Duplicate Bridge: May 4, 2019

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The Airport Bridge Club offers extra points at its game at noon today, Saturday, May 4, and at all of its games at 11 a.m. Monday to Friday at no extra charge.

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Bridge Club Meridian also will award extra points at its game at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 6.

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Free bridge lessons for middle and high school students begin at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, May 5, and continue Sundays through June 23 at the Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive, Amherst. In addition to lessons, there will be snacks and social time. For info, email Carol Bedell at lorac5@roadrunner.com.

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The Delaware Wednesday Club has moved its games to the Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Games at 7 p.m. each Wednesday are invitational.
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Congratulations to Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, who earned the most master points among Buffalo area players competing in the mammoth Gatlinburg, Tenn., regional tournament a week ago. They each won 36.99 points. 
     Other local players doing well in Gatlinburg included Ken Meier, 32 even; Sandi England and John Kirsits, both 18.99; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, both 12.70; and Allen Beroza and Bob Sommerstein, both 12.44.

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Tournament calendar

2019

Buffalo Non-Life Master Sectional – Bridge Center of Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive, Amherst. Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19. For info, click this link.

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.

Ithaca Sectional – Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca. Saturday, June 1, and 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 166 Summer Regional – Delta Hotels by Marriott Toronto Airport & Conference Centre, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto. Tuesday, July 2, to Sunday, July 7. For info, click this link.

Rochester Summer Sectional – Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14. For info, click this link.

Hamilton Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 20, and Sunday, July 21. For info, click this link.

Rochester Regional – RIT Inn & Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta Road, Henrietta. Tuesday, Aug. 5, to Sunday, Aug. 11. For info, click this link.

St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 18. For info, click this link.

Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 3, to Sunday, Sept. 9. For info, click this link.

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

Rochester Fall Sectional – Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29.

Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. 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. For info, click this link.

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.

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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 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 April 22 to April 28

ACBL Sanctioned Clubs

Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 63.33%; Barbara Libby and Art Matthies, 56.67%; east-west, Dorothy and Larry Soong, 57.50%; Bill Boardman and Joe Rooney, 55%.

Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 57.34%; Judi Marshall and Barbara Libby, 54.52%; B: Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 53.47%; C: Jan Hasselback and Linda Zittel, 52.73%; east-west, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 57.99%; B: Helen Panza and Ed Drozen, 54.86%; Ruth Wurster and Bill Boardman, 50.60%; C: Joanne LaFay and Paul Zittel, 50.36%.

Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike Silverman, 61.57%; B/C: Larry Abate and John Bava, 54.63%; Mary Terrana and Ron Henrikson, 54.17%.

Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Alan Greer and partner, 69.52%; B: Martha and John Welte, 58.25%; C: Ruth Wurster and Florence Boyd, 50.75%; east-west, A/B/C: Sharon Chang and Linda Milch, 59.42%; Pawan Matta and Dale Anderson, 56.67%.

Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 57.14%; B: (tie) Art Matthies and Mike Silverman, Vic Bergsten and Walt Olszewski, 54.17%; (tie) Paula Kotowski and Bill Boardman, Eleanor Whelan and Helen Panza, 53.57%.

Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – A: (Tie) Martha and John Welte, Shirley Cassety and Ross Markello, 61.11%; B: Selina Volpatti and Dale Anderson, 57.41%; Terry and Paul Ganley, 51.39%; C: Ron Henrikson and Ed Morgan, 50%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: Judy Zeckhauser and Maryann Szafran, 63.69%; Pat Kilbury and Jeff Oshlag, 54.76%; C: Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 46.73%; east-west, A: Linda Milch and Susan Cardamon, 67.26%; B: Carol Roth and Ginger Maiman, 63.39%; C: Sandra Silverberg and Judy Katz, 49.11%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – A: Bill Rushmore and Stan Kozlowski, 57.87%; B: Margaret Zhou and Saleh Fetouh, 56.94%; C: Mary Ball and Art Morth, 52.31%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, A: Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.23%; Judy Zeckhauser and Jim McClure, 57.44%; B: Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster, 54.17%; Jane Roberts and Laura Houghtaling, 50.89%; Pat Haynes and Terry Camp, 50.30; C: Janie Polk and Bill Noltee, 49.70%; east-west, A/B: Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 61.31%; C: Sandra Silverberg and Carol Neuhaus, 53.87%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Victory point game. (Tie) Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, Cathy Majewski and Vince Taeger, Rajarshi Roy and Bert Hargeshimer, 2 wins.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, Glenn Milgrim and Ethan Xie, 62.50%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 60.12%; Nadine Stein and Bob Linn, 50.89%; east-west, Gary Schmitt and Kathy Pollock, 59.23%; John Sinclair and Chris Urbanek, 55.06%; Judy Graf and Stan Kozlowski, 54.76%.

Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday afternoon – Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 59%; Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, 57%.  

Bridge Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – North-south, A: Christy Kellogg and Burt Hargeshimer, 69.05%; Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 64.29%; Carol Bedell and Sue Bergman, 56.25%; B/C: Jane and Bruce Roberts, 54.17%; east-west, A: Nancy Wolstoncroft and Saleh Fetouh, 66.67%; B: Terry Fraas and Rajarshi Roy, 62.50%; Margaret Zhou and Betty Metz, 56.25%; C: Judith Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 41.37%.  

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – (Tie) Barb Booi and Jane Larcom, Merry Osterander and Martha Townson, 60%; Bob and Joan Ciszak, 45%.

Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 65.50%; Sharon Benz and Sue Neubecker, 62.50%.

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Jim Lanzo and Paul Capen, 64.58%; Art Morth and Rajarshi Roy, 59.03%; Walt Olszewski and Eugene Giorgini, 57.64%; Jan O’Mara and Sandy Marcussen, 56.25%. 

Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Paul Capen and Jim Lanzo, 60.42%; Dave and Jane Larcom, 59.72%; William Castle and John Scott, 56.25%; Walt Olszewski and Eleanor Whelan, 52.78%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 57.3%; Edna and Ron Fill, 52.6%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 52.1%; east-west, Anita Fink and Freda Brunner, 55%; Rolene Pozarny and Chuck Heimerl, 53.2%; Joanne Zavarella and Fritz Schweiger, 48.8%.

Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Edna and Ron Fill, 59%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 55.6%; east-west, Fritz Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 65.3%; Dave Young and Tim Hartnett, 47.9%.

Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Bob Kaiser and Nelson Torre, 64.6%; Sandy Recoon and Fred Nadel, 47.9%; east-west, Joan Mack and Nick Leibovic, 63.5%; Esther Greene and Ruth Lansing, 51%. 

Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Jane and Paul Garvey, 60%; George Dorigo and Bob Stroman, 56%.

Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Joanne Zavarella and Fritz Schweiger, 70%; Thelma Frauenhofer and Ron Fill, 61.3%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 47.5%.