Good Neighbors bridge scores

SHARON — There were seven full tables for duplicate bridge on Oct. 3 at Good Neighbors, on Low Road in Sharon. We played four boards a round so all pairs played 28 boards. The average score was 84. For North South pairs, in first with 102 points (60.71 percent) were Ann Patton and Mary Robertson; in second with 90 points (53.57 percent) were Diane Price and Betsy Clark, and in third with 84.5 points (50.3 percent) were Carol Magowan and Harry Hall. For East West pairs, in first with 97.5 points (58.04 percent) were Tom Burke and David Bill; Tied for second with 83.5 points (49.7 percent) were two pairs, Ruth Adams playing with Catherine Brazelton and Emily Saster playing with her husband, Billy.

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