Rita Shugart

Rita Shugart (nee Kennedy) is an American bridge player.

Shugart won her first national title in 1998.[1]

She won the Reisinger, arguably the most difficult of all the North American Bridge Championships to win, in consecutive years, 1998, 1999, playing four handed.[2] Shugart is the only female to win the event in over 60 years.

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

Runners-up

Notes

  1. New York Times - 70s dropout wins a title at nationals
  2. Henry Bethe - final day of the Reisinger Board-a-Match is the hardest day of bridge that exists
  3. "Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. "Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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