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The Airport Bridge Club will award
extra points at no extra charge at all of its games during the coming week. The
club will be open for a game at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, New Year’s Day. Bridge
Club Meridian also will offer extra points at its game at 10:30 a.m. Monday,
Dec. 31.
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The Bridge Center of Buffalo will hold a
series of six lessons, “Bridge Basics 2: The Competitive Auction – Overcalls,
Doubles and Preempts,” at 6:30 p.m. Mondays from Jan. 7 to Feb. 11. Fee is $85
including textbook. Instructors are Kathy Pollock and John Marvin. For info,
call 834-4222 or visit bcbuffalo.bridgecloud.com.
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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 Mansfield 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 2,490 master
points and hopes to reach Gold Life Master (2,500 points) in a week or two. He
blogs about his quest for Gold and other bridge adventures here.
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Duplicate
scores
Week of Dec. 17 to Dec. 23
Week of Dec. 17 to Dec. 23
ACBL
Sanctioned Clubs
Airport
Bridge Club Monday morning – A: John Ziemer and Bob Linn, 67.68%; B: Dorothy May
and Paula Salamone, 60.28%; Martin Pieterse and Mike Silverman, 50.64%; C:
Marilyn Sultz and Alex Miller, 60.28%.
Airport
Bridge Club Monday afternoon – ACBL-wide International Fund Game. North-south, A:
Davis Heussler and Mike Ryan, 57.92%; B: Judy Kaprove and Nadine Stein, 57.08%;
east-west, A/B: Paula Kotowski and Bob Kaprove, 65.83%; Dorothy May and Ed
Morgan, 54.58%.
Airport
Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Denise Slattery and Bob Linn, 63%;
John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 56.61%; B/C: Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox,
51.84%; Ruth Wurster and Eleanor Whelan, 50%; east-west, A: Liz Clark and Allen
Beroza, 61.01%; B: Art Matthies and Mike Silverman, 55.17%; C: Jan Hasselback
and Linda Zittel, 51.14%.
Airport
Bridge Club Wednesday morning – North-south, A: John Welte and
Bill Boardman, 66.96%; B/C: Larry Abate and John Bava, 58.93%; east-west, A:
Alan Greer and John Ziemer, 61.01%; Dorothy May and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 60.12%;
B: June Feuerstein and Dale Anderson, 54.46%; Ed Morgan and Mike Silverman, 53.27%;
C: Andrei Reinhorn and Bob Kaprove, 45.24%.
Airport
Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A/B: Eleanor Whelan
and Ed Drozen, 64.35%; Paula Salamone and Bill Boardman, 57.42%; east-west, A:
Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 69.35%; B: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 55.58%;
Marilyn Sultz and Ruth Wurster, 50.72%.
Airport
Bridge Club Thursday afternoon – North-south, A/B: Allen Beroza
and Art Matthies, 59.72%; Marietta Kalman and Dale Anderson, 56.94%; C: (tie)
Rita Sofia and Joyce Greenspan, Eleanor Whelan and Ed Drozen, 50%; east-west,
A: Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 69.44%; B/C: Marilyn Sultz and Ruth Wurster,
52.78%.
Airport
Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Sandi England and David Donaldson,
65.42%; Bob Linn and Alan Greer, 64.17%; B: Bill Boardman and John Welte,
48.75%; Dorothy May and Joe Rooney, 47.92%; C: Nadine Stein and Ted May,
43.33%; east-west, A/B: Alex Miller and Paul Ganley, 56.25%; C: Carol Bedell
and Dorothy Soong, 51.67%.
Airport
Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – A: Gay Simpson and Barbara
Libby, 63.43%; John Welte and partner, 59.72%; B: Denise Slattery and Dale
Anderson, 59.26%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 51.85%; C: Jim Easton
and Dennis Clary, 45.83%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday afternoon – 99ers.
Victory point game. (Tie) Phyllis Stasiowski and David Schott, Jo Ann Smith and
Edward Ziegenfuss, 2 wins.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life
masters. North-south, A: Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 69.64%; B/C: Audrey
Ray and Carol Roth, 51.49%; Marilyn Steffan and Patty Porter, 50.89%;
east-west, A/B: Carla Press and Agi Maisel, 54.76%; Pat Kilbury and Jeff
Oshlag, 53.27%; C: Judith Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 52.38%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – A/B: Donna
Steffan and Judy Padgug, 60.65%; (tie) Elaine Universal and Sharon Benz, Saleh
Fetouh and Bob Padgug, 59.72%; C: Mary Ball and Art Morth, 44.44%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon
– 999er game. North-south, A/B: Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 59.18%; C: Marcie Frankel and Judy Katz, 55.83%; east-west, A/B/C:
Paul Morgante and Rajarshi Roy, 58.89%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – A: Pat Rasmus
and Bert Hargeshimer, 60.19%; B: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Bob Padgug, 59.26%;
Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, 58.80%; Davis Heussler and Linda
Burroughsford, 57.41%; C: Bob Sommerstein and Larry Abate, 56.48%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – A: Christy
Kellogg and Stan Kozlowski, 60.58%; B: Sharon Benz and Fred Yellen, 58.82%; C:
Cathy Majewski and Tova Reinhorn, 56.89%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday afternoon – A:
Sharon Benz and John Sinclair, 58.33%; B/C: Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 54.17%
Bridge Club
of East Aurora Wednesday morning – John Fiegl and Merry Osterander,
59%; Sandi England and Joe Miranda, 58%; Bob and Joan Ciszak, 48%.
Bridge Club
Meridian Monday morning – Bill Rich and Richard McGowan, 68.15%; Saleh Fetouh
and Jay Costello, 65.19%; Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 56.30%; Mary Ball and
Joyce Frayer, 53.33%.
Lockport Duplicate
Bridge Tuesday evening – North-south, Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 65.10%;
Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 56.25%; Sushil and Maria Amlani, 48.96%;
east-west, Roy Crocker and John Lewis, 63.13%; Gwilym Brick and Dan Blatz,
60.63%.
Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Jim Lanzo and Walt Olszewski,
64.58%; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 56.25%; Kathy Fenn and Elve Johnston,
54.17%; Stuart Caswell and William Castle, 50%.
Other clubs
Amherst
Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Marian Morber and
Rolene Pozarny, 66%; Elaine LaVigne and Cindy Darone, 53%; east-west, Sam
Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 60%; Bill Westley and Ellen Lochead, 53%.
Amherst
Senior Center Thursday morning – (Tie) Shirley Cassety and Sam
Grossman, Ron Fill and Mike Brown, 60%.
Canterbury
Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Sandy Recoon and Fred Nadel, 66.7%;
Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange, 44.1%; east-west, Harry Metcalf and Bob
Kaiser, 51.2%; Iris Friedman and Emily Wettlaufer, 50%.
Clarence
Senior Center Thursday – North-south, Mary Davey Carr and Stan Kozlowski, 59%;
(tie) Marge McMillen and Wilson McClaren, Judy Thielman and Bob Jorgensen, 50%;
east-west, Kathy Borcik and Bill Westley, 68%; Lata Maheshwari and Bill Adolf,
48%.
Town of
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Mike Brown and Ron Fill, 65%;
(tie) Julie Albert and Joanne Biondo, Jack Lang and Kay Brinkman, 55%.
