Duplicate Bridge: Nov. 12

The Bridge Center of Buffalo will hold its annual meeting and game with a pot luck luncheon at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13. The club offers an extra-point game at noon today, Saturday, Nov. 12, and lunch with Jim Gullo during the game at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18.

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The Airport Bridge Club offers extra-point games at noon today, Saturday, Nov. 12, and every day during the coming week. The club will have two sessions Tuesday, Nov. 15, with games at 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.

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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. Today, 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. For info, click this link.

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. For info, click this link.

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.

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 or dahotwings@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 Oct. 31 to Nov. 6

ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –

North-south, A: Linda Zittel and Jan Hasselback, 59.89%; Carolyn Siracuse and Liz Clark, 59.76%; B: Judie Bailey and Ron Henrikson, 52.80%; Nancy Kessler and John Kirsits, 50.06%; C: Gay Simpson and Nadine Stein, 49.69%; east-west, A/B: Alex Miller and June Feuerstein, 61.50%; C: Paula Salamone and Miri Salamone-Burnett, 44.14%.

Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – North-south, A/B: Joe Rooney and Bill Boardman, 60.42%; C: Mary Terrana and David Donaldson, 52.92%; east-west, A: Barbara Libby and Sandi England, 62.08%; B: Dorothy and Larry Soong, 57.50%; Gay Simpson and Chuck Schorr, 55.42%; C: Alex Miller and June Feuerstein, 53.33%. 

Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A/B: Ruth and Michael Kozower, 58.20%; C: Sharon Chang and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 44.86%; east-west, A: Pawan Matta and Florence Boyd, 55.90%; Paula Kotowski and Barbara Pieterse, 54.38%; B: Dorothy May and Alicia Kolipinski, 52.38%; C: Ross Markello and Bruce Burr, 49.15%.

Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. A: Liz Clark and Allen Beroza, 55.95%; B: Barbara Sadkin and Dale Anderson, 55.36%; Joyce Greenspan and Chuck Schorr, 54.17%; Bill Boardman and Mike Silverman, 52.38%; C: Walt Olszewski and Martin Pieterse, 51.79%.

Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Laurie and Howard Foster, 57.14%; Helen Panza and Mike Silverman, 52.38%; B: Alicia Kolipinski and Eva Schmidt, 52.08%; C: Ruth Wurster and Marilyn Sultz, 51.19%; east-west, A: John Kirsits and Ken Meier, 59.23%; B: Nancy Torrell and Janet Frisch, 55.06%; Nancy Kessler and Wilson McClaren, 53.27%; C: Jan and Carl Hasselback, 49.11%.

        Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Martha and John Welte, 68.33%; Joyce Greenspan and Vice Pesce, 54.17%; B/C: Eva Schmidt and Ruth Wurster, 46.67%; east-west, A: Sandi England and Ken Meier, 55.83%; B: Dorothy and Larry Soong, 53.75%; Dorothy May and Joe Rooney, 50.83%; C: Barbara Sadkin and Nadine Stein, 48.33%.

Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Howell. A: Shirley Cassety and Ross Markello, 64.24%; Alan Greer and partner, 63.31%; Vera Carpenter and Rashid Khan, 60.09%; B/C: Eva Posener and Tish Schiffman, 50.46%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south A: Natalie Abramson and Richard McGowan, 59.10%; B: Jeff Oshlag and Joel Brownstein, 57.96%; C: Susan Levy and Victor Abbott, 53.02%; east-west, A/B/C: Suzy Weathers and Dordy Donaldson, 61.26%; Sandra Silverberg and Ginger Maiman, 61.13%; Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 56.36%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south A/B: John Lyth and Anne Watkins, 54.40%; Davis Heussler and Gene Finton, 54.17%; C: (tie) Ed Drozen and Helen Panza, Pat Lakeman and Sue Neubecker, 46.30%; east-west A: Bud Seidenberg  and Fred Yellen, 56.71%; B/C: Amita Arora and Sharon Chang, 56.48%; Gary Schmitt and Tova Reinhorn, 55.56%; Judy Graf and Elaine Universal, 54.86%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A: Chip Kean and Judy Zeckhauser, 59.70%; B: Jeff Oshlag and Pat Kilbury, 59.41%; Phyllis Wilkinson and Ginny Panaro, 58.83%; Bill Rich and Lance Pollock, 58.23%; C: Audrey Ray and Carol Roth, 51.26%; east-west A/B: Amita Arora and Rajat Basu, 65.12%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 62.93%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 57.59%; Janie Polk and Martha Quinn, 56.86%; Kathy Stamm and Celine Murray, 54.87%; C: Penelope Shuman and Lynn Witmer, 52.64%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – One winner. A: Ken Meier and Penny Shui, 62.96%; B/C: John and Martha Welte, 62.59%; Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 55.93%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 55.56%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A: Christy Kellogg and Linda Burroughsford, 69.68%; B: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Eleanor Whelan, 57.18%; Paula Rosen and Joan Rose, 54.40%; C: Pat Lakeman and Carol Bedell, 45.37%; east-west, A/B: Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 63.66%; Cathy Majewski and Elaine Universal, 59.49%; C: Sharon Chang and Gay Simpson, 50.93%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – One winner. A: Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 63.33%; Jim Gullo and Margaret Zhou, 58.52%; B/C: Ethan Xie and Dennis Clary, 55.56%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Sandi England and Ruth Wurster, 65.74%; Joe Miranda and Lillian Gotshall, 55.56%; Enid Sweet and Ann Battaglia, 52.78%; Jane and Dave Larcom, 51.85%; Pepe Justica-Linde and Maureen Cancilla, 50.93%.

Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Rita Sofia and Anne Watkins, 62.50%; Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 58.85%; Ed Morgan and Denise Slattery, 51.56%; Betty Metz and Carol Bedell, 51.39%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Mike and Vince Taeger, 60.7%; Carolyn Siracuse and Bill Rich, 53.2%; east-west, Jack Cukierman and Bram Hamovitch, 60.8%; Pam and Lance Pollock, 57.9%.

Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – North-south, A: Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 62.83%; B: James and Paula Jones, 60.25%; C: Paul Capen and Jean Rosenthal, 47.17%; east-west, A: James Lanzo and Walt Olszewski, 66.50%; B: Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 55.75%; C: Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 54.25%.

Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Howell. Ed Harman and Carol Neuhaus, 59.72%; James Lanzo and Shirley Salter, 59.03%; Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 55.56%; James and Paula Jones, 54.17%.

Unit 116 Game Sunday – Swiss teams. A: Jim Gullo, Usha Khurana, Elaine Kurasiewicz and Alan Greer, 85 victory points; B: Martha and John Welte, Linda Burroughsford and Ten-Pao Lee, 82 vps; C: Paula and James Jones and Barbara and John Scott, 81 vps.

Other clubs

ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening – Howell. (Tie) Pearl Harris and Diana Brown, Shirley Thompson and David Mathis, 54.17%.

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Marion Morber and Carol Neuhaus, 60%; Al and Phyllis Vogt, 59%; east-west, Mike Brown and Ron Fill, 59%; Bob and Margaret Rivard, 58%.

Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, George Mayers and Marian Morber, 68%; Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 62%; east-west, Martin Schaus and Ruth Walsh, 56%; Jeff Peters and Karen Synor, 54%.

Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Joan Mack and Dick Munschauer, 63.3%; Esther Greene and Ruth Lansing, 50%; east-west, Jayne Freeman and Emily Wettlaufer, 70%; Bill Hambridge and Sandy Recoon, 48.3%.

Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Dona Tepas and Stan Kozlowski, 63%; Jan Roalsvig and Bill Adolf, 53%.

Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – North-south, Dorothy and Ed Rupp, 59.05%; Lou Lombardi and Dolores Bowker, 58.6%; Margaret Rivard and Joanne Zavarella, 58.1%; east-west, Edna Fill and Evelyn Vitello, 62.2%; (tie) Ellen Errigo and Paul Morgante, Bob Rivard and Idamae Klipfel, 53.9%.