Frank Stewart’s
Daily Bridge Club column stopped
appearing this week in The Buffalo News when pages were eliminated to cut
costs. Comments may be emailed to assistant managing editor Margaret Kenny at mkenny@buffnews.com. Stewart’s column can
be seen at bridgefeed.acbl.org.
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Gold points are available again for online play in Fall Into Bridge, a regionally-rated tournament Thursday, Oct. 15, to Sunday, Oct. 18, on Bridge Base Online. Cost is $15 per session. For more info and a schedule, visit acbl.org.
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Bridge Base
Online has teamed with the ACBL to
offer games with ACBL master points, some of which benefit local clubs. Among
the clubs taking part in Virtual Club play locally are the Airport Bridge Club,
the Bridge Center of Buffalo, Delaware Wednesday and the Lockport Duplicate
Bridge Club. More info can be found at acbl.org or bridgebase.com.
The Airport
Bridge Club is linked 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 offers
games three or four days a week on Bridge Base Online and the Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Club has games there on Tuesday evening and Saturday
afternoon. For the most part, the calendar follows the schedule that the clubs
maintained when they were able to play games face to face.
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 also
plays under auspices of the
Bridge Center of Buffalo on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesday, the same
time that it had its actual games.
Delaware Wednesday
is invitational. For info, call Ed Harman at 480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has resumed face-to-face
games, becoming the first ACBL sanctioned club in the area to resume live
competition. Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens
Center, 101 King St., East Aurora.
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The Saturday
Duplicate Bridge column is on
hiatus in the print edition of The Buffalo News, but here it is online, alive
and well.
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Tournament
calendar
2020
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.
CANCELED:
District 5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – Local clubs. Monday, Dec. 7, to Sunday, Dec. 13.
2021
CANCELED: Cleveland
Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021,
to Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.
CANCELED: Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, to Sunday, Jan. 24,
2021.
RESCHEDULED:
St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday
Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont.
Was Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, to Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Rescheduled for Friday,
March 26, 2021, to Sunday, March 28, 2021.
Rochester Spring
Sectional – Webster Columbus
Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, March 27, 2021, and Sunday, March
28, 2021.
NO LONGER on
ACBL Tournament Schedule: Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday,
March 30, 2021, to Sunday, April 4, 2021.
Unit 112
(Rochester) 199er Tournament –
Strathallan Hotel, 550 East Ave., Rochester. Saturday, April 9, 2021, and
Sunday, April 10, 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.
District 5
Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – Local clubs. Monday, June 14, 2021, to Sunday, June
20, 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.
RESCHEDULED:
Buffalo Regional – Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Was Tuesday,
Oct. 19, 2021, to Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. Rescheduled to Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021,
to Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021.
Niagara
Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza
Hotel, 5685 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, 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.
District 5 Winter
STaC – Local clubs. Monday, Dec. 6,
2021, to Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021.
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Bridge
club websites:
Click
names for links.
The
Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
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The
Duplicate Bridge column is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version
normally appears in the Life & Arts section in the Saturday edition of The
Buffalo News.
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 sometimes cannot be found
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, Sapphire Life
Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.
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Duplicate
scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 4
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Monday evening –
99ers. Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 71.44%; Carol Licata and Stephane
Ronget, 59.26%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 55.83%; Meena Rustgi and Phyllis
Stasiowski, 52.08%; Keen Williams and Eric Ma, 50.56%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday morning –
Non-life masters. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easter, 65.74%; Barbara
Hill and Ruth Nawotniak, 65.28%; Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, 58.56%; Bonnie
Clement and Larry Himelein, 56.25%; Nancy Deneen and Martha Townson, 55.79%;
east-west, Usha Khurana and Mary Terrana, 60.19%; Rajarshi Roy and Jim Lanzo,
58.33%; Mary Joyce and Pam Righter, 57.87%; Richard McGowan and Jim McClure,
55.79%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 55.56%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday morning – Open game. Saleh Fetouh and Bud Seidenberg, 57.41%; Rochelle Derman and
Bobbie McDougal, 56.48%; Judy Padgug and Davis Heussler, 54.63%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday evening – Novice game. Joann and Gary
Keenan, 67.36%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – Under 1,500 points. North-south, Rajat Basu and John Bava, 67.95%;
Dorothy and Larry Soong, 61.32%; Seema Bhagwat and Beena Deshmukh, 60.47%; Mary
Ball and Joyce Frayer, 59.62%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 58.12%; east-west,
David Schott and Larry Himelein, 60.90%; Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn, 60.26%;
Linda Henschel and Martha Cain, 58.97%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55.34%;
Ed Harmon and Jim Lanzo, 53.63%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 63.89%; Anne O’Connor and Ed Harman, 55.55%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 54.63%; Jan O’Mara and Bill Rich, 51.85%.
Garret Club Invitational Monday morning – Elizabeth Schreier and Martha Cain, 63.89%; Martha Townson and Mary Joyce, 61.81%; Robin Coffin and partner, 59.72%; Virginia Kalbach and Molly Morris, 51.39%.
Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Tiger
Li and Darwin Skalski, 66.67%; Jim O’Hara and Gay Simpson, 54.17%; (tie)
Rajarshi Roy and Jeff Bender, Linda Henschel and Martha Cain, 52.78%.
Lockport
Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 65.28%; Manju Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad,
54.17%.
Twentieth
Century Club Invitational Friday morning – Bonnie Botsford and Helen Scott, 58.33%; Anne Allen
and Mary Ellen Cotter, 56.25%; (tie) Barbara Kaye and Barbara Meenaghan,
Kathleen Voigt and Anne Slater, 54.17%.
Other Clubs (face-to-face)
Clarence Senior
Center Thursday – Kathy Borcik and
Bill Westley, 68%; Jane and Paul Garvey, 54%.
Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2020
0-5 Points – Linda Henschel, 36.50; Nancy Deneen, 34 even; Elaine
Idzik, 25.96; Martha Cain, 25.87; Amy Habib, 18.99, Anne Allen, 18.60.
5-20 Points – Martha Townson, 71.84; Jane Constantine, 14.76; Susan
Burns, 11.51; Fran Schmidt, 11.15; David Desmon, 10.68; Tyler Mu, 8.91.
20-50 Points – David Schott, 23.94; Maria Amlani, 21.80; Mary Joyce,
18.07; Stephane Ronget, 17.25; Cherry Searle, 13.16; Carole Sedita, 10.89.
50-100 Points – Larry Himelein, 74.18; Joanne Nover, 33.01; Rose Ann
Grimaldi, 16.27; Barbara Hill, 15.50; Pam Righter, 14.79; Betty DeFeo, 10.53.
100-200 Points – Vic Bergsten, 78.27; Bonnie Clement, 61.80; Terry
Hamovitch, 47.48; Bram Hamovitch, 45.18; Audrey Ray, 38.75; James O’Hara, 35.95;
Ann Marie Ryan, 24.24.
200-300 Points – Jim Lanzo, 103.33; Patty Porter, 39.38; Jasbeer
Makhija, 36.81; Margaret Zhou, 32.99; Ruth Nawotniak, 21.46.
300-500 Points – Joyce Frayer, 68.29; Amita Arora, 62.90; Larry Abate,
58.19; Violet Makhija, 37.37; Sushil Amlani, 30.34; Pawan Matta, 16.62.
500-1000 Points – Bob Sommerstein, 72.69; Mary Ball, 70.34; (tie) Jim
Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 66.52; John Bava, 64.35; Ed Morgan, 42.04; Bill Rich,
39.53; Ed Harman, 38.33; Ten-Pao Lee,
35.70.
1000-1500 Points
– Gay Simpson, 86.65; Sandi England, 61.16;
Joyce Greenspan, 31.91; Terry Fraas, 30.78; Joanne LaFay, 27.49; Howard Foster,
19.26.
1500-2500 Points
– (Tie) Martha Welte, John Welte, 336.70;
Nancy Wolstoncroft, 72.31; Davis Heussler, 56.27; Linda Burroughsford, 40.99;
Walt Olszewski, 40.06; Pinky Regan, 38.57.
2500-3500 Points
– Allen Beroza, 116.92; Ken Meier, 84.26;
Dale Anderson, 54.11; Mike Silverman, 50.61; Fred Yellen, 40.21.
3500-5000 Points
– Barbara Libby, 84.40; Sharon Benz, 65.96;
Mike Ryan, 50.35; John Ziemer, 43.41; Judy Padgug, 41.18; Christy Kellogg,
36.60; Kathy Pollock, 32.74.
5000-7500 Points
– Alan Greer, 100.85; Saleh Fetouh, 92.89;
Judi Marshall, 48.33; Bert Hargeshimer, 37.89; Jay Costello, 21.79.
Over 7500 Points
– Bud Seidenberg, 106.62; Chris
Urbanek, 54.38; Jay Levy, 36.82.
Email danderson@buffnews.com
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