I learned to play bridge while at the United States Naval Academy in the early 1960s. After graduation I continued to play tuber bridge.

When I met my future wife, Mary, I knew she was smart enough to learn to play good bridge and assisted her in learning to play. I started playing for Master Points in the 1970s at the San Diego Bridge Club earning 0.1 points at a time.

Upon moving to the Washington DC area, my partner and I decided to learn and play Precision Club and I earned points at the Northern Virginia Bridge Club at the rate of 0.2. In the 1970s, we moved the New Jersey, where I again started playing rubber bridge. When the ACBL Nationals came to Philadelphia in the early 1980s, Mary and I decided to see what it was like. There we earned around 20 Master Points and I got my interest back for bridge. With some friends, we started learning 2/1 game force and I have been playing that for about 15 years now.

Two events I was very excited about were first: the Gold for Good back in December. I not only received gold points for playing in the clubs events, but was first in the Club section and 6^th overall and received about 5 gold points. The second event was qualifying for the North American Pairs in Memphis last month. Although we could only attend for Friday through Sunday, I was able to earn the required points for Life Master in the Gold Rush Pairs and the North American Pairs.

On to Bronze Life Master!