Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin
Published 12:00 am Sunday, March 27, 2016
Tournaments and progress
Several of our players have achieved enough points to advance to higher levels toward Life Master.
Georgia Sorensen and Toni Iossi became Club Masters, Wade Lowder and Fern Albracht Sectional Masters, and Pat Macon Masters level. All of these players are relatively new to duplicate in sanctioned games.
Our Evergreen March 18 game winners were: N/S First, Dick Brisbin and Pat Featherston; sceond, Fern Albracht and Wayne Pegram; third, Marie Pugh and Ruth Bowles.
E/W First, Chuck and Margaret Rimer; second, Toni Iosssi and Maggie Canup; third, Patsey Reynolds and Loyd Hill.
Featured is board#16 from that game. It’s once again an almost impossible one to bid with no pair having game going points. E/W vulnerable West dealer
NORTH:
S J 8 2
H Q T 9 2
D Q J 6
C K T 9
WEST: EAST:
S K 6 4 S 7
H J 8 5 H A 7 6 4 3
D A 8 4 3 D K T
C 7 4 2 C A Q J 6 5
SOUTH:
S A Q T 9 5 3
H K
D 9 7 5 2
C 8 3
Fern Albracht and Wayne Pegram had the best N/S score defeating opponents 4HE 2 tricks while best E/W score Chuck and Margaret Rimer defeated opponents 4SS* 2 tricks. Each direction wanted the contract none making.
Tuesday, March 22 Women’s Club game winners: First, Carol Bachl and Fern Albracht; second, Jon Post and Dick Brisbin; third, Chuck and Margaret Rimer.
Hope you all had a Happy Easter.