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The District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) begins Monday, Dec. 3, and
continues through Sunday, Dec. 9, at ACBL sanctioned clubs. STaC games award silver
points for winners, as well as additional points at the district level for
highest scores.
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The Airport
Bridge Club will offer two STaC pairs games every day Monday to
Saturday, at 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m., and STaC team games at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Sunday. Register in advance for the team games by calling 836-7016.
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Extra points also will be
awarded at the Airport Bridge Club’s game at 11:59 a.m. today, Saturday, Dec. 1.
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Tournament calendar
2019
City of Toronto Sectional and City
of Toronto Intermediate/Novice Regional – Sheraton Hotel, 123 Queen Street
West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 8. For info, click
this link.
Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 16, to Sunday,
Jan. 20. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, Jan. 25, to Sunday, Jan. 27. For
info, click this link.
St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn
and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont.
Friday, Feb. 8, to Sunday, Feb. 10. For info, click this link.
Buffalo Spring Sectional –Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, April 5, to Sunday, April 7.
Rochester Spring Sectional – TBA.
Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton
Toronto Centre, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 16, to
Sunday, April 21.
Ithaca Sectional – TBA.
Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5.
Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday, May
27.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Non-Life Master Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, May 31, to Sunday, June 2. For info, click this link.
District 5 Spring Sectional Tournament at the Clubs
(STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, June
10, to Sunday, June 16.
Rochester Summer Sectional – TBA.
Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14.
Rochester Regional – TBA. Tuesday,
Aug. 5, to Sunday, Aug. 11.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre
of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 17, and
Sunday, Aug. 18.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree
Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Manfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 3, to
Sunday, Sept. 9.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, Friday, Sept. 20, to Sunday, Sept. 22.
Rochester Fall Sectional – TBA.
Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29.
Buffalo Regional – Buffalo
Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 15,
to Sunday, Oct. 20.
Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza
Hotel, 5865 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov.
10.
Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca
Falls. Saturday, Nov. 16, and Sunday, Nov. 17.
District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs
(STaC) – At local ACBL-sanctioned bridge clubs. Monday, Dec.
9, to Sunday, Dec. 15.
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 – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, 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 – Buffalo
Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 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.
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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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A Ruby Life
Master since the ACBL created that new ranking at the
beginning of 2016, Dale Anderson has a career total of more than 2,470 master
points and hopes to reach Gold Life Master (2,500 points) before Christmas. He
blogs about his quest for Gold and other bridge adventures here.
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Duplicate
scores
Week of Nov. 19 to Nov. 25
Week of Nov. 19 to Nov. 25
ACBL
Sanctioned Clubs
Airport
Bridge Club Monday morning –
North-south, A: Bob Sommerstein and Allen Beroza,
65.83%; B/C: June Feuerstein and Marilyn Sultz, 51.67%; east-west, A/B: Dorothy
May and Dorothy Soong, 57.50%; C: Barbara Multerer and Art Schumacher, 45%.
Airport
Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 61.25%; B:
Dorothy May and Joe Rooney, 53.75%; Eva Schmidt and Dale Anderson, 51.25%; C:
Nadine Stein and Joyce Greenspan, 42.08%; east-west, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and
Alan Greer, 71.67%; B/C: Sandi England and Joanne LaFay, 50.83%.
Airport
Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Larry Abate and John Bava,
58.33%; Martha and John Welte, 57.41%; (tie) Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike
Silverman, John Ziemer and Alan Greer, 56.25%.
Airport
Bridge Club Friday morning – Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 68.06%; Dorothy May
and Joe Rooney, 56.94%; Bonnie Clement and Joanne Nover, 50%; Vic Bergsten and
John Ziemer, 49.31%.
Airport
Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – A: Bill Boardman and partner,
63.89%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 59.03%; B: Martha and John Welte,
51.39%; C: Pawan Matta and Ed Morgan, 50.69%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday afternoon – 99ers. Bonnie Clement and JoAnne Nover, 58.33%; Laura and John
Houghaling, 56.67%; Joann Smith and Edward Ziegenfuss, 46.67%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life
masters. North-south, A: Carla Press and Agi Maisel, 55.65%; B: Carol Neuhaus
and Sandra Silverberg, 54.08%; C: Betty Defeo and Rose Ann Grimaldi, 51.02%;
east-west, A: Audrey Ray and Carol Roth, 63.10%; B: Joel Brownstein and Sol
Messinger, 55.95%; C: Lynn Witmer and Larry Himelein, 57.74%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – A: Judy
Padgug and Stan Kozlowski, 61.57%; B: Mike Ryan and Fred Yellen, 60.65%; C:
Helen Panza and Ed Drozen, 50.46%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – A: Gloria
Georger and Chris Urbanekt, 56.25%; (tie) Sharon Benz and Stan Kozlowski,
Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 54.17%; B/C: Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan,
51.39%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Victory
point game. (Tie) Elaine Universal and Cathy Majewski, Rajarshi Roy and Chris
Urbanek, Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 2 wins.
Bridge Club
Meridian Monday morning – Sharon Benz and Sue Neubecker, 62.50%; Jay Levy and
Jim Gullo, 60.42%; Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 56.94%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Dorothy and Ted May, 68.8%; Bob Lederhouse and Art
Morth, 55.2%; Sam Grossman and Ed Harman, 53.1%.
Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – (Tie) Miriam Regnet and Elve
Johnston, Ed Harman and Kathy Fenn, 60.42%; Walt Olszewski and Jan O’Mara,
54.17%.
Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Victory point game. Edith Moran
and Anne Clancy, 41 vps; Kathy Fenn and Elve Johnston, 39 vps; Miriam Regnet
and Roy Crocker, 27 vps.
Other clubs
Amherst
Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Joe and Bobbi
Huber, 58%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 53%; east-west, Mike Brown and
Ron Fill, 60%; Kokila G. Chheda and Prem Lata Maheshwari, 54%.
Canterbury
Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange,
62.5%; Joan Mack and Dick Munschauer, 56.3%; east-west, Iris Friedman and Emily
Wettlaufer, 63.5%; Adelle Denton and Perry Hoffman, 59.4%.
College Club
Duplicate Wednesday – Cleo Alexander and Nancy Davidson, 78.57%; Camille
Beecher and Carolann Besch, 59.82%; Beverly Thomas and Mary Vacanti, 51.78%.