Some 80-plus Landings Duplicate Bridge players came to the Helm Club for the 2024-25 season between October 14, 2024 and May 19, 2025. We hosted between five and 12 tables during that time period with the lower numbers occurring in October and May with a slight drop off during December and January. We also put on a Christmas Party and an end of season party at the Helm Club, with good attendance at both parties.
Highlights included one pair with a 70 percent or higher game, two new Club members joining in December (welcome to Ted Levy and Miles Thomson), and electing a new Board to two-year terms as reported last month. The Board may have periodic electronic meetings during the summer.
We encourage members to play online bridge on BBO with the Southeast Carolina Club of Clubs, with whom we have a financial partnership in which they give us a slight cut of the $6 fee you are charged for each session. Our Treasurer reports that we are very financially sound currently with about $2,500 in the treasury for any expenses we might have, going forward.
Our first day of next season will be the second Monday in October, October 13, 2025, so plan to play in the Southwest Regional at the Sanibel Inner Harbour Marriott in the fall (https://district9acbl.org/sanibel/) and continue the progress you have made towards Life Master awards! As that tournament ends, we will begin our new season the very next Monday at the Helm Club.
2024-25 Season North-South and East-West Winners
The following members have won or tied at least once this season. Two partnerships came out on top the most—Bill Rush and Bill Ferris had 13 wins and Dave Hutson and Lynne Birdt had 12 outright wins and one tie. Unfortunately, David and Lynne are moving out of The Landings, but happily, they can come back under the Guest Policy, which welcomes Landings alumni to play as guests. Several other pairs had multiple outright wins as noted, and one pair had the highest percentage of masterpoints in a single session, 70.6 percent, as noted. The list of the top 10 individual winners for the year appears below:
Bill Ferris and Bill Rush—13 wins, 70.6 percent single-session percentage high
David Hutson and Lynne Birdt—12 wins, one tie
Dennis Nahnsen and Georgene Hildebrand—6 wins
Tim Whiteis—6 wins
Jerry Poissant—5 wins
Ron Garrett—5 wins
Kerstin Abrinder—4 wins
Ron and Pat Bailer—3 wins
Barb Coneys—3 wins
Pat Tylander—3 wins
10 others with 1 or 2 wins
