The Landings Duplicate Bridge Club (LDBC) has now met three times since the Fall season has begun at The Landings. The first two meetings were like old times with our Director, Judy Cleveland watching over us in the Garden Room of the Helm Club, our usual venue. On Monday, October 13 and 20, we had five and one-half and seven tables, respectively. Winners were Jerry Poissant and Barb Coneys, then Ron and Pat Bailer, and Linda Logio and Linda Lahti. October 27 did not go as well when Judy came down with a short bout of Covid.
We generated a list of substitute directors, but the one we selected had to call out on Monday morning when she had to bring her husband to the Emergency Room. It looked as if we had weathered the storm with a last-minute sub to start the game, but then just when we looked to be home free, we had a snafu when eight people played the wrong boards during the first two rounds. We could not recover from this and keep the scoring intact, so we just played party bridge for the rest of the day and didn’t keep score. Judy is now back, so that unfortunate series of events will likely not recur this season. It was the first time in at least the past five seasons that we lost a session we had started.
Meanwhile, I can report some good news with regard to the Sanibel Regional that many of us played the week of October 6 to 12. The following club members won gold points in a field that included ACBL members from throughout the country as well as Canada and abroad:
Masterpoints And Club Winners
28.30 William Ferris
28.30 Pat Tylander
25.11 Ted Levy
19.23 Miles Thomson
18.12 Gerald Poissant
18.12 Barbara Coneys
11.89 Dave Hutson
11.89 Lynne Birdt
10.71 Jacqueline Crump
10.71 Ginny Nightingale
7.98 Deborah Root
5.41 Sue Wotton
5.41 Janice Baysden
1.73 Marina Kotch
In addition, some of the above won smaller numbers of red points.
We will be back playing at the Helm Club for the rest of the season. All who are living at The Landings and their guests are welcome to play every Monday at 9 a.m. but be sure to call ahead to register with Barb Coneys or Sue Wotton, whose phone numbers are in the Green Book or on our website.
