Duplicate Bridge: March 4

The Airport Bridge Club will offer extra point games at 11 a.m. Monday, March 6, and Thursday, March 9. The club will celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Friday, March 17, with games at 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. and a free lunch featuring corned beef.

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Bridge Club Meridian will hold a club championship game awarding extra master points at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 6.

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

Annual Picnic and Game – Sunday, Aug. 20. Rescue Fire Hall, 1241 Strad Ave., North Tonawanda.

Annual Meeting and Game – Saturday, Dec. 2. Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.

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Tournament calendar

Pittsburgh Spring Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday, March 24, to Sunday, March 26. For info, click this link.

Titusville Sectional – Cross Creek Resort, 3815 Route 8, Titusville, Pa. Friday, March 31, to Sunday, April 2. For info, click this link.

Rochester Spring Sectional – Knights of Columbus, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, April 8, and Sunday, April 9. For info, click this link.

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 11, to Sunday, April 16. For info, click this link.

Unit 112 199er Sectional – The Century Club of Rochester, 566 East Ave., Rochester. Friday, April 21, and Saturday, April 22. For info, click this link.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 21, to Sunday, April 23. For info, click this link.

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

Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 23, to Monday, May 29. For info, click this link.

Ithaca Sectional – Location TBA. Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, June 4.

District 5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June 12, to Sunday, June 18.

Hamilton Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Drive East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 9, and Sunday, July 10.

Rochester Summer Sectional – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, July 15, and Sunday, July 16.

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

Great Lakes Fall Sectional – Erie Bridge Association, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 9, and Sunday, Sept. 10.

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

Rochester Fall Sectional – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, Oct. 14, and Sunday, Oct. 15.

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

Pittsburgh Fall Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday, Oct. 27, to Sunday, Oct. 29.

Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5685 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For info, click this link.

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

District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec. 4, to Sunday, Dec. 10.

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, Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date, which should bring up a link to it on buffalonews.com, the Buffalo News website.

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 Ruby Life Master since the ACBL created that new ranking at the beginning of 2016, Dale Anderson is approaching 2,175 master points. 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 Feb. 20 to Feb. 26

ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –

North-south, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Lakeman, 65.30%; Florence Notto and Alan Greer 56.97%; Sandi England and Barbara Libby, 51.49%; Nadine Stein and Dale Anderson, 50.71%; B: Joanne Lafay and John Fiegl, 47.74%; C: Florence Boyd and June Feuerstein, 47.45%; east-west, A: Mike Silverman and Martin Pieterse, 59.52%; Judi Marshall and John Ziemer, 59.40%; B: Paula Kotowski and Barbara Pieterse, 53.15%; C: Marilyn Sultz and Joel Brownstein, 46.01%.

Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – North-south, A: Jerry Geiger and Vic Bergsten, 64.58%; B: Bob Linn and Chuck Schorr, 52.92%; C: Barbara Sadkin and Marilyn Sultz, 49.17%; east-west, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 64.58%; Judi Marshall and John Ziemer, 52.50%; B/C: Florence Boyd and June Feuerstein, 51.67%.

Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – One winner. A: Vince Pesce and John Ziemer, 61.86%; Judi Marshall and Alan Greer, 56.41%; Ken Meier and Tom Koralewski, 56.09%; B: Nancy Kessler and John Kirsits, 54.46%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 50.64%; C: Sharon Chang and Joyce Greenspan, 49.36%.

Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. Janet Frisch and Bob Linn, 58%; (tie) Vic Bergsten and Jerry Geiger, Barbara Sadkin and Dale Anderson, 51%.

Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Judi Marshall and John Ziemer, 62.60%; B: Bob Sommerstein and Larry Abate, 57.54%; C: Usha Khurana and Sandi England, 52.14%; east-west, A: Joanne Lafay and Liz Clark, 55.16%; B: John Kirsits and Ken Meier, 54.82%; Nancy Kessler and Ross Markello, 53.82%; C: June Feuerstein and Marilyn Sultz, 49.90%.

Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – Howell. A: Barbara Libby and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 60.54%; Eleanor Whelan and Mike Silverman, 57.30%; B/C: Jan and Carl Hasselback, 56.85%.

Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – One winner. A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 66.15%; Vera Carpenter and Rashid Khan, 59.26%; Barbara Libby and Liz Clark, 56.25%; B: Martha and John Welte, 52.08%; C: Chuck Heimerl and Al Dickman, 47.92%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: Terry Camp and Pat Haynes, 56.85%; Mary Blanchard and Marilyn Wortzman, 55.36%; Jeff Oshlag and Joel Brownstein, 54.76%; Rose Bochiechio and Martha Quinn, 54.17%; C: Ed Morgan and Margaret Zhou, 51.49%; east-west, A/B: Judith Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 64.58%; Larry Abate and Jose Justicia-Linde, 58.63%; C: Judy Reich and Celia Linder, 53.57%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 60.88%; Donna Steffan and Joan Rose, 56.94%; B: Linda Burroughsford and Jim Gullo, 53.24%; C: Rita Sofia and Anne Watkins, 46.30%; east-west, A/B/C: Betty Metz and Andrei Reinhorn, 62.50%; Amita Arora and Sharon Chang, 57.41%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. One winner. A: Vince Taeger and Art Morth, 69.69%; Gene Nawotniak and Bill Rich, 61.17%; B/C: Joel Brownstein and Bill Noltee, 56.37%; Guy Puccio and Pat Rogers, 54.69%; Pat Haynes and Terry Camp, 54.63%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – North-south, A: Chris Urbanek and Penny Shui, 66.07%; B/C: Martha and John Welte, 51.19%; east-west, A/B: Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 55.36%; C: Bob Sommerstein and Larry Abate, 47.62%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – One winner. A/B: Fred Yellen and Judy Padgug, 65.93%; Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 65.48%; C: Jim Gullo and Laurie Foster, 57.41%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – One winner. A: (tie) Chris Urbanek and Stan Kozlowski, Ethan Xie and Saleh Fetouh, 61%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 57%; B: Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, 47.85%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Sandi England and Tom Koralweski, 59.72%; Darcy Young and Bob Farwell, 56.25%; (tie) Joanne LaFay and Lillian Gotshall, Ken Meier and Joe Rooney, 52.08%; (tie) Jim Downing and David Floyd, John Fiegl and Dave Larcom, 51.39%.

Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Fred Yellen and Donna Steffan, 60.12%; (tie) Eleanor Whelan and Walt Olszewski, Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 54.17%;  Betty Metz and Carol Bedell, 51.79%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, (tie) Sandy Marcussen and Joyce Kindt, Ron Fill and Mike Brown, 54%; Nancy Acara and Anne O’Connor, 52.5%; east-west, Jan O’Mara and Bill Rich, 57%; (tie) Jeff Bender and Sam Grossman, Jack Cukierman and Gabe Tannenbaum, 56%.

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Eugene Harvey and Jim Gullo, 72.92%;  Joyce Kindt and Bob Lederhouse, 54.17%; Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 52.78%;  Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 50.69%. 

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Edith Moran and Anne Clancy, 67.36%; Sushil Amlani and Beena Deshmukh, 63.89%; Paul Capen and James Lanzo, 63.19%; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 50.69%. 

Other clubs

ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening – Howell. Shirley Thompson and David Mathis, 58%; Neola McGuire and Marcia Turley, 50%.

Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – Howell. Joe Day and Lorey Repicci, 72%; Cindy Darone and Sam Grossman, 70%.

Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley, 64%; (tie) Dona Tepas and Marge McMillen, Ellen Lochead and Pat O'Brien, 50%.

Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Howell. Esther Ferris and Edna Fill, 66.7%; Mike Brown and Ron Fill, 57.2%; Margaret Rivard and Andy Olukalns, 55.6%.