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Beth  PALMER

 Nata nel 1952 a Silver Spring in Maryland, dove vive tuttora con il marito Bill Pettis e con la figlia Julie, laureata in legge, WBF Life Master, è una delle migliori giocatrici statunitensi in attività che ha imparato il Bridge durante il periodo dell'Università dove è stata anche coach della Squadra femminile di Basket.

  È stata per 22 anni giudice presso la Commissione per le Pari Opportunità.

 Vincitrice della Venice Cup del 1987 e del 1989, seconda ai Campionati del Mondo per Signore del 1982, 4ª in quelli del 1990 , Beth ha anche ricoperto diverse cariche federali sia nella ACBL che nella USBF che nella Washington Bridge League.

Sul piano nazionale ha vinto molti primari tornei americani tra i quali: il Master Mixed Teams nel 1982, 1992 e 1993, il Life Master Women Pairs del 1983, il Women KO Teams Mixed Pairs del 1985, lo Swiss Women del 1987 ed il Women BAM Teams del 1993.

Nel 2009 è tornato sul podio in maniera prorompente conquistando la medaglia d'argento nella Venice Cup e quella d'oro nel 2010 nel Coppie Signore. Nel 2011 ha vinto la prima edizione dei World Mind sia nella Categoria Women Teams che in quella Women Pairs.

Al di fuori del bridge ama leggere e dedicarsi alla sua amata Julie.

Beth has been an Administrative Judge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for 22 years, hearing complaints of employment discrimination.  Prior to becoming a judge, she was a lawyer in private practice.  Admired in the bridge world for her judicial temperament, Beth has generously given of her time throughout the years to serve in numerous administrative positions with the USBF, ACBL, and the Washington Bridge League.

Beth began playing bridge in law school in 1977 and her first serious partner was Bill Cole.  Two years later, she played with Bill at the Norfolk, Virginia, nationals and her team made it to the round of 16 in the Vanderbilt.  Lynn Deas reports that “Beth was the talk of the tournament, won more than 100 masterpoints, and made Life Master.”

Beth formed her partnership with Lynn Deas in 1981, an astonishing 28 years ago!  Playing a strong club system from the beginning, the pair played in their first World Championships in 1982, when they were both just 30 years old, and finished 2nd in the Women’s Pairs.  They have played on three victorious World Championship teams as a pair (1987, 1989, 2002), and have finished second (1982), third (1994), and fourth (1990) in the World Women’s Pairs.

She won silver medal in Venice Cup 2009 and gold medal in World Women Pairs 2010 and in 2011 she won the inaugural World Mind in Women Team Category and Women Pairs.

Away from the bridge table, Beth enjoys reading and sports, but her primary interest is her daughter, Julie Pettis, age 13. 

Beth has served as Julie’s Girl Scout troop leader for six years and coach of her basketball team for three. 

Beth lives with her husband, Bill Pettis (“Buffalo”), and daughter, Julie, in Silver Spring, Maryland.