I am very proud of this accomplishment and thoroughly enjoy the game of bridge.

I was fortunate to have taken lessons facilitated by the Syracuse Contract Bridge Club, which offered many learning opportunities including Mentor-Mentee games where we were partnered with a more experience player for a day.  However, at each opportunity, the veteran players were always willing to provide a lesson and partner with less experienced players to share their strategies.  That continues today.

I was introduced to online bridge during Covid and have found that to be very helpful to me as I have not able to play live bridge for an extended period of time.  I would not have achieved my rank if not for my district tournaments offering a one day online option, often Sunday, where I could earn gold points. I am very grateful to the directors who also facilitated the online aspect of their tournaments.

So I am writing to stress the importance of an online option for players-while our desire, we are all not able to return to the table at times for one reason or another; but we are committed to the game and wish to have a chance to advance our ranking while our circumstances don’t allow in person play.