At the Edgartown Bridge Club at the Howes House on Monday, August 18, 10 tables were in play. North-South winners Paul Howes and Bill Cline, followed by Barbara Besse and David Sokol in second, Diana Dozier and Gerry Averill in third, and Sandy and Michael Lindheimer in fourth. Finishing in first place East-West were Mollie Whalen and Joe Ashcroft, followed by Molly Mattoon and Judy Cronig in second, Carol Whitmarsh and Sari Lipkin in third, and Linda Smith and Louise Reed in fourth.
At the Martha’s Vineyard Bridge Club on Tuesday, August 19, nine tables were in play for a club championship. Finishing first overall were Bea Phear and Nancy Neil, followed by Barbara Besse and Sandy Lindheimer in second, Barbara McLagan and Rich Alpert in third, Michael Lindheimer and Bob Iadicicco in fourth, and John O’Keefe and Andrew Jacknain in fifth. Also placing in the North-South direction were Sari Lipkin and Carol Whitmarsh in second place, Gerry Averill and Anita Persson in third, and Eric Stricoff and Rhonda Cohen in fourth.
At the Island Bridge Club in West Tisbury on Thursday August 21, seven tables were in play. In the North-South direction Ed Russell and Deirdre Ling finished first, followed by Bob Henry and Barbara Besse in second, and Foster Osborne and Charlie Harff in third. East-West winners were Sandy and Michael Lindheimer, followed by Gerry Averill and Pamela Furtsch in second, and Carol Whitmarsh and Sari Lipkin in third.
At the Bridge Club of Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday August 23, seven tables were in play. Finishing first North-South were Duncan Walton and Ann Brown, followed by Eric Stricoff and Rhonda Cohen in second, and Charity Randolph and Calvin Bass in third. East-West winners were Brook Robards and Jim Kaplan, followed by Hester Boxill and Charleyne Roberts-Hayden in second, and Tillie Foster and Emily Robertson in third.