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2003-4 the official club leadership passed to Jonathan, who lived in Currier third floor that year and kept the meetings in the same common room. Attendance increased markedly in the fall largely due to the game's popularity among a group of students on campus to work there the previous summer, when a lot of new players, particularly '05s, were taught.
[[Image:Bridge club new players.JPG|thumb|Newly taught students play in their first social bridge night, also the club's largest attendance. [[Winter Study]] 2004.]]
This school year two notable events in the Bridge Club's history occurred: During [[Winter Study]] '04, Matthew Spencer '05 had the idea to teach bridge as a [[Free University]] class. The class was surprisingly popular: sessions were held in the hour before the weekly social bridge night, so that at the end of class experienced players would arrive and give new players the opportunity to try what they had learned in real games. As many as a half dozen students showed for the beginning classes, and at times bridge filled both the north and south common rooms, with over 20 people playing.
At the end of Winter Study, bridge club held its first duplicate bridge tournament in recent history, using the duplicate equipment of the Williams Bridge Club of old, which [[Captain_Morgan|Professor Morgan ]] had stored over the years while the club was dormant. Jonathan Landsman handled the advertising to all players in the area, on and off campus. Matt Spencer handled the details of scoring and directing the tournament. It drew 12 partnerships, three of beginners taught in the Free U class. All together, 22 students and two professors played. Daniel Krass '05 and Professor Morgan won the tournament.
The spring after that winter study was the peak level of the club's popularity in recent time. Bridge nights typically had at least two tables, often more. The ''Boston Globe '' got in touch and quoted members of Williams' club in its [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/03/07/a_winning_hand/ article] on the return of bridge to college campuses. At the end of the year, the club held a second duplicate tournament, notable for 24 players again, including two players from the local community, 8 eight new players, three professors, and two high-school students.
==See also==
*Article [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/03/07/a_winning_hand/ "A Winning Hand"] in ''The Boston Globe''
*Article [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/crosswords/bridge/26card.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin "At The Tournament Table, Learning By Doing"] in ''The New York Times''
*Ephblog post [http://www.ephblog.com/2008/01/28/bridge-at-williams-2001-2005-and-after/ "Bridge At Williams, 2001-2005 And After"]
*[[Bridge Club conventions]], an article of information on the club's past bidding systems, as developed by past members.
*The club's alumni incaration, [[8NT]].
