Ann and I were Duplicate Bridge partners for nearly 2 years. We played every Wednesday from about 11AM to 4PM at the Old Saybrook Pavillion located at the mouth of the Connecticut River, arguably the most beautiful place, anywhere, to play bridge. We sat at Table #1 in the corner with views thru large windows up, down and across the river. North/South teams do not have to move to change tables - Ann was South and had the best views of all players in the room - I sat North. Pictures below.....
Ann introduced herself to this group of players by bringing in delicious lunch treats - her Guacamole was especially memorable. Sometimes these treats were in bowls and packaging that were in challenging sizes (Ann did not let her own size discourage her) and, she had lots of volunteer help bringing those treats into the club!
We regularly exchanged emails regarding our 'results'. I'll share this exchange from almost 1 year ago - Ann and I finished 1st in our 11 pair North/South group, and 1st overall - 22 pairs. Claire Sauer is our program/executive director
From: Claire Sauer
Congratulations to Ann and Ron (N/S)
October 2, 2019 Wednesday Aft Session October 2, 2019
Scores after 33 boards Average: 108.0 Section A North-South
Pair# Pct Score Rank N/S Rank Overall
1 60.57 130.83 1 1 Ann Gordon - Ron Breault
8 57.37 123.92 2 3 Claire Sauer - Emily Endrich
10 57.03 123.19 3 4 June Hearrell - Sarah Allen
2 51.01 110.19 4 Harriet Bailey - Georgie Lewis
3 50.40 108.87 Tom Gardener - Charlie Norz
7 50.08 108.18 Don Migliarro - Dick Piscitelli
9 49.69 107.33 Sue Czech - Marie-Jose Babouder
5 49.30 106.48 Gail Taylor - Tom Salmons
11 44.15 95.36 Charles Dietrich - Sue Dietrich
6 42.11 90.95 Bob Kistner - Jamie Leahy
4 37.57 81.16 Marian Fitzgerald - Nancy Lundberg
These results prompted this email to me from Ann
From: Ann Gordon
To: Ron Breault
Date: October 2, 2019
Hi,
YEAH! We did it! Doesn't get much better than that!
Maybe it's because I didn't spend the entire afternoon looking at that beautiful river......
Best,
Ann
Ann was a sailor, as am I. As it happened, during our bridge playing time, I was writing a book, Voyaging with Marionette, about my 25 years with Marionette, a boat I bought from the CT River Museum (up the river!). She helped me with my 'stories', reviewed a draft, and bought a copy of the book just a couple of weeks before she left on her 'voyage'.
We will miss her.
The Pavillion
A 'shared view' - The lighthouses at the mouth of the river - picture taken from Marionette
Our table is in the far corner 'next to the river"
