Duplicate Bridge: Oct. 31
Congratuations to Jay Costello, who won the most masterpoints -- 53.81 -- at last week's Buffalo Spooktacular Regional Tournament at the Grand Island Holiday Inn. Other top local players and their point totals -- 9th: Donna Steffan, 46.44; 11th: Jay Levy, 42.17; 13th: John Kilmer, 38.39; 18th: Dan Gerstman, 35.61; 22nd: Saleh Fetouh, 33.08; 27th: Bert Hargesheimer, 28.44; 42nd: Judith Padgug, 23.74; 43rd: Chongmin Zhang, 23.69; 47th: Bud Seidenberg, 22.88. In all, 746 players earned points.
Next major event for Western New York Unit 116 is the annual meeting and game on Sunday, Dec. 6, in the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2735 Union Road, Cheektowaga. A Chiavetta's chicken lunch at noon will be followed by the meeting and the game. Tickets are $6 and must be purchased in advance by Nov. 27 from any unit board member -- Judie Bailey, Dick Czarnecki, Luke Danielson, Bob Lederhouse, Jay Levy, John Marvin, Betty Metz, Pat Rasmus or John Toy.
Also on the unit calendar:
-- A Split Unit Championship Game, Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Bridge Center of Buffalo and the Lockport Senior Center.
-- An evening honoring local player Joel Wooldridge, winner of two national championships and 279 masterpoints at thee 2009 Washington Summer Nationals, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, in the Bridge Center of Buffalo. For info, call Bob Lederhouse at 625-9443 or Jay Levy at 861-1056.
-- The District 5 Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC), Monday, Dec. 7, through Sun., Dec. 13, at individual clubs throughout the region.
-- The Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament, Jan. 8 to 10, at Daemen College, 4380 Main St., Snyder. Pairs games will be held at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. For info, call Pat Rasmus at 649-4634 or e-mail prasmus@verizon.net.
The duplicate bridge column now appears in print every Saturday in the Living section of The Buffalo News, a change that took effect the week after Labor Day last year. The former Saturday and Sunday Pause pages were combined into a single page on Saturday. The online edition usually will appear here on www.buffalonews.com after the press run begins early Saturday morning.
The duplicate bridge column is compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson, with a deadline of Monday night for scores and announcements to appear in Saturday's paper. This online edition has a Wednesday night deadline and is an expanded version of what appears in the Saturday Living section, with more scores and much, much, much longer notes.
E-mail: danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com.
Office phone: (716) 849-4420.
Dale Anderson has accumulated more than 650 masterpoints, thanks to all those triple point games at the Amherst Bridge Club at the Airport, but his quest to become a Life Master is still a work in progress. That's among the topics on his bridge blog (now past its 170th installment) at his personal site at www.myspace.com/daleanderson. New posts will show up there during the coming week.
Duplicate Scores Week of Oct. 19 to 25
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Amherst Bridge Club at the Airport Monday morning … Howell. A: Ted Kahn and partner, 58.61%; B: (tie) Art Schumacher and Barbara Multerer, Ruth Jones and Ruth Hnath, 56.6%; C: Bruce Bronstein and Mike Silverman, 51.86%.
Amherst Bridge Club at the Airport Tuesday morning … Howell. A: Ross Markello and Bruce Burr, 61.57%; Rosemary Richert and Shirley Cassety, 57.41%; B: Ginny Panaro and Dorothy May, 56.02%; C: Natalie Abramson and Ken Wagner, 49.54%.
Amherst Bridge Club at the Airport Wednesday afternoon … A/B: (tie) Joan Smith, Celine Murray, 57.14%; C: Bev Schwiegerling, 50%.
Amherst Bridge Club at the Airport Thursday morning … Howell. A: Mary Davey-Carr and Phyllis Wilkinson, 64.58%; Paula Salamone and partner, 61.98%; B/C: Estelle Atlas and Ted Kahn, 50.52%.
Amherst Bridge Club at the Airport Friday morning … Howell. A: Nadine Stein and partner, 59.40%; B: Marian Morber and Margaret Miles, 54.5%; Eleanor Whelan and Carl Stone, 53.5%.
Amherst Bridge Club at the Airport Saturday morning … Howell. A: Ken Wagner and Paula Salamone, 60.12%; B: Ruth Hnath and Rosemary Richert, 57.14%; Janet Frisch and Fenton Harrison, 54.76%; C: Shirley Cassety and Ross Markello, 51.79%; Linda Wynes and Jean Sullivan, 48.81%.
Amherst Bridge Club at the Airport Sunday afternoon … A/B/C: Ann Smith, 64.29%; Jean Sullivan, 59.52%; Ginny Panaro, 54.76%. September/October Club Series: Cleveland Fleming, 10.5 points; Sushil Amlani, 9.
B&P Duplicate Monday morning … North-south, A/B: Wilson McClaren and Linda Vassallo, 55.65%; east-west, A: Trudy Manaher and Barbara Libby, 58.33%; B: Jane Gibbons and Tom Gibbons, 53.27%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo … Closed.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday … A: Bob Winkler and Dan Clark, 66.2%; B: Lillian Gotshall and Maria Winkler, 62.5%; C: Pat Rogers and Thelma Riling 58.41%.
Buffalo Whist Monday … North-south, A/B/C: Warren O'Connell and James Reineck; east-west, A: Jim Mathis and William Rushmore; B: Robert Olin and Jim Jacoby; C: John and Shirley Lyth.
Delaware Wednesday evening … North-south, Lance Pollock and Dick Sigglekow, 58.33%; east-west, Adam Dzimian and Frank Belz, 59.57%.
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening … A: Sushil Amlani and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.1%; B: Elva Johnston and Miriam Regnet, 54.2%; C: Bill Wasson and Bob Lederhouse, 45.6%.
Buffalo Spooktacular Regional Tournament. Top local players and their masterpoint totals:
1st: Jay Costello, 53.81; 9th: Donna Steffan, 46.44; 11th: Jay Levy, 42.17; 13th: John Kilmer, 38.39; 18th: Dan Gerstman, 35.61; 22nd: Saleh Fetouh, 33.08; 27th: Bert Hargesheimer, 28.44; 42nd: Judith Padgug, 23.74; 43rd: Chongmin Zhang, 23.69; 47th: Bud Seidenberg, 22.88.
Other clubs
ABA Humboldt Bridge Club Tuesday evening … Gladys and Thelma Daughtrey, 58%; David Mathis and Shirley Thompson, 56%.
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon … North-south, Chuck Heimerl and Robert Alan Davis, 67%; Bill and Jo Rich, 61%; east-west, John and Jini Rubenstein, 60%; Mary Bates and Marie Schneider, 56%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning … North-south, Sam Grossman and Bill Rich, 66%; east-west, Martin Schaus and Ruth Walsh, 62%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday … North-south, Dee Schaeffer and Lil Ungerlieder, 61.8%; Betty Hamlin and Vera Arrison, 59.9%; east-west, Joe Fiore and Ann Lundrigan, 61.1%; Priscilla Bretschger and Edna Jurek, 56%.
Clarence Senior Center … North-south, Elsie and Bill Rogers, 56%; east-west, Bev Heath and Lois Blasidell, 64%.
College Club Duplicate Wednesday morning … Howell. Clare Schultz and Betty Loucks, 61.67%; Jane Hansen and Norma Moss, 57.78%; Carla Bernhardt and Carolann Besch, 57.22%.
Hamburg Senior Duplicate Monday night … North-south, Linda Zittel and Joanne Eckhardt, 58.93%; Mary Schneckenberger and Enid Sweet, 57.74%; east-west, Stan Biernacik and Judy Klassman, 60.71%; Janet Mead and Betty Browne, 53.57%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center … North-south, (tie) Paul Morgante and Frank Riccio, Marie Lanza and Lou Lombardi, 53.6%; east-west, JoAnne Zavarella and Margaret Rivard, 54.6%.
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