The Airport Bridge Club has a weekly session of guided bidding and play at 7
p.m. Tuesdays, and next week starts a new 10-week series of lessons for
beginners at 7 p.m. Thursday. Call 603-6943. The club also offers extra points
at its pairs game at 11 a.m. this Saturday.
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An ACBL International Fund game will be played next Saturday at noon at the Airport
Bridge Club and the Bridge Center of Buffalo.
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The Bridge Center of Buffalo has an extra-point game this Saturday and offers
lunch with Jim Gullo at its 10:30 a.m. game Friday.
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Congratulations to Saleh Fetouh, topmost master point winner at the Buffalo Winter
Sectional Tournament Jan. 22 to 24 in the Main-Transit Fire Hall in Amherst. He
earned 27.01 points.
Other
local point leaders included David Hemmer, 24.44; Bud Seidenberg, 15.87; Jay
Costello, 15.32; Chris Urbanek, 14.84; Fred Yellen, 14.37; Donna Steffen,
13.74; John and Martha Welte, both 11.63; Judy Padgug, 11.42; and Mike Ryan and
Judy Graf, both 11.35.
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Western
New York Unit 116 regularly
schedules unit-sponsored games. They include:
Pro-Am
Pairs and Taste of Buffalo, 1
p.m., Sunday, Feb. 28. Bridge Center of Buffalo.
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Tournament calendar
St.
Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn
Parkway Convention Centre, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb.
12, to Sunday, Feb. 14. For info, click this link.
Toronto
Easter Regional – International
Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 22, to Sunday, March
27. For info, click this link.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 8, to Sunday, April 10. For
info, click this link.
Gatlinburg
Regional – Gatlinburg Convention Center, Gatlinburg, Tenn. Monday, April
11, to Sunday, April 17. For info, click this link.
Rochester
Spring Sectional – Location TBA.
Saturday, April 23, and Sunday, April 24.
Unit
112 Charity Sectional – Broome West Senior Center, 2801 Wayne St., Ithaca. Saturday, May 14, and
Sunday, May 15.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 24, to
Monday, May 30. For info, click this link.
District
5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday,
June 13, to Sunday, June 19.
Hamilton
Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion,
435 Limeridge Road East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 16, and Sunday, July 17.
For info, click this link.
Syracuse
Regional – Holiday Inn, 411
Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 1, to Sunday, Aug. 7. For info,
click this link.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – Hyatt Regency
Pittsburgh Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 30, to
Sunday, Sept. 5.
Buffalo
Fall Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 16, to Sunday, Sept. 18.
Buffalo
Regional – Adam’s Mark Hotel,
120 Church St. Tuesday, Oct. 18, to Sunday, Oct. 23.
District
5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday,
Dec. 5, to Sunday, Dec. 11.
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/
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A
Silver Life Master since 2011, Dale
Anderson finished 2015 with a career total of 1,954 master points. He also
discovered that the ACBL has created a new master point rank – Ruby Life
Master, for those with more than 1,500 points – and he’s in it. 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 Jan. 18 to Jan. 24
Week of Jan. 18 to Jan. 24
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – Howell. A: Liz Clark and
Barbara Libby, 61.11%; B: Dale Anderson and Tom Koralewski, 59.17%; C: Nancy
Kessler and Ross Markello, 58.52%.
Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – Howell. A: Allen Beroza and Nancy Wolstoncroft,
56.94%; B: Barbara Sadkin and Nadine Stein, 55.64%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Wilson McClaren and Linda Vassallo,
63.33%; B: Florence Boyd and Jan Hasselback, 55%; east-west, A: Art Matthies
and Mike Silverman, 55.83%; B/C: Ross Markello and Art Schumacher, 54.58%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. Rita Sofia and Janet Frisch, 58%; Tish
Schiffman and Paula Kotowski, 54%; Carl and Jan Hasselback, 52%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A/B: Marietta Kalman and Dale Anderson,
59.33%; C: Ruth Wurster and Marilyn Sultz, 55.08%; east-west, A: Nels Larson
and Ed Drozen, 63.83%; Liz Clark and John Ziemer, 60%; B/C: Alex Miller and
Paul Ganley, 49.33%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Howell. A/B: Jim Gullo and Rich Cramer-Benjamin,
67.26%; C: Linda Burroughsford and Ten-Pao Lee, 59.92%; Eugene Harvey and Judy
Padgug, 58.64%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon –
Non-life masters. North-south, A/B/C James and Karen Stephenson, 58.93%; Terry
Camp and Jeffrey Oshlag, 55.65%; Chip Kean and Judy Zeckhauser, 55.06%;
east-west, A/B/C Margaret Zhou and Sol Messinger, 59.23%; Sharon Wilcox and
Janet Dimet, 57.14%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 58.33%; B: Joanne
Kelley and Berta Brown, 58.04%; C: Gary Schmitt and Carol Bedell, 48.81%;
east-west, A: Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 66.67%; B/C: Joyce Greenspan and Barbara
Sadkin, 60.42%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday noon –
0-750 Game. North-south, A: Gene Nawotniak and Bill Rich, 58.25%; B: Carla
Press and Agi Maisel, 53.36%; C: Jewel Marshall and Denise Slattery, 50.04%;
east-west, A: Jim and Gloria Brown, 60.20%; Celine Murray and Kathy Stamm,
56.93%; B/C: Loretta Yearke and Cherry Searle, 51.15%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Howell. A: Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 63.33%; Howard
Foster and Mike Ryan, 60.74%; B: Penny and Peter Shui, 54.44%; C: Madhav and
Beena Deshmukh, 48.89%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Sandi England and Tom
Koralewski, 59.38%; Joanne LaFay and Lillian Gotshall, 54.17%; Darcy Young and
Bob Farwell, 51.04%; Jack Kern and Lance Crawford, 50%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A: Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg,
58.75%; B: Beverly Dale and Nancy Acara, 52.50%; C: (tie) Claire Gareleck and
Jeanne Gladysz, Tova Reinhorn and Marietta Kalman, 47.50%; east-west, Judy Graf
and Elaine Universal, 57.50%; B: Jim Gullo and John Lyth, 53.33%; C: Betty Metz
and Carol Bedell, 52.92%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Joyce Kindt and Ron Fill, 64.58%; Al
Dickman and Chuck Heimerl, 60.42%; east-west, Bud Eckert and Ed Harman, 56.67%;
Jan O’Mara and John Garrity, 55.83%.
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – Howell. Madhav Deshmukh and Mark Pascale, 59.38%;
Marilyn White and Paul Capen, 56.25%; Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 55.21%; Pat
Lanighan and John Meindl, 54.17%.
Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Mark Pascale and Bob Lederhouse, 70.83%; Miriam
Regnet and Roy Crocker. 58.33%; Carol Neuhaus and Paul Capen, 57.29%; Elve
Johnston and Kathy Fenn, 55.21%.
Buffalo Winter Sectional Friday morning
– A: David Hemmer and Saleh Fetouh,
71.46%; Fred Yellen and Judy Padgug, 68.54%; B/C: William Toler and Ann
Kostell, 64.15%; Kusum Phadke and Amita Arora, 60.08%.
Buffalo Winter Sectional Friday
afternoon – A: David Hemmer and Saleh
Fetouh, 64.87%; B: Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 63.39%; C: Ed Harman and
Bob Lederhouse, 58.74%.
Buffalo Winter
Sectional Saturday morning – A: Rashid Khan and Vera Carpenter, 67.89%; B.
Eleanor Whelan and Sharon Wilcox, 56.94%; C: Martha and John Welte, 56.27%.
Buffalo Winter Sectional Saturday
afternoon – A: Rashid Khan and Vera
Carpenter, 72.31%; B: Joyce Kindt and Ed Harman, 57.38%; C: Martha and John
Welte, 56.37%.
Buffalo Winter Sectional Sunday – Swiss teams. A: David Hemmer, Saleh Fetouh, Bud
Seidenberg and Chris Urbanek, 147 victory points; B/C: Ten-Pao Lee, Linda
Burroughsford and Martha and John Welte, 132 vps.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning –
North-south, Carl Gebauer and Mariam
Morber, 58%; Tony DiTusa and Joe Huber, 50%; east-west, Marian Roecker and Mary
Ann Urbanski, 56%; Mike Brown and Ron Fill, 53%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Eleanor Murray and Fred Nadel, 60.8%;
Dick Munschauer and Jerry Stange, 55.9%; east-west, Charles Banta and Mac
Murray, 65%; Evie Miller and Emily Wettlaufer, 49.2%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Marge McMillen and Bill Rogers, 56%; Pat O’Brien and
Judy Thielman, 54%; Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley, 53%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday – Howell. Mike Brown and
Ron Fill, 57.5%; Edna Henrich and Adrienne Sakavicius, 53.7%.
