The Airport Bridge Club will celebrate Labor Day with extra-point games at 10
a.m. and 1:15 p.m., with a free snack for those who play both games. The club
offers extra points at no extra charge at all of its games during the coming
week.
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Bridge Club
Meridian will award extra points at its game at 10:30 a.m.
Monday. Due to the holiday, the Bridge Center of Buffalo will not hold its
Monday evening novice game.
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Free bridge
lessons for middle and high school students will begin at
11:30 a.m. Sept. 8 and continue Sundays through Nov. 24 at the Bridge Center of
Buffalo, 3362 Sheridan Drive, Amherst. For info, email Carol Bedell at lorac5@roadrunner.com.
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Want to know where to
play bridge or how to learn the game? Info is available from John Bava of
Western New York Unit 116 at 908-256-6466 or email jbava@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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Tournament calendar
2019
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. For
info, click this link.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Webster
Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday,
Sept. 29. For info, click this link.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge
Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. For
info, click this link.
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.
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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.
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Now a
Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson reached a career milestone of 2,500
master points in January. 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 Aug. 19 to Aug. 25
Week of Aug. 19 to Aug. 25
ACBL
Sanctioned Clubs
Airport
Bridge Club Monday morning – North-south, A/B: Paula Kotowski and Bob Kaprove,
55.95%; Jean Macdonald and David Millward, 51.19%; C: Christine Malarkey and
Ron Henrikson, 49.11%; east-west, A/B: Barbara Multerer and Art Schumacher,
61.31%; Pawan Matta and Martin Pieterse, 50.60%.
Airport
Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A: John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 62.82%; B:
Judy Kaprove and Ruth Kozower, 54.49%; C: David Donaldson and Bob Kaprove,
53.47%; east-west, A: Judi Marshall and Allen Beroza, 65.19%; B: Nancy Kessler
and John Kirsits, 59.63%; C: Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.18%.
Airport
Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon – A: Martha and John Welte,
56.48%; B: (tie) Gay Simpson and John Bava, Nadine Stein and Cynthia Helfman,
55.56%; Christine Malarkey and Tom Fraas, 54.63%.
Airport
Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A/B/C: John Bava and Ed Morgan, 67.08%; east-west,
A: Barbara Libby and Alan Greer, 66.63%; B: Tom Fraas and Art Matthies, 59.01%;
C: Brian Block and Michael Kozower, 51.90%.
Airport
Bridge Club Friday morning – North-south, A: Linda Burroughsford and Alan Greer,
59.23%; B: Eva Schmidt and Bill Boardman, 56.25%; C: Cynthia and Ron Helfman,
53.27%; east-west, A: Martha and John Welte, 56.25%; Joanne LaFay and Barbara
Libby, 55.65%; B: Joyce Greenspan and Paula Kotowski, 53.27%; C: Lois Tatelman
and Nancy Littenbereg, 50.89%.
Airport
Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, 65.48%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 63.10%; Martha and John
Welte, 50.36%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – Novice game.
A/B: John Houghtaling and Bruce Roberts, 66.67%; C: Andrew Jiang and Bruce
Goldstein, 52.38%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life
masters. North-south, A/B: Laurie Foster and Judith Babet, 66.60%; east-west,
A: Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 56.41%; B: Judy Reich and Sandra Morrison,
56.22%; Marcia Wright and Ginger Maiman, 53.43%; Lynn Witmer and Martha Quinn,
52.74%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Howard Foster
and Mike Ryan, 61.11%; Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 59.26%; Sue Bergman and
Sharon Benz, 58.15%; David Millward and Stan Kozlowski, 56.30%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday
afternoon – 999er game. North-south, A: Usha Khurana and Bill
Rich, 58.63%; B: Jim McClure and Larry Himelein, 54.21%; Marilyn Shuman and
Patty Porter, 52.42%; C: Jini and John Rubinstein, 47.70%; east-west, A/B: Agi
Maisel and Carol Neuhaus, 57.57%; C: Sue O’Connor and Bill Noltee, 53.21%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Victory
point game. Saleh Fetouh and Dian Petrov, 3 wins.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south,
A: Dian Petrov and Bob Linn, 58.81%; Judy Padgug and Fred Yellen, 57.36%; B:
Terry Fraas and Sue Neubecker, 50.85%; east-west, A: Chris Urbanek and John
Sinclair, 63.01%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 56.04%; B: Jo Nasoff-Finton and Gene
Finton, 52.72%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday afternoon – Victory
point game. Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad, 3 wins.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – North-south, A/B: Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 61.46%; C: Pat Haynes and Paul Morgante, 51.56%;
east-west, A: Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 64.12%; B: Jo Nasoff-Finton and Gene
Finton, 55.09%; Martha and John Welte, 51.62%; C: Cathy Majewski and Rajinder
Puri, 50.93%.
Bridge Club
of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Sandi England and Joe Miranda,
68.45%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 58.93%; Joe Rooney and Merry Ostrander, 50%;
Lance Crawford and Maureen Cancilla, 47.62%.
Bridge Club
Meridian Monday morning – A: Saleh Fetouh and Art Morth, 67.78%; B: Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.89%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Gene Finton, 55.19%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 66.7%; (3-way tie) Chuck
Heimerl and Al Dickman, Bill Rich and Henry Chudy, Anne O’Connor and Jack
Cukierman, 53.1%.
Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Ed Harman and Kathy Fenn,
58.80%; Jim and Paula Jones, 56.25%; Sushil and Maria Amlani, 54.17%; Paul
Capen and Dian Petrov, 52.60%; (tie) Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, John and
Barbara Scott, 51.56%.
Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Miriam Regnet and Ed Harman.
67.86%; Bob Linn and Bob Lederhouse, 58.93%; Walt Olszewski and Jan O’Mara,
52.98%.
Other clubs
Amherst
Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Marian Morber and
Chuck Heimerl, 62.5%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 58.8%; east-west, Anita
Fink and Frida Brummer, 60.3%; Rich Katon and Lorey Repicci, 57.3%.
Amherst
Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Sam Grossman and
Shirley Cassety, 72%; George Mayers and Marian Morber, 49%; east-west, Fritz
Schweiger and Marv Feuerstein, 66%; Sheila Trossman and Sandy Rifkin, 54%.
Canterbury
Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Harry Metcalf and Bob Kaiser, 61.5%;
(tie) Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange, Meena Rustgi and Carol Greigo, 51%;
east-west, David Reeves and Nelson Torre, 57.3%; Esther Greene and Ruth
Lansing, 51%.
Clarence
Senior Center Thursday – Elaine Wegrzyn and Judy Thielman, 60%; Marge
Zaprowski and Rosemary Rawe, 58%; Marge McMillen and Bob Jorgensen, 56%.
