Bridge in the News!

Women play bridge in 1942, during the game’s heyday. 'This is an activity that will die along with its aficionados unless something is done soon.' Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis

There have been a spate of exciting articles in the mainstream news about Bridge in recent weeks - here are some links in case you missed them!

Bridge - Not Chess - Is the Ultimate War Game

From the Wall Street Journal, this article discusses the historic precedent for many high-achieving persons playing Bridge to keep their mental faculties sharp!

Is bridge the latest twee pastime to get hip?

From The Independent, a discussion of why perhaps a younger set of people are becoming interested in Bridge.

Was the world's oldest deck of cards any fun?

Boing Boing explores what games players might have used a deck of cards for in the earliest days of card games.

How to revive bridge: change its name, make it extreme, add a naked Kim Kardashian

From the Guardian's Stephen Moss, a (tongue-in-cheek?) list of suggested improvements for our game.

Aspen Team Championships 2014

We are pleased and excited to announce that the 2014 Aspen Team Championships ended in a TIE!   The returning champs of Dale Rands, Dorothy Segel, Karen Kribs, and Judy Hyde were given a true run for their money by the team of Jill Fink, Barbara Carson, and Jeff and Ilene Nathan.  At the end of 7 matches, they were perfectly tied in Victory Points, so on to the trophy both teams go!  A hearty congratulations to all!

Jill Fink, Judy Hyde, Robert Todd, Dorothy Segel, Karen Kribs, Dale Rands, and Barbara Carson  (not pictured:  Jeff and Ilene Nathan)

We'd also like to thank all the teams that came to play - we had another great field this year and another great day of bridge - once again, everyone walked away with some masterpoints.  We were very happy with the site and the food - and would love to hear how all the attendees found the conditions as well.  And a BIG THANK YOU to Avie Manges for the loan of the tables and some supplies.

The full results (with rankings and masterpoints) can be found below.  We look forward to seeing all of you again next year!

Overall Rank

A     B     C  

1/2               4.16(OA)      Dale Rands - Judy Hyde - Karen Kribs - Dorothy Segel

1/2    1          4.16(OA)      Jill Fink - Barbara Carson - Ilene Nathan - James Nathan

3                  2.67(OA)     Lotta Brafman - Bonnie Wilke - Luky Seymour - Eugene Kalnitsky

4                  2.00(OA)     Nedra Oren - Dorothy Podhurst - Marcia Goldfinger - Sylvia Blau

        2          2.10(OB)      Rosalie Schwarz - Cherry Schwarz - Lynn Rafferty - Penny McAdams

                     0.69(SA)     Libby Walker - Adriane Sirkus - Susan Knox - Courtney Keller

                     0.23(SA)     Schwartz - Ernestine Goodnough - Marilynn Rivkin - Sandy Bolton

                     0.69(SA)     Zetta Feder - Susan Miller - Bridgette Bunevich - Cecily Silberman

                     0.23(SA)     Hacker - Dottie Thomson - May Chism-Braselton - Barbara Sheldon