The Buffalo “Future Stars” Non-Life Masters Sectional Tournament, for players
with fewer than 500 master points, will be held Friday, July 8, and next
Saturday, July 9, at the Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet
Home Road, Amherst, with pairs games at 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. both days. Lunch
will be served between the games. For more info, click this link.
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The Airport Bridge Club will offer various extra point games throughout the
week. On Monday, Independence Day, July 4, there will be a game at 10 a.m. and
a second game following a corned beef lunch at 12:30 p.m.
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A School Youth Bridge
program, with free
lessons for middle school students, will be sponsored by Unit 116 from 9 to 11
a.m. Thursdays in July and August in the Bridge Center of Buffalo, Sheridan
Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Two after school programs – one at Tapestry
Charter Middle School in Buffalo and one at Transit Middle School in
Williamsville – are scheduled to begin in early October. For info, call
633-5680.
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A Bridge Mentoring program sponsored by Unit 116 for beginning and
intermediate players ia available now through Dec. 31. To be eligible,
inexperienced players must have between 5 and 300 master points. Serving as
their mentors will be players with more than 2,000 points.
The pair is required to play a minimum of five times at any
sanctioned club game or Unit 116 event. The mentees will pay their own entry
fees for the five games. Unit 116 will reimburse the mentors for their entry
fees. To sign up as a mentor or mentee and for other details, call Dian Petrov
at 688-1266 or email dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
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Western New York Unit 116 regularly sponsors special games.
Currently they include:
Summer Picnic – Sunday, July 24. 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Grandstand Casino Room, Erie County Fairgrounds, Hamburg. Ticket deadline:
Friday, July 15. $10 ACBL members, $16 non-members. For tickets, call Paul
Zittel at 992-4794. For partners, call Elaine Kurasiewicz at 695-9828. For more
info, click this link.
Swiss Team Game – Sunday, Aug. 14. 1 p.m. Eight Is Enough
format. Airport Bridge Club, 247 Cayuga Road, Cheektowaga. For info and
partners, call Howard Foster at 633-2617 (email hfoster@buffalo.edu) or Tova
Reinhorn at 632-2056 (email tova.reinhorn@gmail.com). For more info, click this
link.
Annual Meeting and Game – Saturday, Dec. 3. Main-Transit Fire Hall,
6777 Main St., Amherst.
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Tournament calendar
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, like it did June 25, 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 and a Ruby Life Master since the ACBL created that new
master point rank a little while ago, Dale Anderson blogs about his progress
toward Gold Life Master (2,500 points) and
other bridge adventures here.
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Duplicate scores
Week of June 20 to June 26
Week of June 20 to June 26
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – North-south, A/B: Judy and Bob Kaprove, 65%; Marilyn
Sultz and Dale Anderson, 56.67%; east-west, A: Cynthia Helfman and Liz Clark,
70.83%; B: Ken Meier and Dorothy May, 57.50%; C: Joe Rooney and Bill Boardman,
50.83%.
Airport Bridge Club Monday noon – North-south, A/B/C: (tie) Nancy Littenberg and Jean
Macdonald, Ruth Wurster and Barbara Sadkin, 60.12%; east-west, A: Marilyn Sultz
and Dale Anderson, 60.12%; B/C: Bill Regan and Paula Kotowski, 52.38%.
Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – North-south, A: Mike Silverman and Martin Pieterse,
62.80%; B: Linda and Paul Zittel, 56.85%; C: Ted Kahn and Bill Regan, 55.48%; east-west,
A: Marilyn Sultz and Dale Anderson, 62.40%; B/C: Nelson Torre and Gerry Hooley,
55.65%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Barbara Libby and Ruth Wurster,
57.41%; Joanne LaFay and Liz Clark, 53.97%; B/C: Pat Lakeman and Mary Terrana,
53.17%; east-west, A/B/C: Alicia Kolipinski and Ron Henrikson, 67.26%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. A: Bob Linn and Bill Boardman, 64.93%; B/C:
Brian Block and Tom Koralewski, 59.04%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A/B: John Kirsits and Ken Meier, 57.74%;
Ed Drozen and Ruth Kozower, 55.06%; C: Marietta Kalman and Sandi England,
48.21%; east-west, A/B: Vince Pesce and Sharon Chang, 64.88%; Martha and John
Welte, 64.58%; C: Michael Kozower and Brian Block, 50%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Judi Marshall and Tom Fraas, 64.58%;
B: Eleanor Whelan and Mike Silverman, 54.17%; C: Bob Sommerstein and Larry
Abate, 53.47%; east-west, A: David Millward and Liz Clark, 66.90%; B: Martha
and John Welte, 61.57%; C: Alex Miller and Paul Ganley, 51.62%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon –
Howell. A: Jerry Geiger and Liz
Clark, 61.57%; B: Martha and John Welte, 60.14%; C: Christine Malarkey and Ron
Henrikson, 56.01%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Monday afternoon – North-south, A: Chris Urbanek and Stan Kozlowski,
63.69%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 58.93%; B: Claire Gareleck and
Saleh Fetouh, 54.76%; C: Larry Abate and Burt Freiman, 46.73%; east-west, A/B:
Mark Pascale and Donna Steffan, 64.58%; David Hemmer and Fred Yellen, 59.23%;
Jay Levy and Teresa Fraas, 58.93%; C: Celia Linder and Sandra Morrison, 36.01%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Monday evening – North-south, A: Christy Kellogg and Bert
Hargesheimer, 63.69%; Donna Steffan and Jay Levy, 55.06%; B/C: Jeff Bender and
Diane Bielinski, 51.49%; east-west, A: David Hemmer and Jay Costello, 63.10%;
Mark Pascale and Fred Yellen, 55.06%; B/C: Ruth Nawotniak and Marilyn Wortzman,
47.92%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon –
Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: Heather Roberts and Maryann Szafran,
56.84%; C: John Bava and Margaret Zhou, 55.31%; east-west, A/B: Marcia Wright
and Ginger Maiman, 64.18%; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 58.59%; C: Burt Freiman
and Larry Abate, 51.53%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Howell. A/B: Davis Heussler and Joanne Kelley, 59.63%; C: Carol Bedell
and Tova Reinhorn, 54.44%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday noon –
0-750 game. North-south, A: Bill Rich and Margaret Zhou, 58.93%; B/C: Ed Morgan
and Carol Gay, 56.25%; east-west, A/B: Vince Taeger and Jim McClure, 64.58%;
Pat Kilbury and Jeffrey Oshlag, 56.25%; Celine Murray and Kathy Stamm, 54.46%;
C: John Meindl and Pat Lanighan, 46.73%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – North-south, A/B/C: Edith Knaszak and Jan O’Mara, 62.50%; Sharon Benz
and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 61.01%; east-west, A/B: Bob Sommerstein and Pat Rasmus,
58.63%; C: Penny and Peter Shui, 50.89%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A/B: Fred Yellen and Judy Padgug, 66.37%; Helen Panza and
Anne Watkins, 56.25%; C: Sue Neubecker and Fran Kurtz, 49.11%; east-west, A:
Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 61.61%; B/C: Carol Bedell and Barbara Landree,
56.25%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Howell.
A: Stan Kozlowski and Ten-Pao Lee, 57.41%; Christy Kellogg and Bert
Hargesheimer, 56.67%; B: Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 51.48%; C: Dennis
Clary and James Easton, 48.15%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Bill Feasley and Paul
Zittel, 66.07%; Darcy Young and Bob Farwell, 56.55%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom,
51.79%; Bob and Joan Ciszak, 50.60%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Eleanor
Whelan, 58.73%; B: Claire Gareleck and Ron Helfman, 57.15%; C: Dick Czarnecki
and Bob Lederhouse, 51.99%; east-west, A: Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen,
58.68%; B: Kamil Bishara and Gene Finton, 54.41%; C: (tie) Adrian Figliotti and
Usha Khurana, Nancy Kessler and John Kirsits, 47.57%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Sandy Marcussen and Henry Chudy,
56.6%; Gene Nawotniak and Gabe
Tannenbaum, 56.3%; east-west, Alicia Kolipinski and Al Dickman, 58.3%; Ed
Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 56.6%.
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – Ed Harman and Kathy Fenn, 59.72%; Beena and Madhav
Deshmukh, 55.56%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 54.86%; Roy Crocker and John
Lewis, 52.08%.
Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 59.72%; Elve Johnston
and Kathy Fenn, 59.26%; John and Barbara Scott, 56.02%; Mary Ball and Joyce
Frayer, 55.56%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Chuck Heimerl and George Mayer, 61%; Sam
Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 60%; east-west, Bruce Burr and Ross Markello,
60%; Lori Repicci and Joe Day, 54%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Chuck Heimerl and Joe Huber, 58%;
Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 57%; east-west, Mike Brown and Ron Fill, 58%;
Martin Schaus and Ruth Walsh, 56%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Mary Blanchard and Ruth Jones, 61.4%;
Nick Leibovic and Dick Munschauer, 52.8%; east-west, Evie Miller and Emmy
Wettlaufer, 60%; Ruth Axelrod and Nita Ferrell, 58.9%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. (Tie) Ellen Lochead and Bill Rogers, Kathy
Borcik and Stan Kozlowski, 56%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday – North-south, Lou Lombardi
and Margaret Rivard, 62.5%; Edna Fill and Evelyn Vitello, 49.4%; east-west,
Joanne Biondo and Julie Albert, 57.5%; (tie) Christel and Frank Bernard, Edna
Henrich and Thelma Frauenhofer, 49.4%.
