Bridge Scores Aug.19

SHARON — There were nine-and-a-half tables for duplicate bridge at Good Neighbors at 1 Low Road on Aug. 4. We played three boards a round, so 30 boards were scheduled to be in  play. It was a warm and humid day and the air conditioner was weak. We were playing a lot of boards. A few players complained about the heat and others felt they had obligations to be elsewhere as the afternoon hours ticked by. So we cut off after eight, not the usual nine, rounds.  

For North South pairs, in first with 107.92 points (64.24 percent) were Norma Bartholomew and Tom Burke, in second with 100.88 points (60.05 percent) were Wendy Summer and Gigi Noyes, and in third with 94.76 points (56.40 percent) were Stephen Feld and Peter Hollander.  

For East West pairs, in first with 105.25 points (62.65 percent) were Jim Palmer and his lovely visiting sister, Margy, in second with 94.22 points (56.08 percent) were Catherine Brazelton and John Bevan, and in third with 85.17 points (50.70 percent) were Jane Parshall and Jennifer Dillon.

We had seven-and-a-half tables for duplicate bridge on Aug. 11 at Good Neighbors.  We played three boards a round. There was a bye table and a sit out for East West players. North South pairs played all 24 boards and East West pairs played 21 boards. The average score was 72.  The scores were unusually close.

For North South pairs, in first with 80.5 points (55.9 percent) were Roger Festa  and Harry Hall, in second with 80 points (55.56 percent) were Emily Saster and George Mason, and in third with 78.5 points (54.51 percent) were Trish Stimpson and Norma Bartholomew.  

For East West pairs, in first with 78.86 points (54.76 percent) were Lindley Young and Susan Lambrecht, in second with 78.29 points (54.37 percent) were Jane Parshall and Joan McGuire, and in third with 76 points (52.78 percent) were Lilly Beck and Kit Kellogg.

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