North
American Pairs qualifying games,
offering extra points, half red, will be held at the Airport Bridge Club today,
Saturday, July 29, and Monday, July 31, through next Saturday, Aug. 5, at no
extra charge.
The
Airport Club continues summer hours, with all games starting at noon.
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The North American Bridge Championship (NABC) Tournament continues through Sunday, July 30,
in Toronto's Metro Toronto Convention Center. For more info, click this link.
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The Niagara 299er Sectional Tournament, for novice players, will be held Saturday, Aug. 19,
Previous
players who have been away from the and Sunday, Aug. 20, in the Bridge Centre
of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. For more info, click this link.
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Hamburg Senior Bridge, which has been meeting on Tuesday afternoons for the
past two years at the Hamburg Senior Center, 4540 Southwestern Blvd., is
looking for additional players.
game,
as well as advanced beginners who recently took classes, are welcome to join
the group.
Players
arrive around 12:15 p.m. Play begins at 12:30 and ends around 3:30. For more
information, players can drop in prior to the game, call 202-4505 or email chetzler@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
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. For info, click this link.
Buffalo
Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire
Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Sept. 17. For info,
click this link.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus Hall, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster.
Saturday, Oct. 14, and Sunday, Oct. 15. For info, click this link.
Buffalo
Regional – Adam’s Mark Hotel, 120
Church St., Buffalo. 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.
2018
Cleveland
Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, to
Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire
Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, to Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.
Niagara District Sectional – Holiday Inn Parkway Conference Centre, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, to Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 27, 2018, to Sunday,
April 1, 2018.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire
Hall, 6777 Main St., Williamsville. Friday, April 13, 2018, to Sunday, April
15, 2018.
Rochester Spring Sectional – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, April 28, 2018, and
Sunday, April 29, 2018.
Ithaca Sectional – Location TBA. Saturday, May 19, 2018, and Sunday, May
20, 2018.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio.
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 – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, July 14, 2018, and
Sunday, July 15, 2018.
Syracuse
Regional – Holiday Inn, 441
Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, to Sunday, Aug. 19,
2018.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – Monroeville
Convention Center/Doubletree Hotel, 209 Mall Plaza Blvd., Monroeville, Pa. Tuesday,
Aug. 28, 2018, to Sunday, Sept. 3, 2018.
Buffalo
Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire
Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, to Sunday, Sept. 23,
2018.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, and
Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018.
Buffalo
Regional – Adams Mark Hotel, 120
Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, to Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018.
Finger Lakes Sectional – Location TBA, Canandaigua. 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.
2019
Cleveland
Rock and Roll Regional – Wednesday,
Jan. 16, 2019, to Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Friday, Jan. 25,
2019, to Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Friday, April 5,
2019, to Sunday, April 7, 2019.
Rochester Spring Sectional – Saturday, April 13, 2019, and Sunday, April 14, 2019.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Tuesday,
April 16, 2019, to Sunday, April 21, 2019.
Rochester Regional – Tuesday, May 13, 2019, to Sunday, May 18, 2019.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Tuesday, May
21, 2019, to Monday, May 27, 2019.
District
5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June 10,
2019, to Sunday, June 16, 2019.
Rochester Summer Sectional – Saturday, July 13, 2019, and Sunday, July 14, 2019.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – Tuesday, Aug.
27, 2019, to Sunday, Sept. 2, 2019.
Buffalo
Fall Sectional – Friday, Sept. 20,
2019, to Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, and Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019.
Buffalo
Regional – Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, to
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019.
Niagara Falls Regional – Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, to Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.
Finger Lakes Sectional – Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, and Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019.
District
5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec.
9, 2019, to Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019.
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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 recently
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 July 17 to July 23
Week of July 17 to July 23
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – North-south, A/B/C: June Feuerstein and Marilyn Sultz,
60.91%; east-west, A/B: Joe Rooney and Art Aronson, 65.53%; C: Gay Simpson and
Jeff Oshlag, 52.26%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A/B: Joanne LaFay and Sandi England,
57.18%; Mike Silverman and Art Matthies, 56.71%; C: Bob Kaprove and Andrei
Reinhorn, 55.56%; east-west, A/B: Dede Kluckhohn and Pinky Regan, 67.82%;
Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 65.35%; C: Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 42.59%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday evening – North-south, A: Judi Marshall and Allen Beroza,
59.07%; B: Lois Tatelman and Gene Nowatniak, 55.96%; Ruth and Michael Kozower,
52.49%; C: Terry and Paul Ganley, 47.03%; east-west, A: Martha and John Welte,
64.77%; B: Paula Salamone and Gay Simpson, 63.26%; Sandi England and Ken Meier,
62.13%; C: Henry Borkowski and Val Derenda, 49.17%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Alan Greer and partner, 62.50%; B:
Brian Block and Dale Anderson, 60.71%; Eva Schmidt and Denise Slattery, 52.68%;
C: Judy Kaprove and Marietta Kalman, 43.45%; east-west, A/B: Martin Pieterse
and Walt Olszewski, 60.12%; C: Cynthia and Ron Helfman, 57.74%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Jerry Geiger and Mike Ryan, 56.33%; B:
Marietta Kalman and Joyce Greenspan, 55.36%; Florence Boyd and Cleveland
Fleming, 54.34%; C: Rajat Basu and Gene Nowatniak, 53.10%; east-west, A: Liz
Clark and John Ziemer, 65.10%; B: Helen Panza and Mike Silverman, 55.18%; C:
Jini and John Rubenstein, 50.30%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Barbara Sadkin and Gay Simpson,
62.30%; Tom Fraas and Jerry Geiger, 59.33%; B: Mike Silverman and Bob Kaprove, 52.78%;
east-west, A: Judi Marshall and John Ziemer, 61.86%; B/C: Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 61.42%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon –
Howell. A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and
Alan Greer. 67.86%; Vic Bergsten and Jerry Geiger, 54.17%; B: J. Bailey Leftwich
and Cleveland Fleming, 52.36%; C: Shirley Cassety and Ross Markello, 46.43%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life
masters. North-south, A/B: Pat Kilbury and Jeff Oshlag, 62.09%; C: Bram and
Terry Hamovitch, 61.27%; Phyllis Wilkinson and Ginny Panaro, 56.06%; east-west,
A/B: Paul Ziebarth and Carol Neuhaus, 57.96%; C: Judy Reich and Sandra
Morrison, 56.39%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A/B: Fran Kurtz and Pat Burns, 58.20%; Donna Steffan and
Judy Padgug, 55.82%; C: Gene Nawotniak and Chip Kean, 44.18%; east-west, A: Bud
Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 61.31%; Jay Levy and Linda Burroughsford, 56.85%;
B/C: Adrian Figliotti and Jo Nasoff-Finton, 54.17%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday noon –
0-750 game. North-south, A: Beena Deshmukh and Jo Nasoff-Finton, 72.92%; B: Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 60.97%;
Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 57.44%; C: Mickey Martin and Geri Moog,
48.04%; east-west A: Larry and Dorothy Soong, 65.18%; B/C: Paul Ziebarth and
Carol Neuhaus, 61.78%; John Meindl and Pat Lanighan, 56.13%; Marilyn Wortzman
and Janie Polk, 55.36%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – North-south, A: Christy Kellogg and John Lyth, 59.82%; Howard Foster
and Mike Ryan, 55.95%; B/C: Joyce Kindt and Eugene Giorgini, 49.40%; east-west,
A: Gene Finton and Chris Urbanek, 58.93%; B/C: Ethan Xie and Peter Shui,
56.85%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Friday morning – One winner. A: Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 63.19%; Christy
Kellogg and Stan Kozlowski, 62.74%; B: Jim Gullo and Fred Yellen, 54.07%; C:
Rita Sofia and Adrian Figliotti, 51.04%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – One
winner. A: Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 68.52%; Sharon Benz and Meg
Klamp, 63.43%; B/C: Colleen Stewart and Fred Yellen, 56.94%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Bob and Joan Ciszak, 55%;
(3-way tie) Bill Feasley and Paul Zittel, Joanne LaFay and Lillian Gotshall,
Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 54%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, A: Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg,
59.38%; B: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Usha Khurana, 55.65%; C: Stuart Caswell and
William Castle, 52.48%; east-west, A: Pat and Dick Rasmus, 62.30%; B: Jim Baker
and John Lyth, 54.07%; C: Adrian Figliotti and Jo Nasoff-Finton, 52.08%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Ruth Wurster and Jeff Bender, 58.9%;
Anne O’Connor and Paul Morgante, 55.6%; east-west, Ed Harman and Sam Grossman,
59.9%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.6%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday
evening – North-south, Jasbeer and
Violet Makhija, 54.58%; Jeff Bender and Gabe Tannenbaum, 54.17%; John and
Barbara Scott, 51.25%; east-west, Sushil Amlani and Walt Olszewski, 69.58%;
John Lewis and Roy Crocker, 56.25%; Gwilym Brick and Dan Blatz, 49.58%; Paul
Capen and Marilyn White, 47.92%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday
afternoon – Howell. Joyce Kindt and
Pat Lanighan, 59.72%; Roy Crocker and Beena Deshmukh, 57.87%; Judie Bailey and
Carolyn Siracuse, 55.56%; Shirley Salter and Jim Lanzo, 52.31%.
Other clubs
ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening
– Howell. (Tie) Neola McGuire and
Pamela Murphy, Doanne Jackson and Jim Smith, 52.50%; Diana Brown and Pearl
Harris, 50%.
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon –
North-south, George Mayers and Chuck
Heimerl, 65%; Joanne Zavarella and Fritz Schweiger, 54%; east-west, Mike Brown
and Ron Fill, 77%; Lata Maheshwari and Kokila G. Chheda, 67%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning –
North-south, Bruce and Jill Brown,
59%; Alicia Kolipinski and Chuck Heimerl, 55%; east-west, Ron and Edna Fill,
61%; Ross Markello and Tom Flanagan, 54%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange, 57.2%;
Meena Rustgi and Sukhanand Jain, 56.7%; east-west, (tie) Joan Mack and Dick
Munschauer, Bill Hambridge and Sandy Recoon, 61.5%; (tie) Esther Greene and
Ruth Lansing, Evie Miller and Emmy Wettlaufer, 46.9 %.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Howell. Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley, 60%; Dona Tepas
and Marge McMillen, 56%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday – North-south, Dorothy and
Ed Rupp, 58.9%; Edna Henrich and Thelma Frauenhofer, 55.6%; east-west, Joanne
Biondo and Julie Albert, 59.8%; Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 55.6%.
