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The Airport Bridge Club offers the ACBL-wide International Fund Game at no
extra charge at 1:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, with extra points for winners at the
district level. The club also has other extra-point games at 10 a.m. Monday, 11
a.m. Tuesday to Friday and noon today and next Saturday.
• • •
The Bridge
Center of Buffalo also will have extra-point club championship games
all next week, with holiday parties at noon Tuesday, Dec. 18, and 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec 20. The club will hold its sixth annual Holiday Game at noon Dec.
25, Christmas Day.
• • •
Congratulations to Linda
Burroughford, the Buffalo area player who won the most master points in last
week’s Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC). She earned 28.25 points and
was third overall in ACBL District 5, which includes Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
Other local players doing well during STaC Week
include: Alan Greer, 21.81; Allen Beroza, 17.33; John Ziemer, 16.40; Davis
Heussler, 15.78; Jay Levy, 15.73; and Bob Sommerstein, 15.64. For complete STaC
results, click this link.
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Tournament calendar
2019
City of Toronto Sectional and City
of Toronto Intermediate/Novice Regional – Sheraton Hotel, 123 Queen Street
West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 8. For info, click
this link.
Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 16, to Sunday,
Jan. 20. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, Jan. 25, to Sunday, Jan. 27. For info,
click this link.
St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn
and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont.
Friday, Feb. 8, to Sunday, Feb. 10. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Spring Sectional –Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, April 5, to Sunday, April 7.
Rochester Spring Sectional – TBA.
Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton
Toronto Centre, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 16, to
Sunday, April 21.
Ithaca Sectional – TBA.
Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5.
Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites,
5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday, May 27.
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, to Sunday, June 2. For info, click this link.
District 5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs
(STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June
10, to Sunday, June 16.
Rochester Summer Sectional – TBA.
Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14.
Rochester Regional – TBA. Tuesday,
Aug. 5, to Sunday, Aug. 11.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre
of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 17, and
Sunday, Aug. 18.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree
Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 3, to
Sunday, Sept. 9.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, Sept. 20, to Sunday, Sept. 22.
Rochester Fall Sectional – TBA.
Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29.
Buffalo Regional – Buffalo
Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 15,
to Sunday, Oct. 20.
Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza
Hotel, 5865 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov.
10.
Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca
Falls. Saturday, Nov. 16, and Sunday, Nov. 17.
District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs
(STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec.
9, to Sunday, Dec. 15.
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 Mansfield 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 – Buffalo
Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 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.
• • •
Bridge
club websites:
Click names
for links.
• • •
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.
• • •
A Ruby Life
Master since the ACBL created that new ranking at the
beginning of 2016, Dale Anderson has a career total of more than 2,480 master
points and hopes to reach Gold Life Master (2,500 points) in the next month or
so. He blogs about his quest for Gold and other bridge adventures here.
• • •
Duplicate
scores
Week of Dec. 3 to Dec. 9
Week of Dec. 3 to Dec. 9
ACBL
Sanctioned Clubs
Airport
Bridge Club Monday morning –North-south, A/B: Nancy Kessler and John Kirsits,
56.47%; Bob Sommerstein and Allen Beroza, 56.22%; Sandi England and Paul
Zittel, 55.39%; east-west, A: Liz Clark and Alan Greer, 59.40%; B: Martin
Pieterse and Mike Silverman, 56.58%; C: Joanne LaFay and John Fiegl, 52.88%.
Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – North-south, A: Alan Greer and
partner, 62.42%; B: Judie Bailey and Dale Anderson, 50.33%; C: Alex Miller and
Paul Ganley, 49.92%; east-west, A/B: Bob Sommerstein and Allen Beroza, 68.67%;
C: Joyce Greenspan and Denise Slattery, 48.75%.
Airport
Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A/B: Linda Vassallo and Wilson McClaren,
65.23%; C: Ruth and Michael Kozower, 55.23%; east-west, A/B: Linda
Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 62.35%; C: Linda Zittel and Jan Hasselback,
52.95%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday afternoon – North-south, A: John Ziemer and
Mike Ryan, 63.33%; B: Art Matthies and Mike Silverman, 53.33%; east-west, A:
Judi Marshall and Allen Beroza, 60%; B/C: Pawan Matta and Ed Morgan, 57.08%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – North-south, A: John Ziemer and Alan Greer, 75.60%; B: Rita Sofia and
Dorothy May, 56.25%; east-west, A/B/C: Dorothy and Larry Soong, 66.67%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon – A: John Ziemer and Alan Greer,
63.57%; B: Martha and John Welte, 58.50%; C: Denise Slattery and Larry Abate,
50.05%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 65.33%; Howard Foster and Mike
Ryan, 61.35%.
Airport
Bridge Club Friday morning – A/B: Joanne LaFay and Liz Clark, 60.42%; C: Pawan
Matta and Bob Sommerstein, 52.81%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday afternoon – North-south, A: Bob Linn and
Alan Greer, 64.58%; B: Walt Olszewski and Vic Bergsten, 57.92%; east-west, A/B:
Art Matthies and Mike Silverman, 64.17%; Gay Simpson and Denise Slattery,
56.25%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday morning – A/B: Martha and John Welte, 59.77%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, 57.28%; Mike Ryan and Ten-Pao Lee, 54.01%; Denise Slattery and Dale
Anderson, 53.14%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – A/B: Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 64.29%; Martha and John
Welte, 52.38%; Ten-Pao Lee and Mike Ryan, 51.19%.
Airport Bridge Club Sunday morning – Swiss teams. (Tie) Linda Burroughsford, Davis Heussler and Martha and
John Welte, Marilyn Wortzman, Jim Easton, Liz Clark and Judi Marshall, 83 vps.
Airport Bridge Club Sunday afternoon – Swiss teams. Mike Ryan, Bob Linn, Bob Sommerstein and Allen Beroza, 91
vps; John Bava, Ed Morgan, Gay Simpson and Paul Zittel, 79 vps.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life
masters. North-south, A/B: Pat Kilbury and Jeff Oshlag, 64.63%; C: JoAnne Nover
and Bonnie Clement, 57.82%; east-west, A/B: Marcia Wright and Ginger Maiman,
61.90%; Joel Brownstein and Sol Messinger, 58.04%; C: Pat Truell and Paul
Ziebarth, 54.76%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south,
A: Judy Padgug and Fred Yellen, 60.12%; B: Claire Gareleck and Gay Simpson,
59.23%; east-west, A: Linda Burroughsford and Jay Levy, 70.54%; Donna Steffan
and Judy Graf, 53.87%; Saleh Fetouh and Chris Urbanek, 52.68%; B: Tova Reinhorn
and Gary Schmitt, 45.54%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon
– 999er game. North-south, A: Jim McClure and Richard
McGowan, 63.39%; Usha Khurana and Joe Miranda, 53.27%; Paula Rosen and Maryann
Szafran, 52.68%; B: (tie) Sharon Wilcox and David Whitt, Pat Kilbury and Jeff
Oshlag, 52.38%; C: Marcie Frankel and Judy Katz, 46.43%; east-west, A/B/C: Joel
Brownstein and Sol Messinger, 58.04%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – A: Chris
Urbanek and Peter Patterson, 62.50%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer,
60.42%; B: Martha and John Welte, 56.25%; Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad,
52.78%; C: Cathy Majewski and Vince Taeger, 51.39%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – A: Chris
Urbanek and John Sinclair, 56.94%; Jim Easton and Jay Levy, 56.73%; B: Terry
Fraas and Elaine Universal, 54.54%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 54.10%;
Carol Bedell and Marietta Kalman, 52.35%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Vera
Carpenter and Rashid Khan, 63.54%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer,
60.42%; Fred Yellen and Jay Levy, 54.17%.
Bridge Club
of East Aurora Wednesday morning – John Fiegl and Paul Zittel,
71.88%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 59.38%; Joanne LaFay and Lillian Gotshall,
48.96%.
Bridge Club
Meridian Monday morning – Linda Burroughsford and Jay Levy, 62.50%; Saleh
Fetouh and Jay Costello, 62.04%; Judy Graf and Sharon Benz, 57.41%; Mary Ball
and Art Morth, 53.70%.
Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Jim Lanzo and Dian Petrov,
64.06%; Jan O’Mara and Sandy Marcussen, 63.55%; Joyce Kindt and Eugene Giorgini,
54.69%; Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 54.17%; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse,
53.65%.
Other clubs
Amherst
Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Joe Huber and Chuck
Heimerl, 56%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 48%; east-west, Fritz Schweiger and Marv
Feuerstein, 61%; Ron Fill and Mike Brown, 45%.
Amherst
Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, George Mayers and
Chuck Heimerl, 60%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 54%; east-west, Bill
Westley and Ellen Lochead, 61%; Fritz Schweiger and Joanne Zavarella, 53%.
Canterbury
Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Adele Denton and Perry Hoffman, 56%;
Sandy Recoon and Fred Nadel, 51.2%; east-west, Iris Friedman & Emily
Wettlaufer, 56%; Vera Arrison and Mary Kloepfer, 51.2%.
Clarence
Senior Center Thursday – Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley, 68%; Wilson McClaren
and Stan Kozlowski, 63%; George Dorigo and Bill Adolf, 53%.
Town of
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill,
59%; Joanne Zavarella and Fritz Schweiger, 58%; Dorothy and Ed Rupp, 54%.
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