Rita Shugart

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

Shugart won her first North American Bridge Championship 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.

Rita Shugart was the second wife of American engineer and business executive Alan Shugart.[3]

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

Runners-up

References

  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. ^ Markoff, John (December 15, 2006). "Disk drive pioneer Al Shugart dies". The New York Times. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
  4. ^ "Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. ^ "Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  6. ^ "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


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