The Bridge Center of Buffalo and the Airport Bridge Club will take part in the
ACBL-wide International Fund Game at noon next Saturday, Feb. 3. There will be
booklets with hand analysis and red and black master points awarded to winners
at the district level.
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The Airport Bridge Club will award extra points at its games at noon today,
Saturday, Jan. 27, and at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 29, to Wednesday, Jan. 31.
Bridge Club Meridian will offer extra points at its game at 10:30 a.m. Monday,
Jan. 29.
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Congratulations to partners Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, leading
master point winners in the Buffalo Winter Sectional Touranment Jan. 18 to Jan.
20 in the Main-Transit Fire Hall in Amherst. They both earned 21.19 points.
Other
leading local players included Saleh Fetouh, 15.27; Ethan Xie and Chongmin
Zhang, 13.41 each; Peter and Penny Shui, 13.24 each; John Ziemer, 12.89; Bert
Hargeshimer and Christy Kellogg, 10.94 each; Kamil Bishara and Dian Petrov,
10.32 each; and Judi Marshall, 10.06. For complete scoring, 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.
Previous
players who have been away from the 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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Tournament calendar
Niagara District Sectional – Holiday Inn Parkway Conference Centre, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb. 11. For info, click
this link.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 27, to Sunday, April
1. For info, click this link.
Rochester Spring Sectional – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, April 7, and Sunday,
April 8.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire
Hall, 6777 Main St., Williamsville. Friday, April 13, to Sunday, April 15.
Rochester 199er Sectional – Century Club, 566 East Ave., Rochester. Friday, April
20, and Saturday, April 21.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 22, to Monday, May
28. For info, click this link.
Ithaca Sectional – Location TBA. Saturday, June 2, and Sunday, June 3.
District 5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC)
– At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June 11, to Sunday, June
17.
Rochester Summer Sectional – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, July 14, and Sunday,
July 15.
Syracuse
Regional – Holiday Inn, 441
Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 13, to Sunday, Aug. 19.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – Monroeville
Convention Center/Doubletree Hotel, 209 Mall Plaza Blvd., Monroeville, Pa.
Tuesday, Aug. 28, to Sunday, Sept. 3.
St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn Parkway Conference Centre, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Sept. 4, to Sunday, Sept. 9.
Buffalo
Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire
Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 21, to Sunday, Sept. 23.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Location TBA, Webster. Saturday, Oct. 6, and Sunday,
Oct. 7.
Buffalo
Regional – Adams Mark Hotel, 120
Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 16, to Sunday, Oct. 21.
Finger Lakes Sectional – Location TBA, Canandaigua. Saturday, Nov. 10, and
Sunday, Nov. 11.
District
5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec.
3, to Sunday, Dec. 9.
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.
Toronto Fall 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.
2020
Cleveland
Rock and Roll Regional – Wednesday,
Jan. 15, 2020, to Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.
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 7, 2020, to Sunday, April 12, 2020.
Rochester Regional – Tuesday, May 13, 2019, to Sunday, May 18, 2019.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Tuesday, May
19, 2020, to Monday, May 25, 2020.
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, Sept. 1,
2020, to Sunday, Sept. 7, 2020.
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
attained a career total of 2,300 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 Jan. 15 to Jan. 21
Week of Jan. 15 to Jan. 21
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –
North-south, A: Mike
Silverman and Martin Pieterse, 60.89%; B: Marietta Kalman and Tova Reinhorn,
53.91%; Miri Salamone-Burnett and Thom Burnett, 52.13%; C: Nadine Stein and Ron
Henrikson, 48.85%; east-west, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 60.84%; B:
Bill Boardman and Joe Rooney, 56.38%; Joyce Greenspan and Gay Simpson, 50.55%;
C: Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 50.42%.
Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – North-south, A/B/C: Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan,
54.42%; Joyce Greenspan and Gay Simpson, 51.17%; east-west, A: Liz Clark and
Barbara Libby, 66%; B: Bill Boardman and Joe Rooney, 54.75%; C: Barbara
Multerer and Art Schumacher, 53.33%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – Howell. A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 64.06%;
B/C: Ed Morgan and Art Matthies, 55.73%; Paula Kotowski and Gay Simpson,
52.78%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dale Anderson,
61.57%; Alan Grier and John Ziemer, 60.19%; B: Florence Boyd and Cleveland
Fleming, 53.24%; C: Paula Kotowski and Bill Boardman, 50.93%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Liz Clark and John Ziemer, 58.67%; B:
(tie) Marietta Kalman and Dale Anderson, Pawan Matta and Cleveland Fleming,
51.83%; C: Helen Panza and Eleanor Whelan, 50%; east-west, A: Martha and John
Welte, 64.42%; Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 60.50%; B/C: Joyce Greenspan and
Ron Henrikson, 47.75%. .
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon –
Non-life masters. North-south, A: Jim Easton and Marilyn Wortzman, 69.93%; B/C:
Mary Blanchard and Carol Roth, 53.82%; east-west, A: Paul Ziebarth and Pat
Truell, 65.11%; B/C: Gail Pitterman and Rose Ann Grimaldi, 62.01%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A/B/C: Sue Neubecker and Betty Metz, 62.20%; Howard
Foster and Mike Ryan, 59.52%; Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 58.04%; east-west
A: Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 58.63%; Bill Rushmore and Stan Kozlowski,
54.76%; B/C: John Bava and Ed Morgan, 50.30%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday noon –
0-750 game. North-south, A: Jim McClure and Paula Rosen, 64.58%; B: Chip Kean
and Judy Zeckhauser, 58.33%; C: Mary Blanchard and Carol Roth, 45.42%; east-west,
A: Larry and Dorothy Soong, 63.75%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55.42%;
B/C: Bill Noltee and Sol Messinger, 54.17%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – One winner. A: Sue Neubecker and Chris Urbanek, 63%; B: Jim Gullo and
Mohan Prabhu, 50%; C: Edith Knaszak and Jan O’Mara, 48%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning – Lance Crawford and Maureen Cancilla, 69.64%; Joe Miranda
and Sandi England, 51.79%; (tie) Bob and Joan Ciszak, Ken Meier and Joe Rooney,
49.4%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Howell. A: Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 62.50%; Saleh
Fetouh and Bud Seidenberg, 61.31%; B: Ten-Pao Lee and Elaine Kurasiewicz,
60.12%; C: Sue Neubecker and Eleanor Whelan, 54.76%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Chuck Heimerl and Al Dickman, 58.4%;
Joyce Kindt and Art Morth, 51.7%; east-west, Bill Rich and Henry Chudy, 67.5%;
(tie) Sam Grossman and Ed Harman, Diane Sielinski and Jeff Bender, 52.9%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday
evening – Howell. Gwilym Brick and
Dan Blatz, 62.96%; Ed Harman and Kathy Fenn, 58.13%; Miriam Regnet and Paul
Capen, 53.57%.
Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament
Friday – Shakeel Ahmad and Manju
Ceylony, 63.57%; Dian Petrov and Kamil Bishara, 62.22%; Penny and Peter Shui,
59.50%; Saleh Fetouh and David Hemmer, 57.03%; Chris Urbanek and Joan Rose,
56.97%.
Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament
Saturday – Chongmin Zhang and Ethan
Xie, 62.86%; John Ziemer and Judi Marshall, 62.59%; Glenn Milgrim and Saleh
Fetouh, 62.33%; Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony, 61.46%; Fred Yellen and Bud
Seidenberg, 58.30%.
Buffalo Winter Sectional Tourmament
Sunday – Swiss teams. A: Jerome
Weiss, Michael Carney, Guy Arie and Roger Woodin, 165 Victory Points; B: John
and Martha Welte, Davis Heussler and Linda Burroughsford, 148 VPs; C: Larry
Abate, Bob Sommerstein, Denise Slattery and Gay Simpson, 95 VPs.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Jill and Bruce Brown, 54.6%; Sam
Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 52.8%; east-west, Ron Fill and Mike Brown, 64.8%;
Phyllis and Alan Vogt, 54.6%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Meena Rustgi and Sukhanand Jain, 66.7%;
Dick Munschauer and Fred Nadel, 53.3%; east-west, Sandy Recoon and Bill Hambridge,
65%;Ruth Jones and Carole Grieco, 64.2%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday – North-south, Mike Brown
and Ron Fill, 60.9%; Margaret Rivard and Kay Brinkman, 56.7%; east-west, Fritz
Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 67.5%; Christel and Frank Bernard, 46.7%.
