Duplicate Bridge: March 31, 2018

The Airport Bridge Club continues offering extra points at all of its games during the coming week. The Bridge Center of Buffalo will have extra-point charity games Tuesday, April 3, through next Saturday, April 7.

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The Toronto Easter Regional Tournament continues today, Saturday, March 31, and concludes with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 1, in the Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto. For more info, click this link.

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The Rochester Spring Sectional Tournament will be held next Saturday, April 7, and Sunday, April 8, in the Knights of Columbus Hall, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. For more info, click this link.

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The Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament will be held Friday, April 13, to Sunday, April 15, in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, with pairs games at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. For partnerships, call Dian Petrov at 688-1226.  For more info, click this link.

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Tournament calendar

Rochester 199er Sectional – Strathallan Hotel, 550 East Ave., Rochester. Friday, April 20, and Saturday, April 21. For info, click this link.

Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 22, to Monday, May 28. For info, click this link.

Ithaca Sectional – Location TBA. Saturday, June 2, and Sunday, June 3.

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

Buffalo Non-Life Master Sectional – Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive, Amherst. Saturday, June 30, and Sunday, July 1. For info, click this link.

Southwest Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference and Convention Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 3, to Sunday, July 8. For info, click this link.

Hamilton Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15.

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

Syracuse Regional – Holiday Inn, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 13, to Sunday, Aug. 19. For info, click this link.

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

St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn Parkway Conference Centre, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Sept. 4, to Sunday, Sept. 9.

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

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

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

Finger Lakes Sectional – Location TBA, Canandaigua. Saturday, Nov. 10, and Sunday, Nov. 11.

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

2019

Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, to Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019.

Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, to Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019.

Buffalo Spring Sectional –Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, April 5, 2019, to Sunday, April 7, 2019.

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

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 16, 2019, to Sunday, April 21, 2019.

Ithaca Sectional – TBA. Saturday, May 4, 2019, and Sunday, May 5, 2019

Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, 2019, to Monday, May 27, 2019.

Niagara-on-the-Lake Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, May 31, 2019, to Sunday, June 2, 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 – TBA. Saturday, July 13, 2019, and Sunday, July 14, 2019.

Rochester Regional – TBA. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2019, to Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019.

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd., Coraopolis, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, to Sunday, Sept. 2, 2019.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, to Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019.

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

Buffalo Regional – Adam's Mark Hotel, 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, to Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019.

Toronto Fall Regional – Delta by Marriott Airport Conference Centre, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, to Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca Falls. 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.

2020

Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, to Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.

Toronto Easter Regional – Tuesday, April 7, 2020, to Sunday, April 12, 2020.

Cleveland All-American Regional – Tuesday, May 19, 2020, to Monday, May 25, 2020.

Southwest Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference and Convention Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 7, 2020, to Sunday, July 12, 2020.

Syracuse Regional – Holiday Inn Syracuse, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, to Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020.

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, to Sunday, Sept. 7, 2020.

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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. Worse yet, columns from previous weeks currently cannot be accessed on the News website. But all is not lost. They are available in 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 recently attained a career total of 2,300 master points. 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 March 19 to March 25

ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – North-south, A: Martin Pieterse and Mike Silverman, 57.92%; B: Tova Reinhorn and Marietta Kalman, 55%; C: Nadine Stein and Ron Henrikson, 53.33%; east-west, A: Gay Simpson and Paula Salamone, 59.17%; B/C: Florence Boyd and Ruth Wurster, 53.75%.

Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – ACBL Wide Senior Pairs. North-south, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 55%; B/C: Nadine Stein and Ron Henrikson, 53.75%; Paula Kotowski and Barbara Sadkin, 52.08%; east-west, A: Alan Greer and Ed Morgan, 59.58%; B: Mike Silverman and Martin Pieterse, 55.42%; Bob Sommerstein and Allen Beroza, 52.50%; C: Dorothy May and Gay Simpson, 46.67%.

Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 60.42%; B/C: Chip Kean and Gene Nawotniak, 56.94%; east-west, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 68.98%; B: Dorothy May and Dale Anderson, 61.57%; Sandi England and Joanne LaFay, 54.86%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 51.39%; C: Jan Hasselback and Linda Zittel, 44.21%.

Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – One winner. A: Bob Linn and Mike Ryan, 58.33%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike Silverman, 55.36%; B: Pawan Matta and Denise Slattery, 54.17%; Martin Pieterse and Walt Olszewski, 53.57%; C: Nadine Stein and Ron Henrikson, 51.19%.

Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – One winner. Joyce Greenspan and Ron Henrikson, 58.33%; John Ziemer and Allen Beroza, 58.01%; (tie) Judi Marshall and Barbara Libby, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 57.69%; Helen Panza and Mike Silverman, 57.05%; Bob Sommerstein and Ed Morgan, 54.46%.

Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Joyce Greenspan and Alan Greer, 63.33%; B: Paula Kotowski and Walt Olszewski, 57.92%; C: June Feuerstein and Alex Miller, 53.33%; east-west, A: Liz Clark and Allen Beroza, 57.92%; B: Dorothy May and Bill Boardman, 53.13%; C: Sandi England and Paul Zittel, 51.25%.

Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – One winner. A: Martha and John Welte, 58.69%; Eleanor Whelan and John Kirsits, 57.87%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 57.78%; B: Denise Slattery and Dale Anderson, 53.70%; Chuck Heimerl and Al Dickman, 52.20%; C: Joanne LaFay and Jim Easton, 49.07%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: Ed Morgan and Margaret Zhou, 59.92%; John Marvin and Rose Bochiechio, 59.83%; C: Betsy and Richard Heuer, 54.43%; east-west, A: Donna and Willard Pottle, 72.17%; B: Laurie Foster and Rivona Ehrenreich, 59.76%; Jim Easton and Marilyn Wortzman, 54.71%; C: Gail Pitterman and Sandra Morrison, 51.55%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 61.61%; B: Davis Heussler and Linda Burroughsford, 57.74%; C: Ed Drozen and Andrei Reinhorn, 46.43%; east-west, A: Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 59.23%; B: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Tova Reinhorn, 54.46%; C: John Bava and Ed Morgan, 51.19%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A: Jim Easton and Marilyn Wortzman, 60.06%; Joe Miranda and Kathy Pollock, 57.06%; B: Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster, 55.48%; C: Bill Noltee and Sol Messinger, 44.02%; east-west, A/B/C: Rose Bochiechio and Rose Ann Grimaldi, 58.20%; Judith Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 54.65%; B: Carla Press and Agi Maisel, 54.21%; C: Judy Zeckhauser and Chip Kean, 43.74%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – One winner. A/B/C: Rajarshi Roy and Terry Fraas, 55.56%; Chris Urbanek and Henry Chudy, 54.63%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – One winner. A: Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 64.42%; Stan Kozlowski and Sharon Benz, 58.65%; B: Bert Hargesheimer and Alex Kowal, 52.89%; C: Terry Fraas and Tova Reinhorn, 50.32%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – One winner. A: David Hemmer and Chris Urbanek, 62.04%; Davis Heussler and Jill Wooldridge, 60.19%; Rashid Khan and Vera Carpenter, 58.33%; B/C: Alex Kowal and Linda Burroughsford, 57.87%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – North-south, A: Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 64.77%; Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 63.45%; B: Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 58.90%; C: Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 52.46%; east-west, A: Rashid Khan and Vera Carpenter, 62.88%; B: John and Martha Welte, 60.80%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 59.85%; Bob Padgug and Ying Wang, 57.95%; C: Jim Easton and Marilyn Wortzman, 51.14%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – (Tie) Jim Downing and Roger Dyer, Pepe Justicia-Linde and Dave Larcom, 55%; Joanne LaFay and Lillian Gotshall, 50%.

Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – ACBL Wide Senior Pairs. Sharon Benz and Sue Neubecker, 59.03%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 54.40%; Terry Fraas and Carol Bedell, 54.39%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – Edna Fill and Nancy Acara, 61.8%; Sandy Marcussen and Alicia Kolipinski, 56.7%; Jan O’Mara and Anne O’Connor, 55.6%.

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Dian Petrov and Madhav Deshmukh, 62.04%; Kathy Fenn and Ed Harman, 61.91%; Elaine Moon and John Meindl, 53.14%; (tie) Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 53.02%.

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Ed Harman and Sushil Amlani, 64.58%; Edith Moran and Anne Clancy, 64.06%; Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 57.81%; Connie and David Wilson, 55.56%; Bob and Joan Ciszak, 51.05%.

Other clubs

ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening – Individual Game. Pearl Harris, 60.17%; David Mathis, 54.57%; Diana Brown, 45.86%.

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Bill Rich and Marian Morber, 63%; George Mayers and Chuck Heimerl, 56%; east-west, Anita Fink and Freda Brummer, 60%; Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 52%.

Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 56.7%; George Mayers and Marian Morber, 56%; east-west, Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 68%; Ron Fill and Mike Brown, 50%.

Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Fred Nadel and Dick Munschauer, 64%; Meena Rustgi and Carol Greico, 60.5%; east-west, Emily Wettlaufer and Iris Friedman, 62.2%; Betty Bowling and Bette Seifert, 58.4%.

Clarence Senior Center Thursday – North-south, Lata Maheshwari and Stan Kozlowski, 73%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Rogers, 53%; east-west, Linda Vassallo and Wilson McClaren, 71%; Bill Westley and Bob Jorgensen, 60%.

Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – North-south, Evelyn Vitello and Edna Fill, 68.8%; Mike Brown and Ron Fill, 61.5%; east-west, Ed and Dorothy Rupp, 65.9%; Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 55.9%.