Duplicate Bridge: Oct. 1

The Airport Bridge Club will offer extra-point games this Saturday, Thursday, Friday and next Saturday. The double session at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m Wednesday will award extra points in the afternoon game. 

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The Buffalo Spooktacular Regional Tournament will take place Tuesday, Oct. 18, to Sunday, Oct. 23, in the Adam’s Mark Hotel, 120 Church St., with pairs games and team games at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday. For more info, click this link.

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Western New York Unit 116 regularly sponsors special games. Currently they include:

Unit Rated Team Game – Sunday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m. Airport Bridge Club, 247 Cayuga Drive, Cheektowaga.

Annual Meeting and Game – Saturday, Dec. 3, at noon. Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. For more info, click this link.

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Tournament calendar

Rochester Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus Hall, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, Oct. 15, and Sunday, Oct. 16. For info, click this link.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca County Office Building-Senior Center, 1 DiPriono Drive, Waterloo. Saturday, Nov. 12, and Sunday, Nov. 13. 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 – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, to Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. For info, click this link.

Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, to Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017.

St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn & Suites Parkway Convention Centre, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, to Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 11, 2017, to Sunday, April 16, 2017.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 21, 2017, to Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Upstate New York Regional – RIT Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta Road, West Henrietta (Rochester). Monday, May 1, 2017, to Sunday, May 7, 2017.

Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. 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.

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, to Sunday, Sept. 4, 2017.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, to Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.

Buffalo Regional – Adam’s Mark Hotel, 120 Church St. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, to Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Location TBA, Waterloo. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, and Sunday, Nov. 12, 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.

Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, to Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018.

Buffalo Winter Sectional – Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, to Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.

Toronto Easter Regional – Tuesday, March 27, 2018, to Sunday, April 1, 2018.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Friday, April 13, 2018, to Sunday, April 15, 2018.

Rochester Spring Sectional – Saturday, April 28, 2018, and Sunday, April 29, 2018.

Cleveland All-American Regional – Tuesday, May 22, 2018, to Monday, May 28, 2018.

District 5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June 11, 2018, to Sunday, June 17, 2018.

Rochester Summer Sectional – Saturday, July 14, 2018, and Sunday, July 15, 2018.

Syracuse Regional – Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, to Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018.

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, to Sunday, Sept. 3, 2018.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, to Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018.

Rochester Fall Sectional – Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, and Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.

Buffalo Regional – Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, to Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, and Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018.

District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, to Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018.

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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. If it doesn’t appear at all, go to buffalonews.com and search “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date.

Sometimes the online version does not materialize on the Buffalo News website, at least not in a timely fashion. When that happens, like it did a couple times recently, you can find it as an appendix to Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/

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 ordahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is (716) 849-4420.

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A Silver Life Master since 2011 and a Ruby Life Master since the ACBL created that new master point rank at the beginning of 2016, 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 Sept. 19 to Sept. 25

ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –

North-south, A: Mike Silverman and Martin Pieterse, 65.75%; B/C: Elsie Rogers and Fenton Harrison, 53.33%; east-west, A/B/C: Cynthia Helfman and Nadine Stein, 70%.

Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Gaurang Sheth and Ken Meier, 58.33%; Judi Marshall and Jerry Geiger, 57.64%; B: Paula Kotowski and Dede Kluckhohn, 56.71%; Ruth and Michael Kozower, 54.40%; C: Phyllis Wilkinson and Elsie Rogers, 43.52%; east-west, A: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 66.90%; Mike Silverman and Art Matthies, 53.24%; B/C: Sharon Chang and Linda Milch, 52.78%.

Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – North-south, A: June Feuerstein and Dale Anderson, 57.08%; B: Linda Vassallo and Wilson McClaren, 55.42%; C: Marilyn Sultz and Alex Miller, 50.83%; east-west, A: Pawan Matta and Tom Koralewski, 58.33%; B: Cynthia and Ron Helfman, 51.67%; C: Christine Malarkey and Sandy Scheff, 48.33%.

Airport Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon – North-south, A/B/C: Nadine Stein and Ron Henrikson, 63.88%; Bill Regan and Tom Koralewski, 51.90%; east-west, A/B: Larry Abate and Bob Sommerstein, 56.25%; June Feuerstein and Dale Anderson, 54.90%; C: Christine Malarkey and Elsie Rogers, 50.25%.

Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Alan Greer, 66.96%; Barbara Libby and Bob Kaprove, 57.14%; B/C: Florence Boyd and Fenton Harrison, 50%; east-west, A: Liz Clark and Chuck Schorr, 59.82%; Helen Panza and Mike Silverman, 52.08%; B: Tom Koralewski and Art Matthies, 50.89%; C: Sharon Wilcox and Joyce Greenspan, 50.30%.

Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Ron Helfman and Tom Fraas, 66.27%; Barbara Libby and Jerry Geiger, 65.63%; B: Janet Frisch and Eva Schmidt, 48.46%; C: Alex Miller and Paul Ganley, 44.69%; east-west, A/B: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 59.48%; C: Ruth Wurster and Joyce Greenspan, 53.67%.

Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Howell. A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 66.67%; B: Martha and John Welte, 58.80%; C: Elsie Rogers and Ron Henrikson, 43.52%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A: Natalie Abramson and Richard McGowan, 55.65%; B/C: Bill Noltee and Ed Morgan, 55.36%; east-west, A/B: Terry Camp and Pat Haynes, 60.71%; (tie) Ruth Nawotniak and Marilyn Wortzman, Sandra Rifkin and Leah Lipman, 55.65%; C: Audrey Ray and Judith Bailey, 52.98%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A/B: Stan Kozlowski and David Millward, 65.77%; Christy Kellogg and Bob Padgug, 58.33%; C: Gary Schmitt and Carol Bedell, 48.81%; east-west, A/B: Mike Ryan and Art Morth, 62.80%; Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 61.31%; C: Helen Panza and Adrian Figliotti, 57.44%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A: Paula Rosen and Judy Zeckhauser, 61.82%; B: Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster, 60.67%; Joe Miranda and Usha Khurana, 58.32%; Carla Press and Agi Maisel, 54.03%; Ted Kahn and Vince Taeger, 54.02%; C: Mary Blanchard and Marilyn Wortzman, 51.31%; east-west, A: Celine Murray and Kathy Stamm, 62.65%; B: Jim McClure and Laura Houghtaling, 61.45%; Larry and Dorothy Soong, 60.34%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 60.02%; C: Audrey Ray and Heather Roberts, 53.30%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – North-south, A: Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 69.39%; B: Davis Heussler and Linda Burroughsford, 60.93%; Ten-Pao Lee and Penny Shui, 59.74%; C: Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 51.61%; east-west, A: Judy Graf and Pat Rasmus, 74.11%; B/C: John and Martha Welte, 52.98%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A: Chris Urbanek and Joan Rose, 60.71%; Meg Klamp and Judy Graf, 56.55%; B: Fred Yellen and Judy Padgug, 53.27%; C: Helen Panza and Anne Watkins, 47.02%; east-west, A/B/C Betty Metz and Marietta Kalman, 58.04%; Tova Reinhorn and Stan Kozlowski, 56.85%; Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 54.17%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – North-south, A/B/C: Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 74.70%; east-west, A/B: Ethan Xie and Fred Yellen, 64.88%; Tova Reinhorn and Chris Urbanek, 59.52%; C: Linda Burroughsford and Alex Kowal, 54.46%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Jack Kern and Lance Crawford, 56.48%; William Feasley and Paul Zittel, 56.02%; Darcy Young and Bob Farwell, 55.56%; Joanne LaFay and Lillian Gotshall, 51.39%.

Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A: Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 63.54%; B: Claire Gareleck and Gay Simpson, 54.07%; C: Rita Sofia and Helen Panza, 39.93%; east-west, A: Gladys and Ken Hardcastle, 57.10%; B: Jay Levy and John Bava, 56.35%; C: Pat Burns and Sue Neubecker, 52.53%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Gene Nowatniak and Bill Rich, 57.5%; Jeff Bender and Gabe Tannenbaum, 55%; east-west, Jan O’Mara and Jennifer Reynolds, 60.4%; Lance Pollock and Bob Lederhouse, 57.3%.

Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – Howell. James and Paula Jones, 59.72%; Madhav and Beena Deshmukh, 59.26%; James Lanzo and Mark Pascale, 56.94%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 55.56%.

Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – North-south, Bernie and Dick Czarnecki, 60.42%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 55.42%; east-west, Elve Johnston and Kathy Fenn, 61.67%; Barbara and John Scott, 54.58%. 

Other clubs

ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening – Neola McGuire and Pam Murphy, 56%; Shirley Thompson and Diana Brown, 54%.

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Chuck Heimerl and George Mayers, 67%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 54%; east-west, Diane Forrest and Joanne Zavarella, 58%; Lorey Repicci and Joe Day, 57%.

Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Marv Feuerstein and Sheila Trossman, 63%; Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 56%; east-west, Joe Day and Lorey Repicci, 59%; Jeff Peters and Karen Synor, 54%.

Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Eleanor Murray and Fred Nadel, 65%; Joan Mack and Dick Munschauer, 53.1%; east-west, Bill Hambridge and Sandy Recoon, 71.3%; Betty Bowling and Bette Seifert, 59.4%.

Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley, 72%; (tie) Wilson McClaren and Bill Adolf, Ellen Lochead and Bill Rogers, 53%.