The Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament continues today, Saturday, April 22, in the
Main-Transit Fire Hall Social Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, with pairs games at
10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. It concludes with Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 23.
For info, click this link.
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The Airport Bridge Club is awarding extra points at all of its games at 11
a.m. from Monday, April 24, to Friday, April 28, and at noon next Saturday,
April 29. The club will take part in the ACBL-Wide Charity Pairs Game at 11
a.m. Thursday, April 27, with analysis booklets.
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Congratulations to Martha and John Welte, leading Buffalo area point
winners at the Toronto Easter Regional Tournament April 11 to 16. They earned
33.50 points and were tied for 33rd place.
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Bridge lessons will be offered for students from fifth to 12th grade
on Thursday mornings from July 6 to Aug. 31 this summer at the Bridge Center of
Buffalo, beginning July 6. Sessions will include practice games, snacks and
social time. For info and to sign up, email Carol Bedell at lorac5@roadrunner.com.
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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
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.
Buffalo Non-Life Master Sectional – Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive,
Amherst. Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21. 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 – Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca.
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 – Moose Club, 5375 W. Henrietta Road, Henrietta.
Saturday, July 15, and Sunday, July 16. For info, click this link.
Roni
Atkins Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional –
Monroeville Convention Center/Doubletree Hotel, 209 Mall Plaza Blvd.,
Monroeville, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 29, to Sunday, Sept. 4. For info, click this link.
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. For info, click this link.
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.
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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
2,200 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 April 10 to April 16
Week of April 10 to April 16
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – North-south, A/B: Florence Boyd and Ruth Wurster,
55.83%; Joe Rooney and Bill Boardman, 52.50%; east-west, A: Martin Pieterse and
Mike Silverman, 59.58%; B: Bob Kaprove and Dale Anderson, 59.17%; C: Nadine
Stein and Ron Henrikson, 51.25%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – One winner. A: John Ziemer and Jerry Geiger, 58.65%;
Barbara Libby and Allen Beroza, 56.09%; Pawan Matta and Cleveland Fleming,
54.49%; Carolyn Siracuse and Ron Henrikson, 53.52%; B: Nancy Kessler and John
Kirsits, 53.20%; C: Jan Hasselback and Linda Zittel, 52.89%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Bill Boardman and Bob Linn, 61.88%;
B/C: Gene Nowatniak and Bob Sommerstein, 54.82%; east-west, A: Allen Beroza and
John Ziemer, 58.65%; B/C: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 53.13%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Alan Greer and Bill Boardman, 58.83%;
B/C: Pat Lakeman and June Feuerstein, 53.75%; Florence Boyd and Fenton
Harrison, 50.58%; east-west, A: Judi Marshall and John Ziemer, 55%; B: Barbara
Libby and Ron Henrikson, 52.67%; John Kirsits and Ken Meier, 52.42%; C: Ed
Drozen and Cleveland Fleming, 50.25%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – Howell. A: Sandi England and Barbara Libby, 56.55%;
B: Bob Sommerstein and Allen Beroza, 55.36%; C: Alex Miller and June
Feuerstein, 54.76%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Howell. A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 69.50%;
B: Denise Slattery and Dale Anderson, 55.50%; Liz Clark and Jerry Geiger,
53.50%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon –
Non-life masters. North-south, A: Natalie Abramson and Jim McClure, 64.29%;
B/C: Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 53.27%; east-west, A/B: Lynn Witmer and Jeff
Their, 56.25%; Rose Bochiechio and Martha Quinn, 55.65%; Denise Slattery and
John Bava, 50.89%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Jerry Geiger and Stan Kozlowski, 60.42%; B: (tie)
Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, Donna Steffan and Mary Ball, 54.76%; east-west, A:
Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 60.42%; B/C: Ethan Xie and John Bava, 54.76%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday noon –
0-750 game. North-south, A/B: Barbara and John Scott, 62.44%; Pat Haynes and
Terry Camp, 61.01%; C: Margaret Zhou and John Bava, 58.50%; east-west, A/B:
Amita Amora and Marilyn Wortzman, 59.41%; C: Pat Lanighan and John Meindl,
57.69%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – One winner. A/B: Cathy Majewski and Vince Taeger, 57.41%; Jim Easton
and Dennis Clary, 57.04%; Bob Sommerstein and Larry Abate, 55.56%; David Hemmer
and Linda Burroughsford, 53.33%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A/B: Fred Yellen and Jim Gullo, 63.69%; C: Usha Khurana
and John Marving, 47.02%; east-west, A/B/C: Davis Heussler and Linda
Burroughsford, 55.65%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – One
winner. A: Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 70.83%; B: Ethan Xie and Davis Heussler,
55.21%; Cathy Majewski and Elaine Universal, 53.13%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Sandi England and Lillian
Gotshall, 53.7%; (tie) Renee Cancilla and Jane Larcom, John Fiegl and Dave
Larcom, 50%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A: Ken Meier and Dorothy May, 62.50%; B:
Sue Neubecker and Eleanor Whelan, 56.25%; C: Amita Arora and Marilyn Wortzman,
45.42%; east-west, A: Jim Gullo and Donna Steffan, 61.67%; B: Gene Nawotniak
and Ed Morgan, 48.33%; C: Fritz Schweiger and Mary Ball, 47.50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, (tie) Jack Cukierman and Sam Grossman,
Joyce Kindt and Jan O’Mara, 58.3%; Jeff
Bender and Art Morth, 54.2%; east-west, Dorothy May and Ron Henrikson,
61.7%; (tie) Madhav and Beena Deshmukh, Marilyn Wortzman and Bob Lederhouse,
55.4%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday
evening – Roy Crocker and John Lewis,
60.12%; Joyce Kindt and James Lanzo, 57.74%; Barbara and John Scott, 53.57%;
Madhav and Beena Deshmukh, 52.38%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday
afternoon – James Lanzo and Roy
Crocker, 62.15%; Paula and James Jones, 58.52%; Kathy Fenn and Elve Johnston,
54.67%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 53.48%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 61%;
Herb Falk and Marv Feuerstein, 60%; east-west, Bill and Jo Rich, 57%; Lois
Randaccio and Audrey Kotas, 54%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 63%;
Bruce and Jill Brown, 58%; east-west, Bram and Terry Hamovitch, 58%; Joe Day
and Lorey Repicci, 55%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – (April 6) Howell. Dona Tepas and Marge McMillen, 75%;
Pat O'Brien and Judy Thielman, 56%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – (April 13) Howell. George Dorigo and Stan Kozlowski,
65%; Bill Rogers and Bill Westley, 55%.
College Club Duplicate Wednesday – Howell. (Tie) Betty Loucks and Clare Schultz, Camille
Beecher and Judy Danforth, 46.74%; Hallie Howell and Jackie Trace, 44.57%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday – North-south, Mike Brown
and Ron Fill, 59.4%; (tie) Evelyn Vitello and Edna Fill, Pat and Mike Weber,
53.2%; east-west, Marv Feuerstein and Fritz Schweiger 60%; Dorothy and Ed Rupp,
55.7%; Christel and Frank Bernard, 51.9%.
