Thursday, November 19, 2015

Duplicate Bridge: Nov. 21

A Tribute to the Bridge Greats of Buffalo will be given at 1 p.m. Nov. 22 in the Bridge Center of Buffalo, followed by a pairs game. Honorees include Tom Donnelly, Mary Dowd, Gerry Fried, Nat Gerstman, John Kilmer, Jim Mathis, Mary McKenna, Margaret McCarthy, Peter Mollemet, Roselle Selikoff, Tom Wolstoncroft and Agnes Gordon.
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The Airport Bridge Club offers extra points at all of its games from this Saturday, Nov. 21, to next Saturday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m. Bridge Club Meridian will award extra points at its pairs game at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23.
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Congratulations to Saleh Fetouh, who earned the most master points – 67.77 – of all the Buffalo area players competing in the Niagara Falls, Ont., Regional Tournament Nov. 10 to 15. He was fifth overall.
Other leading point winners included Dian Petrov, 40.07 (27th), Jill Wooldridge, 36.37 (37th), Chris Urbanek, 32.72 (42nd), Bud Seidenberg, 26.91 (53rd), John Ziemer, 25.28 (60th), Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 25.23 (tied for 61st), David Hemmer, 25.14 (63rd) and Mike Ryan, 19.22 (87th).
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Western New York Unit 116 regularly schedules unit-sponsored games. They include:
Annual meeting and game, Sunday, Dec. 6, Rescue Fire Hall, North Tonawanda. Lunch at 11:30 a.m., meeting at 12:15 p.m., game follows.
Club-hosted unit games, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 9:30 a.m. at Bridge Club of East Aurora, 10:30 a.m. at Bridge Center of Buffalo, 11 a.m.at Airport Bridge Club.
Club-hosted unit games, Saturday, Dec. 19, noon at Airport Bridge Club, noon at Bridge Center of Buffalo, 1 p.m. at Lockport Duplicate.
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Tournament calendar
District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec. 7, to Sunday, Dec. 13.
Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Holiday Inn, 6001 Rockside Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, to Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, to Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. For info, click this link.
Toronto Easter Regional – International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 22, 2016, to Sunday, March 27, 2016.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 8, 2016, to Sunday, April 10, 2016.
Gatlinburg Regional – Gatlinburg Convention Center, Gatlinburg, Tenn. Monday, April 11, 2016, to Sunday, April 17, 2016. For info, click this link.
Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 24, 2016, to Monday, May 30, 2016. For info, click this link.
District 5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June 13, 2016, to Sunday, June 19, 2016.
Syracuse Regional – Holiday Inn, 411 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, to Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, to Sunday, Sept. 5, 2016.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, to Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016.
Buffalo Regional – Adam’s Mark Hotel, 120 Church St. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, to Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016.
District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, to Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016.
Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, to Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017.
Buffalo Winter Sectional – Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, to Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017.
St. Catharines Sectional – Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, to Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.
Toronto Easter Regional – Tuesday, April 11, 2017, to Sunday, April 16, 2017.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Friday, April 21, 2017, to Sunday, April 23, 2017.
Upstate New York Regional – Rochester. Monday, May 1, 2017, to Sunday, May 7, 2017.
Cleveland All-American Regional – Tuesday, May 23, 2017, to Monday, May 29, 2017.
District 5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June 12, 2017, to Sunday, June 18, 2017.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, to Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.
Buffalo Regional – Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, to Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017.
District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, to Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017.
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Bridge club websites:
Click names for links.
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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.
Sometimes the online version does not materialize on the Buffalo News website. When that happens, you can find it as an appendix to Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/
Email danderson@buffnews.com ordahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is (716) 849-4420.
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A Silver Life Master since 2011, Dale Anderson reached a career total of 1,900 master points last month. He blogs about his progress toward Gold Life Master (2,500 points) and other bridge adventures here.
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Duplicate scores
Week of Nov. 9 to Nov. 15
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –
Howell. A: Nancy Kessler and John Kirsits, 69.44%; B: Bill Boardman and Joe Rooney, 61.81%; C: Ron Henrikson and Michael Kozower, 50.69%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Linda Vassallo and Wilson McClaren, 56.40%; Ken Meier and Bill Boardman, 54.07%; B: Eva Schmidt and Marilyn Sultz, 53.21%; C: Usha Khurana and Carol Bedell, 51.34%; east-west, A: Mike Silverman and Helen Panza, 55.80%; B: Ron Henrikson and Dorothy May, 54.91%; C: Linda Milch and Sharon Chang, 44.79%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Home style pairs. Alan Greer and Paula Salamone, 3 wins.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon – Howell. A: Alan Greer and partner, 64%; B: Michael Kozower and Mike Silverman, 54%; C: Marilyn Sultz and Nancy Torrell, 49%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – Howell. A: Mike Silverman and Helen Panza, 62.50%; B: Nancy Kessler and Wilson McClaren, 60.50%; C: Eva Schmidt and Linda Milch, 49.50%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – Howell. Nadine Stein and Barbara Sadkin, 59%; Martin and Barbara Pieterse, 57%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Home style pairs. (Tie) Dorothy May and Ron Henrikson, Ross Markello and Judy Kaprove, Alan Greer and partner, 2 wins.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday morning – 99ers. Howell. A/B: Janice Johnson and Louise Hayes, 52.50%; C: Janice Sufrin and Marion LaVigne, 46.43%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Howell. (tie) A: Bill Rushmore and Saleh Fetouh, 54.76%; Mike Ryan and Judy Graf, 54.76%; B/C: John and Martha Welte, 52.38%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: Carla Press and Agi Maisel, 61.61%; Sharon Wilcox and David Whitt, 56.55%; C: Mary Blanchard and Carol Roth, 55.95%; east-west, A/B/C: Sandra Silverberg and Judy Katz, 59.52%; Jeff Thier and Lynn Witmer, 56.25%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Howell. A: Judy Padgug and Joan Rose, 58.98%; B/C: Carol Bedell and Sharon Wilcox, 58.01%; Chuck Schorr and Susan Bergman, 55.45%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 Game. North-south, A: Ted Kahn and Vince Taeger, 59.09%; B: Natalie Abramson and Marjorie Plumb, 56.96%; C: Terry Camp and Pat Haynes, 56.13%; Elizabeth Young and Ann Coughlin, 55.01%; Margaret Zhou and Mark Tederous, 54.55%; east-west, A/B: Jane Roberts and Laura Houghtaling, 58.63%; Judith Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 58.13%; C: Jeffrey Oshlag and Joel Brownstein, 56.04%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Swiss Pairs. Art Morth and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 59 vps; Penny and Peter Shui, 53 vps.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – Howell. A: Bob Padgug and Stan Kozlowski, 62.22%; Harry Cheung and Barbara Libby, 61.48%; B/C: Larry and Dorothy Soong, 59.63%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Howell. Rajinder Puri and Rolene Pozarny, 59.38%; John Marvin and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 59.26%; Sharon Benz and Stan Kozlowski, 57.41%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A/B: Dick Czarnecki and Helen Panza, 57.44%; Stan Kozlowski and Judy Padgug, 55.95%; C: John Lewis and Bernie Czarnecki, 49.70%; east-west, John Lyth and Anne Watkins, 56.55%; Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 55.65%; C: Andrei and Tova Reinhorn, 53.87%.
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – John Lewis and Roy Crocker, 66.67%; Dan Blatz and Gwilym Brick, 56.94%; Paul Capen and Jean Rosenthal, 54.86%; Joyce Kindt and Carolyn Siracuse, 50%.
Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 70.83%; Robert and Joan Ciszak, 57.81%; Kathy Fenn and Elve Johnston, 56.77%; John and Barbara Scott, 56.25%.
Other clubs
ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening – Howell. Pamela Murphy and Joanne Dandridge, 62.5%; Shirley Thompson and David Mathis, 57.5%.
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Jill and Bruce Brown, 62%; Ron Fill and Chuck Heimerl, 60%; east-west, Carol Neuhaus and Martin Schaus, 55%; Marge Gample and Mary Banks, 54%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Bruce Burr and Ross Markello, 67%; Marian Morber and Jim Tao, 60%; east-west, Joe Day and Lorey Repicci, 61%; Carol Newhaus and Paul Ziebarth, 55%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Mary Blanchard and Ruth Jones, 73.6%; Joan Mack and Dick Munschauer, 52.1%; east-west, Eleanor Murray and Fred Nadel, 62.5%; Ruth Axelrod and Nita Ferrell, 56.7%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Jane and Paul Garvey, 60%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Rogers, 51%.

College Club Duplicate – Howell. Gloria Fenston and Linda Franchell, 59.67%; Nancy Davidson and Diane Liddell, 55.64%; Carolann Besch and Judy Danforth, 52.41%. 

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