The Airport Bridge Club will celebrate director Bill Finkelstein’s 60th
birthday with a pairs game and potluck lunch at noon Friday. The club will have extra-point games all
week. On Memorial Day, there will be games at 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. with a free
lunch between sessions.
The
club also will take part in the annual World Wide Bridge Contest, with pairs games at no extra cost at 7:15
p.m. Friday and noon Saturday. Hand records and analysis will be provided.
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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
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Today, Saturday, May 27,
to Monday, May 29. For info, click this link.
Ithaca Sectional – Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca. Next
Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, June 4. For info, click this link.
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.
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A
Ruby Life Master since the ACBL
created that new ranking at the beginning of 2016, Dale Anderson just surpassed
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 May 15 to May 21
Week of May 15 to May 21
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –
North-south, A: Barbara
Sadkin and Paula Kotowski, 60.85%; B: Nancy Kessler and John Kirsits, 58.47%;
C: Denise Slattery and Ted Kahn, 43.65%; east-west, A: Allen Beroza and Art
Matthies, 61.61%; B/C: Gerry Hooley and Nelson Torre, 53.87%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Judi Marshall and Sharon Benz,
60.42%; B: Eva Schmidt and Gay Simpson, 57.14%; Paula Kotowski and Barbara
Pieterse, 52.68%; Nancy Kessler and Ross Markello, 52.08%; C: Pat Lakeman and
Mary Terrana, 48.51%; east-west, A: Sandi England and Barbara Libby, 57.41%;
Mike Silverman and Art Matthies, 55.82%; Liz Clark and Allen Beroza, 55.29%;
B/C: David Donaldson and Henry Porter, 53.17%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. A: Mike Silverman and Chuck Schorr, 57.54%;
B: Marilyn Sultz and Dale Anderson, 57.35%; C: Denise Slattery and Mike
Mesirov, 52.98%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Alan Greer,
67.18%; B: Eleanor Whelan and Ed Drozen, 55.74%; Marietta Kalman and Dale
Anderson, 51.96%; C: Linda Franchell and Ross Markello, 48.60%; east-west, A:
Liz Clark and John Ziemer, 63.74%; B/C: Martha and John Welte, 51.40%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – Howell. A: Sandi England and Ken Meier, 59.84%; B/C:
Marilyn Sultz and Mary Terrana, 59.38%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Howell. A: Vera Carpenter and Rashid Khan, 63.89%;
B/C: Terry Fraas and Art Aronson, 55.09%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon –
Non-life masters. North-south, A: Phyllis Wilkinson and Ginny Panaro, 60.12%;
B/C: Betsy and Richard Heuer, 51.49%; east-west, A/B/C: Audrey Ray and Judith
Bailey, 58.93%; Sandra Silverberg and Ginger Maiman, 55.36%; B/C: Joel
Brownstein and Sol Messinger, 51.79%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 62.04%; B: Fran Kurtz
and Pat Burns, 61.57%; Jim Gullo and Judy Graf, 59.03%; Claire Gareleck and Gay
Simpson, 56.94%; C: Paula Rosen and Joyce Greenspan, 43.06%; east-west, A: Bud
Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 62.73%; David Millward and Stan Kozlowski, 55.79%;
B/C: Audrey Ray and Carol Roth, 55.56%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A/B/C: Jeff Oshlag and Ruth Nawotniak, 61.17%;
Gene Nawotniak and Bill Rich, 58.33%; Ted Kahn and Vince Taeger, 57.39%; Bram
and Terry Hamovitch, 54.55%; east-west, A/B: Jane Roberts and Laura
Houghtaling, 62.88%; C: Henry and Patty Porter, 61.93%; Jeff Thier and Lynn
Witmer, 58.14%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – A/B: Penny and Peter Shui, 67.71%; Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 60.94%;
Mike Ryan and Linda Burroughsford, 59.38%; Cathy Majewski and Peter Patterson,
56.77%; C: Edith Knaszak and Jan O’Mara, 45.31%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A: Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 61.49%; Fred Yellen
and Jim Gullo, 56.19%; Mike Ryan and Judy Graf, 55.56%; David Millward and Judy
Padgug, 54.83%; B: Eugene Harvey and Sue Neubecker, 47.54%; C: Mickey Martin
and Geri Moog, 43.56%; east-west, A: Donna Steffan and Bob Padgug, 64.88%; B/C:
Jo Nasoff-Finton and Adrian Figliotti, 58.80%; Terry Fraas and Elaine
Universal, 57.09%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Ken Meier and Joe Rooney,
62%; Darcy Young and Bob Farwell, 61%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 58%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A: Ken Meier and Dorothy May, 58.75%; B:
Helen Panza and Rita Sofia, 52.91%; C: Pat Burns and Sue Neubecker, 49.59%;
east-west, A: Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 66.43%; B: Terry Fraas and Elaine
Universal, 56.07%; C: Betty Metz and Carol Bedell, 53.21%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Bill Rich and Henry Chudy, 63%; Ed Harman and Art
Morth, 57.8%; Chuck Heimerl and Al Dickman, 56.8%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday
evening – Jim Lanzo and John Meindl,
59.51%; (tie) Miriam Regnet and Walt Olszewski, Joyce Kindt and Bob Lederhouse,
58.66%; Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 56.87%; James and Paula Jones, 50.38%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday
afternoon – Kathy Fenn and Elve
Johnston, 67.36%; Dave and Jane Larcom, 55.56%; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse,
54.86%; Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 50.69%.
Other clubs
ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening
– Howell. (Tie) Neola McGuire and
Pamela Murphy, Shirley Thompson and David Mathis, 52%.
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon –
North-south, Joanne Zavarella and
Marilyn Wallace, 58%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 57%; east-west, Lorey Repicci and
Joe Day, 70%; (tie) Ron Fill and Mike Brown, Carol Neuhaus and Carl Gebauer,
65%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – Howell. Ron Fill and Mike Brown, 63%; Sam Grossman
and Shirley Cassety, 61%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange, 65.6%;
Esther Greene and Sukhanand Jain, 46.9%; east-west, Bill Hambridge and Sandy
Recoon, 56.3%; Joan Mack and Anita Snyder, 52.1%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday – North-south, Margaret Rivard
and Joanne Zavarella, 64.5%; Mike Brown and Ron Fill 60%; Pat and Mike Weber,
53.4%; east-west, Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 61.2%; Kay Brinkman and
Esther Ferris, 53.9%; Peggy Mergenhagen and Adrienne Sakavicius, 51.2%.
