Duplicate Bridge: April 13

The Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament opens with pairs games at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 19, in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Williamsville. It continues with pairs games Saturday, April 20, and Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 21.

For info, call tournament chairman Paul Zittel at 992-4794 or partnership chairwoman Sue Neubecker at 876-2630. For more info, click this link:

http://web2.acbl.org/tournaments/Ads/2013/04/1304046.pdf

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          The Bridge Center of Buffalo will be closed for all three days of the tournament. The Airport Bridge Club will be open Friday and closed for the other two days.

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The Airport Bridge Club has double-point pairs games at 11 a.m. today, Saturday, April 13, and Monday, April 15, to Thursday, April 18. Also on the schedule – a Swiss team game with free pizza at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 14. Call 836-7016 for info.

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Western New York Unit 116 has posted its schedule of unit games and special games for 2013. They include:

Barometer Unit game: Monday evening, May 13, Zion Church.

Unit-rated, club-hosted game: Thursday evening, May 16, Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Unit-rated, club-hosted Swiss team game: Sunday, May 19, Airport Bridge Club.

Strawberry Social Unit game: Saturday afternoon, June 22, Lockport Dale Center.

Unit-rated, club-hosted game: Saturday noon, July 13, Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Annual picnic: Sunday afternoon, July 14, Hamburg fairgrounds.

Annual meeting and game: Sunday, Dec. 8, Main-Transit Fire Hall.

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2013 Tournament calendar

Cleveland All-American Regional – Holiday Inn (Cleveland) South, 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio.  Monday, May 21, to Sunday, May 27. For info, click this link:

http://web2.acbl.org/tournaments/Ads/2013/05/1305028.pdf

District 5 Summer STaC – Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16.

Buffalo Summer Regional – Holiday Inn, 100 Whitehaven Road, Grand Island. Tuesday, June 25, to Sunday, June 30. For info, click this link:

http://web2.acbl.org/tournaments/Ads/2013/06/1306019.pdf

Syracuse Regional – Monday, July 22, to Sunday, July 28. For info, click this link: http://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2013/07/1307017.pdf

Buffalo Non-Life Master Sectional – Bridge Center of Buffalo. Friday, Aug. 16 to Sunday, Aug. 18. For info, click this link: http://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2013/08/1308091.pdf

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall. Friday, Sept. 27, to Sunday, Sept. 29. For info, click this link: http://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2013/09/1309054.pdf

Niagara Falls, Ont., Regional – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5685 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov. 10. For info, click this link: http://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2013/11/1311064.pdf          District 5 Winter STaC – Monday, Dec. 9, to Sunday, Dec. 15.

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          Looking for local bridge clubs on the web?

Bridge Center of Buffalo:

http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com 

Bridge Center Meridian

http://www.cuebid.com/meridian

Western New York Unit 116:

http://www.unit116.com/index.html

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          The Duplicate Bridge column is compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version normally appears in the Life & Arts section in the Saturday edition of The Buffalo News. If it’s not in its usual place, try the Sports section. The online version contains unabridged scores and a longer list of notices. Deadline for submission of scores and notices is Tuesday night.

Email danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is (716) 849-4420.

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A Silver Life Master since 2011, Dale Anderson hit 1,500 master points on Presidents Day. He blogs about his progress toward Gold Life Master (2,500 points) and other bridge adventures at http://dalebridge.blogspot.com/

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Duplicate scores
Week of April 1 to April 7
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

   Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – Charity Club Championship. Modified Howell. A: Joanne Lafay and John Fiegl, 60%; Liz Clark and Judi Marshall, 58.75%; B: Martin and Barbara Pieterse, 54.17%; C: Joe Rooney and Bill Boardman, 49.59%; Art Schumacher and Barbara Multerer, 47.92%.   

   Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – Bump Mitchell. A: Bob Linn and Mike Kisiel, 60.36%; Barbara Libby and Jim Mathis, 59.67%; B: Dorothy May and Carol Bedell, 55.02%; Helen Panza and Mike Silverman, 52.57%; C: Don Grant and Jan Hasselback, 51.60%; Ruth Kozower and Judy Kaprove, 51.33%.

   Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Charity Club Championship. North-south, A: Carlton Stone and Bill Boardman, 58.48%; B: Rita Sofia and Rita Sierocinski, 52.73%; C: Pawan Matta and Dave Donaldson, 48.76%; east-west, A/B/C: Carl and Jan Hasselback, 58.78%.

   Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Alex Miller and Mike Kisiel, 53.94%; B: (tie) Usha Khurana and Dale Anderson, Nancy Kessler and Carlton Stone, 51.85%; C: Joe Rooney and Dave Donaldson, 51.16%; east-west, A: Liz Clark and Vince Pesce, 64.58%; B: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 55.32%; C: Don and Christine Grant, 47.69%. 

   Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – Charity Club Championship. Modified Howell. A: Jerry Geiger and John Ziemer, 60%; B: Miri Salamone-Burnett and Paula Salamone, 58.52%; C: Carl and Jan Hasselback, 55.41%; Joyce Greenspan and Ginny Panaro, 55%. 

   Airport Bridge Club Saturday morning – Charity Club Championship. Howell. A: Florence Boyd and Fenton Harrison, 55.75%; Ginny Panaro and Mike Kisiel, 55.15%; B: Vince and Christine Pesce, 55.12%; C: Ross Markello and Bill Boardman, 51.99%. 

   Airport Bridge Club Sunday morning – Charity Club Championship. Swiss Teams. A: Harry Cheung, John Ziemer, Paul Libby, Barbara Libby, 120 VPs; Elaine Kurasiewicz, Jerry Geiger, Jim Mathis, Judi Marshall, 114 VPs; B: Richard Cramer-Benjamin, Alex Miller, Shakeel Ahmad, Manju Ceylony, 109 VPs; C: Ron Henrikson, Sushil Amlani, David Donaldson, Dordy Donaldson, Nancy Wolstoncroft, 107 VPs; Dorothy May, Mary Davey-Carr, Dale Anderson, Gaurang Sheth, Ruth Hnath, Ruth Jones, 104 VPs.

   Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: Judy Zeckhauser and Kathy Stamm, 60.23%; Carl McMurtry and David Whitt, 59.66%; Chip Kean and Elizabeth Young, 54.92%; James McClure and Natalie Abramson, 54.17%; C: Mary Blanchard and Teddy Speser, 49.43%; east-west, A/B: Elizabeth Beishline and Lois Tippett, 63.64%; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 60.80%; Linda Milch and Sharon Chang, 58.33%; C: John H. Wolf and Sudhakar Perala, 57.01%.

   Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Howell. A/B: Pat Rasmus and Judy Padgug, 62.96%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 60%; C: Gary Schmitt and Tova Reinhorn, 56.67%; Ed Drozen and Helen Panza, 54.07%.

   Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday evening – Howell. A: Bert Hargesheimer and Christy Kellogg, 67.71%; Jim Gullo and Eugene Harvey, 61.46%.

   Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 Game. North-south, A/B: Fran Witnauer and Joan Smith, 55.78%; C: Liz Schulman and Mary Blanchard, 54.46%; east-west, A/B/C: Sudhakar Perala and Terrence Camp, 61.35%; James McClure and Elizabeth Beishline, 60.97%; Jayne Freeman and Anne Astmann, 59.23%; Natalie Abramson and Marjorie Plumb, 55.65%.

   Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – North-south, A/B: Art Morth and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 63.43%; C: Joe Peters and Eugene Giorgini, 58.33%; east-west, A/B/C: Peter Shui and Henry Chudy, 60.88%; Norm St. Denis and Ken Meier, 60.65%.

   Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A/B: Judy Padgug and Jim Gullo, 60.42%; Barbara Libby and Liz Clark, 59.38%; Bob Padgug and Fred Yellen, 55.73%; C: (tie) Sue Neubecker and Rita Sofia, Bernie and Dick Czarnecki, 47.66%; east-west, A/B: Cathy Majewski and Pat Rasmus, 63.89%; Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 61.34%; Ed Drozen and Donna Steffan, 60.42%; C: Betty Metz and Tova Reinhorn, 51.62%.

   Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – North-south, A/B: Tova Reinhorn and Jim Gullo, 57.44%; C: Joyce Meskill and Cathy Majewski, 52.68%; east-west, A: John Toy and Pat Rasmus, 60.71%; B/C: Wufeng and Yichuan Luo, 53.87%.

   Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Joanne LaFay and Lillian Gotshall, 60.12%; Jack Kern and Lance Crawford,  55.36%; Ken Meier and Joe Rooney, 54.17%; (three-way tie) Rob Hessel and Barb Booi, Joe Miranda and Denise Mattingly, Bob and Joan Ciszak, 49.4%. 

   Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Howell. A: Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 62.22%; B: Bob Andersen and Fran Kurtz, 55.93%; Anne Watkins and Rita Sofia, 55.56%; C: Dick Czarnecki and Sue Neubecker, 53.33%.

   Bridge Club Meridian Monday evening – Home-style pairs. (Tie) Art Morth and Sue Neubecker, Gwilym Brick and Bob Olin, Bert Hargeshimer and Christy Kellogg, 2 wins.

   Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Ron Fill and Al Dickman, 62.5%; Edna Fill and Jan O’Mara, 55%; east-west, Dorothy Kumrow and Bud Eckert, 59.6%; Nancy Acara and Margaret Rivard, 57.1%.

   Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – Howell. A: (tie) Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, Joyce Kindt and Gene Giorgini, 58%; B: Judie Bailey and Jim Jacobi, 55%.

   Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Howell. A: Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 62%; B: Connie Swick and Bob Lederhouse, 59%; C: Edie Moran and Anne Clancy, 52%.  

Other clubs

   Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Cindy Darone and Charlotte Bonfrager, 57%; Bill Rich and Martin Schaus, 55%; east-west, Dave Stroud and Paul Ziebarth, 60%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 53%.

   Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Peg Gorhan and George Mayers, 59%; Martha Falsone and Harry Rogers, 52%; east-west, Tony DiTusa and Sam Grossman, 65%; Cindy Darone and Jeff Peters, 48%.

   Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Bernice Baker and Nita Ferrell, 65.9%; Eleanor Murray and Fred Nadel, 55.2%; east-west, Estelle Gafter and Esther Greene, 59.1%;  Betty Ferrick and Mike Milch, 54%. 

   Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Judy Thielman and Kathy Borcik, 69%; Ann Goodyear and Dianne Bloom, 53%.

   Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – North-south, Lou Lombardi and Marie Lanza, 61%; Pat and Mike Weber, 60%; east-west, Christel and Frank Bernard, 69%; Mike Brown and Trudy Manaher, 57%.