The Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive, Amherst, begins two new series
of lessons next week.
“Bridge Basics 2: The Competitive Auction – Overcalls,
Doubles and Preempts” for advanced beginners begins at 7 p.m. Monday and
continues Mondays through Feb. 10. Cost is $85 including textbook. Instructors
are Ruth Nawotniak and John Marvin. For info, call 834-4222 or visit bridgecenterofbuffalo.com.
Kathy Pollock leads a four-pack of lessons on defense
and declarer play for intermediates and advanced beginners at 7 p.m. Tuesdays
through Feb. 4 at the Bridge Center. Fee is $50 or $15 per lesson. Register at
the club or by emailing BridgeKat@gmail.com.
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Lessons by club manager Bill Finkelstein resume
at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Airport Bridge Club, 247 Cayuga Road, Cheektowaga.
Fee is $10. An extra-point pairs game follows at 11:59 a.m. The club awards
extra points at no extra cost at its game at noon today and at all games during
the coming week.
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The Buffalo
Winter Sectional Tournament will take place Jan. 24 to Jan. 26 in the
Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Pairs games start at 10:30 a.m.
and 2:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more info, click this link.
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Tournament calendar
2020
Toronto
Intermediate/Novice Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Today, Saturday,
Jan. 4, and Sunday, Jan. 5. For info, click this link.
Toronto New
Year Sectional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Today, Saturday,
Jan. 4, and Sunday, Jan. 5. For info, click this link.
Cleveland
Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd.,
Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 15, to Sunday, Jan. 19. For info, click
this link.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Friday, Jan. 24, to Sunday, Jan. 26. For info, click this link.
St.
Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 7, to Sunday, Feb. 9. For info,
click this link.
Rochester
Spring Sectional – Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday,
April 7, to Sunday, April 12. For more info, click this link.
Rochester
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Friday, April 17, and Saturday,
April 18.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Friday, April 24, to Sunday, April 26.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd.,
Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 19, to Monday, May 25. For info, click this link.
Ithaca
Sectional – Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community
Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 26, to Sunday,
June 28. For info, click this link.
Southwest
Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference and Convention Centre, 425
Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 7, to Sunday, July 12.
Rochester
Summer Sectional – Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12.
Syracuse
Regional – Holiday Inn Syracuse, 441 Electronics Parkway,
Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 10, to Sunday, Aug. 16.
St.
Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St.
Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 15, and Sunday, Aug. 16.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave.,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 1, to Monday, Sept. 7.
Buffalo Fall
Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Friday, Sept. 11, to Sunday, Sept. 13.
St.
Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Sept. 20.
Rochester
Fall Sectional – Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4.
Buffalo
Regional – Buffalo Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120
Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 20, to Sunday, Oct. 25.
Finger Lakes
Sectional – Seneca County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive,
Seneca Falls. Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8.
Unit 255
Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson
Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, Nov. 15.
2021
Cleveland
Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd.,
Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, to Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, to Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021.
St.
Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, to Sunday, Feb. 14,
2021.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday,
March 30, 2021, to Sunday, April 4, 2021.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Friday, April 16, 2021, to Sunday, April 18, 2021.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd.,
Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 25, 2021, to Monday, May 31, 2021.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community
Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 4, 2021, to
Sunday, June 6, 2021.
Southwest
Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference and Convention Centre, 425
Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 6, 2021, to Sunday, July
11, 2021.
Rochester
Regional – RIT Inn and Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta
Road, Henrietta. Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, to Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021.
St.
Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St.
Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, and Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave.,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, to Monday, Sept. 8, 2021.
Great Lakes
Sectional – Erie Bridge Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa.
Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, and Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.
Buffalo Fall
Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, to Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021.
Buffalo
Regional – Buffalo Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120
Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, to Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021.
St.
Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, to Sunday, Nov. 14,
2021.
Unit 255
Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson
Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, 2021, to Sunday, Nov. 15,
2021.
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Bridge club
websites:
Click names
for links.
The Airport
Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
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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.
• • •
Now a Gold
Life Master, Dale Anderson begins the new year with more than
2,600 master points. He blogs about his quest for the next measure of
achievement, Emerald Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures
here.
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Duplicate
scores
Week of Dec. 23 to Dec. 29
Week of Dec. 23 to Dec. 29
ACBL
Sanctioned Clubs
Airport
Bridge Club Monday morning –North-south, A: Linda Burroughsford and Alan Greer,
59.67%; B: Joe Rooney and Bill Boardman, 57.17%; C: Gay Simpson and Joyce
Greenspan, 49.50%; east-west, A: Barbara Libby and Dale Anderson, 61.58%; Judi
Marshall and Allen Beroza, 58.50%; B: Martin Pieterse and Mike Silverman,
50.33%; C: Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 44.50%.
Airport
Bridge Club Tuesday morning – A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 61.11%; Judi
Marshall and Barbara Libby, 58.33%; B: Jacqueline and Sharon Chang, 57.87%; Art
Matthies and Mike Silverman, 52.70%; C: Barbara and Martin Pieterese, 51.85%;
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 49.07%.
Airport
Bridge Club Thursday morning – A: Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 61.31%; B: Helen
Panza and Mike Silverman, 58.33%; C: Gay Simpson and Paula Kotowski, 52.98%.
Airport
Bridge Club Friday morning – Gay Simpson and Larry Abate, 57.64%; Dorothy May and
Joe Rooney, 54.86%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike Silverman, 54.17%; Ken Meier
and Paul Zittel, 51.39%.
Airport
Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan
Greer, 63%; B: Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 59%; Barbara Libby and
Dale Anderson, 48%; C: Chuck Heimerl and Cleveland Fleming, 46%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life
masters. North-south, A: Pat Kilbury and Jeff Oshlag, 57.50%; B: Judy
Zeckhauser and Linda Milch, 56%; C: Carol Neuhaus and Rose Ann Grimaldi, 50%;
east-west, A/B: Jane and Bruce Roberts, 55%; (tie) Carla Press and Agi Maisel,
Judith Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 50.50%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – A: Saleh
Fetouh and Bob Padgug, 63.70%; Barbara Libby and Tova Reinhorn, 60.37%; B:
Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, 58.52%; Claire Gareleck and June Feuerstein,
53.70%; C: Joyce Greenspan and Ed Drozen, 51.48%; Doanne Jackson and Marcia
Turley, 45.93%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon
– 999er game. Dorothy and Larry Soong, 65.75%; Vince
Taeger and Bill Rich, 63.08%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52%; Usha
Khurana and Joe Miranda, 49.75%. (tie) Carla Press and Agi Maisel, Violet
Makhija and Laurie Foster, 49.67%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Gay Simpson
and Peter Patterson, 55%; (tie) Linda Burroughsford and Bert Hargeshimer, Edith
Knaszak and Jan O’Mara, 52.50%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south,
A/B: Brian Meyer and Davis Heussler, 68.55%; C: Fran Kurtz and Pat Burns,
49.45%; east-west, A: Saleh Fetouh and Dian Petrov, 57.10%; Bud Seidenberg and
Jay Costello, 57.04%; Jim Easton and Jay Levy, 57.04%; B: Judy Graf and Mike
Ryan, 47.82%; C: Henry Porter and Jeff Oshlag, 45.06%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday afternoon – Christy
Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 60%; (tie) Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair,
Sharon Benz and Judy Zeckhauser, 57.50%.
Bridge Club
Meridian Monday morning – John Sinclair and Saleh Fetouh, 70.83%; Fred Yellen
and Bud Seidenberg, 63.19%; Jay Levy and Ethan Xie, 57.64%.
Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Jasbeer and Violet Makhija,
55.36%; David and Connie Wilson, 53.37%; Roy Crocker and Dian Petrov, 52.98%.
Other clubs
Amherst
Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Rolene Pozarny and
Sam Grossman, 60%; George Mayers and Chuck Heimerl, 59%; east-west, Mary Banks
and Ron Fill, 59%; Herb Falk and Marv Feuerstein, 56%.
Amherst
Senior Center Thursday morning – Paul Morgante and Marv
Feuerstein, 68%; Edna Fill and Chuck Heimerl, 54%.
