Jill Shipley My paternal grandfather died of Alzheimer’s. My father died of Alzheimer’s. What will happen to me? When the Small Slams Bridge Club of SaddleBrooke announced their annual fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association, I knew I had to get involved. This darn disease is affecting way too many people and disrupting way too many…
Tag: Bridge Club
January 2026, Clubs & Classes
Wednesday Ladies Duplicate Bridge Club
Yvonne LeCornu After our regular Wednesday morning bridge game, we had a Holiday Party at MountainView, which was attended by many of our players. Upon arriving, JoAnn Wilbour played the piano, entertaining us with Christmas music. Then we played a couple of games, followed by our wonderful lunch. We thanked Sharon Wykes for her dedicated…
December 2025, Clubs & Classes
Wednesday Ladies Duplicate Bridge Club
Yvonne LeCornu Ladies Duplicate Bridge Club is open to all SaddleBrooke women who want to play non-sanctioned duplicate bridge with ACBL rules. The club plays every Wednesday from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center. The entry fee is $3 per person per day. So, if you are new to bridge…
November 2025, Clubs & Classes
Bridge Party Bulletin: Bids, Tricks, and Strategy
Susan Love SaddleBrooke One Monday Bridge Club hosted a festive Welcome Back, Snowbirds, party after their game on Oct. 13. This event marked one of our biggest duplicate bridge competitions of the season, with players competing across nine and a half tables for top honors. Arlene and Jack Mayfield claimed the top spot in North/South,…
March 2025, Clubs & Classes
SaddleBrooke Resident Attributes Longevity to Friendship, Bridge Club
Susan Love Forty members of the Monday SaddleBrooke One Bridge Club honored Faye Steele with birthday cake on Feb. 10 after their game. Faye celebrated her 94th birthday on Valentine’s Day, 2025. Faye has been a bridge player for over 70 years. She first learned the game in college at Purdue University, Indiana. She credits…
Clubs & Classes, March 2020
NW Tucson Bridge Club
Peter Godrey “I wouldn’t mind being in jail if I had three cellmates who were decent players and who were willing to keep the game going 24 hours a day.” —Warren Buffett, describing his love of the game of bridge. Bridge is the world’s most popular card game, enjoyed every day by millions of people.…
Clubs & Classes, February 2019
MountainView Bridge Club
Sue Bush The Tucson Regional Bridge Tournament will soon be here! This special event will be held February 25-March 3 at the Tucson Expo Center, 3750 E Irvington Road, just off I-10 near the airport. Gold rush pairs, knockouts, Swiss teams, stratified open pairs and bracketed team play will be featured throughout the week. Players…
Clubs & Classes, May 2017
April Bridge Club news
Ann Kuperberg April showers might bring May flowers but for the MountainView Bridge Club April brought more players gaining master points. Frequent winners included Jack and Arlene Mayfield, Peter Godfrey and Steve Sahl, Bonnie and Bob Hertzog, Michelle Werley with Marie Heald and Joy Rieckers, Sue Hagerty with Dean Frost and Jim Coe, Vicki Hanson…
Clubs & Classes, January 2016
New ACBL Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge Club
Barbara Starrett and Joyce Honorof We are pleased to announce that the Small Slams Bridge Club is now American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) sanctioned and will begin offering ACBL masterpoints with the first game set for Thursday, January 14, 2016. Both Joyce and Barbara started playing bridge only a few years ago and rapidly became…
Clubs & Classes, January 2016
MountainView Bridge Club has best Christmas party ever
Terry Coe What a night! SaddleBrooke’s MountainView Duplicate Bridge Club put down the cards, danced on the tables and ended forever the old myth that bridge players are a stodgy, grumpy bunch. The enterprising members who scooped up the unused drink tickets and imbibed enough to lose their inhibitions started the fun flowing. While the…