Marc Smith (born 1960) is a British

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player,

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and writer. Marc Smith represented

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as a junior, winning the 1985 European Union Junior Teams Championship. He has a host of wins in national events, and reached the final of the

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playing with his wife, Charlotte. His book, co-authored with

Barbara Seagram Barbara Seagram (born 1949 in Barbados, West Indies) is a Canadian Registered Nurse and contract bridge writer, teacher, and administrator. She is co-author of thirty-two published bridge books, including co-writing with Marc Smith '' 25 Bridge C ...

, ''25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know'', won the American Bridge Teachers' Association 1999 Shirley Silverman Award for Best Student Book.

Bridge columns

* Bridge (Britain) * Bridge Plus (Britai

* The OKbridge Spectator

* ACBL Bridge Bulletin (US

Publications

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Marc 1960 births British and Irish contract bridge players Contract bridge writers Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)