The Airport Bridge Club will celebrate Halloween with games at 10 a.m. and
1:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, featuring festive food and an additional treat each session.
The club will offer extra-point games this Saturday, Oct. 29, and every day during the
coming week.
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The Bridge Center of Buffalo will have an extra-point game at noon this Saturday, Oct. 29, and lunch with Jim Gullo during its game at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4.
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ACBL Unit
116 will celebrate the end of the
election campaign with “The Red & The Blue Game,” a Swiss team event at 1
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, in the Airport Bridge Club, 247 Cayuga Road, Cheektowaga.
For
info, partners and to register teams, call Howard Foster at 633-2617 or Elaine
Kurasiewicz at 695-9828 or visit unit116.com.
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Congratulations to Chris Urbanek, overall master point winner at the Buffalo
Spooktacular Regional Tournament Oct. 18 to Oct. 23 in the Adam’s Mark Hotel.
She amassed 71.09 points.
Other
leading local point winners:
Jay
Levy, 48.08 (ninth overall).
Bud
Seidenberg, 43.58 (12th).
John
Ziemer, 40.98 (14th).
Jerry
Geiger, 38.86 (18th).
Dan
Gerstman, 37.59 (tied for 21st).
Ken
Meier, 29.47 (tied for 34th).
Judy
Padgug, 28.52 (37th).
Tom
Koralewski, 28.29 (38th).
Peter
Shui, 28.11 (39th).
Shakeel
Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 28.03 (tied for 40th).
Jim
Gullo, 26.88 (45th).
Fred
Yellen, 24.87 (56th).
John
Welte, 23.79 (60th).
Linda
Burroughsford, 22.04 (63rd).
Penny
Shui, 21.87 (64th).
Mike
Ryan, 20.27 (70th).
Jay
Costello, 19.38 (71st).
Dian
Petrov, 19.24 (72nd).
Kathy
Pollock, 16.14 (89th).
Saleh
Fetouh, 16.03 (90th).
John
Kirsits, 15.90 (91st).
Martha
Welte, 15.83 (92nd).
Dale
Anderson, 15.66 (97th).
Gaurang
Sheth, 14.69 (102nd).
Judi
Marshall, 14.47 (103rd).
Ten-Pao
Lee and Art Morth, 14.45 (tied for 104th).
Donna
Steffan, 14.39 (106th).
Davis
Heussler, 13.73 (107th).
Meg
Klamp, 13.01 (112th).
Bob
Padgug, 12.99 (113th).
Sandi
England, 12.96 (114th).
Howard
Foster, 12.44 (tied for 119th).
Barbara
Libby, 12.03 (122nd).
For
a complete rundown of results from the regional tournament, click this link.
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Western
New York Unit 116 regularly sponsors
special games. Currently they include:
Annual
Meeting and Game – Saturday, Dec. 3,
at noon. Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. For more info, click
this link.
Annual Picnic and Game – Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. Rescue Fire Hall, 1241 Strad
Ave., North Tonawanda.
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Tournament calendar
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. For info, click this link.
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.
Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5685 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls,
Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, to Sunday, Nov. 12, 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.
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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.
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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 Oct. 17 to Oct. 23
Week of Oct. 17 to Oct. 23
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –
North-south, A: Judie Bailey
and Ron Henrikson, 57.50%; B: Linda Vassallo and Wilson McClaren, 56/67%;
Fenton Harrison and Joe Rooney, 55.42%; C: Tish Schiffman and Ted Kahn, 44.58%;
east-west, A: Nancy Kessler and John Kirsits, 62.08%; Nadine Stein and Dale
Anderson, 52.08%; B/C: Barbara Multerer and Art Schumacher, 50.83%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Non-life masters. One winner. Ethan Xie and Dennis
Clary, 64.58%; (tie) Carla Press and Agi Maisel, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 60.42%; Jim McClure and
Richard McGowan, 54.17%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Joanne LaFay and Lillian
Gotshall 61.2%, Pepe Justica-Linde and Maureen Cancilla 54.7%
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Howell. A: Meg Klamp and Judy Graf, 65.10; B: Tova
Reinhorn and Marietta Kalman, 52.31%; C: Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 52.08%.
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – John and Barbara Scott, 61.11%; James Lanzo and Dian
Petrov, 56.94%; Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 51.99%; Miriam Regnet and Elve
Johnston, 51.39%.
Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Howell. Kathy Fenn and Elve Johnston, 61.11%; (3-way
tie) Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, James and Paula Jones, Anne Clancy and
Edith Moran, 60.42%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 58%;
Bruce and Jill Brown, 57%; east-west, Mike Brown and Ron Fill, 60%; Terry and
Bram Hamovitch, 58%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 66%;
Bruce Burr and Ross Markello, 60%; east-west, Marvin Feuerstein and Karen
Synor, 62%; Tim Hartnett and David Young, 59%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Sudha and Sukhanand Jain, 61.1%; Pearl
Brenner and Harris Goldstein, 59.4%; east-west, Betty Bowling and Bette
Seifert, 55.8%; Evie Miller and Emmy Wettlaufer, 50.6%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – (Oct. 13). Howell. (Tie) Marilyn and Walter Wallace,
Marge McMillen and Bill Rogers, 53%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – (Oct. 20). Howell. Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley,
74%; Wilson McClaren and Stan Kozlowski, 70%.