Bridge Winners Profile for Katie Thorpe
Basic Information
- Member Since
- Aug. 11, 2011
- Last Seen
- April 25
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
I'm a retired IT professional now living in a small southwestern Ontario town with my husband, John Carruthers, and our two cats, Scully and Emma (Peel).
\nI started playing bridge in university, was introduced to duplicate in 1970 and here I am many years later, having taken some years off due to demands of work and family. I've been very fortunate to have represented Canada internationally on and off since 1984.
\nI also enjoy genealogy, gardening, reading and travelling.
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\n- Country
- Canada
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- Olympiad 1988 in Venice
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Venice Cup Bronze 1989, Olympiad Silver 2000, Master Mixed Teams 1991
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Marty Kirr, Ina Demme
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- None
- Favorite Tournaments
- New Orleans, Las Vegas
- Favorite Conventions
- Modified Bergen, XYZ
- BBO Username
- kthorpe
- ACBL Ranking
- Gold Life Master
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- How I would revise our NABC Tournaments
- "Make it exclusive to attract the big bucks while giving the economical guy a chance to play with the masses." Ugh. I'm not quite the economical guy but neither can I afford the big bucks you're discussing. Nationals are expensive enough as it is. I'm ONLY interested ...
- What will keep you coming back to NABCs?
- I voted for choice of host city .. prefer tp play some and see interesting places as well. But cost is also a factor. And I'd really prefer more daylight hours events...national events that is.
- Who will watch the watchers?
- That wasn't the only case - there were several. The rules have now been changed - a call from someone watching on TV no longer has any impact. See http://golfweek.com/2017/12/11/golf-will-no-longer-accept-input-from-fans-on-violations/
- Stansby is 2018 Sportsman of the Year
- Congratulations Lew! Well deserved indeed!
- CAS Decision on Fantoni and Nunes
- I could not agree more!
- New Bridge Magazine now online
- Yep at 8:13 a.m. EST - was in junk folder of course....
- ACBL Team cost vent - if it's as stupid as it looks. I'm hoping I was wrong.
- Like Karen I am neither a pro nor a sponsor. I've played on 6-person teams for many years, sometimes because I was working part of the day, sometimes because our Canadian team wanted to play together and now, more and more, because I'm getting older. A one-day Swiss ...
- A New Blue Ribbon Pair
- More please!!
- Raise to 2M, system on even if comp bidding ?
- I agree with Phillip - so both yes and no - not a voting option!
- ACBL Hall of Fame Nominees 2018
- You have to be 60 ... as he was this year, so 1st eligibility.
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