.
As a teacher she is beyond first class. Anyone who has ever attended
her supervised play sessions raves about her ability to communicate,
explain logically and her endless patience.
Yefim
has been a part of Honors for nine years. He is a Certified Teacher and
a Club Director and has a lot of experience with one-on-one and small
groups teaching. Even when he goes on vacations most of his vacation
time is spent on cruise ships teaching and directing bridge.
- Rob Barrington
- Bonnie Britton
- Omer Ekinci
- Ava Grubman
- Elliott Grubman
- Mike Kallman
- Irina Levitina
- Marin Marinov
- Michael Radin
- Randall Rubinstein
- Aviv Shahaf
- Yefim Shoykhet
- Claire Alpert
- Luna Benardete
- Cynthia Colin
- Joan Finsilver, Marketing and Communications
- Susan Friedman
- Scott Levine, President
- Connie Mazur, Secretary
- Roberta Meadow
- Cheryl Minikes
- Madeline Nagel
- David Parshall
- Bill Rabin
- Pat Rousso
- Margo Sinclair, Vice President
- Linnie Smith
- Susan Tane
- Richard Weissman, Operations
Hartes' Bridge Club
- www.hartesclub.com
Greater New York Bridge Association
- www.gnyba.org
American Contract Bridge League
- www.acbl.org
