District 17 is offering a virtual education program, Bridge In A Day, by award winning teacher, Patty Tucker, starting in May. This is a fabulous opportunity for new or returning
By Terri Grant, Life Master, Unit 351. I grew up hearing my parents speak of the fun they’d had playing “Culbertson Bridge”. I recall my mother warning me not to learn bridge
By Jerry and Terry Neuman, Life Masters, Unit 356, April 2021. We each learned bridge as teenagers although neither of us would ever categorize it as a significant part of our youth. As a young
By Tiffany Destefano, Unit 373, NABC Master. I took my first bridge lesson in April of 2018. My bridge teachers, Toby McEvoy and Chris Hahn, had been colleagues in the Las
By Paige Hamner, Unit 356, Life Master. After reading other autobiographical sketches, it’s apparent that my duplicate bridge life cycle is quite common.The start – a LOT of bridge in college. And then,
By Karlene Spivak, Unit 364, Regional Master. As the pandemic shut down our bridge clubs, it opened an opportunity for me! Instead of driving 1/2 hour to the Vail open
By David Barbour, Unit 374. I first played bridge in high school with a small group of friends. I started to play regularly in college, and this actually affected my
By Dick Cramer, Unit 383, ACBL Regional Master. A year and a half ago, after finishing a memoir that a major league baseball historian persuaded me to write, I rediscovered
It was my pleasure to serve District 17 (my district) as a district board member and in several other capacities. Now I am trying to serve you and the entire
