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Bridge Buff September /October 2012 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Website: www.unit116.com Judie Bailey, Editor - Phone: 636-6148 A Publication of Unit 116, Erie & Niagara Counties, New York Email: [email protected] President’s Message… This message starts out with an exercise in words. Before reading on, take a moment to think about the similarities and the subtle differences in the meaning of TRUE and TRUTH. STOP AND DETERMINE YOUR ANSWERS I will depart from this exercise for a moment and explain why these words are important to me. My life has always taken me to situations where I work and deal with people; individuals, groups, people with ideas and people who follow. The single biggest “eye opener” for me has always been the people who see true and truth as the same and those who find the difference. This leads me to my most favorite personality trait – integrity. Growing up, I was blessed with a family who lived and acted with integrity. Through the years, in business and now as a volunteer, I have come across many people who deserve this description. They are shining stars in my world. You know who you are because you immediately knew the difference between true and truth. For me, knowing this difference helps me in choosing who I listen to, how I react to comments (rumors or otherwise) and then ultimately my course of action. According to Webster: True - in accordance with fact; Truth – sincerity, honesty, correctness, accuracy; Integrity – completeness, honesty, sincerity Unit Events: Picnic: Wow!! What a great event. Kudos to Paul and Linda Zittel, and Tova Reinhorn for a wonderful day. Amazing food (sweet corn oh yeh!), great turnout and loads of fun. Thanks to all. Non-Life Master Sectional: This past weekend was a busy, happy, fun event. With 70.5 tables playing over three days we awarded 155.38 SILVER points. Mixed in with our local players we had folks from as far away as Phoenix and Sarasota; also from Hamilton and St. Catharine’s in Canada and wonderful players from the Finger Lakes, Salamanca and Allegany areas. Thanks to the directors – Donna, Chris and Eugene, all the wonderful bakers and my co-chair Elaine Moon. Fall Sectional, Grand Island Regional, Unit Games and Annual Meeting Come and enjoy these wonderful bridge opportunities. Betty Metz, President Unit 116 Officers & Board Members President: Betty Metz 773-7398 [email protected] Vice-President: Sue Neubecker 876-2630 [email protected] Secretary: Judie Bailey (non –voting) Treasurer: Tova Reinhorn 632-2056 [email protected] Judy Kaprove 689-0330 [email protected] Fran Kurtz 688-7069 [email protected] Elaine Moon 751-9209 [email protected] Dian Petrov 688-1226 [email protected] Kathy Pollock 688-0054 [email protected] Paul Zittel 992-4794 [email protected] Nov/Dec 2012 issue All clubs (limit ¼ page) and other contributors must submit articles or info by: Oct 26, 2012 deadline Inclusion or editing will be at editor’s discretion
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Bridge Buff September /October 2012
________________________________________________________________________________________ Website: www.unit116.com Judie Bailey, Editor - Phone: 636-6148
A Publication of Unit 116, Erie & Niagara Counties, New York Email: [email protected]
President’s Message… This message starts out with an exercise in words. Before reading on, take a moment
to think about the similarities and the subtle differences in the meaning of TRUE and
TRUTH.
STOP AND DETERMINE YOUR ANSWERS
I will depart from this exercise for a moment and explain why these words are
important to me. My life has always taken me to situations where I work and deal with
people; individuals, groups, people with ideas and people who follow. The single
biggest “eye opener” for me has always been the people who see true and truth as the
same and those who find the difference.
This leads me to my most favorite personality trait – integrity. Growing up, I was
blessed with a family who lived and acted with integrity. Through the years, in
business and now as a volunteer, I have come across many people who deserve this
description. They are shining stars in my world. You know who you are because you
immediately knew the difference between true and truth. For me, knowing this
difference helps me in choosing who I listen to, how I react to comments (rumors or
otherwise) and then ultimately my course of action.
According to Webster: True - in accordance with fact; Truth – sincerity, honesty,
correctness, accuracy; Integrity – completeness, honesty, sincerity
Unit Events:
Picnic: Wow!! What a great event. Kudos to Paul and Linda Zittel, and Tova
Reinhorn for a wonderful day. Amazing food (sweet corn oh yeh!), great turnout and
loads of fun. Thanks to all.
Non-Life Master Sectional: This past weekend was a busy, happy, fun event. With
70.5 tables playing over three days we awarded 155.38 SILVER points. Mixed in with
our local players we had folks from as far away as Phoenix and Sarasota; also from
Hamilton and St. Catharine’s in Canada and wonderful players from the Finger Lakes,
Salamanca and Allegany areas. Thanks to the directors – Donna, Chris and Eugene,
all the wonderful bakers and my co-chair Elaine Moon.
Fall Sectional, Grand Island Regional, Unit Games and Annual Meeting
Come and enjoy these wonderful bridge opportunities. Betty Metz, President
Unit 116
Officers & Board Members
President:
Betty Metz 773-7398
Vice-President:
Sue Neubecker 876-2630
Secretary: Judie Bailey (non –voting)
Treasurer:
Tova Reinhorn 632-2056
Judy Kaprove 689-0330
Fran Kurtz 688-7069
Elaine Moon 751-9209
Dian Petrov 688-1226
Kathy Pollock 688-0054
Paul Zittel 992-4794
Nov/Dec 2012 issue
All clubs (limit ¼ page) and other
contributors must submit articles
or info by:
Oct 26, 2012 deadline
Inclusion or editing will be at editor’s
discretion
WNY UNIT 116 – 2012 EVENTS
Fall Sectional
September 21-23 - Knights of Columbus - Chktg.
District 5 Spooktacular Regional
October 23-28 – Grand Island Holiday Inn
Eight is Enough team game
Sunday, November 11 – Bridge Center of Bflo
Unit 116 Annual Meeting
Sunday, December 2 – Knights of Columbus – Chktg
Welcome to New Members
Jim Baker Helene Connelly
Congratulations for MP Achievements
New Life Master New Silver Life Master
Bob Kaprove Dottie May
New Life & Bronze Life Master: Marietta Kalman
Unit 116 members: 481 (August 1, 2012) Average member age: 71.57 (ACBL: 70) Average age in 1998: 65.70 (ACBL: 64.81)
Avg. yrs of ACBL membership: 20.64 (ACBL: 18.71)
Congratulations to Miri Salamoneburnet on the
birth of a daughter, Graziella
Life Passages: Claire Chodorow Sandra Honney Irene Otto
The Buff is being distributed electronically to about 337 Unit
116 members. This is more than 2/3 of our membership
base. If you have an e-mail address but don’t receive
anything from the Unit, please send an email to the editor at
You can now access our website on YOUR
mobile device – iPhone, etc.
For the latest information and detailed game results
directly from the clubs, check the web sites of clubs in
Western New York at www.unit116.com
There is also a link on our website to the Buffalo News
column; or go to www.buffalonews.com website first, then add the date you want to the search prompt, i.e.: "duplicate bridge Sept 1"
By Joe Miranda
Directory Updating:
We will be updating info in the fall as a
preliminary to a 2013 directory.
If you have an address change or add/change a phone
number and/or email address, please report it to us if you
want it made known to other players.
Send changes to [email protected]
ALSO, enter or update info you want to share into the
Electronic Directory on the unit website. If you were not listed in the 2010 directory and want your
info/changes reported, you can request it to be printed
here and/or to be included in the next directory.
Limited quantities of the 2010 directory are still
available for $2.00 at BCB, Meridian or contact Judy
Kaprove.
Unit 116 Fall Sectional
September 21-23, 2012 Knights of Columbus 1435 Union Rd • Cheektowaga
Friday 9/21 and Saturday 9/22
10:30 am Single session stratified A/B/C pairs
3:30 pm Single session stratified A/B/C pairs
Sunday 9/23 - 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 $11.00 non or unpaid ACBL members
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION: Chair: Sue Neubecker 716-876-2630 [email protected]
Sun, December 2nd
… Annual Meeting
*************************************
Facebook users can go to www.unit116.com and click on
"Like" button - the site is now "Facebook enabled"
Winners in the
Double Elimination
Knockouts
First Place (8.87 mps) Chris Urbanek
Jay Levy Buddy Seidenberg
Meg Klamp John Toy
Second Place (4.70 mps) Bert Hargesheimer
Christy Kellogg Alex Kowal
Sue Bergman
Lockport DBC has resumed its
Saturday games at 1 pm
BC Meridian has suspended its
Tuesday game BUT it should
resume in the very near future.
Airport Bridge Club New Schedule
Monday - 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday - 9:30 a.m.
1:00 p.m. (for both sessions: $2 off & free lunch)
Wednesday - Noon (or 11:59)
Thursday - 11:00 a.m.
Friday - Noon (or 11:59)
Saturdays -
alternating: Pairs – Noon
Individual*- 11:59
Sundays –
alternating: Pairs – 1:00 p.m.
Swiss Teams*-11:00
(free pizza)
*preregistration required
Contact Bill F. at (716) 836-7016
for specific schedule or more info.
Highlights from NABC Philadelphia
Congrats to the winners of Grand National Teams Flight B
Representing District 5: Judy Padgug, Fred Yellen and teammates Mike Creager and John Bacon
After finishing second in 2006 and 2008 District 5 captured the Sheinwold Cup.
Congratulations to Kathy Pollock & her teammates for reaching the semifinals of the Mini-Spingold (0-5000)!
Masterpoints earned at 2012 Summer NABC – Unit 116 members: 107.70 Daniel Gerstman 63.16 Judith Padgug 60.00 Fred Yellen 50.00 Kathy Pollock 31.96 Sharon Gerstman
22.68 Saleh Fetouh 18.58 Jay Levy 13.86 John Ziemer 13.86 Jerry Geiger 6.90 Robert Padgug
6.65 Min Zhang 3.74 Robert Feasley 1.02 Gaurang Sheth 1.02 Gary Schmitt 1.02 Barbara Landree
Highlights of Unit 116 Board Minutes . . . In an effort to inform our members as to the FACTS of board decisions, the board has decided to publish the most
important actions from our board meetings. They will appear in each issue of the Buff. There will always be a delay as
only approved minutes will be used.
In addition, PLEASE NOTE: Full minutes are now listed on the web site: www.unit116.com
June 5, 2012
1) Post Office Box was closed
2) Judy Kaprove reported – Spring Sectional had a profit of $1715.37
3) Elaine Moon reported – the Unit Barometer Game of May 14, 2012 made a slight profit
What do Pat Rasmus, Bernie Czarnecki, Sharon Benz, Jill Wooldridge, Brian Meyer, Judie Bailey,
Elaine Universal and Kathy Pollock have in common?
Unit 116 Annual Picnic Results
Morning Session July 8, 2012 19.0 Tables
MPs A B C Names Score
4.11 1 1
Penny Shui - Peter Shui, 67.25%
3.08 2
Jay Levy; William Rushmore 65.83%
2.31 3
Elbert Hargesheimer III; Christy Kellogg 63.92%
1.73 4
Margaret Klamp - Bev Cohen 63.50%
1.30 5
Helen Panza,; Carolyn Siracuse, 59.12%
1.65 6 2 1 Linda Zittel - Paul Zittel 57.40%
1.24
3
Faith Perry; Florence Boyd, 56.42%
0.93
4
Janet Gibbons - Thomas Gibbons 56.41%
0.81
5
Joseph Rooney; Bill Boardman 53.34%
0.58
6
Judy Kaprove - Robert Kaprove 50.90%
1.16
2 Prudy Ciminelli - Marion Guglielmi, 50.59%
0.87
3 Ann Marie Battaglia; Roseann Stoklosa, 50.24%
0.65
4 Richard Cramer-Benjamin; Jeffrey Bender 47.84%
0.49
5 Betty Metz; Andrei Reinhorn 47.20%
Afternoon Session July 8, 2012 18.5 Tables
MPs A B C Names Score
4.11 1
Ken Meier; John Kirsits 61.26%
3.08 2
John Ziemer; Jerry Geiger 60.63%
2.31 3
Helen Panza; Carolyn Siracuse 59.90%
2.10 4 1 1 Prudy Ciminelli; Marian Guglielmi 58.73%
1.30 5
Judy Graf; Michael Ryan 58.52%
1.44 6
Donna Steffan; James Gullo 58.22%
1.58
2
Joseph Rooney; Bill Boardman 58.01%
1.18
3
Judy Kaprove - Robert Kaprove 55.85%
1.16
4 2 Judy Zeckhauser; Paul Zittel 52.37%
0.87
5 3 Betty Metz; Andrei Reinhorn 52.13%
0.50
6
Marietta Kalman; Tova Reinhorn 50.82%
0.69
4 Robert Hessel - Marcia Hoffman 50.67%
0.49
5 Joan Ciszak - Robert Ciszak 46.86%
Hall of Fame Please help the Board recognize
people who should be thanked and
remembered for their contributions to
the bridge community and Unit 116
To nominate a member you think has
gone beyond the norm in contributing
to the Unit’s success recently and/or
over the years, send a letter or email,
in 100 words or less, to Judy Kaprove.
Volunteer Hall of Famers Betty Metz
Sue Neubecker Franklin Kidd
Faith Perry Alice Lind – In Memoriam
Judie Bailey Dave Larcom
John Toy Marge Schomers
Sharon Benz Bill Rieker
Carolyn Siracuse
Board Nominations The 2012 Nominating Committee for
WNY Unit 116 is Mike Ryan, Jim Mc
Clure and Paula Rosen, with Tova
Reinhorn, Chairman. Special thanks to
Kathy Pollock for her efforts on behalf
of the committee. At the present time
there are three board members to be
elected for a three-year period and one
for a one year term.
Nominees for the Unit Board are:
Sue Bergman Allen Beroza
Liz Clark Jackie Hanley
Sue Neubecker Richard McGowan
Larry Soong Eleanor Whelan
According to the By-Laws,
“Additional nominations may be made
by the membership and submitted to
the Nominating Committee sixty (60)
days prior to the Annual Meeting.
Such individual nomination petitions
must be in writing, signed by at least twenty-five (25) members in good
standing.”
UNIT 116 TEAM GAME
Each 4-person team must have 8 or fewer “points”
Players with 2000+ points = 3 Life Masters with < 2000 points = 2
Non-Life Masters (or <500 points) = 1
SUNDAY– November 11, 2012 at 1 pm
Bridge Center of Buffalo
3362 Sheridan Drive
Amherst, NY 14226
Sign Up Today!
Sign up in person, call or email –
we can help you find a team or partner.
Please feel free to forward this to friends
For partnerships and help with forming teams
contact Tova Reinhorn or Dian Petrov at:
Tova: home 632 2056; cell (716) 994-1582; [email protected]
Dian: home 688-1226 ; cell (716) 238-2230; [email protected]
Riddle answer: all editors of the Bridge Buff at some time
Buffalo’s Spooktacular D5 Regional
Holiday Inn Grand Island NY
October 23rd
to 28th
Session times: 9 am; 1:30 pm; 7:30 pm
Sunday Swiss Tames – 10 am
Stratums Stratum "A" 2000+
Stratum "B" 750-2000 Stratum "C" 0-750
All events are by AVERAGE MP’s
Great Hospitality! Free Parking!
$12.00 per session $14 for non & unpaid
ACBL members
INFORMATION:
299er’s Faith Perry 716.681.5251
Partnerships John Toy 716.885.5364
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tournament Pat Rasmus 716.649.4634
E-Mail: [email protected]. John Toy 716.885.5364
E-Mail: [email protected]
For complete schedule http://d5bridge.com/Flyers/1210Buf.pdf
Unit 116 Members
earning Masterpoints in
the NML Sectional
8.13 Dorothy Soong, East Amherst
8.01 Manju Ceylony, Clarence Ctr
8.01 Shakeel Ahmad, Clarence Ctr
7.08 Arthur Matthies, East Amherst
5.52 Carl McMurtry, Youngstown
5.52 David Whitt, Lewiston
3.95 Roslyn Berkovitz, Burralo
3.53 Elaine Moon, Wilson
3.27 Gaurang Sheth, Williamsville
2.91 Linda Zittel, Eden
2.91 Paul Zittel, Eden
2.63 Ted Kahn, Amherst
2.62 Violet Makhija, Lockport
2.62 Sandra Scheff, Williamsville
2.52 Larry Soong, East Amherst
2.45 Richard Cramer-Benjamin,
Wheatfield
2.45 Paul Zatulove, Phoenix AZ
2.18 Ten-Pao Lee, Grand Island
1.95 Joseph Benenati, Orchard Park
1.68 Marilyn Shuman, Wmsvl.
1.64 Patricia Lakeman, Lackawanna
1.61 Robert Lederhouse, Lockport
1.57 Barbara Sadkin, Williamsville
1.57 Sushil Amlani, Lockport
1.57 H Ronald Helfman, E Amherst
1.57 Cynthia Helfman, E Amherst
1.48 Jasbeer Makhija, Lockport
1.47 Arthur Kean, Tonawanda
1.46 Sharon Chang, Williamsville
1.46 Linda Milch, Williamsville
1.43 Ann Torrell, Snyder
1.36 Beena Deshmukh, Lockport
1.35 Ruth Wurster, Orchard Park
1.35 Marilyn Sultz, Snyder
CONGRATULATIONS ALL
1.34 Mary Terrana, West Seneca
1.28 Jane Roberts, Amherst
1.28 Laura Houghtaling, Amherst
1.22 Paul Piciulo, Clarence
1.22 Sean Bennett, Clarence Center
1.21 Joyce Greenspan, E Amherst
1.14 Laurie Foster, Williamsville
1.10 Val Derenda, Buffalo
1.05 Eileen Karnofsky, E Amherst
0.94 Nelson Torre, Amherst
0.94 Gerald Hooley, Williamsville
0.94 James Madan, Wilson
0.91 Jeffrey Bender, Buffalo
0.91 Janice O'Mara, Buffalo
0.89 Janie Polk, Williamsville
0.86 Elizabeth Beishline, Wmsvl.
0.84 Micki Zatulove, Buffalo
0.84 Patricia Haynes, Ellicottville
0.84 Sandra Rifkin, Williamsville
0.79 Andrei Reinhorn, Williamsville
0.79 Jo Finton, Getzville
0.77 Paula Rosen, Snyder
0.76 Judy Zeckhauser, Buffalo
0.72 Frances Witnauer, Buffalo
0.72 Joan Smith, East Amherst
0.67 Madhav Deshmukh, Lockport
0.65 Joe Miranda, Hamburg
0.54 John Scott, Lockport
0.54 Barbara Scott, Lockport
0.45 Martha Quinn, Snyder
0.45 Lois Tippett, Tonawanda
0.30 Daniel Pfeffer, Eden
0.21 Usha Khurana, Snyder
End Plays & Avoidance by Buff Contributor John Marvin
This hand came up at the NLM game on 8/21. No
one made 11 tricks in NT. It was difficult (for me)
to work out even seeing all 4 hands.
Board 26 ♠-753
Dlr: E ♥-JT84
Vul: Both ♦-KJ52
♣-T8
♠-Q8 N ♠-JT964
♥-Q97652 W E ♥-3
♦-A98 S ♦-T64
♣-64 ♣-KJ53
♠-AK2
♥-AK
♦-Q73
♣-AQ972
1. ♥s to K
2. ♦ to J
3. ♣ finesse
4. ♦ to K
5. run ♣ 8
Position after 5. N on lead.
♠-753
♥-JT8
♦-53
♣-
♠-Q8 N ♠-JT964
♥-Q9762 W E ♥-
♦-A S ♦-T
♣- ♣-K5
♠-AK2
♥-A
♦-Q
♣-A97
6. ♥
7. ♣ discarding ♠ (beware ♦ A discard!)*
8. ♠ AK
9. Throw in W with ♦ – end play
*Then cash ♦Q and throw in E with a ♠ unless he
discards the ♠Q on the ♦Q. See variation.
Position after 9: Won lead
♠-
♥-JT
♦-5
♣-
♠- N ♠-J
♥-Q97 W E ♥-
♦- S ♦-
♣- ♣-K5
♠-2
♥-
♦-
♣-97
Variation after W discards ♦A & ♠ Q!
S end plays E.
♠-75
♥-JT
♦-5
♣-
♠-8 N ♠-JT9
♥-Q976 W E ♥-
♦- S ♦-
♣- ♣-K5
♠-AK2
♥-
♦-
♣-97
If I thought I could figure this hand out at the table I
might consider turning pro.
