The Bridge Center of Buffalo will hold a special extra-point game and chili cook-off
at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25. The club has expanded its game at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays
to include a 0-750 section as well as an open section.
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The Airport Bridge Club will have extra-point charity games at noon today, Saturday,
Feb. 24, and at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 26, to Wednesday, Feb. 28, benefiting the
ACBL Charity Fund and Western New York Meals on Wheels.
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Bridge Club Meridian also will offer an extra-point game at 10:30 a.m.
Monday, Feb. 26.
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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
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 – Knights of Columbus, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster.
Saturday, April 7, and Sunday, April 8. For info, click this link.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire
Hall, 6777 Main St., Williamsville. Friday, April 13, to Sunday, April 15. For
info, click this link.
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.
Hamilton Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road East,
Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15.
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.
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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. Worse yet, columns from previous weeks currently
cannot be accessed on the News website. But all is not lost. They are available
in 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 Feb. 12 to Feb. 18
Week of Feb. 12 to Feb. 18
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –North-south, A: John Ziemer and Bob Linn, 64.58%; B/C:
Nadine Stein and Denise Slattery, 56.55%; east-west, A: Liz Clark and Alan
Greer, 58.63%; B: Barbara Libby and Art Matthies, 56.85%; Joe Rooney and Bill
Boardman, 54.76%; C: Gay Simpson and Joyce Greenspan, 51.19%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A/B: Nancy Kessler and John Kirsits,
63.39%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 54.76%; Barbara Libby and Harry Cheung,
51.79%; C: Gene Nowatniak and Chip Kean, 51.19%; east-west, A/B/C: Linda Zittel
and Jan Hasselback, 64.58%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Howell. A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike Silverman,
60.65%; Martin Pieterse and Walt Olszewski, 60.19%; B: Pawan Matta and Dale
Anderson, 56.94%: Gay Simpson and Tova Reinhorn, 56.48%; C: Barbara Sadkin and
Joyce Greenspan, 46.30%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Allen Beroza and Art Matthies,
58.39%; John Kirsits and Ken Meier, 57.93%; B/C: Florence Boyd and Fenton
Harrison, 53.02%; east-west, A: Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 53.38%; Martha
and John Welte, 53.32%; Helen Panza and Mike Silverman, 50.40%; C: Marilyn
Sultz and Ruth Wurster, 49.95%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – Howell. A: Barbara Libby and Mike Silverman, 63.43%;
Joyce Greenspan and Alan Greer, 62.04%; B: Sandi England and Ken Meier, 54.63%;
Eleanor Whelan and Ed Drozen, 52.31%; C: Bob Sommerstein and Gene Nowatniak,
49.07%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Howell. A/B: Eleanor Whelan and John Kirsits, 67.29%;
Shirley Cassety and Ross Markello, 61.31%; C: Jim Easton and Dennis Cleary,
49.40%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon –
Non-life masters. North-south, A: Jim Easton and Marilyn Wortzman, 63.10%; B:
Terry Camp and Pat Haynes, 53.57%; C: Bob Ciszak and Carol Neuhaus, 52.38%;
east-west, A/B/C: Marjorie Plumb and Marcia Wright, 62.80%; Sandra Morrison and
Jacqueline Simon, 55.65%; Judith Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 54.76%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A/B: (tie) Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, Sharon Benz and
Andrei Reinhorn, 56.25%; Fran Kurtz and Pat Burns, 55.95%; C: Gene and Ruth
Nawotniak, 49.11%; east-west, A: Bill Rushmore and Kathy Pollock, 65.48%; B/C:
John Marvin and Paula Rosen, 53.27%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday noon –
0-750 game. One winner. A/B: Chip Kean and Judy Zeckhauser, 59.42%; Jasbeer and
Violet Makhija, 57.17%; Joe Miranda and Usha Khurana, 56%; Jim Easton and
Marilyn Wortzman, 54.17%; C: Terry Camp and Pat Haynes, 52.25%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – One winner. A: Saleh Fetouh and Kathy Pollock, 58.33%; Christy Kellogg
and Bert Hargesheimer, 57.74%; B: Penny and Peter Shui, 57.14%; C: Bob
Sommerstein and Larry Abate, 52.98%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A: Sharon Benz and Chris Urbanek, 61.01%; B: Claire
Gareleck and Gay Simpson, 56.55%; C: Martha and John Welte, 55.65%; east-west,
A/B: Dian Petrov and Kamil Bishara, 55.06%; Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen,
54.76%; Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 54.17%; C: Terry Fraas and Elaine
Universal, 47.02%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – One
winner. A/B: Terry Fraas and Stan Kozlowski, 56%; C: Andrei and Tova Reinhorn,
50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Ken Meier and Joe Rooney,
68.06%; Pepe Justicia-Linde and Dave Larcom, 54.86%; Lance Crawford ad John Fiegl,
54.17%; Darcy Young and Mike Apa, 52.78%; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 50.69%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Howell. A: Kathy Pollock and Chris Urbanek, 73.61%;
B: Dorothy May and Ken Meier, 62.96%; C: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Carol Bedell,
40.74%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday
evening – Howell. Ed Harman and Bob
Lederhouse, 68.86%; Madhav and Beena Deshmukh, 54.76%; Jeff Bender and Gabe
Tannenbaum, 52.26%; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 48.76%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday
afternoon – North-south, Jim Lanzo
and Paul Capen, 57.50%; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 56%; Miriam Regnet and
Elve Johnston, 51.50%; east-west, Jane and Dave Larcom, 60%; Jasbeer and Violet
Makhija, 54.50%; Madhav and Beena Deshmukh, 50%.
Other clubs
ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening
– Howell. (Tie) Shirley Thompson and
David Mathis, Diana Brown and partner, 58.33%.
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – Howell. (Tie) Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, Bill
and Jo Rich, 55%; Fritz Schweiger and Dave Stroud, 54%; Cindy Darone and Kokila
G. Chheda, 53%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Marian Morber and Jeff Peters, 65.6%;
Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 60%; east-west, Joe Day and Lorey Repicci, 55.6%;
Phyllis and Alan Vogt, 53.8%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Meena Rustgi and Sukhanand Jain, 56.3%;
(tie) Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange, Esther Greene and Fred Nadel, 48.9%;
east-west, Ruth Jones and Carol Grieco, 79.2%; (tie) Betty Bowling and Bette
Seifert, Vera Arrison and Mary Kloepfer, 41.7%.
College Club Duplicate Wednesday – Howell. Bonnie Botsford and Mary Vicanti, 60.71%;
Corinne Ebel and Betty Loucks, 48.81%; Judy Danforth and Clare Schultz, 46.43%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday – North-south, Pat and Mike Weber, 63.6%; Mike Brown and Ron Fill, 56.3%; Thelma Frauenhofer and Edna
Henrich, 54.7%; east-west, Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 71.3%; Dorothy
and Ed Rupp, 60%; Evelyn Vitello and Edna Fill, 51.3%.
