Bridge Bites: An afternoon nap
May 23, 2012
East's 3♠ bid was preemptive, showing a long suit (usually seven cards) and a weak hand, its purpose being to make life difficult for the opponents.
Athlete of the Week: Phil Couture
May 16, 2012
Longboat Key resident Phil Couture is Sarasota Yacht Club fleet captain and organizer of the members' bocce ball games. Bocce is one of the earliest games known to mankind.
JUST THE STATS
May 16, 2012
7 — Number of boats that participated in the 2011/12 SBYA Sailmonster BOTY Series: Race No. 8 May 13, at Sarasota Sailing Squadron
Bridge Bites: Counting the hand
May 16, 2012
This week we start a series of hands where the key to success is counting the opponents' distribution; in each case turning a guess into a sure thing.
Athlete of the Week: Jean Goetze
May 9, 2012
When Jean Goetze isn't teaching French at the Arts and Community Enrichment Center in Sarasota, she is active
JUST THE STATS
May 9, 2012
2012 — The first year Joan Kelly has been named Captain of the Year at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center. Pictured are Marsha Thompson, Manager Kay Thayer, Fanny Younger, pro Claudiu Retean, Kelly and pro Eric Hinchman.
Bridge Bites: Voyage of discovery
May 9, 2012
Forgive the grandiloquent title: We are not talking here about Lewis and Clark, nor the HMS Beagle, nor even Christopher Columbus.
Athlete of the Week: Alex Lancaster
May 2, 2012
St. Armands Key resident Alex Lancaster is a workers compensation and personal-injury lawyer.
JUST THE STATS
May 2, 2012
1 — Place Jim and Ann Johnson took in couples bridge Tuesday, April 24, at Sarasota Yacht Club.
Bridge Bites: The power of deduction
May 2, 2012
This is not the most swashbuckling auction ever to appear in Bridge Bites, but the deal does provide a test for Declarer's powers of deduction. Cover up the E-W hands if you would like to test your own powers.
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Hat's off to Dee Pelton, volunteers
05/15/13
Dee Pelton held a luncheon that will be tough to top. -
Youth sailors descend on City Island
05/15/13
Approximately 250 people hit the water Saturday, April 20 through Sunday, April 21, for Sailfest. The regatta, Sarasota Youth Sailing's biggest fundraiser of the year, included four classes of competition — Optimus, 420, Laser and Multi-hull — and a barbecue feast. -
Book club sunsets for the season
05/15/13
The Sunset Beach Book Club, in its 10th year, ended this season with a luncheon and discussion of the book “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn, April 18, at Lazy Lobster. Discussion moderator was Ricki Carroll. Together, the group read five books this season.
