Duplicate Bridge: Oct. 19

It’s a weekend for unit championship games with extra points. Pairs games play at 11 a.m. today, Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Airport Bridge Club and at 1 p.m. today in the Lockport Duplicate Club.

On Sunday, Oct. 20, Swiss teams play at 11 a.m. at the Airport Bridge Club in two sessions, one unit-rated, one with triple points and 5 percent gold, with free sandwiches.

Unit 116 hosts an Eight Is Enough Swiss team game at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Bridge Center of Buffalo.

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The Bridge Center of Buffalo has Club Appreciation Week from Tuesday, Oct. 22, through next Saturday, Oct. 26, with triple points at no extra cost.

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The Airport Bridge Club has double point games at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, and Thursday, Oct. 24; triple point games at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, and 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25; and Swiss team games with 5 percent gold at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23,  and 2:30 p.m. next Saturday, Oct. 26, following pairs games at 11 a.m.

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Unit 116 has updated its schedule of unit games and special games for the rest of 2013. They include:

Unit Pairs Game: Saturday, Nov. 2, 7:15 p.m. Airport Bridge Club.

Unit-rated club-hosted game: Saturday, Nov. 16, 1 p.m., Lockport Duplicate Club.

Annual meeting and game: Sunday, Dec. 8, Main-Transit Fire Hall.

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Tournament calendar 

Niagara Falls, Ont., Regional – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5685 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov. 10. For info, click this link.

District 5 Winter STaC – Monday, Dec. 9, to Sunday, Dec. 15.

Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall. Friday, Jan. 3, to Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. For info, click this link.

Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Holiday Inn (Cleveland) South, 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 15, to Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. For info, click this link.

St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn & Suites Parkway Convention Centre, 327 Ontario Street, St. Catharines, Ont., Friday, Feb. 7, to Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall. Friday, April 4, to Sunday, April 6, 2014. 

Toronto Easter Regional – Doubletree By Hilton Hotel, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 15, to Sunday, April 20, 2014.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Williamsville. Friday, Sept. 12, to Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014.

Buffalo Spooktacular Regional – Venue still TBA, Tuesday, Oct. 21, to Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014.

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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, try the Sports section.

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 Silver Life Master since 2011, Dale Anderson reached a career total of 1,600 master points in August. 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 Oct. 7 to Oct. 13

ACBL Sanctioned Clubs 

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – Club Appreciation Game. North-south, A/B/C: Joyce Greenspan and Barbara Sadkin, 71.30%; east-west, A: Janet Frisch and Bob Linn, 59.26%; B: Art Schumacher and Barbara Multerer, 56.08%; C: Larry and Dorothy Soong, 45.80%. 

Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Paul Libby and Allen Beroza, 63.63%; B: Eva Schmidt and Alicia Kolipinski, 53.84%; C: Mary Terrana and Pat Lakeman, 41.75%; east-west, A: Bob Linn and Jerry Geiger, 64.39%; B: Joe Rooney and Ken Meier, 53.00%; C: Pawan Matta and Ruth Hnath, 48.86%. 

Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Charity Club Championship. North-south, A: Carlton Stone and Mike Silverman, 59.77%; B: Nancy Torrell and Janet Frisch, 54.52%; C: Sandra Silverberg and June Feuerstein, 46.68%; east-west, A: Celine Murray and Dale Anderson, 55.85%; B/C: Ron and Cynthia Helfman, 54.07%.    

Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Barbara Pieterse and partner, 59.35%; B: Carlton Stone and Ginny Panaro, 51.11%; C: Ed Drozen and Ruth Kozower, 47.83%; east-west, A: Ken and Gladys Hardcastle, 64.24%; B/C: Jerry Kemsley and Bill Regan, 52.93%. 

Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A/B/C: (tie) Marilyn Steffan and Pinky Regan, Barbara Sadkin and Joyce Greenspan, 58.04%; east-west, A: Jim Mathis and Ken Meier, 64.29%; B: Marian Morber and Margaret Miles, 55.36%; C: Ruth Wurster and Dorothy May, 44.35%. 

Airport Bridge Club Saturday morning – Charity Club Championship. Howell. A: Cleveland Fleming and Bill Boardman, 58.33%; B: Chuck Schorr and Janet Frisch, 55.56%; Art Matthies and Mike Silverman, 52.78%; C: Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 52.08%; Ross Markello and Shirley Cassety, 50.69%. 

Airport Bridge Club Sunday afternoon – Club Appreciation. Howell. A: Miri Salamone-Burnett and Paula Salamone, 61.31%; Liz Clark and Jerry Geiger, 60.71%; B: Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 53.57%; Sushil Amlani and Chuck Schorr, 52.38%; C: Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 47.02%; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 42.26%. 

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A: Ross Markello and Bruce Burr, 61.55%; Elizabeth Neuner and Elizabeth Young, 59.66%; B: James McClure and Cherry Searle, 54.17%; east-west, A/B/C: Janie Polk and Gail Pitterman, 57.39%; Jeff Thier and Lynn Witmer, 55.87%.  

Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Howell. A: Stan Kozlowski and Bob Padgug, 68.91%; B/C: Larry Soong and Andrei Reinhorn, 62.18%; Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 57.37%; Joan Rose and Judy Padgug, 55.77%; Carol Bedell and Jim Gullo, 55.45%; Christy Kellogg and Gene Finton, 54.49%.  

Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday evening – Howell. A/B: Ginny Panaro and John Bielinski, 54.16%.  

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 Game. North-south, A: Fran Witnauer and Joan Smith, 59.49%; B/C: Liz Schulman and Mary Blanchard, 58.56%; Elizabeth Young and Ann Coughlin, 54.86%; east-west, A: Andrei Reinhorn and Jo Finton, 61.46%; Margaret and Robert Rivard, 59.12%; B: Janet Dimet and Sharon Wilcox, 58.07%; C: Jeff Thier and Lynn Witmer, 56.94%.  

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – North-south, A: Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, 58.10%; B: Penny Shui and Gaurang Sheth, 57.64%; C: Jeff Bender and Edith Knaszak, 49.31%; east-west, A: Art Morth and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 61.34%; Judy Graf and Meg Klamp, 57.41%; B: Ken Meier and Pat Rasmus, 54.63%; C: Gabriel Tannenbaum and Rich Cramer-Benjamin, 47.69%.  

Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A/B: Berta Brown and Judy Padgug, 60.42%; John Toy and Marietta Kalman, 57.18%; C: Carol Bedell and Tova Reinhorn, 55.56%; Christy Kellogg and Elaine Universal, 54.63%; east-west, A: Harry Cheung and Kathy Pollock, 65.74%; B: Jim Gullo and Fred Yellen, 60.88%; Liz Clark and Carolyn Siracuse, 56.71%.  

Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Howell. A/B: Stan Kozlowski and Fred Yellen, 66.67%; C: Bernie and Dick Czarnecki, 62.50%; Chris Urbanek and Gaurang Sheth, 56.94%; Bert Hargesheimer and Christy Kellogg, 54.86%.  

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Darcy Young and Bob Farwell, 58.17%; Merton and Colleen Haynes, 56.3%; Jack Kern and Lance Crawford, 55.93%; Joe Miranda and Anne Lockwood, 54.22%. 

Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, Meg Klamp and Judy Padgug, 68.92%; Eleanor Whelan and Walt Olszewski, 60.11%; Rita Sofia and Anne Watkins, 56.93%; east-west, Ken Meier and Dorothy May, 60.99%; Carolyn Siracuse and Pat Rasmus, 57.22%; Carol Bedell and Marietta Kalman, 53.33%.  

Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Joyce Kindt and Jan O’Mara, 63%; Alicia Kolipinski and Al Dickman, 52.1%; east-west, Lance and Pam Pollock, 70.1%; Dorothy Kumrow and Paul Morgante, 55.6%. 

Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – North-south, A: Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 61%; B: Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 57%; C: Barbara and John Scott, 56%; east-west, A: Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 65%; B: Marilyn White and Jean Rosenthal, 60%; C: Gwilym Brick and Dan Blatz, 47%.  

Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Howell. A: Edie Moran and Anne Clancy, 60%; B: Connie Swick and Bob Lederhouse,  59%. 

Other clubs 

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 60%; Bill and Jo Rich, 58%; east-west, B. J. McMath and Pat Truell, 67%; Diane Forrest and Joanne Zavarella, 58%.  

Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Cindy Darone and Elaine LiVigne, 56%; Peg Gorham and George Mayers, 54%; east-west, Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 70%; Herbert Falk and Marvin Feuerstein, 53%. 

Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Eleanor Murray and Fred Nadel, 58.9%; Ruth Jones and Emily Wettlaufer, 57.8%; Jeannette Reid and  Dick Munschauer, 53.3%; east-west, Sandy Recoon and Irwin Brock, 62.2%; Dee Schaeffer and Ruth Williams, 56.1%; Libby Nuener and Ruth Lansing, 53.9%.  

Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Marge and Bob McMillen, 58%; Pawan Matta and Fenton Harrison, 50%. 

College Club Duplicate – North-south, Clare Schultz and Nancy Thomas, 61.90%; Cleo Alexander and Dorothy Medler, 51.90%; east-west, Bonnie Botsford and Delight Dann, 61.66%;  Dorinne Ebel and Betty Loucks, 57.77%.