Unit 103 is excited about their newest Silver Life Master! Bravo, Adele!
One of our "super senior" bridge players, Adele Boettner, became a Silver Life Master on Monday, February at the Bridge Center of St. Paul. Adele was playing with her partner, Greg Stromath, and needed .61 to reach her goal. As the results were published, they had earned 1 full point.
Adele says she and Greg started playing after noticing how curious he was about the game. He liked to ask how people got to a certain contract or inquire about conventions they used. Adele asked him one day, "Would you like to play sometime?" A great partnership was formed after Greg was able to change his day off so he and Adele could play in the Monday game.
Adele does not remember when she started playing duplicate - but she reports it seems like "forever". She played social bridge many years before turning into a duplicate player. Adele felt she never got many points, so learning to play good defense made the game less boring and more rewarding then social bridge.
Unlike most of us who anxiously track our points on our path to become a Life Master, Adele did not know she had attained this goal until a director at a tournament in Des Moines came up and congratulated her. She said at the time, she did not keep track of points or their colors.
After accepted congratulations from everyone, Adele said her next goal was to help Greg become a Life Master.
We love seeing Adele's smiling face at the Bridge Center of St. Paul. We sure don't think she will be retiring from bridge in the near future!
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