Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 2, 2019





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.
For a full list of tournament winners, click this link.

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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.
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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.
• • •
 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.

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Duplicate scores
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%.

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Duplicate Bridge: Jan. 26, 2019


Photo from Steve Evans/Citizen of the World 


The Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament continues today, Saturday, Jan. 26, and Sunday, Jan. 27, in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, with pairs games at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. today and Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. For info, click this link.
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The ACBL-wide International Fund game next Saturday, Feb. 2, will be played locally at noon 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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The Airport Bridge Club will award extra points at no extra charge at all its games Monday, Jan. 26, through Thursday, Jan. 31. 
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Bridge Club Meridian will offer an extra-point game at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28.
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Congratulations to partners Linda
Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, who earned the most master points among Buffalo players at last week’s Cleveland Rock ‘N Roll Regional Tournament. They tied for 48th place with 21.73 points.
Right behind them were Martha and John Welte, tied for 50th place with 21.69.
Also notable were Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, both with 9.07 points; and Kathy Pollock and Judy Padgug, both with 8.69.

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Tournament calendar

2019

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 – 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.
Email danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is (716) 849-4420.
• • •
 Now a Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson reached a career milestone of 2,500 master points earlier this month. He blogs about his quest for the next measure of enlightenment, Emerald Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.

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Duplicate scores
Week of Jan. 14 to Jan. 20
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning –North-south, A: Alan Greer and partner, 61.25%; John Ziemer and Allen Beroza, 54.58%; B/C: Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 53.33%; east-west, A/B: Bill Boardman and Joe Rooney, 60.42%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 57.92%; C: Joyce Greenspan and Gay Simpson, 56.67%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Art Matthies and Vince Pesce, 60.05%; B/C: John Bava and Ed Morgan, 58.99%; east-west, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 69.65%; B: (tie) Margaret Zhou and Gay Simpson, Sandi England and Joanne LaFay, 57.74%; C: Joyce Greenspan and Pawan Mata, 48.81%.  
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – A: John Ziemer and Alan Greer, 60.88%; B: Martha and John Welte, 57.31%; C: (tie) Joyce Greenspan and Art Schumacher, Nadine Stein and Denise Slattery, 50.69%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – A: Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 62.62%; B: Eleanor Whelan and Ed Drozen, 59.77%; Nancy Kessler and Ross Markello, 55.86%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Allen Beroza, 54.82%; Marietta Kalman and Dale Anderson, 52.19%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – Dorothy May and Joe Rooney, 66%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 63%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 53%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 69.79%; Margaret Zhou and Pawan Matta, 57.29%; Shirley Cassety and Ross Markello, 50%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A: Pat Kilbury and Jeff Oshlag, 56.67%; B/C: Lynn Witmer and Bill Noltee, 54.58%; east-west, A: Marcia Wright and Carol Roth, 65.42%; B/C: Pat Truell and Paul Ziebarth, 59.58%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – A: Claire Gareleck and Gay Simpson, 64.29%; Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 55.36%; B: Margaret Zhou and Ten-Pao Lee, 54.17%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 999er game. Burt Freiman and Bill Noltee, 60.54%; Audrey Ray and Carol Roth, 57.96%; Joel Brownstein and Sol Messinger, 52.96%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.71%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – A: Saleh Fetouh and Dian Petrov, 65.93%; Christy Kellogg and Berg Hargeshimer, 61.85%; B: Bob Sommerstein and Larry Abate, 60.74%; Elaine Kurasiewicz and John Sinclair, 55.93%; Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, 51.48%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, 62.70%; Dian Petrov and Bill Rushmore, 58.73%; Fran Kurtz and Nadine Stein, 52.38%; Elaine Kurasiewicz and Usha Khurana, 52.12%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Victory point game. Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, 2.5 wins; Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, 1.5 wins.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – A: Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 62.22%; B: Alex Kowal and Ten-Pao Lee, 57.78%; Gay Simpson and Tova Reinhorn, 54.07%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 49.63%; C: Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 44.81%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Ken Meier and Joe Rooney, 58.33%; Bob Ciszak and Jane Larcom, 57.29%; (tie) Sandi England and Joe Miranda, Joanne LaFay and Paul Zittel, 55.21%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south, (tie) Dorothy May and Ken Meier, Sue Neubecker and Eleanor Whelan, 52%; Gene Nowatniak and Bill Rich, 50%; east-west, A: Margaret Zhou and Audrey Ray, 57.50%; Carol Bedell and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 56.50%; Bud Seidenberg and Saleh Fetouh, 54%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Vince Taeger and Art Morth, 56.9%; Ed Harman and Sam Grossman, 55.6%; Bill Rich and Henry Chudy, 57.3%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Gwilym Brick and Dan Blatz, 56.02%; Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 55.56%; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 54.17%; Walt Olszewski and Jan O’Mara, 53.24%. 

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 55.5%; (tie) Jill and Bruce Brown, Marian Morber and Chuck Heimerl, 50%; east-west, Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 68.5%; Rolene Pozarny and Marv Feuerstein, 50.5%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, George Mayers and Marian Morber, 57.1%; east-west, David Young and Tim Hartnett, 54.8%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Sandy Recoon and Fred Nadel, 58.8%; Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange, 53.4%; east-west, Esther Greene and Ruth Lansing, 54.4%; Perry Hoffman and Adele Denton, 47.4%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Linda Vassallo and Wilson McClaren, 72%; Lata Maheshwari and Stan Kowalski, 56%; Marge McMillan and Elaine Wegrzyn, 54%.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Duplicate Bridge: Jan. 19, 2019 (includes Euchre results)

Eight of Clubs by Portuguese artist Hugo Santos for Playing Arts 


The ACBL-wide Junior Fund game on Tuesday, Jan. 22, will be played locally at 10:30 a.m. at the Bridge Center of Buffalo and 11 a.m. 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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The Airport Bridge Club will award extra points at no extra charge at all its games today, Saturday, Jan. 19, through next Thursday, Jan 24. The club will celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Jan. 21, with two extra-point games, at 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
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Bridge Club Meridian will offer an extra-point game at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21.
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The Bridge Center of Buffalo holds its monthly Sunday game at 1 p.m. Jan. 20 with a separate section planned for players with fewer than 750 master points. 
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The Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament will be held Friday, Jan. 25, to Sunday, Jan. 27, in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, with pairs games at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. For info, click this link.
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This week’s column also includes final 2018 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

2019

Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Today, Saturday, Jan. 19, and 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 – 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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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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 Now a Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson reached a career milestone of 2,500 master points earlier this month. He blogs about his quest for the next measure of enlightenment, Emerald Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.

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Duplicate scores
Week of Jan. 7 to Jan. 13
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – Joe Rooney and Bill Boardman, 73.44%; Judi Marshall and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 59.38%; Linda Burroughsford and Alan Greer, 54.17%; Bob Linn and Mike Ryan, 51.05%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A/B: Elaine Kurasiewicz and Martin Pieterse, 61.78%; C: Eleanor Whelan and Rita Sofia, 48.06%; east-west, A/B: Sandi England and Ken Meier, 58.05%; C: Gay Simpson and Paul Zittel, 54.11%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – A: Alan Greer and John Ziemer, 64.88%; B: Martin Pieterse and Walt Olszewski, 56.55%; C: Ed Morgan and John Bava, 50%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A/B: Eleanor Whelan and Helen Panza, 62.92%; C: Pawan Matta and Ed Morgan, 60.83%; east-west, A: Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 67.50%; B: Joe Rooney and Bill Boadman, 50.83%; C: Denise Slattery and Gay Simpson, 46.25%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – A/B: Sandi England and Barbara Libby, 58.33%; John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 55.36%; C: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 49.40%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 59.38%; B: Dorothy May and Gay Simpson, 56.25%; C: Rolene Pozarny and Joyce Greenspan, 53.13%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A: Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 60.42%; B/C: JoAnne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 50.30%; east-west, A: Marcia Wright and Carol Roth, 66.07%; B: Gail Pitterman and Carol Neuhaus, 59.82%; Joel Bronstein and Sol Messinger, 58.63%; C: Pat Truell and Paul Ziebarth, 42.86%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – A: Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 61.85%; Chris Urbanek and Judy Graf, 55.93%; B: Betty Metz and Barbara Landree, 53.70%; Bill Rushmore and John Sinclair, 50.37%; Mary Ball and Art Morth, 48.89%; Sue Neubecker and Tova Reinhorn, 48.15%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – 999er game. North-south, A/B: Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster, 60.42%; Judy Zeckhauser and Chip Kean, 55.36%; Natalie Abramson and Marge Plumb, 54.76%; C: Rose Ann Grimaldi and Terry Camp, 52.98%; east-west, A/B: Pat Kilbury and Jeff Oshlag, 55.06%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – A: Sue Neubecker and Art Morth, 87.50%; B: Peter Patterson and Henry Chudy, 70.50%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – A: Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 62.50%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 54.17%; B/C: Usha Khurana and John Marvin, 51.85%; Sue Neubecker and Ten-Pao Lee, 51.39%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Joanne LaFay and Dave Larcom, 63%; Ken Meier and Joe Rooney, 53%; Sandi England and Joe Miranda, 51%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 63.43%; Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 60.65%; Audrey Ray and Carol Roth, 50.93%; Carol Bedell and Betty Metz, 50.46%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Chuck Heimerl and Ron Fill, 67.5%; Bill Rich and Ed Harman, 60%; east-west, Vince Taeger and Paul Morgante, 60%; Sandy Marcussen and Henry Chudy, 49.5%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 64.58%; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 54.86%; Joyce Kindt and Eugene Giorgini, 54.17%; Jan O’Mara and Sandy Marcussen, 52.78%; Jeff Bender and Jim Lanzo, 50.69%. 
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Stuart Caswell and William Castle, 71.53%; Sushil and Maria Amlani, 55.56%; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 54.86%; Edith Moran and Anne Clancy, 50.69%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Jill and Bruce Brown, 66%; Marian Morber and Chuck Heimerel, 59.5%; east-west, Stan Kozlowski and Prem Lata Maheshwari, 70%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 47.5%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Jill and Bruce Brown, 52.2%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 51.1%; east-west, David Young and Tim Hartnett, 61.9%; Ron Fill and Mike Brown, 52.5%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Prem Lata Maheshwari and Sukhanand Jain, 66.7%; Ruth Jones and Carol Grieco, 54.2%; east-west, Dick Munschauer and Nick Leibovic, 68.8%; Iris Friedman and Emily Wettlaufer, 47.9%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Ellen Lochead and Marge McMillen, 59%; Linda Vassallo and Wilson McClaren, 58%; Prem Lata Maheshwari and Bob Jorgensen, 56%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Mike Brown and Ron Fill, 58.8%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 57.5%; Marv Feuerstein and Paul Morgante, 52.5%.


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Euchre
The year-end awards dinner for the Player of the Year competition will be held Sunday, Jan. 27, in the Third Warders Club, 147 12th Ave., North Tonawanda, with a social hour at 1 p.m., and dinner at 2, followed by a tournament.
As of Jan. 12, the Saturday and Thursday tournaments have moved from the Wheatfield American Legion Post to Dave's Last Chance Saloon, 4900 Saunders Settlement Road, Niagara Falls.

Final 2018 Western New York Player of the Year Standings:

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

1. Bill Henderson – 39 / 0.806 / 64.51.
2. Ed Hans – 61 / 0.801 / 64.09.
3. Walt Wilkins – 33 / 0.798 / 63.81.
4. Butch Schultz – 51 / 0.791 / 63.32.
5. Glenn Fose – 135 / 0.784 / 62.72.
6. Willie Beutel – 111 / 0.783 / 62.65.
7. Doug Snell – 78 / 0.780 / 62.40.
8. Leo Schul – 171 / 0.780 / 62.36.
9. Sally Kosut – 105 / 0.778 / 62.24.
10. Al Fleischauer – 54 / 0.773 / 61.83.
11. Carl Hubler – 46 / 0.772 / 61.79.
12. Casey Fedak – 105 / 0.769 / 61.49.
13. Deanna Wagner / 27 / 0.768 / 61.44.
14. Fran Schunk – 43 / 0.767 / 61.39.
15. Pam Beutel – 118 / 0.766 / 61.31.
16. Jane Andres – 44 / 0.765 / 61.22.
17. Mike Evans – 152 / 0.764 / 61.14.
18. Cheryl Bertram – 39 / 0.763 / 61.00.
19. Ken Meister – 48 / 0.751 / 60.07.
20. Dave Chrzanowski – 56 / 0.750 / 60.02.
21. Mary Lozinsky – 37 / 0.748 / 59.83.
22. Judy Wilson – 23 / 0.745 / 59.58.
23. Paul Eichler – 23 / 0.739 / 59.10.
24. Rick Mislin – 30 / 0.734 / 58.70.