When the North Vero Beach/Sebastian Bridge Club ended its duplicate game last Friday and closed its doors for good, it was the second time in about six months that a local so-called “open” bridge club ceased operations.
The closure leaves the Vero Beach Bridge Center on 14th Avenue on the edge of downtown, across the street from the Crestlawn Cemetery, as the only place remaining in the county where anyone can drop in and play competitive bridge.
Bridge, however, is still far from dead in Vero Beach, which for years has been known as an avid bridge-playing community where many people chose to retire specifically for the quality of competitive bridge offered in multiple locations…