BRIDGE TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD ON APRIL 10-12

The annual Showers of Silver Spring Sectional Tournament hosted by the Sikeston and Cape Girardeau duplicate bridge clubs will be held April 10-12.

The tournament will be held at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Cape Girardeau with events scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Friday, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. on Sunday (Swiss teams).

Entry fee is $6 per session per player. One need not be a member of the American Contract Bridge League to play. Bridge players from throughout the country are expected to participate.

The Cape Girardeau Duplicate Bridge Club held its regular open game March 27. Winners were: first, Norma Blattner and Melva Rose Lewis; second, Tillie Campbell and Lou Christoff; third, Peggy and Milton Sadler; tied for fourth, Janis Gilbert and Mary O'Neil, and Norma and Ed Stoever; and sixth, Frances Burnett and Shirley Gelsheimer.

The club meets on the second and fourth Fridays of each month in the Hirsch Room of the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Play begins at 7 p.m. Free bridge consultation is available at 6:30 p.m. All games with sufficient players are flighted so that all players compete with others at their own skill level.

The club is sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League, and is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Recreation Department. It is a no smoking club.

The next regularly scheduled game is April 24.