The ACBL-wide International Fund game will be played at noon today, Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Bridge Center of
Buffalo and at the Airport Bridge Club, where there is no extra charge. There
will be hand records and analysis, as well as extra points for winners at the
district level.
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Bridge Club Meridian will offer
an extra-point game at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5.
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The St. Catharines Sectional Tournament begins next
Friday, Feb. 8, in Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Games will be held at 1 and 7 p.m.
Friday and next Saturday, with Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. For
info, click this link.
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Congratulations to Chris
Urbanek, the leading master point winner at last weekend’s Buffalo Winter
Sectional Tournament at the Main-Transit Fire Hall in Amherst. She earned 28.27
points.
Others doing well included:
Sharon Benz, 17.19.
Saleh Fetouh, 16.31.
Bud Seidenberg, 13.33.
Stan Kozlowski, 13.10.
Glenn Milgrim and Ethan Xie, 12.03.
Dian Petrov, 11.58%.
Ten-Pao Lee and Davis Heussler, 10.44.
Chongmin Zhang, 9.91.
Alex Kowal, 9.29.
Martha and John Welte, 8.91.
Rajarshi Roy, 8.49.
Kathy Pollock, 8.40.
Fred Yellen, 8.25.
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Tournament calendar
2019
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 – Knights of
Columbus Hall, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. 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.
Unit 112 199er Sectional
– Strathallen Hotel, 550 East Ave., Rochester. Friday, April 19, and
Saturday, April 20. For info, click this link.
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. For info, click this link.
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.
Unit 116 Summer Regional – Delta Hotels
by Marriott Toronto Airport & Conference Centre, 655 Dixon Road,
Toronto. Tuesday, July 2, to Sunday, July 7.
Rochester Summer Sectional – Knights of
Columbus Hall, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July
14.
Hamilton
Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road East,
Hamilton, Ont. For info, click this link.
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. For info, click this link.
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.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre
of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020,
and 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.
• • •
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.
• • •
Now a
Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson reached a career milestone of 2,500
master points last month. He blogs about his quest for the next measure of achievement,
Emerald Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.
• • •
Duplicate
scores
Week of Jan. 21 to Jan. 27
Week of Jan. 21 to Jan. 27
ACBL
Sanctioned Clubs
Airport
Bridge Club Monday morning –
Martin Pieterse and Bob Sommerstein, 59.02%; Usha
Khurana and Dale Anderson, 55.69%; Andrei Reinhorn and Alan Greer, 52.98%;
Marilyn Sultz and Florence Boyd, 51.25%.
Airport
Bridge Club Monday afternoon – Nadine Stein and Dale Anderson, 66.07%; Gay Simpson
and Joyce Greenspan, 54.76%; Bob Sommerstein and Alan Greer, 53.57%; Rolene
Pozarny and Cleveland Fleming, 49.40%.
Airport
Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, (tie) Barbara Libby and Ed Drozen, Bill
Boardman and Ron Henrikson, 58.56%; John Ziemer and Vince Pesce, 56.94%;
Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 51.39%; east-west, Gay Simpson and Paula Kotowski,
62.50%; Mary Terrana and Marilyn Sultz, 56.94%; Jan Hasseback and Linda Zittel,
53.94%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 53.47%.
Airport
Bridge Club Wednesday morning – Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan
Greer, 66.07%; Marietta Kalman and Denise Slattery, 51.79%; Pawan Matta and
Florence Boyd, 50%; Joyce Greenspan and Art Schumacher, 49.40%.
Airport
Bridge Club Thursday morning – Nancy Kessler and Ross Markello, 65.74%; Barbara
Libby and Alan Greer, 61.81%; Judi Marshall and John Ziemer, 56.71%; Helen
Panza and Mike Silverman, 53.71%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life
masters. North-south, Natalie Abramson and Marge Plumb, 60.42%; Paula Rosen and
Jim McClure, 52.50%; Pat Kilbury and Jeff Oshlag, 50%; Rose Ann Grimaldi and
Terry Camp, 47.50%; east-west, Pat Truell and Rajarshi Roy, 58.33%; Martha
Quinn and Rose Bochiechio, 52.92%; Judy Reich and Sandra Morrison, 50%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Chris
Urbanek and Bud Seidenberg, 63.43%; Saleh Fetouh and Ten-Pao Lee, 56.02%;
Sharon Benz and Ed Drozen, 52.78%; (tie) Linda Burroughsford and Donna Steffan,
Nadine Stein and Bob Linn, 51.85%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon
– 999er game. North-south, Carol Neuhaus and Agi
Maisel, 60.42%; Pat Kilbury and Jeff Oshlag, 58.33%; Natalie Abramson and Marge
Plumb, 51.25%; east-west, Bill Rich and Larry Soong, 67.08%; Mary Ball and
Joyce Frayer, 57.92%; Judy Zeckhauser and Violet Makhija, 50.83%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – (Tie) Manju
Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, Linda Burroughsford and Bert Hargeshimer, 65%; Henry
Chudy and Peter Patterson, 50%; Cathy Majewski and Vince Taeger, 49%.
Bridge Club
of East Aurora Wednesday morning – (Tie) Barbara Booi and Jane
Larcom, Lance Crawford and Maureen Cancilla, 61.46%; Jose Justicia-Linde and Dave
Larcom, 54.17%.
Bridge Club
Meridian Monday morning – North-south, Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 65.03%; Saleh
Fetouh and Jay Costello, 62.95%; Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, 53.67%;
east-west, Linda Burroughsford and David Heussler, 57.79%; Bill Rushmore and
Bud Seidenberg, 55.80%; Sue Neubecker and Sharon Benz, 55.66%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Bill Rich and Jan O’Mara, 60.33%; Mike and Vince
Taeger, 54.40%; Henry Chudy and Jack Cukierman, 54.35%.
Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – (Tie) Jan O’Mara and Sandy
Marcussen, Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 53.13%; Jeff Bender and Paul Capen, 52.08%.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional Friday – Two-session pairs. A: Chris Urbanek and Sharon Benz,
60.14%; B: Alex Kowal and Ten-Pao Lee, 59.39%.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional Saturday – Two-session pairs. A: Glenn Milgrim and Ethan Xie,
62.12%; Chris Urbanek and Stan Kozlowski, 61.15%; B: Chongmin Zhang and Ying
Wang, 59.16%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 57.08%.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional Sunday – Swiss
teams. A: Saleh Fetouh, Bud Seidenberg, Fred Yellen and Chris Urbanek, 155
victory points; B: Martha and John Welte, Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, 142 vps; C: Betty Metz, Barbara Landree, Audrey Ray and Margaret
Zhou, 105 vps.
Other clubs
Canterbury
Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Dick Munschauer and Nick Leibovic,
57.5%; Meena Rustgi and Sukanhand Jain, 53.3%; east-west, (tie) Esther Greene
and Ruth Lansing, Perry Hoffman and Adele Denton, 57.3%; Betty Bowling and Bette
Seifert, 52.1%.
Clarence
Senior Center Thursday – Wilson McClaren and Bob Jorgensen, 64%; Kathy Borcik
and Bill Westley, 58%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Rogers, 54%.
