Karori Bridge Club president Sharleen Grounds has visited all 108 affiliated clubs around the country in the last two years.
The last stop on her list was the East Otago Bridge Club in Palmerston this week.
Ms Grounds liked to travel and the road trip was a great way to see the country.
She liked to learn and aimed to soak up as much knowledge about bridge as possible during the road trip.
"Once you get better at it, you kind of become more interested in playing it more," Ms Grounds said.
While she played bridge both socially and competitively, she aspired to rise through the ranks and ultimately reach the position of bridge director.
She was already a club director and wanted to expand further into directing at tournament and national levels.
This was not the case at the bigger clubs where they were "learning from each other’s mistakes, not from more experienced people".
Ms Grounds played thousands of games over the duration of her trip.
Planning the trip was a "logistical issue" because she had to find the most logical route to reach as many clubs as possible.
She also struggled to find suitable bridge partners as most players were already partnered up.
"Dunedin, surprisingly, was the hardest club to play at," she said.
A highlight of the trip was a shared supper in Papanui when one player provided baking after achieving a score of more than 70%, which was quite the feat.
East Otago Bridge Club president Mary O’Connell said the road trip was great for raising the profile of the game.
