Bridge Blog 702-B: Dollar short

    That last-minute success on the last day of July lifted the total to 16.91 points for the month at the Airport Bridge Club – 4.63 red, 12.28 black – good for eighth place in the club’s July master point race, behind Jerry Geiger (34.36), John Ziemer (32.66), Judi Marshall (25.43), Barbara Libby (24.70), Jim Mathis (24.14), Paula Salamone (21.95) and Carlton Stone (17.57).

    Of course, that wasn’t the whole story for July. Points accumulated elsewhere – 1.21 at the Unit 116 picnic and 0.91 more over at the Bridge Centre of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont. Not 20 for the month, but close – 19.03. With triple-point games (North American Pair qualifiers) continuing for another month, August has a chance to be better.