Lockport Duplicate will hold a memorial game at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2,
in honor of longtime director Marge Schomers, who died March 10.
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The Airport Bridge Club will award extra points at all of its pairs games at
11 a.m. this Saturday, March 19, and all
next week.
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The Toronto Easter Regional Tournament begins Tuesday, March 22, and continues through
Easter Sunday, March 27, in the International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Road,
Toronto, Ont. For info, click this link.
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Western New York Unit 116 regularly sponsors special
games. Currently they include:
Club-run unit games – Sunday, May 15, to Saturday, May
21, at participating clubs.
Strawberry Social – Saturday, June 11, 12:30 p.m.,
Lockport Duplicate, 33 Ontario St., Lockport.
Summer Picnic – Sunday, July 24. Two sessions.
Erie County Fairgrounds, Hamburg.
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Tournament calendar
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 8, to Sunday, April 10. For
info, click this link.
Gatlinburg
Regional – Gatlinburg Convention Center, Gatlinburg, Tenn. Monday, April
11, to Sunday, April 17. For info, click this link.
Rochester Spring Sectional – Italian American Sports Club, 1250 Buffalo
Road, Gates. Saturday, April 23, and Sunday, April 24. For info, click this link.
Unit
112 Charity Sectional – Broome West Senior Center, 2801 Wayne St., Ithaca. Saturday, May 14, and
Sunday, May 15. For info, click this link.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 24, to
Monday, May 30. For info, click this link.
District
5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday,
June 13, to Sunday, June 19.
Buffalo
“Future Stars” Non-Life Master Sectional – Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive, Amherst. Friday, July
8, and Saturday, July 9.
Hamilton
Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion,
435 Limeridge Road East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 16, and Sunday, July 17.
For info, click this link.
Rochester
Summer Sectional – Moose Club, 5375
West Henrietta Road, Henrietta. Saturday, July 16, and Sunday, July 17. For
info, click this link.
Syracuse
Regional – Holiday Inn, 411
Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 1, to Sunday, Aug. 7. For info,
click this link.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – Hyatt Regency
Pittsburgh Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 30, to
Sunday, Sept. 5. For info, click this link.
Buffalo
Fall Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 16, to Sunday, Sept. 18.
Buffalo
Regional – Adam’s Mark Hotel,
120 Church St. Tuesday, Oct. 18, to Sunday, Oct. 23.
District
5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday,
Dec. 5, to Sunday, Dec. 11.
Cleveland
Rock and Roll Regional – Wednesday,
Jan. 11, 2017, to Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Friday, Jan. 27,
2017, to Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017.
St.
Catharines Sectional – Friday, Feb.
10, 2017, to Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Tuesday, April 11,
2017, to Sunday, April 16, 2017.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Friday, April 21,
2017, to Sunday, April 23, 2017.
Upstate
New York Regional – Rochester.
Monday, May 1, 2017, to Sunday, May 7, 2017.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Tuesday, May
23, 2017, to Monday, May 29, 2017.
District
5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June
12, 2017, to Sunday, June 18, 2017.
Buffalo
Fall Sectional – Friday, Sept. 15,
2017, to Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.
Buffalo
Regional – Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, to
Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017.
District
5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec.
4, 2017, to Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017.
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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, 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.
Sometimes
the online version does not materialize on the Buffalo News website. When that
happens, you can find it as an appendix to Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/
Email danderson@buffnews.com ordahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is (716)
849-4420.
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A
Silver Life Master since 2011, Dale
Anderson finished 2015 with a career total of 1,954 master points. He also
discovered that the ACBL has created a new master point rank – Ruby Life
Master, for those with more than 1,500 points – and he’s in it. 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 March 7 to March 13
Week of March 7 to March 13
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – ACBL Senior Pairs. North-south, A: Alan Greer and
partner, 69.27%; B: Linda Vassallo and Wilson McClaren, 61.61%; Judie Bailey
and Dale Anderson, 58.99%; C: Joe Rooney and Bill Boardman, 45.99%; east-west,
A/B: Ross Markello and Nancy Kessler, 56.30%; C: Martha and John Welte, 55.25%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 63.10%;
Mike Ryan and Howard Poster, 52.98%; B: Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski,
50.30%; C: Tom Koralewski and Eleanor Whelan, 48.81%; east-west, A: Jerry
Geiger and John Ziemer, 58.33%; B/C: Jan
Hasselback and Linda Zittel, 53.57%; (tie) Ron Henrikson and Bill
Boardman, John Kersits and Nancy Kessler, 52.98%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. A/B: Ron Henrikson and Dorothy May, 63%; June
Feuerstein and Dale Anderson, 53%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A/B: Martin Pieterse and John Kirsits,
55.50%; C: Fenton Harrison and Florence Boyd, 50.33%; east-west, A: Mike
Silverman and Helen Panza, 71.17%; B: Nancy Kessler and Ross Markello, 55.08%;
C: Bill Boardman and Paula Kotowski, 47.33%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – Howell. A: Joyce Greenspan and Vince Pesce, 63.69%;
Barbara Libby and Chuck Schorr, 54.76%; B: Ted May and partner, 50.48%; C: Joe
Rooney and Bill Boardman, 48.61%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday morning – Howell. A: Rashid Khan and Vera Carpenter, 59%; B/C:
Shirley Cassety and Ross Markello, 58%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Howell. A/B: Jim Gullo and Eugene Harvey, 60%; C:
Tova Reinhorn and Andrei Reinhorn, 57%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon –
Non-life masters. North-south, A: Chip Kean and Usha Khurana, 61.31%; B/C: Rose
Bochiechio and Gail Pitterman, 58.33%; Joe Miranda and Maryann Martin, 58.04%;
Jim McClure and Natalie Abramson, 54.17%; east-west, A/B/C Rose Ann Grimaldi
and Tish Schiffman, 59.52%; Terry Camp and Pat Haynes, 58.33%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Judy Graf and Joanne Kelley, 60.71%; B: Rita Sofia and
Anne Watkins, 57.74%; C: Pat Lakeman and Betty Metz, 46.43%; east-west, A: Jim
Gullo and John Lyth, 63.10%; B: Liz Clark and Elaine Universal, 59.23%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday noon –
0-750 Game. North-south, A: Joe Miranda and Usha Khurana, 59.23%; B/C: Marilyn
Wortzman and Ruth Nawotniak, 57.44%; Jim McClure and Joyce Greenspan, 56.85%;
David Whitt and Sharon Wilcox, 55.65%; Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster,
55.36%; east-west, A: Paula Rosen and Kathy Stamm, 68.15%; B: Amita Arora and
Rajat Basu, 65.77%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 59.23%; C: Joel Brownstein and
Sol Messinger, 48.51%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Howell. A/B: Cathy Majewski and Peter Patterson, 58.15%; Ten-Pao Lee
and Dian Petrov, 58.15%; Linda Burroughsford and Bert Hargesheimer, 58.15%; C:
John and Martha Welte, 51.85%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A/B: Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 65.05%; Christy Kellogg
and Stan Kozlowski, 56.17%; C: Fran Kurtz and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 53.79%;
east-west, A: Bill Rushmore and Kathy Pollock, 64.71%; Ed Drozen and Donna
Steffan, 56.17%; B: Gladys and Ken Hardcastle, 52.93%; C: Betty Metz and Helen
Panza, 49.70%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – North-south,
A/B/C: Pat Lakeman and Betty Metz, 58.63%; east-west, A: Mike Ryan and Judy
Graf, 64.29%; B/C: Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 55.65%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Joanne LaFay and Lillian
Gotshall, 64.58%; Joe Rooney and Art Schumacher, 60.42%; Jack Kern and Lance
Crawford, 54.57%; John Fiegl and Dave Larcom, 50.69%; Enid Sweet and Pat Rogers,
44.94%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A: Fred Yellen and Judy Padgug, 64.29%;
B: Larry and Dorothy Soong, 59.52%; C: Dian Petrov and Gwilym Brick, 47.92%;
east-west, A: Mike Ryan and Judy Graf, 61.31%; B: Tova Reinhorn and Marietta
Kalman, 55.36%; C: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Sue Neubecker, 52.68%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Joyce Kindt and Ed Harman, 61.1%; Bill
Rich and Gene Nawotniak, 57.8%; east-west, Rich Cramer-Benjamin and Art Morth,
61%; Jack Cukierman and Gabe Tannenbaum, 55%.
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – Gwilym Brick and Dan Blatz, 57.14%; Ed Harman and
Lederhouse, 56.55%; Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 53.57%.
Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 59.26%; Beena and
Madhav Deshmukh, 58.33%; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 55.09%; Elve Johnston and
Kathy Fenn, 51.85%; Rita Haley and Mary Lenihan, 51.39%.
Other clubs
ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening
– Neola McGuire and Doanne Jackson,
53.8%; Pamela Murphy and Marcia Turley, 52.85%.
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon –
North-south, (tie) Bill and Jo Rich,
Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 53%; east-west, Alan and Phyllis Vogt, 61%;
Paul Ziebarth and Cindy Darone, 59%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning –
North-south, Peg Gorham and George
Mayers, 63%; Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 50%; east-west, Ron Fill and
Chuck Heimerl, 60%; Carol Neuhaus and Paul Ziebarth, 59%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Harris Goldstein and Dick Munschauer,
59%; Mary Blanchard and Ruth Jones, 58.3%; east-west, Betty Bowling and Bette
Seifert, 63.3%; Evie Miller and Emily Wettlaufer, 59.2%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Bill Rogers and Stan Kozlowski, 74%; Elaine Wegrzyn
and Marge McMillen, 53%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday – Edna Fill and Evelyn
Vitello, 59.5%; (tie) Idamae Klipfel and Bob Rivard, Mike Brown and Ron Fill,
54.7%.
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