Karen T. "Kate" McCallum (born 1946) is a professional American

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

player from

Exeter, New Hampshire Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 16,049 at the 2020 census, up from 14,306 at the 2010 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood. ...

. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 40th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 23rd by placing points that do not decay over time."Women World Grand Masters"
. WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-09. In world championship competition for national women teams, McCallum played in the biennial

Venice Cup The Venice Cup is a biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for national of Women. It is contested every odd-number year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Bermuda Bowl (Open) and d'Orsi Bowl (S ...

tournament five times from 1989 to 2009. The 1989 team USA and 1993 team USA2 won the Cup. (From 1991 the Venice Cup field includes two U.S. representatives, the champion and runner-up called "USA1" and "USA2".)

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

World Mixed Pairs Championship The World Mixed Pairs Championship is a bridge championship for mixed-gender pairs held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships. Results World meets commonly run for 15 days on a schedule whose details vary. In 2006 the Mixed ...

(1) 2006 *

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

(16) **

Smith Life Master Women's Pairs The Smith Life Master Women's Pairs North American bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Smith Life Master Women's Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two ...

(1) 2007 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (7) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2015 **

Wagar Women's Knockout Teams The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams is a knock-out team event. The event is restric ...

(3) 2003, 2008, 2010 **

Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams The Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC) and is a four session board-a-match event, two qualifying sessions and two final sess ...

(3) 1999, 2006, 2008 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1999 ** Wagar Women's Pairs (1) 2015

Runners-up

Whitehead Women's Pairs The Whitehead Women's Pairs bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Whitehead Women's Pairs is a four-session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying ...

(1) 2002 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (4) 1984, 1994, 1999, 2008 **

(2) 1987, 2014 **

(1) 2002

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCallum, Karen American contract bridge players Venice Cup players Living people 1946 births Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) People from Exeter, New Hampshire