Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Duplicate Bridge: Aug. 31, 2019



The Airport Bridge Club will celebrate Labor Day with extra-point games at 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m., with a free snack for those who play both games. The club offers extra points at no extra charge at all of its games during the coming week.
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Bridge Club Meridian will award extra points at its game at 10:30 a.m. Monday. Due to the holiday, the Bridge Center of Buffalo will not hold its Monday evening novice game.
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Free bridge lessons for middle and high school students will begin at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 8 and continue Sundays through Nov. 24 at the Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive, Amherst. For info, email Carol Bedell at lorac5@roadrunner.com.
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Want to know where to play bridge or how to learn the game? Info is available from John Bava of Western New York Unit 116 at 908-256-6466 or email jbava@roadrunner.com.
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The Delaware Wednesday Club has moved its games to the Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Games at 7 p.m. each Wednesday are invitational.
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Tournament calendar

2019

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 3, to Sunday, Sept. 9. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, Sept. 20, to Sunday, Sept. 22. For info, click this link.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. For info, click this link.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Regional – Buffalo Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 15, to Sunday, Oct. 20. For info, click this link.
Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5865 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov. 10. For info, click this link.
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.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, and 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.
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Bridge club websites:
Click names for links.
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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 reached a career milestone of 2,500 master points in January. 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 Aug. 19 to Aug. 25
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – North-south, A/B: Paula Kotowski and Bob Kaprove, 55.95%; Jean Macdonald and David Millward, 51.19%; C: Christine Malarkey and Ron Henrikson, 49.11%; east-west, A/B: Barbara Multerer and Art Schumacher, 61.31%; Pawan Matta and Martin Pieterse, 50.60%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 62.82%; B: Judy Kaprove and Ruth Kozower, 54.49%; C: David Donaldson and Bob Kaprove, 53.47%; east-west, A: Judi Marshall and Allen Beroza, 65.19%; B: Nancy Kessler and John Kirsits, 59.63%; C: Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.18%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon – A: Martha and John Welte, 56.48%; B: (tie) Gay Simpson and John Bava, Nadine Stein and Cynthia Helfman, 55.56%; Christine Malarkey and Tom Fraas, 54.63%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A/B/C: John Bava and Ed Morgan, 67.08%; east-west, A: Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 66.63%; B: Tom Fraas and Art Matthies, 59.01%; C: Brian Block and Michael Kozower, 51.90%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Linda Burroughsford and Alan Greer, 59.23%; B: Eva Schmidt and Bill Boardman, 56.25%; C: Cynthia and Ron Helfman, 53.27%; east-west, A: Martha and John Welte, 56.25%; Joanne LaFay and Barbara Libby, 55.65%; B: Joyce Greenspan and Paula Kotowski, 53.27%; C: Lois Tatelman and Nancy Littenbereg, 50.89%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 65.48%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 63.10%; Martha and John Welte, 50.36%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Novice game. A/B: John Houghtaling and Bruce Roberts, 66.67%; C: Andrew Jiang and Bruce Goldstein, 52.38%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: Laurie Foster and Judith Babet, 66.60%; east-west, A: Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 56.41%; B: Judy Reich and Sandra Morrison, 56.22%; Marcia Wright and Ginger Maiman, 53.43%; Lynn Witmer and Martha Quinn, 52.74%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 61.11%; Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 59.26%; Sue Bergman and Sharon Benz, 58.15%; David Millward and Stan Kozlowski, 56.30%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, A: Usha Khurana and Bill Rich, 58.63%; B: Jim McClure and Larry Himelein, 54.21%; Marilyn Shuman and Patty Porter, 52.42%; C: Jini and John Rubinstein, 47.70%; east-west, A/B: Agi Maisel and Carol Neuhaus, 57.57%; C: Sue O’Connor and Bill Noltee, 53.21%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Victory point game. Saleh Fetouh and Dian Petrov, 3 wins.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A: Dian Petrov and Bob Linn, 58.81%; Judy Padgug and Fred Yellen, 57.36%; B: Terry Fraas and Sue Neubecker, 50.85%; east-west, A: Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, 63.01%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 56.04%; B: Jo Nasoff-Finton and Gene Finton, 52.72%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday afternoon – Victory point game. Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, 3 wins.  
Bridge Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – North-south, A/B: Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 61.46%; C: Pat Haynes and Paul Morgante, 51.56%; east-west, A: Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 64.12%; B: Jo Nasoff-Finton and Gene Finton, 55.09%; Martha and John Welte, 51.62%; C: Cathy Majewski and Rajinder Puri, 50.93%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Sandi England and Joe Miranda, 68.45%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 58.93%; Joe Rooney and Merry Ostrander, 50%; Lance Crawford and Maureen Cancilla, 47.62%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – A: Saleh Fetouh and Art Morth, 67.78%; B: Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.89%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Gene Finton, 55.19%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 66.7%; (3-way tie) Chuck Heimerl and Al Dickman, Bill Rich and Henry Chudy, Anne O’Connor and Jack Cukierman, 53.1%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Ed Harman and Kathy Fenn, 58.80%; Jim and Paula Jones, 56.25%; Sushil and Maria Amlani, 54.17%; Paul Capen and Dian Petrov, 52.60%; (tie) Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, John and Barbara Scott, 51.56%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Miriam Regnet and Ed Harman. 67.86%; Bob Linn and Bob Lederhouse, 58.93%; Walt Olszewski and Jan O’Mara, 52.98%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Marian Morber and Chuck Heimerl, 62.5%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 58.8%; east-west, Anita Fink and Frida Brummer, 60.3%; Rich Katon and Lorey Repicci, 57.3%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 72%; George Mayers and Marian Morber, 49%; east-west, Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 66%; Sheila Trossman and Sandy Rifkin, 54%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Harry Metcalf and Bob Kaiser, 61.5%; (tie) Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange, Meena Rustgi and Carol Greigo, 51%; east-west, David Reeves and Nelson Torre, 57.3%; Esther Greene and Ruth Lansing, 51%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Elaine Wegrzyn and Judy Thielman, 60%; Marge Zaprowski and Rosemary Rawe, 58%; Marge McMillen and Bob Jorgensen, 56%.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Duplicate Bridge: Aug. 24, 2019 (updated Rochester Regional winners)

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Extra point games will be held at noon today, Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Bridge Center of Buffalo and at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at Bridge Club Meridian.
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The Airport Bridge Club offers extra points, half red, at games at noon today and Wednesday and at 11 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Director Bill Finkelstein gives a lesson on bidding, defense and play of the hand at 10 a.m. Wednesdays. For info, call 603-6943.
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All proceeds will benefit the ALS Foundation when the Bridge Center of Buffalo holds a special game Sunday, Aug. 25, in memory of Elaine Universal, who died July 11. There will be a vegetarian potluck luncheon at 12:30 p.m., followed by a game at 1. For partners, call 256-8469.
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Congratulations to students from the Youth Bridge Program at the Bridge Center of Buffalo. Eight of them, who range from fifth to 12th graders, placed first in their games the recent Youth North American Bridge nationals in Las Vegas.
Left to right, Colleen Stewart, Andrew Jiang, Tiger Li, Coach Jim Gullo, Michael Passucci, Leondina Passucci, Daren Liu. Tyler Mu and Luna Liu.
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Congratulations also to Saleh Fetouh, the Buffalo area player who won the most master points at the Bert Garrell Regional Tournament Aug. 5 to 11 in Rochester. He earned 49.41 points and was 10th overall.  
Other local players doing well in Rochester included Mike Ryan, 32.43 points; Jay Levy, 31.38; Judy Graf, Howard Foster and Donna Steffan, all 26.36; Rajarshi Roy, 24.69; Mary Ball, 22.20; Art Morth, 21.18; Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, both 21; Ken Meier, 19.25; and Jim Gullo, 18.83.
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Want to know where to play bridge or how to learn the game? Info is available from John Bava of Western New York Unit 116 at 908-256-6466 or email jbava@roadrunner.com.
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The Delaware Wednesday Club has moved its games to the Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Games at 7 p.m. each Wednesday are invitational.
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Tournament calendar

2019

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 3, to Sunday, Sept. 9. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, Sept. 20, to Sunday, Sept. 22. For info, click this link.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. For info, click this link.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Regional – Buffalo Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 15, to Sunday, Oct. 20. For info, click this link.
Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5865 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov. 10. For info, click this link.
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.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, and 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.
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Bridge club websites:
Click names for links.
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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 reached a career milestone of 2,500 master points in January. 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 Aug. 12 to Aug. 18
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – North-south, A: Linda Burroughsford and Alan Greer, 64.88%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike Silverman, 58.04%; B: Judy Kaprove and Nancy Littenberg, 52.98%; Marietta Kalman and Janet Frisch, 51.79%; C: Christine Malarkey and Ron Henrikson, 50%; east-west, A/B: Joe Rooney and Bill Boardman, 57.41%; C: Nadine Stein and Ron Helfman, 50.26%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday afternoon – North-south, A/B: Martha and John Welte, 57.41%; C: Christine Malarkey and Brian Block, 49.31%; east-west, A: (tie) Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 58.10%; C: Mary Terrana and Marilyn Sultz, 55.09%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon – North-south, A: Martha and John Welte, 70.37%; Linda Burroughsford and Alan Greer, 61.11%; B/C: Lois Porter and Art Aronson, 54.17%; east-west, A/B: Lois Tatelman and Tom Fraas, 60.19%; Martin Pieterse and Walt Olszewski, 56.71%; Jean Macdonald and Nancy Littenberg, 54.63%; Ruth Wurster and Dorothy May, 51.62%; C: Fred Hirsh and Brian Block, 57.22%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A/B: Ed Morgan and Art Matthies, 61.33%; C: Ron Henrikson and Joe Rooney, 49.33%; east-west, A/B: Marilyn Sultz and Ruth Wurster, 61.92%; Dorothy May and Walt Olszewski, 59%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – A: Sandi England and Ken Meier, 61.57%; B: Gay Simpson and Ron Henrikson, 60.65%; Martha and John Welte, 54.17%; C: (3-way tie) Joyce Greenspan and Paula Kotowski, Paul Zittel and Bob Kaprove, Eva Schmidt and Pawan Matta, 51%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – A: Selina Volpatti and Dale Anderson, 66.67%; B: Martha and John Welte, 60.71%; Alice Bragg and Paula Salamone, 48.21%; C: Gay Simpson and Paul Zittel, 47.62%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Novice game. A/B: Carol Licata and Linda Marie Franchell, 66.67%; Andrew Jiang and Edward Ziegenfuss, 48.33%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. North-south, A: Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 57.95%; B: Natalie Abramson and Marge Plumb, 57.58%; C: Sue O’Connor and Bill Noltee, 57.81%; east-west, A: Fred Isenberg and Rajarshi Roy, 62.88%; B/C: Samantha Schasberger and Brian Dunphy, 60.61%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Mary Ball and Art Morth, 70.31%; Sharon Benz and Chris Urbanek, 66.15%; Kathy Pollock and Bill Rushmore, 61.46%; Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 52.08%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, A: Usha Khurana and Joe Miranda, 60.90%; Lois Porter and Art Aronson, 58.81%; B: Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster, 58.64%; Pat Kilbury and Terry Camp, 56.76%; C: Marcia Turley and Rajarshi Roy, 47.35%; east-west, A: Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 64.45%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.07%; Judith Bailey and Betty Metz, 57.61%; B/C: Ruth Nawotniak and Carol Neuhaus, 55.65%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – A: Pat Rasmus and Bert Hargeshimer, 58.73%; B: Linda Burroughsford and Rajarshi Roy, 55.29%; C: Edith Knaszak and Jan O’Mara, 51.32%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A/B: Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, 61.90%; Gene Finton and Bob Linn, 53.57%; C: Betty Metz and Margaret Zhou, 51.79%; east-west, A/B/C: Sue Neubecker and Jim Gullo, 61.01%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday afternoon – A: Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 66%; B: Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, 55%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Bill Feasley and Paul Zittel, 66%; Joe Miranda and Sandi England, 53%; Rob Hessel and Merry Ostrander, 50%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Saleh Fetouh and Art Morth, 67.78%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.89%; Mike Ryan and Bob Linn, 57.41%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Cathy Majewski and Vince Taeger, 62.55%; Chuck Heimerl and Al Dickman, 54.26%; Joyce Kindt and Alicia Kolipinski, 52.7%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Jeff Bender and Rajarshi Roy, 62.50%; Jim and Paula Jones, 60.65%; John and Barbara Scott, 52.31%; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 51.85%. 
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 60.42%; Jim and Paula Jones, 59.03%; Bob Linn and John Scott, 58.33%; Kathy Fenn and Elve Johnston, 56.25%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 63%; George Mayers and Marian Morber, 53%; east-west, Rich Kayton and Lorey Repicci, 59%; Marv Feuerstein and Herb Falk, 55%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Joe Huber and Chuck Heimerl, 65.0%; Jeff Peters and Marian Morber, 56.7%; east-west, David Young and Tim Hartnett, 57.3%; Sheila Trossman and Sandy Rifkin, 49.3%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Harry Metcalf and Bob Kaiser, 68.8%; Sandy Recoon and Fred Nadel, 52.1%; east-west, David Reeves and Nelson Torre, 64.6%; Joan Mack and Dick Munschauer, 53.1%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Stan Kozlowski and Bob Jorgensen, 61%; Jane and Paul Garvey, 56%; Bill Adolf and George Dorigo, 53%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – North-south, Thelma Frauenhofer and Edna Henrich, 55.9%; Paul Morgante and Marv Feuerstein, 52.5%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 50%; east-west, Fritz Schweiger and Joanne Zavarella, 56.3%; Kay Brinkman and Lynda Pettit, 52.1%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 50%.



Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Duplicate Bridge: Aug. 17, 2019



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The Bridge Center of Buffalo will hold a special game Aug. 25 in memory of Elaine Universal, who died July 11. There will be a vegetarian potluck luncheon at 12:30 p.m., followed by the game at 1. All proceeds will benefit the ALS Foundation. For partners, call Sharon Benz at 256-8469.
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Games at the Airport Bridge Club now start at 11 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and at noon Wednesday and Saturday. All games offer extra points at no extra charge. Director Bill Finkelstein gives a lesson on bidding, defense and play of the hand at 10 a.m. Wednesdays. For info, call 603-6943.
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Want to know where to play bridge or how to learn the game? Info is available from John Bava of Western New York Unit 116 at 908-256-6466 or email jbava@roadrunner.com.
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The Delaware Wednesday Club has moved its games to the Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Games at 7 p.m. each Wednesday are invitational.
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Tournament calendar

2019

St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Today, Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 18. For info, click this link.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 3, to Sunday, Sept. 9. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, Sept. 20, to Sunday, Sept. 22. For info, click this link.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. For info, click this link.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Regional – Buffalo Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 15, to Sunday, Oct. 20. For info, click this link.
Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5865 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov. 10. For info, click this link.
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.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, and 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.
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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.
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The online version contains unabridged scores and a longer list of notices. Deadline for submission of scores and notices is Tuesday night.
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 Now a Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson reached a career milestone of 2,500 master points in January. 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 Aug. 5 to Aug. 11
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – North-south, Judy and Bob Kaprove, 66.67%; Barbara Libby and Art Matthies, 57.44%; Bob Sommerstein and Allen Beroza, 55.36%; Jean Macdonald and David Millward, 55.06%; east-west, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 70.24%; Gay Simpson and Joyce Greenspan, 61.31%; Joe Rooney and Bill Boardman, 52.68%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday afternoon – North-south, Christine Malarkey and Brian Block, 63.75%; Usha Khurana and Dale Anderson, 56.33%; Elaine Kurasiewicz and Martin Pieterse, 52%; east-west, Florence Boyd and Cleveland Fleming, 55.08%; Barbara Libby and Joe Rooney, 54.33%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 53%; Dorothy May and Gay Simpson, 48.58%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon – North-south, Martha and John Welte, 60%; Christine Malarkey and Sandy Scheff, 51.67%; Gay Simpson and Mike Silverman, 50.83%; east-west, Jean Macdonald and Nancy Littenberg, 70.42%; Dorothy and Larry Soong, 55%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday afternoon – North-south, Elaine Kurasiewicz and Martin Pieterse, 60.83%; Tom Fraas and Art Matthies, 53.33%; Marietta Kalman and Dale Anderson, 52.92%; east-west, Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 57.08%; Judi Marshall and John Ziemer, 52.92%; Gay Simpson and Joyce Greenspan, 51.67%; Pawan Matta and Brian Block, 49.17%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday afternoon – Linda Burroughsford and Alan Greer, 64.58%; Dorothy May and Joe Rooney, 58.33%; Barbara Libby and Mike Silverman, 54.17%; Martha and John Welte, 52.08%; Nadine Stein and Dale Anderson, 51.39%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Martha and John Welte, 57%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 56%; (tie) Gay Simpson and Barbara Libby, Paula Salamone and Murray Yost, 51%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Novice game. Sarmishtha and Shyam Kumar, 56.67%; (tie) Linda Marie Franchell and Carol Licata, Pierre Williot and Stephane Ronget, 51.67%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. North-south, Bill Noltee and Jeff Oshlag, 56.90%; David Schott and Larry Himelein, 55.36%; Rose Bochiechio and Janie Polk, 54.64%; Bonnie Clement and Fred Hirsh, 53.32%; east-west, Audrey Ray and Rose Price, 60.33%; Marcia Price and Ginger Maiman, 54.75%; Sandy Rifkin and Sheila Trossman, 54.74%; Carol Roth and Patty Porter, 51.06%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Victory Point game. (3-way tie) Christy Kellogg and Bob Linn, Fred Yellen and David Millward, Donna Steffan and Stan Kozlowski, 2 wins.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, Betty DeFeo and Rose Ann Grimaldi, 57.40%; Carol Neuhaus and Paul Morgante, 55.14%; Laurie Foster and Judith Babat, 51.53%; east-west, Judy Zeckhauser and Jim McClure, 62.84%; Audrey Ray and Rose Price, 58.39%; Linda Milch and Sharon Chang, 57.10%; Pat Kilbury and Jeff Oshlag, 53.27%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Victory Point Game. (3-way tie) Bert Hargeshimer and Rajarshi Roy, Sharon Benz and Nancy Wolstoncroft, Sue Neubecker and Terry Fraas, 2 wins.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – Kathy Pollock and Bill Rushmore, 67.04%; Ethan Xie and Glenn Milgrim, 66.30%; Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 56.22%; David Millward and Fred Yellen, 51.85%; Christy Kellogg and Berg Hargeshimer, 50.74%; Terry Fraas and Sue Neubecker, 48.44%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Lance Crawford and Maureen Cancilla, 65.63%; Dick and Pat Rasmus, 60.42%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 47.92%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Mary Ball and Art Morth, 63.89%; Gene Finton and Bob Linn, 56.94%; Sue Neubecker and John Sinclair, 53.47%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Cathy Majewski and Vince Taeger, 60.3%; (tie) Janet Frisch and Chuck Heimerl, Jeff Bender and Rajarshi Roy, 56.3%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – North-south, Eugene Giorgini and Joyce Kindt, 57.50%; Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 54%; east-west, Ed Harman and Jeff Bender, 57.50%; Gwilym Brick and Dan Blatz, 57%; Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 54.50%. 
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Kathy Fenn and Elve Johnston, 62%; (tie) John and Barbara Scott, Dian Petrov and Alex Ivanov, 55%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, George Mayers and Chuck Heimerl, 56%; Dave Stroud and Bruce Brown, 55%; east-west, B. J. McMath and Pat Truell, 63%; Marv Feuerstein and Herb Falk, 55%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, George Mayers and Marian Morber, 56%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 51%; east-west, (tie) Cindy Darone and Sheila Trossman, Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 53%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, David Reeves and Nelson Torre, 64.1%; Sue Levy and Nick Leibovic, 50%; east-west, Esther Greene and Ruth Lansing, 58.3%; Perry Hoffman and Meena Rustgi, 54.2%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley, 61%; Bill Adolf and Bob Jorgensen, 55%; Ellen Lochead and Lata Maheshwari, 54%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – North-south, Marv Feuerstein and Paul Morgante, 62.5%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 60%; east-west, Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 61.5%; Joanne Zavarella and Fritz Schweiger, 60.5%.