Through the years: “I got lucky in terms of playing bridge that I could play seven days a week. We lived on the farm, so the neighbors’ kids weren’t anywhere close.” I had (two) younger sisters, and we played all kinds of card games, and it would give us something to do. My dad was a farmer, and by 8 in the evening it was bedtime for him, so my mother said, ‘Okay, let’s go,’ so we started talking with them. Getting started: “In 1964, I was in high school and I lived on a farm in Illinois, and the neighbors wanted to play bridge. So, before Hinkle starts challenging readers on a weekly basis, here’s a bit more background about this lifelong bridge player. Hinkle says he has about 2,000 masterpoints, which are earned through playing and winning American Contract Bridge League tournaments, making him a Silver Life Master in the top 10 percent. He has taught bridge through Tucson Parks and Recreation and Pima Community College, teaching around Tucson and in Green Valley. With the club’s average age around 75, and some members closer to 95, Hinkle, now 67, calls himself “one of the babies.” That drops to about 40 players when the heat rolls in. Hinkle estimates the Adobe Bridge Club has roughly 80 people showing up to play each day during the cooler months. Today, he is the director of the Adobe Bridge Club and a nationally registered bridge instructor recognized by the American Contract Bridge League. After a successful stem cell transplant, Hinkle says, the cancer is in remission.
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