Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Duplicate Bridge: July 4, 2020



The Bridge Center of Buffalo is contemplating reopening sometime later this year and has compiled a lengthy list of changes and provisions that will be needed in order to do it, including new tables and floors. It can be found here.
• • •
No face-to-face tournaments for the rest of the year – that's what ACBL management has decided.
The bridge sanctioning organization has canceled the 2020 Fall North American Bridge Championships in Tampa, Fla., right after Thanksgiving, and is not providing directors for any other tournaments.
ACBL executive director Joseph Jones said in a message on the organization's website that players still can win black, silver, red and gold master points on Bridge Base Online.
Open to all players on BBO are the Support Your Club games every day at 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., which send part of the game fees to a club that players designate. For more info, visit acbl.org/virtual or bridgebase.com.
Local clubs also share in the fees from when they offer online games as Virtual Clubs on BBO for players who are affiliated with them.
• • •
The Airport Bridge Club has linked up with the Alliance Bridge Club, the ACBL’s largest bridge club, which offers more than a dozen games every day. Anyone who has played at the Airport Club is automatically a member. For more info, visit alliancebridgeclub.com or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 603-6943.
• • •
The Bridge Center of Buffalo, Bridge Club Meridian and the Lockport Duplicate Bridge Club offer games six days a week. For the most part, the calendar follows the schedule that the clubs maintained when they were able to play live games.
For more info, visit the Bridge Center of Buffalo website, call director Dian Petrov at 228-2230 or email him at dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
• • •
The Delaware Wednesday Club plays at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on Bridge Base Online, the same time that it had its actual games.
Delaware Wednesday is invitational and to ensure that it is restricted primarily to club members, there’s a master point limit of 1,500 on players who want to join. None of the club members has more than 1,500 points.
• • •
No summer picnic this year for Western New York Unit 116. The event Aug. 2 in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, is canceled. Also formally canceled is the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament Sept. 11 to 13.
In an email last month, Unit 116 president Betty Metz said that the annual meeting Dec. 5 is still pending and the Mentoring Program and the Youth Bridge Program are currently on hold. She noted that the ACBL decision "does not mean the clubs have to stay closed. That decision is individual to each club."
• • •
For clubs that want to reopen, the ACBL has issued a lengthy list of "Club Safety Considerations," which advises them to use a great many precautionary measures to limit the risk to the players. To read the entire advisory, click here.
• • •
The Saturday Duplicate Bridge column is on hiatus in the print edition of The Buffalo News until clubs resume regular play, but it’s alive and well online. The syndicated Daily Bridge Club column by Frank Stewart will continue to appear.
• • •
Tournament calendar
2020
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: Rochester Summer Sectional – Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: Hamilton Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19.
CANCELED: Syracuse Regional – Holiday Inn Syracuse, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 10, to Sunday, Aug. 16. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 15, and Sunday, Aug. 16. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 1, to Monday, Sept. 7.
CANCELED: Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 11, to Sunday, Sept. 13.
CANCELED: St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Sept. 20.
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive, Seneca Falls. Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8.
CANCELED: Unit 255 Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, Nov. 15.
District 5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – Local clubs, if they're open and if the ACBL provides a director. Monday, Dec. 7, to Sunday, Dec. 13.
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.
• • •
Bridge club websites:
Click names for links.
The Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
• • •
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.
During this hiatus, it can be found by Googling  “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 has a career total of more than 2,700 master points and is playing online these days. He blogs about his quest for the next measure of achievement, Emerald Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.
• • •
Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of June 22 to June 28
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – 99ers. Tyler Mu and Michael Passucci, 63.77%; Candace Graser and Cynthia Tashjian, 63.27%; Meena Rustgi and Phyllis Stasiowski, 58.14%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. Martha Townson and Amita Arora, 68.33%; Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 64.44%; Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, 56.11%; (tie) Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, Linda Henschel and Martha Cain, 69.26%; Anne O’Connor and Ed Harman, 61.94%; Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, 59.29%; Dorothy and Larry Soong, 58.55%; east-west, Audrey Ray and Carol Roth, 61.42%; Rivona Ehrenreich and Judith Babat, 58.24%; (tie) Martha Townson and Nancy Deneen, Sheila Hess and Phyllis Wilkinson, 56.39%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – Mohan Prabhu and partner, 75%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 55.56%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – (Tie) Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 57.41%; Joan Vanek and Stuart Schwartz, 53.70%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 53.24%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Amita Arora and Rajarshi Roy, 66.20%; Nancy Deneen and Martha Townson, 56.02%; Elve Johnston and Ed Harman, 54.83%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Elve Johnston and Miriam Regnet, 66.67%; (tie) Anne O’Connor and Ed Harman, Amita Arora and partner, 54.17%.
Twentieth Century Club Invitational Friday morning – Lou Etta Knight and Sheila Hess, 59.58%; Anne Allen and Mary Ellen Cotter, 59.44%; Elaine Idzik and Martha Townson, 58.89%; Barbara Kaye and Barbara Meenaghan, 55%.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Duplicate Bridge: June 27, 2020



        
Dachshund-Retro Hot Dog Ad playing cards by Lantern Press

         No face-to-face tournaments for the rest of the year – that's what ACBL management has decided.
Not only have they canceled the 2020 Fall North American Bridge Championships in Tampa, Fla., right after Thanksgiving, but they're also not providing directors for any other tournaments.
"It is the right thing to do," ACBL executive director Joseph Jones said in a message on organization's website. "The safety of our members – the community most at risk for Covid-19 – and our employees is of paramount importance to us. At this time, we cannot ask players or staff to travel and risk exposure."
Jones noted that players still can win black, silver, red and gold master points on Bridge Base Online.
Open to all players on BBO are the Support Your Club games every day at 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., which send part of the game fees to a club that players designate. For more info, visit acbl.org/virtual or bridgebase.com.
Local clubs also share in the fees from when they offer online games as Virtual Clubs on BBO for players who are affiliated with them.
• • •
The Airport Bridge Club has linked up with the Alliance Bridge Club, the ACBL’s largest bridge club, which offers more than a dozen games every day. Anyone who has played at the Airport Club is automatically a member. For more info, visit alliancebridgeclub.com or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 603-6943.
• • •
The Bridge Center of Buffalo, Bridge Club Meridian and the Lockport Duplicate Bridge Club offer games every day under their own names or the banner “Buffalo Wings.” For the most part, the calendar follows the schedule that the clubs maintained when they were able to play live games.
For more info, visit the Bridge Center of Buffalo website, call director Dian Petrov at 228-2230 or email him at dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
• • •
The Delaware Wednesday Club plays at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on Bridge Base Online, the same time that it had its actual games.
Delaware Wednesday is invitational and to ensure that it is restricted primarily to club members, there’s a master point limit of 1,500 on players who want to join. None of the club members has more than 1,500 points.
• • •
Western New York Unit 116 scrubbed its summer picnic Aug. 2 in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, following the ACBL announcement. Also formally canceled is the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament Sept. 11 to 13.
In an email this week, Unit 116 president Betty Metz said that the annual meeting Dec. 5 is still pending and the Mentoring Program and the Youth Bridge Program are currently on hold. She noted that the ACBL decision "does not mean the clubs have to stay closed. That decision is individual to each club."
• • •
For clubs that want to reopen, the ACBL has issued a lengthy list of "Club Safety Considerations," which advises them to use a great many precautionary measures to limit the risk to the players. To read the entire advisory, click here.
• • •
The Saturday Duplicate Bridge column is on hiatus in the print edition of The Buffalo News until clubs resume regular play, but it’s alive and well online. The syndicated Daily Bridge Club column by Frank Stewart will continue to appear.
• • •
Tournament calendar
2020
CANCELED: Niagara-on-the-Lake Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Today, Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: Rochester Summer Sectional – Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: Hamilton Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19.
CANCELED: Syracuse Regional – Holiday Inn Syracuse, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 10, to Sunday, Aug. 16. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 15, and Sunday, Aug. 16. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 1, to Monday, Sept. 7.
CANCELED: Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 11, to Sunday, Sept. 13.
CANCELED: St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Sept. 20.
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive, Seneca Falls. Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8.
CANCELED: Unit 255 Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, Nov. 15.
District 5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – Local clubs, if they're open and if the ACBL provides a director. Monday, Dec. 7, to Sunday, Dec. 13.
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.
• • •
Bridge club websites:
Click names for links.
The Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
• • •
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.
During this hiatus, it can be found by Googling  “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 has a career total of more than 2,700 master points and is playing online these days. He blogs about his quest for the next measure of achievement, Emerald Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.
• • •
Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of June 15 to June 21
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – 99ers. Peggy and Jeff Feather, 66.67%; Jennifer Epstein and Andrew Jiang, 64.14%; Linda Henschel and Martha Cain, 59.04%; Sarmishtha and Shyam Kumar, 54.69%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. North-south, Maria Amlani and Jim Lanzo, 63.89%; Carol Roth and Rivona Ehrenreich, 54.17%; (tie) Pat Haynes and Terry Camp, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 52.31%; east-west, Betty DeFeo and Larry Himelein, 55.09%; Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 53.24%; Louisa Cameron and Bill Rich, 52.78%; (tie) Nancy Deneen and Martha Townson, Judy Zeckhauser and Bonnie Clement, 50.46%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, Audrey Ray and Carol Roth, 64.78%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 58.60%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.33%; Nancy Deneen and Martha Townson, 51.08%; east-west, Linda Henschel and Martha Cain, 65.47%; Ed Harman and Jim Lanzo, 63.31%; Rajat Basu and John Bava, 61.34%; Phyllis Wilkinson and Sheila Hess, 53.24%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – Chris Urbanek and Rajarshi Roy, 59.72%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 56.94%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Terry Fraas and Rajarshi Roy, 67.78%; Miriam Regnet and Jim Lanzo, 57.22%; Bill Rich and Jim Hassett, 56.11%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 55.56%.
Garret Club Invitational Monday morning – Linda Henschel and Martha Cain, 68.52%; Mary Joyce and Pinky Regan, 60.19%; Amy Habib and Susan Burns, 59.26%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Martha and John Welte, 64.58%; Audrey Ray and Amita Arora, 58.33%; (tie) Gay Simpson and Jeff Bender, Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 54.86%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Chris Urbanek and Bud Seidenberg, 80.56%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 58.33%; (tie) Ken Meier and Tom Koralewski, Anne O'Connor and Ed Harman, 52.78%.
Twentieth Century Club Invitational Friday morning – Helen Scott and partner, 70%; Elaine Idzik and Martha Townson, 63.33%; Phyllis Wilkinson and partner, 54.44%.




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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Duplicate Bridge: June 20, 2020

Cap made from playing cards from Upcycling by Milo 

Is Bridge Base Online the new normal? That's the question on the cover of this month's issue of the ACBL's Bridge Bulletin magazine. The ACBL thinks so. It's teamed up with BBO to host a wide variety of virtual club games awarding ACBL master points while giving financial support to home clubs.
Open to all players are the Support Your Club games on BBO every day at 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., which send part of the game fees to a club that players designate. For more info, visit acbl.org or bridgebase.com.
Local clubs also share in the fees from when they offer online games as Virtual Clubs on BBO for players who are affiliated with them.
• • •
The Airport Bridge Club has linked up with the Alliance Bridge Club, the ACBL’s largest bridge club, which offers more than a dozen games every day. Anyone who has played at the Airport Club is automatically a member. For more info, visit alliancebridgeclub.com or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 603-6943.
• • •
The Bridge Center of Buffalo, Bridge Club Meridian and the Lockport Duplicate Bridge Club offer games every day under their own names or the banner “Buffalo Wings.” For the most part, the calendar follows the schedule that the clubs maintained when they were able to play live games.
For more info, visit the Bridge Center of Buffalo website, call director Dian Petrov at 228-2230 or email him at dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
• • •
The Delaware Wednesday Club plays at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on Bridge Base Online, the same time that it had its actual games.
Delaware Wednesday is invitational and to ensure that it is restricted primarily to club members, there’s a master point limit of 1,500 on players who want to join. None of the club members has more than 1,500 points.
• • •
Still lingering on the Unit 116 calendar is the summer picnic Aug. 2 in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. However, now that the Erie County Fair (Aug. 12 to 22) has been canceled, the picnic is looking even less likely to happen.
No longer on the unit calendar is the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament Sept. 11 to 13, but no formal announcement has been made.  
• • •
The ACBL has issued a lengthy list of "Club Safety Considerations," noting that "the ACBL believes that it is too soon for resuming activities such as duplicate bridge, particularly since people over age 55 have more frequent complications, hospitalizations and a higher death rate than other age groups." Clubs that want to reopen are advised to use a great many precautionary measures to limit the risk to the players. To read the entire advisory, click here.
• • •
The Saturday Duplicate Bridge column is on hiatus in the print edition of The Buffalo News until clubs resume regular play, but it’s alive and well online. The syndicated Daily Bridge Club column by Frank Stewart will continue to appear.
• • •
Tournament calendar
2020
CANCELED: District 5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STAC) – Local clubs. Today, Saturday, June 20, and Sunday, June 21.
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: Rochester Summer Sectional – Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: Hamilton Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19.
CANCELED: 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. For info, click this link.
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.
• • •
Bridge club websites:
Click names for links.
Bridge Center of Buffalo.
Bridge Club Meridian.
Western New York Unit 116.
The Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
• • •
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.
During this hiatus, it can be found by Googling  “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 has a career total of more than 2,700 master points and is playing online these days. 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 from Bridge Base Online
Week of June 8 to June 14

 Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – 99ers. Peggy and Jeff Feather, 64.20%; Tyler Mu and Michael Passucci, 55.84%; Janet and David Desmon, 54.17%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 52.62%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 62.78%; Natalie Abramson and Penny Shuman, 58.43%; Pat Haynes and Terry Camp, 51.85%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 59.63%; Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 58.61%; Maria Amlani and Jim Lanzo, 57.22%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Judy Padgug and Gene Finton, 63.89%; Gay Simpson and partner, 62.50%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, Mary Joyce and Bill Rich, 64.24%; Anne O'Connor and Ed Harman, 59.88%; Nancy Deneen and Martha Townson, 58.37%; Audrey Ray and Carol Roth, 52.43%; east-west, Seema Bhagwat and Beena Deshmukh, 59.72%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.02%; Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon, 53.94%; Maria Amlani and Jim Lanzo, 53.39%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – Saleh Fetouh and Bud Seidenberg, 73.15%; (tie) Martha and John Welte, Rajarshi Roy and Chris Urbanek, 65.05%; Gay Simpson and Terry Camp, 58.33%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Amita Arora and Stuart Schwartz, 69.44%; Jim Lanzo and Walt Olszewski, 68.89%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59.44%; Gay Simpson and Gabe Tannenbaum, 53.89%.
Garret Club Invitational Monday morning – Pinky Regan and Pam Righter, 61.25%; (tie) Amber Dixon and Amy Habib, Linda Henschel and Candace Graser, 55%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Rajarshi Roy and Jim Lanzo, 62.04%; Audrey Ray and Amita Arora, 57.41%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 55.56%.
Twentieth Century Club Invitational Friday morning – Elaine Idzik and Martha Townson, 64.50%; Cherry Searle and Nancy Deneen, 58%.

 Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in all Venues
Jan. 1, 2020, to May 31, 2020

 0-5 Points – Nancy Deneen, 10.97; Linda Henschel, 10.46.
5-20 Points – Martha Townson, 19.45; Fred Schweiger, 7.33; Gini Sicignano, 5.11; Jane Constantine, 4.65.
20-50 Points – Stephane Ronget, 11.51; David Schott, 10.32; Maria Amlani, 8.35; Cherry Searle, 5.40.
50-100 Points – Larry Himelein, 22.15; Joanne Nover, 17.89; Rose Ann Grimaldi, 11.29; Barbara Hill, 8.36.
100-200 Points – Vic Bergsten, 30.84; Bonnie Clement, 28.14; Ann Marie Ryan, 19.66; Terry Hamovitch, 18.24; Bram Hamovitch, 15.94.
200-300 Points – Jim Lanzo, 46.96; Margaret Zhou, 18.19; Jasbeer Makhija, 18.12; Ruth Nawotniak, 11.90; Laurie Foster, 11.14.
300-500 Points – Larry Abate, 67.72; Joyce Frayer, 31.82; Violet Makhija, 18.68; Pawan Matta, 16.62; Amita Arora, 15.33; Sushil Amlani, 12.09.
500-1000 Points – Bob Sommerstein, 60.02; Ten-Pao Lee, 44.61; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 43.35; John Bava, 42.56; Ed Morgan, 41.32.
1000-1500 Points – David Colligan, 63.16; Gay Simpson, 46.30; Sandi England, 37.45; Joyce Greenspan, 31.91; Joanne LaFay, 27.49; Howard Foster, 27.01.
1500-2500 Points – (Tie) Martha Welte, John Welte, 144.17; Davis Heussler, 128.74; Linda Burroughsford, 110.89; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 72.95; Walt Olszewski, 33.98.
2500-3500 Points – John Sinclair, 57; David Millward, 56.68; Fred Yellen, 53.07; Allen Beroza, 49.80; Dale Anderson, 45.71; Ken Meier, 44.26; Mike Silverman, 40.13.
3500-5000 Points – Mike Ryan, 61.01; John Ziemer, 57.90; Sharon Benz, 57.14; Christy Kellogg, 51.87; Barbara Libby, 51.48.
5000-7500 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 145.28; Alan Greer, 100.85; Bert Hargeshimer, 53,76; Jay Costello, 39.27.
Over 7500 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 84.67; Chris Urbanek, 60; Jay Levy, 36.12.



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Thursday, June 11, 2020

Duplicate Bridge: June 13, 2020

Playing cards depicting 34-star American flags, circa Civil War. Playing cards did not usually have numbers in the corners before 1880. (Kansas Historical Society)

The ACBL has issued a lengthy list of "Club Safety Considerations," noting that "the ACBL believes that it is too soon for resuming activities such as duplicate bridge, particularly since people over age 55 have more frequent complications, hospitalizations and a higher death rate than other age groups." Clubs that want to reopen are advised to put a great many precautionary measures in place to limit the risk to the players. To read the entire advisory, click here. 
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Until face-to-face play returns, are hosting a wide variety of virtual club games awarding ACBL master points while giving financial support to home clubs.
Open to all players are the Support Your Club games on BBO every day at 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., which send part of the game fees to a club that players designate. For more info, visit acbl.org or bridgebase.com.
Local clubs also share in the fees from when they offer online games as Virtual Clubs on BBO for players who are affiliated with them.
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The Airport Bridge Club has linked up with the Alliance Bridge Club, the ACBL’s largest bridge club, which offers more than a dozen games every day. Anyone who has played at the Airport Club is automatically a member. For more info, visit alliancebridgeclub.com or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 603-6943.
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The Bridge Center of Buffalo, Bridge Club Meridian and the Lockport Duplicate Bridge Club offer games every day under their own names or the banner “Buffalo Wings.” For the most part, the calendar follows the schedule that the clubs maintained when they were able to play live games.
For more info, visit the Bridge Center of Buffalo website, call director Dian Petrov at 228-2230 or email him at dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
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The Delaware Wednesday Club has plays at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on Bridge Base Online, the same time that it had its actual games.
Delaware Wednesday is invitational and to ensure that it is restricted primarily to club members, there’s a master point limit of 1,500 on players who want to join. None of the club members has more than 1,500 points.

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Still lingering on the Unit 116 calendar is the summer picnic Aug. 2 in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. However, now that the Erie County Fair (Aug. 12 to 22) has been canceled, the picnic is looking even less likely to happen.
No longer on the unit calendar is the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament Sept. 11 to 13, but no formal announcement has been made.  
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The Saturday Duplicate Bridge column is on hiatus in the print edition of The Buffalo News until clubs resume regular play, but it’s alive and well online. The syndicated Daily Bridge Club column by Frank Stewart will continue to appear.
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Tournament calendar
2020

CANCELED: Syracuse Sectional – Syracuse Contract Duplicate Bridge Club, 501 Edgerton St., Minoa. Today, Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14.
CANCELED: District 5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STAC) – Local clubs. Monday, June 15, to Sunday, June 21.
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: Rochester Summer Sectional – Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: Hamilton Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19.
CANCELED: 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. For info, click this link.
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.
Bridge Center of Buffalo.
Bridge Club Meridian.
Western New York Unit 116.
The Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
• • •
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.
During this hiatus, it can be found by Googling  “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 has a career total of more than 2,700 master points and is playing online these days. He blogs about his quest for the next measure of achievement, Emerald Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.
• • •
Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of June 1 to June 7

Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – 99ers. North-south, Tyler Mu and Michael Passucci, 61.07%; Andrew Jiang and Jennifer Epstein, 58.49%; Amy Habib and Jane Constantine, 53.78%; east-west, Linda and Bob Weaver, 58.64%; Meena Rustgi and Phyllis Stasiowski, 57.95%; Sarmishtha and Shyam Kumar, 54.32%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. Pinhui Miao and Amita Arora, 65.56%; Barbara Hill and Ruth Nawotniak, 60.97%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.31%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning –Chris Urbanek and Sharon Benz, 55.56%; Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 54.63%; Christy Kellogg and Saleh Fetouh, 52.78%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 72.49%; Jim Lanzo and Ed Harman, 52.71%; Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover, 50.53%; east-west, Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, 69.97%; Marge Plumb and Natalie Abramson, 63.98%; Susan Burns and Amy Habib, 56.35%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 71.30%; Gay Simpson and partner, 58.33%.
       Delaware Wednesday evening – Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 58.89%; Amita Arora and Jim Lanzo, 49.44%; (tie) Gay Simpson and Anne O’Connor; Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 48.89%.
Buffalo Silver Wings Friday afternoon – Gay Simpson and John Bava, 62.50%; Jim Lanzo and Rajarshi Roy, 56.94%.
Garret Club Invitational Monday morning – Carole Sedita and Susan Burns, 67.19%; Linda Henschel and Martha Cain, 56.25%; (3-way tie) Mary Joyce and Pam Righter, Judy Reich and Mary Berlow, Amber Dixon and Jane Constantine, 54.17%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Jim Jeff Bender and Gabe Tannenbaum, 68.29%; Sushil Amlani and Jim Lanzo, 64.81%; Terry Fraas and Rajarshi Roy, 56.71%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – North-south, Elve Johnston and Miriam Regnet, 66.67%; Barbara and John Scott, 66.11%; Audrey Ray and Caerol Roth, 53.89%; Anne O’Connor and Ed Harman, 53.33%.
Twentieth Century Club Invitational Friday morning – Cherry Searle and Nancy Deneen, 59.86%; Phyllis Wilkinson and partner, 56.89%; Elaine Idzik and Martha Townson, 55%.

Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2020, to May 31, 2020

0-5 Points – Nancy Deneen, 10.97; Linda Henschel, 10.46.
5-20 Points – Martha Townson, 17.68; Fred Schweiger, 7.33; Gini Sicignano, 5.11; Jane Constantine, 4.65.
20-50 Points –Stephane Ronget, 11.19; David Schott, 10.32; Maria Amlani, 8.35; Cherry Searle, 5.40.
50-100 Points – Larry Himelein, 21.67; Joanne Nover, 14.22; Rose Ann Grimaldi, 11.29; Barbara Hill, 8.36.
100-200 Points –Bonnie Clement, 28.14; Ann Marie Ryan, 19.66; Terry Hamovitch, 15.03; Vic Bergsten, 14.86; Henry Porter, 13.21; Bram Hamovitch, 12.73.
200-300 Points – Jim Lanzo, 33.30; Jasbeer Makhija, 18.12; Margaret Zhou, 14.39; Ruth Nawotniak, 11.90.
300-500 Points – Larry Abate, 52.31; Joyce Frayer, 27.12; Violet Makhija, 18.68; Pawan Matta, 16.62; Amita Arora, 14.06; Sushil Amlani, 11.39.
500-1000 Points – Bob Sommerstein, 41.07; John Bava, 37.23; Ed Morgan, 36.30; Ten-Pao Lee, 35.70; Mary Ball, 34.61; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 33.19.
1000-1500 Points – Gay Simpson, 37.05; Sandi England, 34.28; Joyce Greenspan, 31.91; Joanne LaFay, 27.49; Howard Foster, 19.26.
1500-2500 Points – (Tie) Martha Welte, John Welte, 116.99; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 72.31; Davis Heussler, 47.19; Linda Burroughsford, 38.65; Walt Olszewski, 31.40.  
2500-3500 Points – David Millward, 52.02; Allen Beroza, 43.63; Ken Meier, 41.61; Dale Anderson, 41.16; Fred Yellen, 37.67; Mike Silverman, 34.67.
3500-5000 Points – Mike Ryan, 50.35; Barbara Libby, 50.32; Sharon Benz, 49.91; John Ziemer, 43.41; Christy Kellogg, 34.80.
5000-7500 Points – Alan Greer, 100.85; Saleh Fetouh, 55.42; Bert Hargeshimer, 36.69; Judi Marshall, 22.37; Jay Costello, 21.79.
Over 7500 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 62.53; Jay Levy, 33.26; Chris Urbanek, 25.95.

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