Despite the headline, it is with a joyful heart that I share the news of Joan Ceglarski's passing. She died peacefully on Wednesday, March 15th, surrounded by the people she most cared about and in the house she loved. As I placed my hand on the pall covering her coffin at Mass yesterday, I was filled with a comforting peace and the sure knowledge she was already wrapped in the perfect love of the next part of her life.
She was blessed to have lived 95 good years on this earth and those years...
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Ten tables played in the annualSakonnet Golf Club Invitationalon Wednesday, June 29. It was most exciting to welcome so many players new to the game! Congratulations to the winners. Overall: Graeme Bell, Strat B: Judy Barr, Strat C:Bunny Milikin. Click HERE for full results or HERE for hand records.
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This just in.... Susan was recently named alifetime member of the ACBL's National Charity Committee. District 25's represenative on the ACBL Board of Directors, Carole Weinstein submitted the nomination. The appointment comes with a spiffy pin....
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Our Annual Memorial Mass and Breakfast was held on Tuesday, November 12th @ 9:00. The service took placeat St. Barnabas Church on East Main Road in Portsmouth and was followed with a breakfast at Foodworks, just up the street. Itwas such a wonderful opportunity to get together and remember both our bridge family members who have died and members of our extended family. The bridge game still proceeded as usual at noon.Thisgave us an opportunity to remember Lila Murphy, who died on September 21, 2019...
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Another Sakonnet Golf Club Individual is now history. It was a wonderfully social afternoon filled with great fun and time well-spent with friends at the bridge tables. Kudos to all our newer players who ventured forth to come and play with the sharks. Our overall winners were:
1. Richard Haverland2. Graeme Bell3. Ginger Kent4/5. Cathy Redding4/5. Bonnie Trowbridge6/7. John McGrath6/7. Liz SchroederClick HEREfor a complete list of results and HERE for a copy of the hands.
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Another great time was had by all. Special congrats to our rookies who survived the day with flying colors. Click HERE for the hand analysis.
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SCORING CORRECTION ALERT! Steve Myerson & Eva Landy still topped Thursday's field but a recent scoring correction boosted them to a 70.64% game. Best wishes for a national overall. The corrected results are in the usual place but you can click here for the hand analysis by Frank Stewart.
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Congratulations to the Rizy Team (Ed Rizy, Ruth Colman, Claire & Ron Caplain) who won the September Swiss. Special thanks to Ruth joined the team as a last minute substitute. Click here for complete results.
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The Asian Games are underway in Jakarta and for the first time bridge has been included as one of the sports. Checkout this article from the BBC. You'll be delighted to read about the playersfinding themselves in international competition in their 70s. Not to mention, one has the best reason for learning to play bridge ever!
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Jane Philippi topped a great field to win the annual Sakonnet Golf Club Invitational bridge event. Laura Taylor won Strat B and Caroline Taylor won Strat C. Click here for the complete resultsandhere for the printouts of the hands.
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