The
Airport Bridge Club will have
Memorial Day pairs games at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday, May 30, with lunch
included, and will celebrate director Bill Finkelstein’s birthday with a party
for the players at the game at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 2. All games from this
Saturday, May 28, to next Friday morning, June 3, will award extra points.
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The
Worldwide Bridge Contest returns to
the Airport Bridge Club for the 13th year with games at 7 p.m. Friday, June 3,
and 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, awarding red and black points at sectional
rating and bonus points for district winners. There will be hand record
booklets and analysis. Games will be played simultaneously in more than 40
countries. Sign up and pay in advance for Friday evening’s game and get a cash
rebate. Call 603-6943.
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The Bridge Center of Buffalo will hold a memorial pro-am game at 1 p.m. Sunday,
June 5, in memory of founding member and Gold Life Master Bob Olin. Proceeds
will benefit Hospice Buffalo. Refreshments will be served. Preregistration is
required. Call the Bridge Center at 834-4222 or Donna Steffan at 636-9653.
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Western New York Unit 116 regularly sponsors special
games. Currently they include:
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
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Today, Saturday, May 28,
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.
Lake
Erie Sectional – The Bridge Center,
1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11.
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. For info, click this link.
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/
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A
Silver Life Master since 2011, Dale
Anderson reached a milestone – a career total of 2,000 master points – at the
Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament last month. And now that the ACBL has
created a new master point rank – Ruby Life Master, for those with more than
1,500 points – 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 May 16 to May 22
Week of May 16 to May 22
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –
North-south, A: Fenton
Harrison and Wilson McClaren, 61.61%; B/C: Bill Boardman and Joe Rooney,
56.25%; east-west, A/B/C: June Feuerstein and Ron Henrikson, 58.05%; Art
Schumacher and Barbara Multerer, 52.98%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Jerry Geiger and Judi Marshall,
58.63%; Danny Ioannidis and Murrae Egnos, 56.55%; B/C: Eva Schmidt and Tish
Schiffman, 50.60%; east-west, A: Vince Pesce and John Ziemer, 67.56%; B: Paula
Kotowski and Bill Boardman, 55.56%; C: Sharon Chang and Linda Milch, 53.27%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday afternoon – Howell. A: Jerry Geiger and Judi Marshall, 61.85%; B:
Chuck Schorr and Tom Koralewski, 54.57%; C: Florence Boyd and Art Matthies,
53.24%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. Nadine Stein and Ron Henrikson, 59.03%; Jerry
Geiger and Sandi England, 56.25%; John Kirsits and Martin Pieterse, 50%; Vince
Pesce and Dorothy May, 49.31%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Howell. A: Bill Rushmore and Saleh Fetouh, 56.55%;
B/C: Rich Cramer-Benjamin and Jeff Bender, 52.98%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon –
Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: Susan Levy and Denise Slattery, 63.42%;
David Whitt and Sharon Wilcox, 56.98%; Natalie Abramson and Richard McGowan,
55.48%; Beverly Isenberg and Sandra Scheff, 54.07%; C: Mary Blanchard and Carol
Roth, 43.41%; east-west, A/B: Judy Katz and Agi Maisel, 60.66%; Ruth Nawotniak
and Marilyn Wortzman, 58.73%; Judith Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 55.57%; C:
William Noltee and Ed Morgan, 49.79%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A/B: Bill Rushmore and Davis Heussler, 61.90%; Donna
Steffan and Judy Padgug, 56.85%; C: Andrei Reinhorn and Sharon Wilcox, 51.19%;
east-west, A: Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 60.71%; Stan Kozlowski and
Christy Kellogg, 57.44%; B/C: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Tova Reinhorn, 53.57%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A/B: Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 64.20%;
Joe Miranda and Usha Khurana, 61.17%; Ted Kahn and Vince Taeger, 58.14%; C:
Mary Blanchard and Jeffrey Oshlag, 56.25%; east-west, A/B: Judy Katz and Agi
Maisel, 60.04%; C: William Noltee and Ed Morgan, 54.17%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Howell. Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 61.54%; Gene Nawotniak and Chip
Kean, 59.61%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 56.73%; Penny and Peter Shui,
55.45%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A/B: Kamil Bishara and Gene Finton, 65.51%; Andrei
Reinhorn and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 58.56%; Christy Kellogg and Stan Kozlowski,
55.32%; C: Judy McDermid and Marilyn Steffan, 55.32%; east-west, A: Mike Ryan
and Judy Graf, 59.72%; B: Mike Mesirov and Sue Bergman, 57.41%; Bud Seidenberg
and Jay Costello, 56.94%; Joanne Kelley and Elaine Universal, 55.32%; C: Gary
Schmitt and John Lyth, 52.55%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Howell.
A/B: Alex Kowal and Linda Burroughsford, 60.65%; C: John and Jini Rubinstein,
52.31%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Dan Clark and Dave Larcom,
57.81%; Jack Kern and Lance Crawford, 56.77%; Denise Mattingly and Joe Miranda,
56.25%; Jim Downing and David Floyd, 55.09%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 64.46%;
B: Anne Watkins and Bernie Czarnecki, 46.22%; C: Dick Czarnecki and Andrei
Reinhorn, 41.67%; east-west, A: Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 60.52%; B: Kamil
Bishara and Gene Finton, 57.69%; C: Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 48.91%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Gene Nawotniak and Rich Cramer-Benjamin,
57.7%; Joyce Kindt and Ron Fill, 54.2%; east-west, Gabe Tannenbaum and Jack
Cukierman, 56.6%; Sandy Marcusson and Alicia Kolipinski, 55.7%.
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – (Tie) Roy Crocker and John Lewis, Dian Petrov and
Saleh Fetouh, 59.38%; James and Paula Jones, 58.33%; Beena and Madhav Deshmukh,
56.77%; John and Barbara Scott, 54.17%.
Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Dian Petrov and Pat Lanighan, 64.58%; Bob Lederhouse
and Connie Swick, 61.11%; Ed Harman and Kathy Fenn, 57.41%; James and Paula
Jones, 55.73%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon –
North-south, Sam Grossman and Shirley
Cassety, 55%; Bill and Jo Rich, 54%; east-west, Bram and Terry Hamovitch, 60%;
Bruce and Jill Brown, 57%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning –
North-south, Shirley Cassety and Sam
Grossman, 56%; Chuck Heimerl and Joe Huber, 55%; east-west, Dave Stroud and
Karen Synor, 54%; Carol Newhaus and Paul Ziebarth, 53%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Harris Goldstein and Nick Leibovic,
59.7%; Joan Mack and Dick Munschauer, 52.2%; east-west, Jayne Freeman and Emmy
Wettlaufer, 62.5%; Bill Hambridge and Sandy Recoon, 61.7%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Bill Adolf and Stan Kozlowski, 62%; Dona
Tepas and Marge McMillen, 57%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday – Howell. Evelyn Vitello
and Edna Fill, 62.5%; Ann Drapo and Sue Riccio, 58.4%; Mike Brown and Ron Fill,
54.2%.