Monday Bridge Karlene Garn May winners: 5/02. 1st Beth Miller, 2nd Mary Jo Howe, 3rd Chet Howe 5/09. 1st Peggy White, 2nd Larry Schoenborn, 3rd June Preder 5/16. 1st Barb Davis, 2nd Dorothy Sykes, 3rd Shirley Jackson 5/23. 1st Dorothy Sykes, 2nd Dolores Kline, 3rd Barb Ott 5/30. 1st Dorothy Sykes, 2nd Rose Brown, 3rd…
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Card Games & Sports, June 2022
Bridge Quips
Shirley Jackson Bertrand Russell wrote, “The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long.” Russell wasn’t a bridge player, but he should have been. That quotation can easily be…
Card Games & Sports, May 2022
Bridge Results
SunBird Duplicate Bridge Lois Schmidt March scores: 3/03. 1st Larry Schoenborn and Peggy White, 2nd Brian Turner and Carol Phillips, 3rd Jackie Huyghebaert and Mike McDonough 3/10. 1st Dianna Wreford and Brian Turner, 2nd Peggy White and Larry Schoenborn, 3rd Helen Goheen and Lois Schmidt 3/17. 1st Brian Turner and Dianna Wreford, 2nd Shirley Jackson…
Card Games & Sports, May 2022
Bridge Quips
Shirley Jackson Pain of preparation is much less than the pain of regret. —Gen. Mark Milley Where are average things manufactured? The Satisfactory! What kind of exercise do lazy people do? Diddly-squats!
Community News, April 2022
Bridge Quips
Shirley Jackson Sure! Your side opened the bidding, but … Reasons for competing! 1. We can out-bid you to a part score or game! 2. My partner will know what to lead if you do get the contract! 3. We’ll push you up too high and beat you! 4. We’ll scare you into not bidding…
Card Games & Sports, March 2022
Bridge Quips
Shirley Jackson Mind Booster: Bridge Despite all the medications doctors prescribe, the best way to save your brain as you get older is to use it. That’s why so many seniors are taking college classes. A less expensive way is to play bridge. According to a study by the University of California at Berkeley, bridge…
Card Games & Sports, February 2022
Bridge Quips
Shirley Jackson “Of all competitive activities, bridge is unique because it offers you the opportunity to improve by competing against better players. The amateur golfer can’t play a foursome with Nicklaus; the average tennis player could never hope for a match against Navratilova. But even novice bridge players can sit down at a tournament and…
Card Games & Sports, January 2022
Bridge Quips
Shirley Jackson “It’s not the handling of difficult hands that makes the winning player. There aren’t enough of them. It’s the ability to avoid messing up the easy ones.” —S.J. Simon “We had a partnership misunderstanding. I assumed my partner knew what he was doing.” “When your partner is playing even worse than usual, you…
Card Games & Sports, December 2021
Bridge Results
Monday Afternoon Bridge Karlene Garn October Winners: 10/04. 1st LaVonne Buland, 2nd Gunter Deflieze, 3rd Barb Ott 10/11. 1st Dolores Kline, 2nd Bruce Kaiser, 3rd Dorothy Sykes 10/18. 1st Karlene Garn, 2nd Carol Philips, 3rd Dorothy Sykes 10/25. 1st Dolores Kline, 2nd Toni Greisiger, 3rd Marilyn Klooster Wednesday Morning Bridge Chris Nechvatal 10/06. 1st Carol…
Card Games & Sports, December 2021
Bridge Quips
Shirley Jackson “The real test of a bridge player isn’t in keeping out of trouble, but in escaping once he’s in it.” —Alfred Sheinwold “Bridge is essentially a social game but, unfortunately, it attracts a large number of anti-social people!” —Unknown “One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious contracts.”…