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Bridge Buff November/December 2014

A Publication of WNY Unit 116 - Erie & Niagara Counties, New York Judie Bailey, Editor Website: www.unit116.com Phone: 636-6148 ~ Email: baj_42@msn.com

WNY Unit 116 Board of Directors Invites you to participate in its

with election of Directors to the Board as well as a hot lunch of chicken, potatoes, salad, rolls & butter, dessert and beverage. An

open pairs game follows the meeting.

If you desire a vegetarian meal please contact Betty

Saturday, December 6, 2014 Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St. Williamsville, NY Cost: Both Lunch and game $10.00 for Unit members - ($15.00 for non-members)

Election balloting closes at Noon

Lunch at 12:00

Meeting at 1:00 p.m. Game to follow meeting

Board Members

& Officers

President:

Betty Metz 773-7398

bettymetz@roadrunner.com

Vice-President & Secretary:

Sue Neubecker 876-2630

suebobneu@roadrunner.com

Treasurer:

Tova Reinhorn 632-2056

tova.reinhorn@gmail.com

Liz Clark 652-0256

lizclark9@gmail.com

Howard Foster 633-2617

hfoster@.buffalo.edu

Dian Petrov 688-1226

dpetrov@roadrunner.com

Larry Soong 688-1326

tsoong@.buffalo.edu

Paul Zittel 992-4794

plzittel@roadrunner.com

2015 Winter issue

Deadline: December 22nd

Information for Jan/Feb/March Info from Clubs (limited to ¼ page)

Inclusion or editing will be at the

editor’s discretion

Tickets must be purchased from any Board Member

by November 28th

Chair: Betty Metz - 773-7398 or bettymetz@roadrunner.com

Co-chair: Tova Reinhorn – 632-2056 or

tova.reinhorn@gmail.com

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Western New York UNIT 116

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Saturday, November 8th - noon

Club run Unit-rated game at Bridge Center of Buffalo

Sunday, November 9th – “8 is Enough” Team Game

Airport Bridge Club – 1pm

Saturday, December 6th - Annual Meeting

Main-Transit Fire Hall (see Page 1)

2015 Winter Sectional Jan 23-25 (MTFH)

2015 Spring Sectional Apr 17-19 (MTFH)

2015 Fall Sectional Sept 18-20 (MTFH)

Annual Meeting ~ Sunday, Dec 6 – Rescue Fire Hall, N. Tona

For the latest information and detailed game results

directly from the club, check the web sites of clubs in

Western New York at www.unit116.com

There is also a link on our website to the News column;

or go to www.news.com website first, then add the

date you want to the search prompt, i.e.: "duplicate

bridge Sept 1"

Life Passages: Sanford “Sandy” Adler

Anna Edwards Rita Stewart

New Masterpoint Rankings

SILVER LIFE Master: Helen Panza

REGIONAL Master: Christine Malarkey Maryann Szafran

SECTIONAL Master: John Welte

CLUB Master: Mickey Martin

JUNIOR Master: Amita Arora

Who will be added to this list?

Volunteer Hall of Fame 2010 - 2013

Sharon Benz Judie Bailey Bernie Czarnecki Dick Czarnecki Joyce Greenspan Franklin Kidd Dave Larcom Betty Metz Sue Neubecker Faith Perry Kathy Pollock John Toy

Alice Lind – In Memoriam

Nominations for the 2014 recipient of the Volunteer Hall of Fame award(s) can be made to Liz Clark in a statement of less than 100 words. Do it NOW!

Bridge Buff Distribution – new report

The Buff is being distributed electronically to 454

players - our Unit ACBL membership is currently 446!

Snowbirds account for part of this discrepancy.

If you have an e-mail address but don’t receive anything

from the Unit, please send an email to the editor at

baj_42@msn.com and add this email address to your

address book so it isn’t perceived as “Junk” by your

server.

DELETED from the Unit’s email address book

Rose Bochiechio–Judy Katz–

Jan Hegedus–Carol Holdsworth If you have a new email address please send me an email.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE… Greetings to members of Unit 116, This is the last Buff for 2014. Next year we are introducing

a quarterly Buff instead of the current six editions. A special

edition will go out at election time if necessary.

The Unit has many fun events planned for you, come join

your fellow bridge players.

The Regional has just finished up and this marks the end

of an era. The team of John Toy and Patty Rasmus is officially

retired. The Buffalo Bridge Community owes this pair a

HUGE thank you for the many years of enjoyment they

delivered. Donna Steffan applauds Patty in the following

note: “Cheers: A huge thank you goes out to Patty Rasmus for

all of her hard work at this October’s Buffalo Regional. She

had, of course, “retired” last year, but when it became

necessary for someone to step up, there she was. She worked

so hard, as she always has, to provide us with the best

hospitality this side of the Mississippi. She asks for no

accolades in return, preferring that her name not even be on

the flyer or in the daily bulletin, but we Buffalo folks all know

that she is “the” person who makes this event what it is.

THANK YOU, Pat for a job superbly done, as always.”

The Unit is holding a team game “Eight is Enough” on

Sunday, November 9. It will be at Airport Bridge Club and

full information is on page 6 of this Buff.

Our last event of the year is our annual meeting on

Saturday, December 6. It will be held at Main-Transit Fire

Hall. In November, tickets will be for sale from board

members. See full information and schedule on the cover.

It is not too soon to mark your calendar for the Winter

Sectional, January 23-25, 2015. We are back to Main Transit

Fire Hall for this event. Full information on page 5.

Very Important! The month of November brings election

for Unit Board members. Bios of candidates are on page 7.

Look for ballots at your local clubs and be sure to vote.

I am going off the board after six years. It has been a

pleasure working with so many great people.

Betty Metz, Unit President

From the Editor: THANK YOU, BETTY!!!!

PLAY NICE!! The Opening DAILY BULLETIN at the Syracuse Regional

contained some “ideas to engender courtesy and pleasant play

at the table.” As space allows, these will be reprinted in the

Buff. They were and are in no particular order and many are. I

believe, commonly known.

• At the start of a round explain the main features of your

system (e.g. we play 2/1 with weak no trumps.)

• Before you look at your cards count your hand and ensure

that you have exactly thirteen cards.

• The board should be left on the table during the bidding and

play of the hand so everyone can see the vulnerability.

• The opening lead should be made face down until it is

accepted by partner. This prevents irregularities such as

leading when it is not your turn. It also enables your partner to

ask any questions about the auction or alerts that have been

made.

• When you are making the initial lead or playing to the first

trick, play your card before writing down your contract or

entering details in Bridgemate. It saves time and is a courtesy

to the other three people at the table.

• Do not ask for information unless it is your turn to call/play.

• All players should have a completed convention card at the

table. This is important as it ensures you disclose your

conventions and systemic agreements to your opponents. Your

opponents are entitled to know every systemic agreement you

and your partner have. Having a properly completed systems

card at the table also pre-empts unnecessary discussion at the

table and saves time. It also protects players from any

implication that partnership has secret understandings and that

their system has not been fully disclosed to their opponents.

• During play you are not allowed, without permission, to

touch or handle your opponent’s cards. If necessary ask your

opponent to show you a particular card.

• Dummy or either defender may draw attention to a card

pointed incorrectly; the right expires when a lead is made to

the following trick.

• At the end of a hand ensure that you do not mix up your

cards until the result is agreed with the opponents.

• The North player is responsible for the boards and for

ensuring the boards are not fouled before they are sent to the

next table.

• A player may not refer to his/her systems card during the

auction or play. (There was an expert tournament in Europe a

number of years ago where all players were required to play

the same system. One of the players called the director to the

table, then stated that he could not remember his system

and could he look at his card. The director advised him that he

could not. BUT he was permitted to look at his opponent’s

card!)

• At tournaments it is mandatory that your systems card should

match the card presented by one‘s partner.

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WNY Unit 116 Fall Sectional…..Sept 12-14, 2014

Friday Morning Pairs - 10.5 Tables

A B C Names Score

1 1

Robert Kaprove - Paula Kotowski 66.25%

2 2 1 Dorothy Soong - Larry Soong 58.36%

3 3

Selina Volpatti Niagara Falls ON; Dale Anderson 57.27%

4 4 2 Ronald Henrikson; Nadine Stein 57.25%

5

Fred Yellen; James Gullo 57.16%

6 5

Martin Pieterse - Barbara Pieterse 56.25%

3 John Welte; Martha Welte 45.99%

Friday Afternoon Pairs - 7.5 Tablees

A B C Names Score

1

Joanne Kelley; Chongmin Zhang 63.28%

2 1 1 Paul Zittel - Linda Zittel 62.85%

3 2

James Gullo; Judie Bailey 62.33%

4 3 2 Jan Hasselback - Carl Hasselback 53.78%

5 4

Robert Padgug; Thomas Koralewski 52.60%

5

Judy Kaprove; Ruth Kozower 51.99%

3 Kathleen Stamm; Celine Murray 49.41%

Friday – 2-Session – 23 Tables

A B C Names Score

1 1

Douglas Megill - Lana CrealWarren PA 62.85%

2

Jerome Weiss Penfield NY

Martin Miller Toronto ON 61.87%

3

Kathy Pollock; Roger Woodin Rochester NY 61.00%

4

Jay Levy; Randolph Seidenberg Jr 60.40%

5 2

E Finton; Allen Selling Erie PA 60.08%

6 3

Tova Reinhorn - Carol Bedell 57.79%

7

Jerry Manioci Rochester NY; Mark Pascale 57.57%

4

Liz Bryers - Janet Glazebrook St Catharines ON 55.28%

5

Nancy Littenberg; Jean Macdonald 54.96%

6

John Marvin III; Arthur Matthies 53.00%

1 Frances Witnauer; Joan Smith 52.12%

2 David Donaldson; Ed Drozen 51.42%

3

William TolerBay Village OH

Ann Kostell Westlake OH 50.54%

4 Faith Perry; Jane Larcom 49.84%

5 Marilyn Sultz; Nancy Torrell 48.15%

Saturday Morning Pairs – 12 Tables

A B C Names Score

1

Christine Urbanek; Stanley Kozlowski 66.77%

2

Fred Yellen - Randolph Seidenberg Jr 61.66%

3 1

Judy Kaprove - Robert Kaprove 60.16%

4 2 1 John Welte; Martha Welte 58.83%

5 3

Ten-Pao Lee; Hilda Fairweather Niagara Falls ON 57.39%

6 4 2 Paul Zittel; Ronald Henrikson 57.29%

5 3 Eugene Nawotniak; Joyce Greenspan 54.70%

6

Helen Panza; Mike Silverman 54.64%

4 Carol Bedell; Janet Dimet 48.17%

Saturday Afternoon Pairs – 6 Tables

A B C Names Score

1 1 1 Larry Soong; Ten-Pao Lee 68.75%

2

Elbert HargesheimerIII; Christy Kellogg 65.83%

3 2 2 Davis Heussler; Thomas Koralewski 55.83%

4 3

Hilda Fairweather NFON; Ronald Henrikson 55.00%

4

Mark Pascale; Judie Bailey 50.42%

3 Mary Ball; Martha Quinn 49.58%

Saturday Open Pairs – 2-Session – 16 Tables

A B C Names Score

1

James Bridges Bradenton FL

Jerry Manioci Rochester NY 60.70%

2

Donna Steffan; James Gullo 55.58%

3 1

Allen Selling Erie PA; E Finton 54.84%

4 2

Ken Meier; Gaurang Sheth 54.76%

5

John Ziemer; Jerry Geiger 54.72%

6

Saleh Fetouh; Jay Levy 54.12%

3 1

Graham Holroyd Webster NY

Gary GottermeierFairport NY 52.62%

4

Andrew Russell Bowmanville ON

Diane K.M. Gordon St Catharines ON 51.94%

5

Shakeel Ahmad - Manju Ceylony 48.73%

6 2 David Donaldson; Ed Drozen 48.65%

3 Paula Kotowski; Christine Malarkey 43.74%

4 Paula Rosen; Maryann Szafran 42.49%

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SUNDAY SWISS TEAMS – 25 Tables

A B C Names Score

1

Kathy Pollock; Fred Yellen; Chongmin Zhang; Judith Padgug 162.00

2

David Hemmer; Saleh Fetouh - Randolph Seidenberg Jr; Christine Urbanek 148.00

3

Elbert Hargesheimer III; Christy Kellogg - Alexander Kowal; Stanley Kozlowski 142.00

4

Jay Costello - Donna Steffan; Robert Cannizzaro, Fairport NY; Margaret Klamp 138.00

5

Phil Clark; Douglas Ross - Sam Maitra; David Huntt - all Rochester NY 127.00

6

Elizabeth Clark; Barbara Libby; Harry Cheung; Gisela Browne, Ashburn VA 126.00

7 1

Michael Carney - Stewart Cramer; Howard Gordon; Bruce Toder – all Rochester area 125.00

2 1 Shakeel Ahmad - Manju Ceylony; Ten-Pao Lee; Gaurang Sheth 124.00

3

Sandra England; Thomas Koralewski; Ted Kahn; Dian Petrov 112.00

4

Peter Shui - Penny Shui; Ken Meier; John Kirsits 104.00

5

Andrew Russell; Lorna Johnson; Diane K.M. Gordon - John Mackay – all Ontario 103.00

2 Michael Mesirov - David Donaldson; John Welte; Martha Welte 102.00

Unit 116 Winter Sectional

sanction # 1501048

January 23, 24, 25 - 2015

Main-Transit Fire Hall 6777 Main St. Williamsville, NY (Buffalo) 14221

Friday 1/23 10:30 am Single session stratified A/B/C pairs

2:30 pm* Single session stratified A/B/C pairs

Saturday 1/24 10:30 am Single session stratified A/B/C pairs

2:30 pm* Single session stratified A/B/C pairs

*Note New Time for PM Session (Lunch will be available for purchase)

Sunday 1/25 - Swiss Teams 10:30 am Stratified A/B/C (with short break)

Stratum "A" - 2000+ Stratum "B" - 500 to 2000 Stratum "C" - 0 to 500

Pairs and teams stratified by average masterpoints

ENTRY FEE per player per session = $10.00 members/$13.00 non or unpaid members.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:

Chair: Sue Neubecker 716-876-2630 suebobneu@roadrunner.com

Co-chair: Betty Metz 716-773-7398 bettymetz@roadrunner.com

Partnerships: Faith Perry 716-681-5251

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EIGHT IS ENOUGH - ACBL Unit 116 Team Game #L411116B

Sunday, November 9th at 1:00 P.M. Airport Bridge Club, 247 Cayuga Rd

Each four-person team must total no more than eight points

A players (2000+ masterpoints) have 3 points

B players (750-2000 mps) have 2 points

C players (0-749 mps) have 1 point

Teams will be stratified according to their average masterpoints

$8 Unit 116 members ; $9 non-members

We can help you find a team or partner Sign up in person or contact: Howard Foster Liz Clark

hfoster@buffalo.edu lizclark9@gmail.com 633-2617 652-0256

Food Fun Friends Finesse(s)

Nominations & Elections

Election Committee: Liz Clark (chair) Jerry Geiger Kathy Pollock

There are three board members to be elected for a three-year period each and 1

to fill out an unexpired term.

You are invited to vote for the Unit 116 Board of Directors by ballot. Balloting will be

available at most local clubs in November and will be closed at 12 noon on Sunday,

December 6th

prior to the Unit Annual Meeting at Main-Transit Fire Hall. You are

to vote for up to THREE people for a 3-year term each. The one year term will be

filled with the 4th place finisher.

Any ballots that have more than three votes will be discarded.

Nominees for the Unit Board are:

Allen Beroza, Arthur “Chip” Kean, Elaine Kurasiewicz, Barbara Libby, Violet

Makhija, Joe Miranda, Tova Reinhorn, Paula Salamone, Paul Zittel

Also, on the ballot will be a YES or NO vote on a minor By-Laws change to

our name from ACBL Western New York Unit 116 to Unit 116 Western

New York of the ACBL. This has been proposed by members of the Unit

Board of Directors with the purpose to have the name be compatible with that

used by IRS, our bank as well as our insurance company. This is the

EASIEST as well as the most cost effective approach and approved and

recommended by ACBL.

Buffalo Regional

masterpoint winners (Sort of from Tuesday to Sunday, doesn’t

include any swiss match wins, and names

are only listed once)

Catherine Majewski, Elaine Univeral,

Gaurang Sheth, Ken Meier, Elaine

Kurasiewicz, Beena & Madhav

Deshmukh, Jo Nasoff-Finton, Harry

Cheung, James Tao, Eleanor Whelan,

Walter Olszewski, Carol Bedell, Tova

& Andrei Reinhorn, Liz Clark, Judi

Marshall, Art Morth, Sharon Wilcox,

Faith Perry, Jan Hasselback, Linda

Wynes, Eugene & Ruth Nawotniak,

Mary Terrana, Davis Heussler, Mike

Ryan, Jay Levy, Jerry Geiger, Mark

Pascale, Dale Anderson, Joe Miranda,

Dian Petrov, Ted Kahn, Usha

Khurana, Robert Hessel, Sue

Bergman, Saleh Fetouh, Buddy

Seidenberg, Kamil Bishara, Gene

Finton, Sandy Marcussen, Alicia

Kolipinski, Bill Boardman, Paula

Kotowski, Dorothy May, Ron

Henrikson, Dave Donaldson, Ed

Drozen, Martin & Barbara Pieterse,

Chuck Schorr, Mike Silverman,

Marilyn Sultz, Nancy Torrell, Eva

Schmidt, Bob Olin, Bert Feasley, Bill

Feasley, Judie Bailey, Eva Posner,

Terry Camp, Pat Haynes, Jim Gullo,

Judy Padgug, Kathy Pollock, Martha

& John Welte, Linda Burroughsford,

David Hemmer, Jay Costello, Donna

Steffan, John Toy, John Ziemer, Jeff

Bender, Richard Cramer-Benjamin,

Gary Schmitt, Paul & Linda Zittel,

Sandra England, Tom Koralewski,

Barb Sadkin, Joyce Greenspan, Nancy

Wolstoncroft, Sharon Benz, Gabe

Tannenbaum, Pat Lakeman, David

Colligan, Joyce Kindt, Carolyn

Siracuse, Dave Larcom, Ruth Wurster,

Flo Boyd, Sue Neubecker, Mary Ball,

Joyce Frayer, Fran Kurtz, Harold

Meyers, Bert Hargesheimer, Christy

Kellogg, Pat Rasmus, Eugene Harvey,

Joanne Kelley, Min Zhang, John

Kirsits, Edna & Ron Fill, Peter Shui,

Henry Chudy, Bill Rich, Richard

McGowan, Yichuan Luo, Ten-Pao

Lee, Fran Witnauer, Joan Smith, June

Feuerstein, Betty Metz, Sharon

Chang, Alex Kowal, Stan Kozlowski,

Judy Graf, Fred Yellen, Michael &

Ruth Kozower, Dorothy & Larry

Soong, Helen Panza, Peter Patterson.

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Statements from the Candidates

You are to vote for up to THREE people for a 3-year term each.

ALLEN BEROZA

I am willing to serve on the Board in the event my

participation might help it become more inclusive in its efforts

to promote bridge within the Unit.

CHIP KEAN

Fellow Bridge Players,

I am Arthur (Chip) Kean, and I would be privileged to

serve on Unit 116's Board of Directors. For the past four years

I have served on the Bridge Center of Buffalo's Board of

Directors holding offices as Vice-President, Treasurer, and

this year as Co-President. I have had an integral part in

negotiating the last building lease and am presently involved

in negotiating a new lease extension. I have worked with other

tenants in our building to work co-operatively to solve

common problems of garbage disposal, common restroom

supplies, and common cleaning problems.

I am a firm believer in the idea that people come to bridge

clubs to have an enjoyable game. When the zero tolerance

policy of the American Bridge League is violated at our club,

the situations are referred to me to generate a reasonable and

fair resolution.

During my tenure on the Bridge Center of Buffalo's Board

of Directions, the club has changed from an investor's club to

a membership club. During that time, I believe that I have

been a leader in increasing membership, keeping fiscal

stability, and ensuring a friendly atmosphere in which to play

Bridge.

ELAINE KURASIEWICZ

I am Elaine Kurasiewicz and I am running for our Unit

Board. Many of you know me as the Elaine with the very

long name which few can pronounce. I can be as hard

working as my name is long! I have been a member of this

unit for around 30 years and have played at every club that our

area has had past and present. Over the years I have taken a

few sojourns from Bridge, but for the past few years, I have

refreshed my love for the game and the Bridge social season.

I pride myself on being fair and creative and I will bring these

qualities to the Board. I try to bring some fun and humor to

the games I attend and this is what I value as much as the

competitive nature of the game. I will try my best to be a

positive and supportive member of the Board and add some

new flair to the team. Thanks and be sure to cast your vote in

the upcoming elections!

BARBARA LIBBY

Bridge has become very important to me lately but I see

increasing conflict among different factions within the bridge

community and the Board. In my mind the Board should be

interested in the welfare of all of the members not any

particular group. If I am elected I will represent the members

since I have no vested interest in promoting one group over

another.

VIOLET MAKHIJA

My name is Violet Makhija and I live in Lockport. I started

playing bridge 4 years ago. I enjoy playing bridge and I just

got certified as a bridge director. I want to be on the board

because I love to work with people and I believe I can help our

unit.

JOE MIRANDA

TOVA REINHORN

The last three years, as a Unit board member, I had the

pleasure to work for the bridge community of Western New

York. There were many challenges such as organizing unit

games, getting volunteers for various activities, and there is a

lot more to do. As treasurer, I initiated electronic

recordkeeping, used free electronic bill paying and provided

timely reports. I was instrumental in bringing the unit to

comply with the IRS rules and obtaining the "not for profit

organization", which will save time and headaches in the years

to come.

I want to insure that our members have great opportunities

to play the game we all love, in a cordial atmosphere that

allows learning and fun for all levels of competition. I will

listen to your suggestions so that we can continue and improve

the unit's support of the players and all the clubs in the unit.

PAULA SALAMONE

PAUL ZITTEL

Three years ago, you the members, elected me to serve on

the Board of Directors for Unit 116. In this time, I have been

hard-working and honest. A few of my accomplishments are:

chair of successful unit picnics, chair of several unit sectionals

as well as many unit games. My proudest accomplishment is

the introduction of electronic scoring to our unit. It would be

my pleasure to serve the local bridge community for another

term.