Friday, May 27, 2016

Duplicate Bridge: May 28

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/
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 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
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%.


Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Duplicate Bridge: May 21

            Unit championship games with extra points will be played this Saturday, May 21, at noon in the Bridge Center of Buffalo, at 12:30 p.m. in the Airport Bridge Club and at 1 p.m. in the Lockport Duplicate Club. 
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The Airport Bridge Club will hold a two-session extra-point Swiss team game at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 22, with the “Eight Is Enough” format. Sandwiches will be served. For partners and to sign up, call 603-6943. The club also will award extra points at all of its games at 11 a.m. Monday, May 23, through Friday, May 27, and 12:30 p.m. next Saturday, May 28.  
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Bridge Club Meridian will have an extra-point game at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 23.
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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. 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.
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/
Email danderson@buffnews.com ordahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is (716) 849-4420.
* * *
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 9 to May 15
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –
Howell. A: Mike Silverman and Martin Pieterse, 61.57%; Jerry Geiger and Chuck Schorr, 55.56%; B: Nadine Stein and Dale Anderson, 53.24%; C: Art Schumacher and Barbara Multerer, 51.85%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: John Ziemer and Jerry Geiger, 61.14%; Helen Panza and Dale Anderson, 58.29%; B: Ross Markello and Bruce Buff, 57.56%; C: Mary Terrana and Pat Lakeman, 46.56%; east-west, A: Ken Meier and Allen Beroza, 63.79%; B: Alicia Kolipinski and Dorothy May, 57.30%; Martin and Barbara Pieterse, 56.58%; C: Paula Kotowski and Bob Kaprove, 44.75%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Home style pairs. (Tie) Florence Notto and Florence Boyd, Ron Henrikson and Art Schumacher, Barbara Sadkin and Dale Anderson, 2 wins.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – One winner. A: Gladys and Ken Hardcastle, 67.08%; B: Florence Notto and Tom Koralewski, 63.33%; Ken Meier and John Kirsits, 53.33%; C: Eva Schmidt and Joyce Greenspan, 49.26%.
        Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – One winner. A: Eva Schmidt and Carolyn Siracuse, 60.42%; B: Martha and John Welte, 57.87%; Gladys and Ken Hardcastle, 56.77%; C: Paula Kotowski and Barbara Sadkin, 53.13%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday morning – Howell. A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike Silverman, 59.76%; Jerry Geiger and Liz Clark, 55.56%: B: Chuck Heimerl and Al Dickman, 53.24%; (tie) Shirley Cassety and Ross Markello, Ron Henrikson and Dale Anderson, 50.93%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday noon – 99ers. North-south, A/B: John Bava and Paul Ziebarth, 63.33%; C: William Noltee and Penelope Shuman, 50.83%; east-west, A/B/C: Gini Sicignano and Joan Nigrelli, 67.50%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Howell. A: Alex Kowal and Bert Hargesheimer, 56%; B: Cathy Majewski and Vince Taeger, 55%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: David Whitt and Sharon Wilcox, 65.72%; Natalie Abramson and Richard McGowan, 59.47%; Gene Nawotniak and Jim McClure, 55.87%; C: William Noltee and Ed Morgan, 50.19%; east-west, A/B: Amita Arora and Rajat Basu, 69.32%; Terry Camp and Howard Rose, 56.06%; C: Carolyn Freiman and Janet Desmon, 52.08%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Joan Rose and Judy Padgug, 61.31%; B/C: John Lyth and Gary Schmitt, 59.82%; Rita Sofia and Anne Watkins, 55.65%; east-west, A: Davis Heussler and Bud Seidenberg, 56.85%; Stan Kozlowski and Jerry Geiger, 55.65%; B: Joanne Kelley and Judy Graf, 55.06%; C: Sharon Chang and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.79%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A: Gene Nawotniak and Bill Rich, 66.67%; B: Carla Press and Agi Maisel, 61.31%; C: John Bava and Burt Freiman, 53.57%; east-west, A: Larry and Dorothy Soong, 71.73%; B/C: Marilyn Wortzman and Ruth Nawotniak, 58.63%; Amita Arora and Rajat Basu, 56.55%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Howell. A: Jeff Bender and Chris Urbanek, 59.61%; Linda Burroughsford and Bert Hargesheimer, 56.73%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 56.41%; B/C: Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 53.85%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – Howell. A: (tie) Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, Stan Kozlowski and Chris Urbanek, 65.19%; C: Anne Watkins and Rita Sofia, 54.44%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Howell. A: Saleh Fetouh and John Lyth, 59.63%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 57.41%; B/C: Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 55.56%; Ethan and Biao Xie, 54.81%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Sandi England and Tom Koralewski, 65.74%; Darcy Young and Bob Farwell, 59.26%; Joanne LaFay and Lillian Gotshall, 50.46%; Michael Apa and Maureen Cancilla 49.07%, Ken Meier and Joe Rooney, 48.15%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Amita Amora and Sharon Chang, 61.83%; Mike Ryan and Liz Clark, 59.69%; Clare Gareleck and Donna Steffan, 59%; Bud Seidenberg and Chris Urbanek, 58.80%; Davis Heussler and Linda Burroughsford, 57.55%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Mike and Vince Taeger, 54.4%; Dorothy May and Ron Henrikson, 53.7%; east-west, Henry Chudy and Bill Rich, 57%; Marilyn Wortzman and Bob Lederhouse, 53.7%.
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – Paul Capen and Mark Pascale, 61.98%; Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 58.85%; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 55.21%; Marilyn White and Jim Lanzo, 54.17%.
Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Dick and Bernie Czarnecki, 64%; Dian Petrov and Ed Harman, 58%; (tie) Sandi England and Lillian Gotshall, James and Paula Jones, 56.50%.
Other clubs
ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening – Howell. Shirley Thompson and David Mathis, 62.50%; (tie) Pam Murphy and Marcia Turley, Diana Brown and Doanne Jackson, 50%.
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Bill Rich and George Mayers, 68%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 57%; east-west, Chuck Heimerl and Ron Fill, 65%;  Herb Falk and Marv Feuerstein, 60%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Bruce Burr and Ross Markello, 60%; Joe Huber and Chuck Heimerl, 56%; east-west, Alan and Phyllis Vogt, 62%; Bram and Terry Hamovitch, 55%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Dick Munschauer and Harris Goldstein, 70.6%; Sukhanand and Sudha Jain, 52.2%; east-west, Charley Banta and Perry Hoffman, 59.4%; Bill Hambridge and Sandy Recoon, 55.6%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley, 65%; Bill Adolf and Stan Kozlowski, 56%.
College Club Duplicate – Howell. Hallie Howell and Diane Liddell, 65.87%; Gloria Fenston and Linda Franchell, 58.73%; (tie) Carolann Besch and Carol Lauber, Nancy Davidson and Mary Vicanti, 50.79%.
        Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Mike Brown and Ron Fill, 74%; Evelyn Vitello and Edna Fill, 66.7%; Idamae Klipfel and Bob Rivard, 56.3%. 

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Duplicate Bridge: May 14

Unit 116 Championship games with extra points will be played at participating ACBL sanctioned clubs from Monday, May 16, to next Saturday, May 21. In addition to its regular unit games at 11 a.m. Monday to Friday and 12:30 p.m. next Saturday, the Airport Bridge Club will offer unit games at 2 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.
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The Airport Bridge Club will have an extra-point two-session Swiss team game at 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 22, with sandwiches. For information, call 603-6943. 
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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
Unit 112 Charity Sectional – Broome West Senior Center, 2801 Wayne St., Ithaca. Today, 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.
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/
Email danderson@buffnews.com ordahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is (716) 849-4420.
* * *
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 2 to May 8
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –
North-south, A: Carolyn Siracuse and Dorothy May, 56.25%; B: Mike Silverman and Judie Bailey, 53.53%; C: Ted Kahn and Fenton Harrison, 51.25%; east-west, A/B: Bill Boardman and Joe Rooney, 54.91%; C: Nancy Kessler and John Kirsits, 54.82%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Dale Anderson and Helen Panza, 59.23%; John Ziemer and Allen Beroza, 55.36%; B/C: Barbara Sadkin and Joyce Greenspan, 52.98%; east-west, A: Jerry Geiger and Judi Marshall, 58.33%; B: Jan Hasselback and Linda Zittel, 54.76%; Mike Silverman and Art Matthies, 53.87%; C: Art Schumacher and Barbara Multerer, 49.40%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. A: Carolyn Siracuse and Bill Boardman, 55.56%; Barbara Sadkin and Dale Anderson, 54.76%; B: Tish Schiffman and Paula Kotowski, 52.44%; Mike Silverman and Martin Pieterse, 51.99%; C: Joyce Greenspan and Joe Rooney, 48.98%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Liz Clark and Vince Pesce, 57.08%; B: Eva Schmidt and Dale Anderson, 55%; C: Ed Drozen and Ruth Kozower, 50%; east-west, A: John and Martha Welte, 61.67%; B: Helen Panza and Mike Silverman, 54.58%; C: Larry Abate and Bob Sommerstein, 47.92%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday afternoon – ABA Humboldt Tournament (local leaders). A: Alan Greer and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 64.76%; Vince Pesce and Liz Clark, 59.50%; B/C: Denise Slattery and Jewel Marshall, 61.31%; Bob Sommerstein and Larry Abate, 61.42%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday evening – ABA Humboldt Tournament (local leaders). A: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Alan Greer, 62.12%; Cleveland Fleming and Geraldine Jones, 59.66%; B/C: Alex Miller and Rhoda Kimbrough, 56.25%; Pam Murphy and Florence Boyd, 49.43%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – ABA Humboldt Tournament (local leaders). A: Eva Schmidt and Ron Henrikson, 56.88%; Joyce Greenspan and Barbara Libby, 54.93%; B/C: Anna Spiller and Carol Hairston, 64.29%; Larry and Dorothy Soong, 62.20%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday afternoon – North-south, A: Leola Ruckler and Barbara Adams, 74.18%; B: Diana Brown and Alice Bragg, 60.83%; C: Carol Hairston and Anna Spiller, 50.43%; east-west, A/B/C: John and Martha Welte, 58.93%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday evening – ABA Humboldt Tournament (local leaders). A: Mike Ryan and Jerry Geiger, 60.42%; Rich Cramer-Benjamin and Jeff Bender, 58.38%; B/C: Doanne Jackson and Margie Allen, 54.39%; Pam Murphy and Paula Salamone, 50.44%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday morning – ABA Humboldt Tournament (local leaders). A: Allen Beroza, John Ziemer, Jerry Geiger and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 93 VPs; Cleveland Fleming, Jim Hunter, Barbara Adams and Geraldean Jones, 76 VPs; Dorothy May, Joe Rooney, Myra Razik and Ron Henrikson, 68 VPs; B/C: Alice Bragg, Diana Brown, Sandi England and Florence Boyd, 61 VPs; Doanne Jackson, Thomasina Maxwell, Gail Jackson and Marge Allen, 51 VPs.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – A: Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 66%; Chris Urbanek and Saleh Fetouh, 55%; B: Andrei and Tova Reinhorn, 49%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A: Christine and Don Grant, 61.67%; B/C: Betsy and Richard Heuer, 61.01%; Pat Haynes and Terry Camp, 55.23%; east-west, A/B: Judith Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 60.59%; C: Marilyn Wortzman and Ruth Nawotniak, 60.39%; Marjorie Plumb and Ginger Maiman, 58.94%; Jane Roberts and Laura Houghtaling, 55.71%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – A: Joanne Kelley and Judy Padgug, 59.90%; B/C: Tova Reinhorn and Gary Schmitt, 58.85%; Fran Kurtz and Sue Bergman, 55.73%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A/B: Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 62.50%; David Whitt and Sharon Wilcox, 61.18%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 56.25%; C: Terry Camp and Pat Haynes, 55.95%; east-west, A/B: Amita Arora and Rajat Basu, 63.52%; C: John Bava and Burt Freiman, 60.24%; Natalie Abramson and Marjorie Plumb, 57.45%; Helen Reilly and Peggy Mergenhagen, 56.85%; Jane Roberts and Laura Houghtaling, 56.55%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – North-south, A: Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 57.74%; B: Claire Gareleck and Gay Simpson, 56.55%; C: Edith Knaszak and Janice O’Mara, 51.79%; east-west, A: Henry Chudy and Chris Urbanek, 60.71%; Art Morth and Bill Rushmore, 57.44%; B/C: Linda Burroughsford and Ten-Pao Lee, 53.57%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A: Chris Urbanek and Joan Rose, 62.70%; B: Claire Gareleck and Sue Bergman, 56.15%; C: Elaine Universal and Cathy Majewski, 52.28%; east-west, A: Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 63.20%; B/C: Betty Metz and Tova Reinhorn, 46.23%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – A: Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 61.67%; B: Helen Panza and Anne Watkins, 61.25%; Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 56.25%; Mike Ryan and Judy Graf, 55.83%; Pat Lakeman and Stan Kozlowski, 55.42%; C: Ginny Panaro and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – James Downing and David Floyd, 63.19%; (tie) Maureen Cancilla and Pepe Justica-Linde, Joe Miranda and Denise Mattingly, 56.25%; Sandi England and Tom Koralewski, 54.86%; Darcy Young and Bob Farwell, 52.08%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Howell. A: Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 64.17%; B: Helen Panza and Ginny Panaro, 52.92%; C: (tie) Amita Arora and Sharon Chang, Dick and Bernie Czarnecki, 52.08%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Joyce Kindt and Anne O’Connor, 56.7%; Carolyn Siracuse and Bill Rich, 52.6%; east-west, Jennifer Reynolds and Alicia Kokipinski, 55%; Bruce Schaffer and John Garrity, 54.4%.
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – North-south, Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 60.71%; Carolyn Siracuse and Joyce Kindt, 54.29%; east-west, Dian Petrov and Saleh Fetouh, 60.84%; Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 56.25%.
Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – North-south, Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 68.75%; James and Paula Jones, 60%; east-west, Connie Stick and Bob Lederhouse, 64.58%; Madhav and Beena Deshmukh, 53.33%. 
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 61%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 56%; east-west, Bruce Burr and Ross Markello, 56%; Phyllis and Alan Vogt, 54%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Bruce Burr and Ross Markello, 69%; Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 63%; east-west, Chuck Heimerl and Joe Huber, 58%; Tim Hartnett and David Young, 53%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Eleanor Murray and Fred Nadel, 59.4%; Esther Greene and Ruth Lansing, 58.2%; east-west, Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange, 56.5%; Bill Hambridge and Sandy Recoon, 51.2%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Pat O’Brien and Kathy Borcik, 73%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Rogers, 60%.

Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – North-south, Carmella Losi and Ron Fill, 65.9%; Evelyn Vitello and Edna Fill, 55.9%; east-west, Kay Brinkman and Lou Lombardi, 66.7%; Joanne Biondo and Julie Albert, 53.2%. 

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Duplicate Bridge: May 7

An American Bridge Association tournament concludes today, Saturday, May 7, at the Airport Bridge Club, 247 Cayuga Road, Cheektowaga, with a team game at 10 a.m. All players are welcome. Hospitality includes sub sandwiches during the team game today.
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The Airport Bridge Club will award extra points at all of its pairs games next week, at 11 a.m. Monday, May 9, to Friday, May 13, and 12:30 p.m. next Saturday, May 14. 
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Bridge Club Meridian will offer an extra-point game at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 9. 
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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
Unit 112 Charity Sectional – Broome West Senior Center, 2801 Wayne St., Ithaca. Next 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.
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/
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 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 April 25 to May 1
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –
North-south, A/B/C: Bill Boardman and Joe Rooney, 61.67%; east-west, A: Judy Marshall and John Ziemer, 57.92; B/C: Nancy Kessler and Ross Markello, 53.75%; Tom Koralewski and Dale Anderson, 52.08%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Barbara Libby and Ed Drozen, 60.38%; Vince Pesce and Allen Beroza, 56.38%; B: Judy Kaprove and Nadine Stein, 53.62%; C: Jan Hasselback and Linda Zittel, 52.80%; east-west, A: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 61.14%; Mike Silverman and Art Matthies, 53.53%; B: Paula Kotowski and Bob Kaprove, 51.27%; C: Ron Henrikson and Joyce Greenspan, 44.68%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. A: Bob Linn and Jerry Geiger, 58.93%; B: Florence Boyd and Paula Kotowski, 54.76%; C: (tie) Art Matthies and Martin Pieterse, Ruth Wurster and Barbara Sadkin, 51.19%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Allen Beroza and Jerry Geiger, 58.83%; B: Judy and Bob Kaprove, 55.40%; C: Fenton Harrison and Florence Boyd, 48.76%; east-west, A/B: Barbara Sadkin and June Feuerstein, 61.73%; C: Sandi England and Marietta Kalman, 59.92%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Jerry Geiger and Eleanor Whelan, 67.66%; B/C: Nadine Stein and Judy Kaprove, 53.63%; east-west, A/B: John and Martha Welte, 60.76%; C: Larry and Dorothy Soong, 50.05%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday morning – Howell. A: Allen Beroza and Sandi England, 64.35%; B: Myra Razik and Tom Koralewski, 57.87%; C: Cleveland Fleming and Alice Bragg, 50%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Howell. A: Mike Ryan and Judy Graf, 63.54%; Saleh Fetouh and Bill Rushmore, 55.21%; B: Martha and John Welte, 53.13%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A: Gene Nawotniak and Jim McClure, 56.85%; B/C: Mary Blanchard and Marilyn Wortzman, 55.06%; Joe Miranda and Denise Mattingly, 54.76%; east-west, A: Amita Arora and Rajat Basu, 67.26%; B: Joel Brownstein and Sol Messinger, 55.65%; C: Carol Roth and Rose Ann Grimaldi, 45.24%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 63.10%; Saleh Fetouh and Christy Kellogg, 58.04%; Donna Steffan and Joan Rose, 54.17%; B/C: Ed Drozen and Andrei Reinhorn, 52.08%; east-west, A/B: Carol Bedell and Tova Reinhorn, 59.23%; Sharon Chang and Rajat Basu, 54.76%; Mike Ryan and Judy Graf, 54.17%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 Game. North-south, A/B: Agi Maisel and Carla Press, 62.57%; Vince Taeger and Ted Kahn, 55.03%; Marilyn Schwebel and Stan Dickson, 54.39%; C: Marilyn Wortzman and Jeffrey Oshlag, 52.03%; east-west, A/B: Marjorie Plumb and Natalie Abramson, 58.54%; Judith Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 57.85%; Guy Puccio and Pat Rogers, 55.02%; Linda Milch and Sharon Chang, 54.32%; C: Sandra Morrison and Judy Reich, 53.13%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – North-south, A/B: Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 65.18%; Linda Burroughsford and Bert Hargesheimer, 57.74%; C: Gene Nawotniak and Chip Kean, 44.64%; east-west, A/B: Davis Heussler and Tom Koralewski, 63.39%; C: Henry Chudy and Peter Patterson, 55.95%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A: Chris Urbanek and Joan Rose, 69.35%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 63.10%; B: Helen Panza and Jeanne Gladysz, 50.30%; C: Amita Arora and Gene Nawotniak, 42.56%; east-west, A: Stan Kozlowski and Davis Heussler, 61.01%; B: Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, 58.04%; C: Ginny Panaro and John Lyth, 47.02%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Howell. A: Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 57.64%; B/C: Biao and Ethan Xie, 56.94%; Claire Gareleck and Gay Simpson, 54.17%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Liz Clark and Joe Rooney, 68.75%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 55.73%; Jack Kern and Lance Crawford, 54.69%; Joyce Kindt and Carolyn Siracuse, 51.56%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A/B: Rita Sofia and Anne Watkins, 58.33%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 57.14%; C: Dick Czarnecki and Dave Larcom, 50%; east-west, A/B: Sharon Wilcox and Joyce Greenspan, 64.88%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 56.55%; C: Amita Arora and Sharon Chang, 53.27%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Mike and Vince Taeger, 56.2%; Jane and Anne O’Connor, 54.9%; east-west, Alicia Kolipinski and Al Dickman, 61.3%; Jan O’Mara and Bill Rich, 57.4%. 
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 57.18%; James and Paula Jones, 57.06%; Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 56.91%; Jim Lanza and Marilyn White, 55.86%.
Other clubs
ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening – Howell. (Tie) Shirley Thompson and David Mathis, Vivian and Pearl Harris, 68%.
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 60%; Bill and Jo Rich, 55%; east-west, (tie) B. J. McMath and Pat Truell, Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 60%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 60%; (tie) Bruce and Jill Brown, Chuck Heimerl and Joe Huber, 52%; east-west, Carol Neuhaus and Paul Ziebarth, 62%; Marvin Feuerstein and Carl Gebauer, 59%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Mary Blanchard and Ruth Jones, 68.8%; Fred Nadel and Eleanor Murray, 61.8%; east-west, Esther Greene and Ruth Lansing, 58.3%; Charles Banta and Emily Wettlaufer, 52.8%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley, 79%; Dona Tepas and Marge McMillen, 59%.

Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Howell. Carmella Losi and Edna Fill, 66.7%; Margaret Rivard and Lillian Reynolds, 60.4%; Kay Brinkman and Lou Lombardi, 51.6%.