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Twice a year the lifemasters of the Petoskey Bridge Club pair up not with their usual partners but with less experienced payers -- some of them with as little as a couple of months of playing experience -- for an afternoon of teaching, learning and plain old fun.

As a result of the club's efforts this summer to reach out to new players, the field for the Oct. 7 event totaled 40 pairs, up 33% from the spring event. That required two sections of 10 tables each, just right for the 21-board event.

The session opened with club president Larry Willis explaining the procedures. Then each "amateur" player drew from a basket the name of a "Pro" who would be their partner.

After a 10-minute interval for the new partnerships to agree on their conventions, the play began.

Halfway through, the players took a break for wine and snacks and discussion of the play. Then it was back to work.

When the dust cleared, Margaret Halbrook and Peg Sjoberg took North-South honors in Section A, with Katherine Henricks and Tom Daly the East-West winners. In Section B, the N/S winners were Diane Anderson and Lynne Parker. Sally Stump and Jo Kreag won as E/W.

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