Duplicate Bridge: Oct. 21

The Buffalo Spooktacular Regional Tournament continues with games at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. today, Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Adams Mark Hotel, 120 Church St., in downtown Buffalo, and concludes with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 22. (Note: There is no 7:30 p.m. game Saturday.) For more info, click this link. 

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The Airport Bridge Club hosts the ACBL-Wide Instant Matchpoint Pairs Game at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, offering red and gold points, following a pairs game at 10 a.m. and a snack.

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Other extra-point games: Bridge Club Meridan (10 a.m. Monday), Bridge Center of Buffalo (all games Tuesday to next Saturday) and Airport Bridge Club (11 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, plus noon next Saturday).

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Hamburg Senior Bridge, which has been meeting on Tuesday afternoons for the past two years at the Hamburg Senior Center, 4540 Southwestern Blvd., is looking for additional players.

Previous players who have been away from the game, as well as advanced beginners who recently took classes, are welcome to join the group.

Players arrive around 12:15 p.m. Play begins at 12:30 and ends around 3:30. For more information, players can drop in prior to the game, call 202-4505 or email chetzler@roadrunner.com.

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Western New York Unit 116 regularly sponsors special games. Currently they include:

Annual Meeting and Game – Saturday, Dec. 2. Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.

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Tournament calendar

Pittsburgh Fall Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday, Oct. 27, to Sunday, Oct. 29. For info, click this link.

Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5685 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For info, click this link.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca County Office Building, Health and Senior Services Building, 2465 North Road, Waterloo/Seneca Falls. Saturday, Nov. 11, and Sunday, Nov. 12. For info, click this link.

District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec. 4, to Sunday, Dec. 10.

2018

Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, to Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. For info, click this link.

Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, to Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.

Niagara District Sectional – Holiday Inn Parkway Conference Centre, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, to Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018.

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 27, 2018, to Sunday, April 1, 2018.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Williamsville. Friday, April 13, 2018, to Sunday, April 15, 2018.

Rochester Spring Sectional – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, April 28, 2018, and Sunday, April 29, 2018.

Ithaca Sectional – Location TBA. Saturday, May 19, 2018, and Sunday, May 20, 2018.

Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 22, 2018, to Monday, May 28, 2018.

        District 5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June 11, 2018, to Sunday, June 17, 2018.

Rochester Summer Sectional – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, July 14, 2018, and Sunday, July 15, 2018.

Syracuse Regional – Holiday Inn, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, to Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018.

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – Monroeville Convention Center/Doubletree Hotel, 209 Mall Plaza Blvd., Monroeville, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, to Sunday, Sept. 3, 2018.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, to Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018.

Rochester Fall Sectional – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, and Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018.

Buffalo Regional – Adams Mark Hotel, 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, to Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Location TBA, Canandaigua. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, and Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018.

District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, to Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018.

2019

Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, to Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019.

Buffalo Winter Sectional – Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, to Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Friday, April 5, 2019, to Sunday, April 7, 2019.

Rochester Spring Sectional – Saturday, April 13, 2019, and Sunday, April 14, 2019.

Toronto Easter Regional – Tuesday, April 16, 2019, to Sunday, April 21, 2019.

Rochester Regional – Tuesday, May 13, 2019, to Sunday, May 18, 2019.

Cleveland All-American Regional – Tuesday, May 21, 2019, to Monday, May 27, 2019.

District 5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June 10, 2019, to Sunday, June 16, 2019.

Rochester Summer Sectional – Saturday, July 13, 2019, and Sunday, July 14, 2019.

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, to Sunday, Sept. 2, 2019.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, to Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019.

Rochester Fall Sectional – Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, and Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019.

Buffalo Regional – Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, to Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019.

Niagara Falls Regional – Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, to Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, and Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019.

District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, to Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019.

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Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Bridge Club Meridian.

Western New York Unit 116.

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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, Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date, which should bring up a link to it on buffalonews.com, the Buffalo News website.

Sometimes the online version does not materialize on the Buffalo News website, at least not in a timely fashion. When that happens, like it did a couple times recently, you can find it as an appendix to Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/

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 Ruby Life Master since the ACBL created that new ranking at the beginning of 2016, Dale Anderson surpassed 2,275 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 Oct. 9 to Oct. 15

ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –

North-south, A: Dorothy May and Ken Meier, 65.18%; Mike Ryan and Bob Linn, 60.71%; B: Bob Sommerstein and Allen Beroza, 58.63%; C: Alex Miller and Paul Ganley, 51.19%; east-west, A: Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 58.04%; B/C: Denise Slattery and Ed Morgan, 53.57%; Mary Terrana and Ron Henrikson, 52.68%.

Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – North-south, A/B: (tie) Denise Slattery and Ed Morgan, Ruth Kozower and Tova Reinhorn, 52.68%; Barbara Sadkin and Judy Kaprove, 51.19%; east-west, A: Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 61.90%; Dorothy May and Ken Meier, 55.56%; B/C: Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.91%; Barbara Multerer and Art Schumacher, 52.38%.

Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – One winner. A: Judi Marshall and Alan Greer, 74.04%; Allen Beroza and Ken Meier, 65.39%; B: Ruth Wurster and Eleanor Whelan, 57.69%; (tie) Florence Boyd and Bill Boardman, Jan Hasselback and Linda Zittel, 54.81%; C: Denise Slattery and John Bava, 51.60%.

Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – North-south, A/B: June Feuerstein and Florence Boyd, 56.25%; C: Barbara Sadkin and Ruth Wurster, 54.17%; east-west, A: Martin Pieterse and Bob Kaprove, 57.50%; Judi Marshall and John Ziemer, 52.50%; B/C: Jim Easton and Dennis Clary, 49.17%.

Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A/B: Eleanor Whelan and Helen Panza, 57.49%; C: Ruth Wurster and Gene Nowatniak, 52.38%; east-west, A: Ken Meier and John Ziemer, 59.48%; Denise Slattery and Alan Greer, 58.04%; B: Martha and John Welte, 55.36%; C: Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Chang, 50.30%.

Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, 63%; B/C: Barbara Sadkin and Bob Kaprove, 61.32%; Gay Simpson and Eva Schmidt, 56.23%; east-west, A: Joyce Greenspan and Alan Greer, 55.36%; B: Martha and John Welte, 53.96%; C: Denise Slattery and Bob Sommerstein, 53.70%.

Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Home-style Pairs. (Tie) Chuck Heimerl and Al Dickman, Alan Greer and partner, 2 wins.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B/C: Marilyn Steffan and Patty Porter, 66.62%; Mary Blachard and Carol Roth, 59.04%; east-west, A/B: Janet Desmon and JoAnn Nover, 65.49%; Janie Polk and Gail Pitterman, 59.85%; Carol Neuhaus and Paul Ziebarth, 53.59%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Marilyn Wortzman and Jay Costello, 59.49%; B/C: Cathy Majewski and Andrei Reinhorn, 56.25%; Carol Bedell and Sharon Wilcox, 50.93%; east-west, A: Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 62.04%; Glenn Milgrim and Saleh Fetouh, 60.65%; Davis Heussler and Stan Kozlowski, 60.19%; B: John Bava and Art Morth, 46.06%; C: Cynthia and Ron Helfman, 44.44%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A: Paula Rosen and Laura Houghtaling, 61.27%; B/C: Bram and Terry Hamovitch, 59.01%; east-west, A/B: Janie Polk and Bill Noltee, 63.52%; C: Carol Roth and Patty Porter, 49.53%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – One winner. A: Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 58.89%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 58.15%; B/C: Diane Bielinski and Jeff Bender, 56.30%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – One winner. A: Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 59.90%; B: Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 56.25%; C: Carol Bedell and Tova Reinhorn, 50.52%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – One winner. A/B: Mary Ball and Art Morth, 58.93%; C: Audrey Ray and Mary Davey-Carr, 46.43%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 61.81%; Ken Meier and Joe Rooney, 58.33%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 55.56%; (tie) Sandi England and Joe Miranda, Bill Feasley and Paul Zittel, 51.39%.

Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A: Sharon Benz and Sue Neubecker, 59.52%; B: Claire Gareleck and Andrei Reinhorn, 49.40%; C: Dorothy May and Ken Meier, 45.83%; east-west, A: Gladys and Ken Hardcastle, 58.33%; B. Amita Arora and Jay Levy, 53.37%; C: Terry Fraas and Elaine Universal, 49.11%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – Howell. Chuck Heimerl and Ron Fill, 59.72%; Henry Chudy and Sam Grossman, 56.77%; Jeff Bender and Gabe Tannenbaum, 52.60%.

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – International Match Point Game. Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 47.25 IMPs; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 43.88; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 36. 

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – International Match Point Game. Paul Capen and Beena Deshmukh, 71 IMPs; Jim and Paula Jones, 67; Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 51.

Other clubs

ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening – Individual game. (Tie) David Mathis, Diana Brown, 64.55%; (tie) Pearl Harris, Shirley Thompson, 55.45%.

Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 74.2%; Bruce and Jill Brown, 46.7%; east-west, (tie) Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, Ron Fill and Mike Brown, 54.2%.

Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Meena Rustgi and Sukhanand Jain, 60%; east-west, Ruth Lansing and Charles Banta, 56.3%.

Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Elaine Wegrzyn and Wilson McClaren, 65%; Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley, 60%.

College Club Duplicate Wednesday – Howell. Beverly Thomas and Mary Vicanti, 63.39%; Cleo Alexander and Nancy Davidson, 61.61%; Clare Schultz and Nancy Thomas, 51.79%. 

Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – North-south, Dorothy and Ed Rupp, 56.2%; Thelma Frauenhofer and Paul Morgante, 55%; Mary Veitch and Carmella Losi, 52.5%; east-west, Idamae Klipfel and Bob Rivard, 55%; Christel and Frank Bernard, 52.5%; Lynda Pettit and Esther Ferris, 51.2%.