The Worldwide Bridge Contest game will be played at the Airport Bridge Club at
noon today, Saturday, June 2. The club also will celebrate director Bill
Finkelstein’s birthday.
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Extra-point games will be offered at all games next week at Bridge Club
Meridian, the Bridge Center of Buffalo and the Airport Bridge Club. The Airport
Club has no extra fee.
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The Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC), which offers silver master points for games
at sanctioned bridge clubs, will be held Monday, June 11, to Saturday, June 16.
The Airport Bridge Club will hold STaC games with no extra fee daily at 10 a.m.
and 1:15 p.m.
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Bridge Club Meridan has moved from its longtime venue at the Zion Church
in the Town of Tonawanda
to facilities at 209 S. Youngs Road ,
Amherst . Games are
held every Monday at 10:30 a.m.
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Tournament calendar
District
5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June
11, to Sunday, June 17.
Buffalo Non-Life Master Sectional – Bridge Center of Buffalo ,
3362 Sheridan Drive , Amherst .
Saturday, June 30, and Sunday, July 1. For info, click this link.
Southwest Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference and Convention Centre, 425
Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 3, to Sunday, July 8. For
info, click this link.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – Monroeville
Convention Center/Doubletree Hotel, 209 Mall Plaza Blvd., Monroeville, Pa.
Tuesday, Aug. 28, to Sunday, Sept. 3. For info, click this link.
St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn Parkway Conference Centre, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Sept. 4, to Sunday, Sept. 9.
District
5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec.
3, to Sunday, Dec. 9.
2019
Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire
Hall, 6777 Main St. , Amherst ,
Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, to Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional –Main-Transit Fire
Hall, 6777 Main St. , Amherst ,
Friday, April 5, 2019, to Sunday, April 7, 2019.
Rochester Spring Sectional – TBA. Saturday, April 13, 2019, and Sunday, April 14,
2019.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton
Toronto Centre, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 16, 2019,
to Sunday, April 21, 2019.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson
Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, May 31, 2019, to Sunday, June 2, 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.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – Hyatt Regency
Pittsburgh International Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd., Coraopolis, Pa. Tuesday,
Aug. 27, 2019, to Sunday, Sept. 2, 2019.
Toronto Fall Regional – Delta by Marriott Airport Conference Centre, 655
Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, to Sunday, Nov. 10, 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
Rochester Spring Sectional – Saturday, March 28, 2020, and Sunday, March 29, 2020.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Regional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson
Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, May 22, 2020, to Sunday, May 24, 2020,
or Friday, June 5, 2020, to Sunday, June 7, 2020.
Southwest Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference and Convention Centre, 425
Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 7, 2020, to Sunday, July
12, 2020.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – Monroeville
Convention Center/DoubleTree Hotel, 209 Mall Plaza, Monroeville, Pa. Tuesday,
Sept. 1, 2020, to Sunday, Sept. 7, 2020.
Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca County Office
Building , 1 DiPronio Drive , Seneca
Falls . Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, and Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020.
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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 2,350 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 21 to May 27
Week of May 21 to May 27
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Ken Meier and Allen Beroza, 61.57%;
Denise Slattery and John Ziemer, 53.94%; B: Eva Schmidt and Pawan Matta,
53.70%; Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 53.47%; C: Bob Kaprove and David
Donaldson, 46.30%; east-west, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 64.28%;
Vince Pesce and Ron Henrikson, 54.17%; B/C: Jini and John Rubinstein, 53.70%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Howell. A/B: Elaine Universal and Stan Kozlowski,
61.57%; (tie) Christy Kellogg and Bob Padgug, Judy Graf and Fred Yellen,
58.33%; C: Carol Bedell and Tova Reinhorn, 48.15%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A/B/C: Jeff Oshlag and Pat
Kilbury, 66.23%; Joe Miranda and Usha Khurana, 62.59%; Jasbeer and Violet
Makhija, 59.83%; east-west, A: Paul Morgante and Art Morth, 63.84%; B/C: Bram and
Terry Hamovitch, 55.28%; Larry and Dorothy Soong, 55.20%; Guy Puccio and Pat
Rogers, 55.10%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Friday morning – Howell. A/B: Elaine Universal and Judy Graf, 65.05%; Bud
Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 61.34%; C: Carol Bedell and
Barbara Landree, 46.06%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Sandi England and Joe
Miranda, 66.67%; Joyce Kindt and Ed Harman, 55.95%; Bill Feasley and Paul
Zittel, 55.36%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 51.79%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 66%; Ginny Panaro
and Jim Gullo, 50%; Sharon Benz and Sue Neubecker, 44%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, (tie) Sandy Marcussen and Lance Pollock,
Carolyn Siracuse and Anne O’Connor, 54.2%; Jan O’Mara and Bill Rich, 51.3%;
east-west, Alicia Kolipinski and Al Dickman, 56.3%; Jack Cukierman and Gabe
Tannenbaum, 53.8%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 59.3%;
Jill and Bruce Brown, 59.2%; east-west, Fritz Schweiger and Joanne Zavarella,
65%; Anita Fink and Freda Brummer, 63%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday – North-south, Mike Brown
and Ron Fill, 62.5%; Nancy Buscemi and Vinny LoJacobo, 53.2%; Mary Veitch and
Carmella Losi, 50%; east-west, Dorothy and Ed Rupp, 53.7%; Christel and Frank
Bernard, 52.6%; IdaMae Klipfel and Bob Rivard, 49%.