Duplicate Bridge: Sept. 1, 2018

The St. Catharines Regional Tournament begins Tuesday in the Holiday Inn Parkway Conference Centre, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Games are at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday to next Saturday, with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sept. 9. For more info, click this link.

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The Airport Bridge Club will hold games at 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Monday, Labor Day, with a free lunch between sessions. All games at the club during the coming week will award extra points at no extra charge.

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Bridge Club Meridian will be closed Monday.

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This week’s column also includes updated standings for Western New York Player of the Year among local euchre players. Find them by scrolling to the bottom. For more info about local euchre games, email Ed Hans at edhans@monkberry.com.

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Tournament calendar

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. For info, click this link.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 21, to Sunday, Sept. 23. For info, click this link.

Rochester Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, Oct. 6, and Sunday, Oct. 7. For info, click this link.

Buffalo Regional – Adams Mark Hotel, 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 16, to Sunday, Oct. 21. For info, click this link.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Health & Senior Services Building, 2465 Bonadent Drive, Waterloo. Saturday, Nov. 10, and Sunday, Nov. 11. For info, click this link.

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 – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, to Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019.

Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, to Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019.

St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, to Sunday, Feb. 10, 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.

Ithaca Sectional – TBA. Saturday, May 4, 2019, and Sunday, May 5, 2019

Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, 2019, to Monday, May 27, 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.

Rochester Summer Sectional – TBA. Saturday, July 13, 2019, and Sunday, July 14, 2019.

Rochester Regional – TBA. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2019, to Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019.

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd., Coraopolis, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, to Sunday, Sept. 2, 2019.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, to Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019.

Rochester Fall Sectional – TBA. Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, and Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019.

Buffalo Regional – Adam's Mark Hotel, 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, to Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019.

Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5865 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, to Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca Falls. 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 – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, to Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.

Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, to Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.

St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, to Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020.

Rochester Spring Sectional – Saturday, March 28, 2020, and Sunday, March 29, 2020.

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday, April 7, 2020, to Sunday, April 12, 2020.

Rochester 199er Sectional – Friday, April 17, 2020, and Saturday, April 18, 2020.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 24, 2020, to Sunday, April 26, 2020.

Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 19, 2020, to Monday, May 25, 2020.

Niagara-on-the-Lake Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 5, 2020, to Sunday, June 7, 2020.

Ithaca Sectional – Saturday, June 13, 2020, and Sunday, June 14, 2020.

Southwest Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference and Convention Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 7, 2020, to Sunday, July 12, 2020.

Rochester Summer Sectional – Saturday, July 11, 2020, and Sunday, July 12, 2020.

Syracuse Regional – Holiday Inn Syracuse, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, to Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020.

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – Monroeville Convention Center/DoubleTree Hotel, 209 Mall Plaza, Monroeville, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, to Sunday, Sept. 7, 2020.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, to Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020.

Rochester Fall Sectional – Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, and Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020.

Buffalo Regional – Adam's Mark Hotel, 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, to Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020.

Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive, Seneca Falls. Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, and Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020.

Unit 255 Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, to Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020.

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Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Bridge Club Meridian.

Western New York Unit 116.

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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.

Email danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is (716) 849-4420.

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 Ruby Life Master since the ACBL created that new ranking at the beginning of 2016, Dale Anderson recently reached a career total of 2,425 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 Aug. 20 to Aug. 26

ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – North-south, A/B/C: Nadine Stein and Judy Kaprove, 54.42%; east-west, A/B/C: Pawan Matta and Brian Block, 55.50%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 55.24%; Ruth Wurster and Sandi England, 54.66%.

Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 57.39%; Liz Clark and Vince Pesce, 55.21%; Art Matthies and Mike Silverman, 55.05%; B: Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 54.66%; C: Barbara Sadkin and Nadine Stein, 51.82%; east-west, A: Nancy Kessler and Bob Kaprove, 59.58%; B: Sandi England and Joann LaFay, 58.25%; Dorothy May and Dale Anderson, 55.47%; C: Linda Zittel and Jan Hasselback, 51.88%.

Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – North-south, A: John Ziemer and Alan Greer, 60.25%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike Silverman, 58.33%; B/C: Dorothy and Larry Soong, 51.33%; east-west, A/B: Walt Olszewski and Martin Pieterse, 57.75%; C: Lois Tatelman and Nancy Littenberg, 47.50%.

Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Judi Marshall and John Ziemer, 59.48%; B/C: Barbara Sadkin and June Feuerstein, 58.56%; Florence Boyd and Fenton Harrison, 56.79%; east-west, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 59.40%; B: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 57.28%; C: Nancy Kessler and Bob Kaprove, 53.70%.

Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Bob Linn and Alan Greer, 66.25%; B/C: Barbara Sadkin and Joyce Greenspan, 53.75%; east-west, A/B/C: Gay Simpson and Paula Kotowski, 60%.

Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – A: Liz Clark and Sandi England, 65.74%; Martha and John Welte, 59.72%; B/C: Gay Simpson and Ron Henrikson, 55.09%; Dorothy and Larry Soong, 53.70%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B/C: Jini and John Rubenstein, 55.36%; east-west, A: Judith Babat and Linda Milch, 58.63%; Burt Freiman and Larry Abate, 58.04%; Patty Porter and Marilyn Shuman, 52.98%; B/C: Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 50.89%; JoAnne Nover and Christian Hipp, 50.30%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Open Game. Judy Graf and Allen Beroza, 58.33%; (tie) Ten-Pao Lee and Dian Petrov, Kamil Bishara and Davis Heussler, 55.36%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Judy Padgug and Christy Kellogg, 58.47%; Gene Finton and Saleh Fetouh, 57.78%; Kathy Pollock and Bill Rushmore, 56.98%; B: Ginny Panaro and Bob Padgug, 52.76%; east-west, A: Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 63.27%; Joanne Kelley and Penny Shui, 56.33%; B: Adrian Figliotti and Jo Nasoff-Finton, 52.25%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 0-750 game. North-south, A: Gene Nowatniak and Jim Baker, 58.67%; B: Pat Kilbury and Jeff Oshlag, 58.29%; C: Betty DeFeo and Rose Ann Grimaldi, 53.42%; east-west, A/B/C: Vince Taeger and Rajarshi Roy, 67.52%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 58.93%; Henry Chudy and Larry Abate, 56.55%; Terry Fraas and Rajarshi Roy, 55.95%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A/B: Fran Kurtz and Sue Neubecker, 61.90%; east-west, A: Bert Hargeshimer and Alex Kowal, 59.52%; Kathy Pollock and Gary Schmitt, 57.14%; Tova Reinhorn and Jim Gullo, 55.65%; B: Pam Righter and Pinky Regan, 41.67%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday afternoon – A: Kathy Pollock and Chongmin Zhang, 73%; B: Linda Burroughsford and Alex Kowal, 57%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – North-south, A: Judy and Bob Padgug, 58.63%; Sharon Benz and Fred Yellen, 57.74%; B/C: Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 53.27%; east-west, A: Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 57.14%; B: David Heussler and Kamil Bishara, 55.95%; C: Carol Bedell and Ten-Pao Lee, 50.60%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Ken Meier and Joe Rooney, 60.71%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 54.76%, Bill Feasley and Paul Zittel, 50%.

Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Sue Bergman and Sharon Benz, 58.72%; Bill Rushmore and Art Morth, 57.69%; Judy Graf and Carol Roth, 56.46%; Carol Bedell and Betty Metz, 53.68%; Rita Sofia and Helen Panza, 51.44%.

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – North-south, Dian Petrov and Mohan Prabhu, 62.20%; Gene Nawotniak and Richard McGowan, 52.68%; Jim and Paula Jones, 50.60%; east-west, Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 59.82%; Jan O’Mara and Walt Olszewski, 54.76%; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 52.68%; (tie) John and Barbara Scott, Sushil and Maria Amlani, 51.49%.

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Jim and Paula Jones, 63.89%; Walt Olszewski and Roy Crocker, 62.50%; Bob Lederhouse and Bob Linn , 52.08%; Edith Moran and Anne Clancy, 51.39%; John and Barbara Scott, 47.92%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 58.1%; Marv Feuerstein and Herb Falk 54.8%; (tie) Marion Morber and Alicia Kolipinski, Carl Gebauer and Ron Fill, 50.6%; east-west, B. J. McMath and Pat Truell, 61.7%; Anita Fink and Freda Brummer, 57.8%; Ellen Doyno and Kathy Borcik, 52.3%.

Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Jeff Peters and Marian Morber, 62.2%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 59.7%; east-west, Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 59.7%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 51.8%.

Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Bob Kaiser and Harry Metcalf, 70.1%; Sandy Recoon and Fred Nadel, 53.5%; Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange, 52.1%; east-west, Esther Greene and Ruth Lansing, 63.3%; Iris Friedman and Emily Wettlaufer, 59.2%; Ruth Jones and Carol Grieco, 52.5%.

Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Ellen Lochead and Bill Rogers, 61%; Jane and Paul Garvey 58%; Lata Maheshwari and Bill Adolf, 51%.

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Euchre

Here are results from recent events at Wheatfield American Legion Post 1451, 6525 Ward Road, Sanborn (Saturday afternoon and Thursday evening); Third Warders Social Club, 147 12th Ave., North Tonawanda; and the Elks Lodge, 7710 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls.

Elks Club – Aug. 20: Carl Hubler, 80; (tie) Michelle Boggs, Leo Schul,78. Aug. 27: Randy Byzynski, 83; Maxine Shumate, 76; (tie) Al Fleischauer, Mary Lozinsky, Gary Casten, 74. 
Third Warders – Aug. 14: Ed Hans,79; Willie Beutel, 75; Mary Lozinsky, 71. Aug. 21: Deb Croston, 88; Ed Hans, 87; Joe Moretto, 77. Aug. 28: Ken Meister, 68; Mike Evans, 67; (tie) Sally Kosut, Ed Hans, 64. 
Wheatfield Post – Aug. 9: Joe Moretto, 86; Pam Beutel, 79; Sandy Dawson, 76. Aug. 11: Pam Beutel, 74; Maxine Shumate, 73. Aug. 16: Mike Evans, 74; Ron Smith, 73; Maxine Shumate, 72. Aug. 18: (Tie) Deanna Wagner, John Kay, 73; Willie Beutel, 72. Aug. 23: Joanne Harms, 75; (tie) Leo Schull, Doug Snell, 74. Aug. 25: Bill Henderson, 77; Butch Schultz, 70; Sally Kosut, 66. 


Tuesday was the last open tournament of the year at Third Warders. League play begins next Tuesday. 

Western New York Player of the Year Standings as of Aug. 28:

Scorecards/Points per hand/Overall points (80 top) 

1. Bill Henderson 38 / 0.808 / 64.63.
2. Butch Schultz 39/ 0.805 / 64.37.
3. Ed Hans 47 / 0.801 / 64.11.
4. Walt Wilkins 26/ 0.800 / 63.99.
5. Deanna Wagner 15/ 0.797 / 63.80.
6. Carl Hubler 31 / 0.788 / 63.03.
7. Glenn Fose 105 / 0.788 / 63.03.
8. Leo Schul 133 / 0.778 / 62.25.
9. Willie Beutel 84 / 0.777 / 62.14.
10. Casey Fedak 75 / 0.775 / 62.03.
11. Sally Kosut 74 / 0.773 / 61.87.
12. Doug Snell 62 / 0.773 / 61.84.
13. Pam Beutel 90 / 0.771 / 61.71.
14. Frank Schunk 38 / 0.767 / 61.38.
15. Mike Evans 117 / 0.767 / 61.38.
16. Jane Andres 33 / 0.766 /61.29.
17. Cheryl Bertram 32 / 0.760 / 60.79.
18. Al Fleischauer 37 / 0.758 / 60.62.
19. Ken Meister 48 / 0.751 / 60.07.
20. Dave Chrzanowski 56 / 0.750 / 60.02.
21. Judy Wilson 23 / 0.745 / 59.58.
22. Mary Lozinsky 36 / 0.742 / 59.40.
23. Paul Eichler 23 / 0.739 / 59.10.
24. Rick Mislin 30 / 0.734 / 58.70.