| Anita
& Aggi |
| Bernard & John V |
| Bill & Paula |
| Carol A & Kristi |
| Carol R & Paul R |
| Carol T & Gary T |
| Carole P & Russ |
| Carolyn & Gerry B |
| Dwaine & Gary |
| Gay & May |
| Gwen & MaryAnne |
| Harry & Alan N |
| Jackie & Roshen |
| Jan & Deanna |
| Kathy S & Rand |
| Mira & Ron |
| Pat L & Temo |
| Rae & Gerry
G |
| Rosie & Goeff |
| Ruth & Roy |
| Sharon W & Dave R |
| Sharry & Beth |
| Susan Sh & Judy G |
| Tomoko & David K |
From this month's Unit556 column of the Bridge News--
Meet Our Virtual Club Directors:
This month we are featuring our Club Manager
and backup director, Paula Olivares.
Originally from Boston, Paula began playing
bridge at home as her father’s partner, while her
mother took a break and served desert and coffee. She
joined the high school bridge club, playing Friday
evenings at a different students’ homes. In college
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(University of Texas at El Paso), she enjoyed playing
bridge between classes in the Student Union.
After receiving her B.A. and M.S. in
mathematics, Paula spent the next 30 years in Southern
California raising four children while pursuing a career
with Pacific Bell/ATT and teaching Math part-time at
College of the Canyons. A few years before retirement
she rekindled her interest in bridge and signed up for
Rand Pinsky’s Beginning Bridge series in 1999,
quickly becoming addicted to duplicate bridge.
After retiring in 2002 Paula became a certified
director, bridge teacher and life master. In 2007 she
moved to Rosarito Beach, Mexico where she taught
bridge classes, helped two clubs become sanctioned
ACBL clubs, and coached 5 players to become
directors. She also began teaching and directing bridge
on cruise ships doing 26 cruises over the next 12 years
on Princess, Royal Caribbean, Cunard, Holland
American, Azamara and Seabourn cruise lines.
Back to Valencia in 2011, Paula continued
teaching bridge in her home and started the Friendly
Bridge Club in 2012 as a place for her students to play
together.