My few days in Houston were fairly productive. In a tough field, our team ended up tied for 3/4 in two events. In a third one session event, we won. (After I left, my team won - somehow, heh heh heh - without me.) Since this was a quite large tournament, the events "paid" lots of points. And - they were enough to send me over 10,000 ACBL masterpoints.
If you earn this number of points, and have a national event, then the title of Grand Life Master is bestowed upon you. Since I now have enough points and two titles - I am a GLM. Out of roughly 157,000 members in the North American Bridge League, there are about 220 living GLM's. In Minnesota, only two other players have in excess of 10,000 points, and neither of them have a national title. It should be noted, though - one player, Jim Hall, does have two second places in very prestigious events: the Reisinger Teams and the Men's B-A-M teams. Honestly; both of my wins pale in contrast to Jim's achievement. No one for a second should think my record superior to that of Jim.
But - in any case, I am very pleased to have crossed over this milestone in my bridge career! No one does it alone. I have a long list of truly wonderful mentors, partners, teammates and friends who have made it possible for me to get where I am. My family's support, too - especially my husband, Ed Carr, meant the world.
Thanks everyone! And - YAY!!!
P.S. Bridge truly is the most fabulous mind game in the world. If you don't know how to play; learn. You can play from age 10 to age 100 - and people do. I am extremely grateful for all that this game has given to me.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Posted by: Bill | Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 08:44 PM
Great job Peg! I don't think anything you've said on your blog makes me wish I lived in Minnesota, but you really make me wish I knew how to play bridge!
Posted by: Ken | Monday, February 12, 2007 at 09:01 AM
Way to go, lady! I know you were one happy (if tired) bridge mama that day!! CONGRATS!!
Posted by: verity | Thursday, February 15, 2007 at 09:18 PM