Duplicate Bridge: Sept. 8, 2018 (updated)

The St. Catharines Regional Tournament continues today, Saturday, Sept. 8, in the Holiday Inn Parkway Conference Centre, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Games are at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. It concludes with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 9. For more info, click this link.
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Late News Flash!!! The game today, Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Bridge Center of Buffalo has been canceled. 

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The Airport Bridge Club will offer two games Thursday, an extra-point game at 10 a.m. and then, at 1:15 p.m. the ACBL Wide International Fund Game with hand analysis and bonus points at the district level.

 All games at the Airport Bridge Club during the coming week will award extra points at no extra charge.

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The Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament will be held Sept. 21 to Sept. 23 in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. There will be pairs games at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. For more info, click this link.

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Congratulations to Dian Petrov, the Buffalo area player who won the most master points at the Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional Tournament last week. He earned 23.06 points. Also doing well in Pittsburgh were Jim Gullo, 18.09; and Sharon Benz and Chris Urbanek, both 14.38.  

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Tournament calendar

Rochester Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, Oct. 6, and Sunday, Oct. 7. For info, click this link.

Buffalo Regional – Adams Mark Hotel, 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 16, to Sunday, Oct. 21. For info, click this link.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Health & Senior Services Building, 2465 Bonadent Drive, Waterloo. Saturday, Nov. 10, and Sunday, Nov. 11. For info, click this link.

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.

St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, to Sunday, Feb. 10, 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 Non-Life Master Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, May 31, 2019, to Sunday, June 2, 2019. For info, click this link. 

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.

St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, and Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. 

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Manfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, to Sunday, Sept. 9, 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.

Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5865 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, 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 – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, to Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.

Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, to Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.

St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, to Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020.

Rochester Spring Sectional – Saturday, March 28, 2020, and Sunday, March 29, 2020.

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday, April 7, 2020, to Sunday, April 12, 2020.

Rochester 199er Sectional – Friday, April 17, 2020, and Saturday, April 18, 2020.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 24, 2020, to Sunday, April 26, 2020.

Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 19, 2020, to Monday, May 25, 2020.

Niagara-on-the-Lake Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 5, 2020, to Sunday, June 7, 2020.

Ithaca Sectional – Saturday, June 13, 2020, and Sunday, June 14, 2020.

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

Rochester Summer Sectional – Saturday, July 11, 2020, and 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 – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Manfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, to Sunday, Sept. 7, 2020.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, to Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020.

Rochester Fall Sectional – Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, and Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020.

Buffalo Regional – Adam's Mark Hotel, 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, to Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive, Seneca Falls. Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, and Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020.

Unit 255 Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, to Sunday, Nov. 15, 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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 Ruby Life Master since the ACBL created that new ranking at the beginning of 2016, Dale Anderson recently reached a career total of 2,425 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 Aug. 27 to Sept. 2

ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – North-south, A: Allen Beroza and Bob Sommerstein, 60.97%; John Ziemer and Bob Linn, 60.94%; B: Barbara Sadkin and Judy Kaprove, 55.96%; June Feuerstein and Janet Frisch, 51.76%; C: Nadine Stein and Fenton Harrison, 48.29%; east-west, A: Liz Clark and Alan Greer, 61.29%; B: Nancy Littenberg and Jean Macdonald, 60.82%; C: Sandi England and Bob Kaprove, 56.39%.

Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A/B: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 56.38%; Ruth Kozower and Judy Kaprove, 53.29%; C: Jan Hasselback and Linda Zittel, 52.06%; east-west, A: Mike Silverman and Art Matthies, 59.49%; Judi Marshall and Liz Clark, 57.87%; B: Paula Kotowski and Barbara Sadkin, 57.64%; Denise Slattery and Dale Anderson, 51.85%; C: Ruth Wurster and Brian Block, 50.62%.

Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – A/B: Lois Tatelman and Nancy Littenberg, 57.84%; Ed Morgan and Mike Silverman, 57.10%; east-west, A/B/C: Barbara Multerer and Art Schumacher, 58.58%; Denise Slattery and John Bava, 54.36%.

Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Mike Ryan and Howard Foster, 57.74%; B: Paula Kotowski and Eva Schmidt, 54.76%; C: Ruth Kozower and Ed Drozen, 53.87%; east-west, A: Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 58.33%; B/C: Sharon Chang and Linda Milch, 52.38%.

Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Bob Linn and Alan Greer, 65.77%; B/C: Nadine Stein and Judy Kaprove, 59.52%; east-west, A: Martha and John Welte, 60.42%; B: Sandi England and Ken Meier, 60.12%; Ruth Wurster and Bill Boardman, 56.55%; C: Barbara Sadkin and Paula Kotowski, 51.79%.

Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 61.31%; B: Martha and John Welte, 56.55%; Paula Salamone and Cleveland Fleming, 50.60%; Denise Slattery and Dale Anderson, 50%; C: Jim Easton and Dennis Clary, 48.81%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: Carla Press and Agi Maisel, 60.79%; C: Lynn Witmer and Larry Himelein, 55.71%; east-west, A: Linda Milch and Beverly Isenberg, 72.32%; B: Laurie Foster and Rivona Ehrenreich, 60.42%; Jane Roberts and Laura Houghtaling, 57.32%; Patty Porter and Terry Camp, 56.89%; Marilyn Shuman and Judy Zeckhauser, 55.53%; C: Pat Truell and Paul Ziebarth, 42.56%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Open Game. A: Sharon Benz and Stan Kozlowski, 59%; B/C: Martha and John Welte, 58%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, 65.18%; B: Sue Bergman and Sharon Benz, 56.85%; C: Claire Gareleck and Betty Metz, 52.08%; east-west, A: Judy Graf and Bud Seidenberg, 61.01%; B: Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 59.52%; C: Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 56.25%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A: Amita Amora and Marilyn Wortzman, 60.12%; Usha Khurana and Bill Rich, 59.23%; B/C: Natalie Abramson and Judy Katz, 57.14%; east-west, A/B/C: Jane Roberts and Laura Houghtaling, 60.42%; Carla Press and Agi Maisel, 58.33%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 60.50%; (tie) Judy and Bob Padgug, Chris Urbanek and Rajarshi Roy, 57.96%; Bob Sommerstein and Larry Abate, 55.50%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – A: Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 66.77%; B/C: Betty Metz and Tova Reinhorn, 63.89%; Terry Fraas and Elaine Universal, 60.79%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Victory Point game. (Tie) Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmal, Kathy Pollock and Edward Ziegenfuss, Stan Kozlowski and Raj Puri, 2 wins.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Ken Meier and Joe Rooney, 58.33%; Bill Feasley and Paul Zittel, 55.21%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 53.13%.

Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A: Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 63.24%; B: Sue Neubecker and Sharon Benz, 55.31%; C: Stuart Caswell and William Castle, 49.45%; east-west, A/B: Jim Gullo and Art Morth, 64.24%; Jay Levy and Jay Costello, 62.75%; C: Rita Sofia and Carol Roth, 47.37%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Alicia Kolipinski and Ed Harman, 63.8%; Bill Rich and Jeff Bender, 57.5%; east-west, Mike and Vince Taeger, 58.3%; Paula Salamone and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 53.7%.

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – North-south, Jim and Paula Jones, 58.01%; Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 53.63%; east-west, Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 60.13%; John and Barbara Scott, 48.40%.

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 63.10%; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 58.93%; Elve Johnston and Kathy Fenn, 55.95%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 61.2%; Carl Gebauer and Ron Fill, 58.4%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 54.8%; east-west, Joanne Zavarella and Fritz Schweiger, 66.3%; Anita Fink and Freda Brummer, 58.8%; B. J. McMath and Pat Truell, 55.6%.

Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Joe Huber and Dave Stroud, 60%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 53.8%; east-west, Sheila Trossman and Sandy Rifkin, 59.4%; Jeff Peters and Marian Morber, 55.6%.

Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south: (Tie) Meena Rustgi and Sukhanand Jain, Bob Kaiser and Harry Metcalf, 62%; Sandy Recoon and Fred Nadel, 54%; east-west, Iris Friedman and Emily Wettlaufer, 68%; Perry Hoffman and Adelle Denton, 64%.   

Clarence Senior Center Thursday – North-south, Ellen Lochead and Bill Rogers, 61%; Mary Davey-Carr and Linda Franchell, 48%; east-west, Marge Zaprowski and Bob Jorgensen, 66%; Judy Thielman and Elaine Wegrzyn, 58%.