Born 1952 in a bridge – playing family. Every weekend his parents played rubber-bridge with neighbours, or friends, That`s why he started playing bridge as a teenager, and semi-professionally in 1970. Married, daughter is 26 and son 23, students.
Many times in my trainers career I have seen too great expectations of players. They were anxious to jump from advanced to the expert level in short time. It is not an easy work. The secret consist in collecting a lot of small achievements in all fields of bridge play. On the way to mastery one has to make hundreds of small steps. Very few succeeded in achieving their purpose by themselves. Whatever is required it is inspirer. The proper one will lay out the task and then help in reaching it. I have marked the part for myself.
On the base of the long experience as a player as well as a trainer I have written a series of text books helping an advanced player to become a master and a talented pair to rise its professional qualification. There is a blank I want to fill and switch the energy of players in the right direction. In the job one can easy make a great mistake. It`s more than enough to assume that all have the same needs as I, or to think, that I`ll be able to anticipate those needs without questioning and listening to them. The major part of my instructions makes the answer to real demands. I have written down all remarks and questions of my “students” very carefully.
I have found pleasure and satisfaction in noticing talented players. I believe in extraordinary potential of human spirit. The great poet and dreamer J. W. Goethe said: “Take a man according to his potential and you make him great”. Take a player like a master and you`ll make him the real one.
Exposing the hidden in people around us potential, layers of ingeniousness awaiting exploration and curbing it`s a big art, but also great challenge for an ambitious trainer and teacher.
Achievements:
Team European Championships
1981 - Birmingham Gold Medal
1989 - Turku Gold Medal
1991 - Killarney Bronze Medal
1993 - Menton Gold Medal
2001 - Tenerife Bronze Medal
Bermuda Bowl
1981 - New York Bronze Medal
1989 - Perth Bronze Medal
1991 - Yokohama Silver Medal
2002 - Paris Bronze Medal
Bridge Olympic Games
1980 - Valkenburg
1984 - Seattle Gold Medal
1988 - Venice
1996 - Rhodes
Europe Cup
1984 - Malmo Gold medal as a member of 'Czarni' team
2009 – Silver Medal in European Pairs Championship – San Remo
Career Coaching Record
1992 - 95 Educator of the Israeli National Team
1997 Consultant of the Dutch Open Team
1997 - 99 Coach of the Dutch National Women’s Team, which won World Championship in 2000
1997 Coach of the German National Teams in all categories
1998 Consultant of the Austrian National Team
1997 - 2000 Educator in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon
1999 NPC captain of the Lebanon National Team during the EC in Malta
2000 - 2002 Coach of the German National Women’s Team, bronze medal in the Bridge Olympiad in Maastricht and gold medal in World Championship in Paris
1999 Consultant of the Indonesian National Team
2002 Coach of the Lebanon National Team
2003 Consultant of the Dutch National Team
2004 Coach of the Turkey National Team
2005 Consultant of the Russian National Team
2006 - 7 Trainer of the team from Cyprus
2009 – 11 Consultant the Greek National team.
2012 Consultant of the German Bridge Federation.
2012 Coach of the French National Team.
2011 – 13 Coach of the Monaco National Team
Exposing the hidden in people around us potential, layers of ingeniousness awaiting explora- tion and curbing it`s a big art, but also great challenge for an ambitious trainer and teacher. http://www.martensuniversity.com/pl/97/2/about_me.html
Special Room Rate using the "BRIDGE" Reservation Code of 230EUR/NIGHT includes:
Double occupancy with Hill View
Use of a private, fully organized, sandy beach and swimming pool with free use of umbrellas, towels, sun beds, bathrobes and slippers.
Gym and fitness centre
Welcome gift and information package
Welcome cocktail
Gala dinner followed by awards ceremony
Excursion in a picturesque island location
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