#010 – Canada’s Northernmost Life Master Bridge Player. An interview with Chic Callas
With years of passion and commitment towards mastering the game of Duplicate Bridge, Chic Callas has recently achieved “Life Master” status through the American Contract Bridge League. Not an easy task by any measure regardless of where you happen to reside. Factor in the remoteness of living in the Yukon Territory, and the logistics related to attaining Life Master status is compounded to say the least.
Duplicate Bridge is of course a partner’s game, requiring players to participate in sanctioned events that are monitored throughout the ACBL network far afield from Canada’s north. Throw in a worldwide pandemic, travel restrictions, and the Yukon’s remote location and you have a plethora of hurdles to get over just to make it to a tournament. Plus, we haven’t even begun to talk about the difficulty of mastering the game itself yet!
It’s little wonder why many Yukon Bridge players have reached out to My Amazing Yukon Life requesting to hear the story behind the man who has clearly beaten the odds on so many levels. Not only does Chic clearly love the game of Bridge, he regularly teaches it to members of the Yukon community who equally enjoy his same passion for the game.
Perseverance + passion + pandemic = Canada’s Northernmost Life Master Bridge Player, Chic Callas.
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Daniel Halen