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After the ACBL this week advised cancellation
or postponement of all club games and tournaments through May 11 because of
COVID-19, Western New York Unit 116 canceled its Spring Sectional Tournament
April 24-26, its Non-Life Master Sectional May 16-17 and the spring session of
its Youth Bridge Lessons.
Among clubs, the Airport Bridge Club was
first to close last week. The Delaware Wednesday, East Aurora and Lockport
clubs also canceled their games for at least two weeks. Since most bridge
players fall into the age group that is in greatest danger from the novel
coronavirus, clubs will not reopen until they determine that the threat is
over.
The Bridge Center of Buffalo, which hosts Bridge Club Meridian and Delaware Wednesday, continued to be open all week, then closed Friday.
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Tournament
calendar
2020
POSTPONED: Rochester Spring Sectional – Webster
Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, March 28, and Sunday,
March 29. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton
Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday, April 7, to Sunday, April 12. For
more info, click this link.
CANCELED: Rochester Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Strathallan
Hotel, 550 East Ave., Rochester. Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18.
CANCELED: Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 24, to Sunday, April 26. For
info, click this link.
Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 19, to
Monday, May 25. For info, click this link.
Syracuse Sectional – Syracuse
Contract Duplicate Bridge Club, 501 Edgerton St., Minoa. Saturday, June 13, and
Sunday, June 14.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Intermediate/Novice Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, June 26, to Sunday, June 28. For info, click this link.
Southwest Ontario Regional – Bingemans
Conference and Convention Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont.
Tuesday, July 7, to Sunday, July 12. For info, click this link.
Rochester Summer Sectional – Webster
Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July
12. For info, click this link.
Hamilton Sectional – Royal
Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 18, and
Sunday, July 19.
Syracuse Regional – Holiday Inn
Syracuse, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 10, to Sunday, Aug.
16. For info, click this link.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge
Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 15,
and Sunday, Aug. 16.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree
Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 1, to
Monday, Sept. 7.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 11, to Sunday, Sept. 13.
St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn
and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont.
Tuesday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Sept. 20.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Saturday,
Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4.
CANCELED: Buffalo Regional – Buffalo
Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 20,
to Sunday, Oct. 25.
Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca
County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive, Seneca Falls. Saturday, Nov. 7, and
Sunday, Nov. 8.
Unit 255 Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, Nov. 15.
2021
Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy Suites,
5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, to
Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.
Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, to Sunday, Jan. 24,
2021.
St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn
and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont.
Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, to Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton
Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday, March 30, 2021, to Sunday, April
4, 2021.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 16, 2021, to Sunday, April 18,
2021.
Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 25, 2021,
to Monday, May 31, 2021.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 4,
2021, to Sunday, June 6, 2021.
Southwest Ontario Regional – Bingemans
Conference and Convention Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021, to Sunday, July 11, 2021.
Rochester Regional – RIT Inn and
Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta Road, Henrietta. Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, to
Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge
Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 21,
2021, and Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree
Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 31,
2021, to Monday, Sept. 8, 2021.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge
Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, and Sunday, Sept.
12, 2021.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, to Sunday, Sept. 19,
2021.
Buffalo Regional – Tuesday, Oct.
19, 2021, to Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021.
St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn
and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont.
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, to Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.
Unit 255 Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, 2021, to Sunday, Nov. 15, 2021.
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Bridge club websites:
Click names
for links.
The Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For
info, call 716-603-6943.
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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 is approaching a career total of 2,700 master points. 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 March 9 to March 15
Week of March 9 to March 15
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – A: Howard
Foster and Mike Ryan, 66.41%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Barbara Libby, 58.73%;
Linda Burroughsford and Alan Greer, 56.13%; B: Nadine Stein and Mary Terrana,
55.46%; Joanne LaFay and John Fiegl, 51.05%; Bob Sommerstein and Allen Beroza,
50.14%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south,
A: Linda Burroughsford and John Ziemer, 62.92%; B: Art Matthies and Mike
Silverman, 59.54%; C: Sandi England and Joanne LaFay, 51.25%; east-west, A:
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Alan Greer, 59.58%; Judi Marshall and Barbara Libby,
57.50%; B: Dorothy May and Dale Anderson, 52.92%; Martha and John Welte,
49.17%; C: (tie) Linda Zittel and Jan Hasselback, Barbara Multerer and Art
Schumacher, 40.42%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon – A: John
Ziemer and Alan Greer, 59.61%; B: Martha and John Welte, 58.22%; June
Feuerstein and Dale Anderson, 56.39%; C: Vic Bergsten and Walt Olszewski, 55.44%;
Dorothy and Larry Soong, 49.66%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – A: Elaine
Kurasiewicz and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 61.11%; Barbara Libby and Alan Greer,
59.26%; B: Ken Meier and Allen Beroza, 58.80%; C: Sandi England and Walt
Olszewski, 52.31%; Joyce Greenspan and Art Schumacher, 50.46%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. A: Carol
Neuhaus and Paul Morgante, 63.63%; B: Gini Sicignano and David Schott, 59.09%; Rose
Bochiechio and Rivona Ehrenreich, 56.82%; Marcia Wright and Susan Cardamone,
53.63%; Rose Ann Grimaldi and Henry Porter, 52.28%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Mary Ball and Art Morth, 60.94%;
(tie) Judy Padgug and Stan Kozlowski, Gene Finton and Bob Padgug, 57.81%; Saleh
Fetouh and Jay Costello, 57.41%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 63.63%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 59.54%; Joe
Miranda and Vince Taeger, 55.91%; Dorothy and Larry Soong, 53.63%; Carol
Neuhaus and Ruth Nawotniak, 51.82%; Margaret Zhou and Henry Porter, 50.83%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Chris Urbanek and Sue Neubecker,
67.50%; Bert Hargeshimer and Alex Kowal, 65%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, Dorothy May and Ken
Meier, 57.14%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 56.25%; Bob Padgug and
Saleh Fetouh, 49.40%; Fran Kurtz and Pat Burns, 48.81%; east-west, Bud
Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 69.05%; Ten-Pao Lee and John Sinclair, 54.76%;
Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 52.98%; Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 50.30%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Saturday afternoon – Sharon Benz
and Gini Sicignano, 59%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 57%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – North-south,
Mary Ludwiczak and John Marvin, 59.72%; Chris Urbanek and Sharon Benz, 56.25%; Bert
Hargeshimer and Alex Kowal, 55.56%; Linda Burroughsford and Peter Patterson,
53.47%; east-west, Ten-Pao Lee and Fred Yellen, 56.94%; Martha and John Welte,
56.48%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 54.40%; Mary Ball and Art Morth, 51.39%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – John Fiegl
and Paul Zittel, 59.38%; Bob and Joan Ciszak, 58.33%; (tie) Joe Miranda and
Sandi England, Ken Meier and Ruth Wurster, 57.29%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning –A: (3-way
tie) Saleh Fetouh and Bud Seidenberg, Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, Sharon Benz and
Tova Reinhorn, 58.93%; B: Sue Neubecker and Eleanor Whelan, 53.57%; (tie)
Claire Gareleck and Donna Steffan, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 42.86%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Bill Rich
and Ed Harman, 57.7%; Jeff Bender and Henry Chudy, 56.6%; Mike and Vince
Taeger, 55.3%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – North-south,
Miriam Regnet and Elve Johnston, 61.13%; Jim and Paula Jones, 53.65%; Sushil
and Maria Amlani, 52.88%; east-west, Walt Olszewski and Jan O’Mara, 54.17%;
(tied) Roy Crocker and John Lewis, Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 51.38%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – John Scott
and Bob Linn, 63.19%; Ed Harman and Bob Lederhouse, 60.42%; Jim Lanzo and Paul
Capen, 56.25%; Kathy Fenn and Elve Johnston, 55.56%.
Other
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – Shirley
Cassety and Sam Grossman, 69%; Jeff Peters and Edna Fill, 56.7%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south,
Ruth Jones and Bob Kaiser, 66.5%; Perry Hoffman and Adele Denton, 45.8%;
east-west, David Reeves and Nelson Torre, 64.6%; Emily Wetlaufer and Dick
Munschauer, 49%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Kathy Borcik
and Bill Westley, 66%; (tie) Ellen Lochead and Mary Jane Luce, Elaine Wegrzyn
and Judy Thielman, 50%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Thelma
Frauenhofer and Edna Henrich, 65.2%; Celine and Sam LaDuca, 56.9%; Susan and
Harvey Lichtblau, 55.5%.
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