Rochester will host
its first sectional tournament since
Fall 2019 on July 9 and 10 in the historic Moose Lodge, 5375 W. Henrietta Road,
Henrietta. There will be pairs games on Saturday, a two-session event, and Swiss
Teams on Sunday. Proof of vaccination required. Masks not required at the
moment, but organizers say, “It would be considerate to bring a face mask to
wear if your opponents request it.”
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The Buffalo
Bridge Center, also known now as the
BBC, has regular in-person open games at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and 10:30
a.m. Friday. Attendance is ranging from three to five tables.
The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding face-to-face games for more than a year.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
In person games are
back at the Bridge Centre of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., at 1 p.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays, now that Ontario has relaxed Covid-19 restrictions.
Proof of vaccination and mask-wearing required. The club’s other regularly
scheduled games continue on Bridge Base Online.
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Local clubs
offering virtual club games on Bridge
Base Online are the Buffalo Bridge Center’s 0-750 master point limit game at 7
p.m. Mondays, a 1,200-point master point limit game at noon Tuesday, a
1,500-point game at noon Thursdays and the Delaware Wednesday game at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, which is limited to players with fewer than 2,000 points. For more
info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website, call 716-691-6201 or email acting club manager Terry
Fraas at tmfraas@gmail.com.
The Rust Belt
Bridge Group, which invites players
from Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh to play on Bridge Base Online, has
novice games at 9:45 a.m. Monday to Saturday, with open games at 9:50. To visit
the group’s homepage, click this link. For
other info, call Dian Petrov at 716-688-1226 or email dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
The Airport
Bridge Club is linked on Bridge
Base Online 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
716-603-6943.
The Delaware
Wednesday Club plays on Bridge Base
Online under auspices of the Buffalo Bridge Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For
info, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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Players, staff
and volunteers all must be fully
vaccinated for Covid-19 at least 14 days before the Toronto Summer Regional
Tournament in July, ACBL Unit 166 announced in an email this week. Boosters are
not necessary. Masks may or may not be required, but “if a player at your table
requests face masks be worn, please do so.”
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Tournament
calendar
2022
Toronto Summer
Regional – Delta Hotels by Marriott
Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, July 5, to Sunday, July
10. For info, click this link.
Rochester Summer
Sectional – Moose Lodge, 5375 W.
Henrietta Road, Henrietta. Saturday, July 9, and Sunday, July 10. For info,
click this link.
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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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Duplicate
scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of May 30 to June 5
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. North-south, %.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,200 game. North-south, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 67.26%; David Schott and
Richard McGowan, 57.44%; Rivona Ehrenreich and Carol Roth, 55.06%; Martha
Townson and Jim Lanzo, 53.87%; east-west, Amita Arora and Kusum Phadke, 61.90%;
Bill Noltee and John Marvin, 58.04%; Paul Rosen and Jim McClure, 56.85%; (tie)
Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Kamil Bishara and Gene Finton, 56%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 55%;
Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 54%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,500 game. North-south, Amita Arora and Kusum Phadke, 60.20%; Jim Hassett
and Terry Camp, 53.74%; Larry Himelein and David Scott, 50%; east-west, Audrey
Ray and Carol Roth, 56.80%; Agi Maisel and Bonnie Clement, 55.44%; Richard
McGowan and Bill Rich, 53.74% Maria Schory and Bill Noltee, 51.70%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Pat
and Dick Rasmus, 57%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 54%; Joe Rooney and Joe Miranda, 53%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Beena Deshmukh
and Bill Rich, 68.33%; (tie) Ruth Nawotniak and Richard McGowan, Amita Arora
and Sriram Datla, 57.78%; Jan O’Mara and Walt Olszewski, 53.89; (tie) Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, Madhav Deshmukh and Sushil Amlani, 53.33%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Thursday – Joe Huber and Fritz
Schweiger, 63%; Cindy Darone and Rich Kaytn, 54%; David Young and Tim Hartnett,
53%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday – North-south, Shirley
Cassety and George Mayers, 66%; Rolene Pozarny and Kokila Chheda, 55%; Mike and
Ed Rupp, 51%; east-west, Joan Stankiewicz and Anne O’Connor, 60%; Fritz
Schweigere and Joanne Zavarella, 58%; Maureen Ellis and Bobbi Huber, 57%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2022, to May 31, 2022
5-20 Points – Maureen Saab, 4.40; Molly Morris, 3.63; Mary Luce,
3.15; Michel Dupuis, 3.03; Karen Dearing, 2.10; William Donaldson, 1.95.
20-50 Points – Maria Schory, 11.26; Jo Ann Smith, 9.58; Howard
Epstein, 9.12; Mary Ellen Cotter, 8.38; Anne Slater, 7.94; John Houghtaling, 7.82;
Peggy Mead, 7.13; Fred Schweiger, 6.88; Jose Justicia-Linde, 6.83.
50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 19.45; Jennifer Epstein, 11.51; Jim
Greno, 10.31; Betsy Greno, 9.51; Cynthia Tashjian, 8.88; Carol Licata, 8.34; Candace
Graser, 7.02; Amy Habib, 6.73.
100-200 Points – David Schott, 28.30; Judith McDermid, 20.10; Joanne
Nover, 16.26; Kusum Phadke, 13.49; Janet Desmon, 11.59; Maria Amlani, 11.04; Joan
Ciszak, 9.11; Linda Henschel, 7.19.
200-300 Points – Pat Haynes, 20.41; Audrey Ray, 16.73; Carol Roth, 14.99;
Bob Ciszak, 12.45; Margaret Zhou, 8.07; Laura Houghtaling, 7.82; Patty Porter, 5.54;
Judy Zeckhauser, 5.20.
300-500 Points – Martha Townson, 48.82; (tie) Terry and Bram Hamovitch,
48.59; Violet Makhija, 45.17; Jasbeer Makhija, 44.92; Larry Himelein, 31.16;
Bonnie Clement, 25.55.
500-1,000 Points
– Vic Bergsten, 69.60; Amita Arora, 65.13;
Jim Lanzo, 62.81; Marilyn Wortzman, 53.04; Joyce Frayer, 30.66; Mary Ball, 22.83;
Bill Rich, 22.49; Sushil Amlani, 22.33; Paul Zittel, 21.44; Richard McGowan, 19.03.
1,000-1,500
Points – Jim Easton, 53.04; John
Bava, 33.55; Sandi England, 24.82; Rajat Basu, 16.19; Judy Kaprove, 11.79; Howard
Foster, 11.77; Jean Macdonald, 11.22; Paula Kotowski, 10.08; Kamil Bishara,
9.41.
1,500-2,500
Points – Gene Finton, 50.10; Gay
Simpson, 48.66; Pinky Regan, 28.41; (tie) Shakeel Ahmad, Manju Ceylony, 23.24; Elaine
Kurasiewicz, 9.10.
2,500-3,500
Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte,
255.03; Ken Meier, 78.94; Davis Heussler, 52.56; Allen Beroza, 34.14; Fred
Yellen, 21.35; Dale Anderson, 10.63; Pat Rasmus, 10.07.
3,500-5,000
Points – Mike Ryan, 53.82; John
Ziemer, 42.23; Judy Padgug, 35.57; Judy Graf, 35.27; Barbara Libby, 20.36; Donna
Steffan, 19.26; Stan Kozlowski, 11.24.
Over 5,000 Points
– Jay Costello, 26.51; Saleh Fetouh, 24.92;
Chris Urbanek, 22.70; Bud Seidenberg, 20.35; Sharon Benz, 15.98; John Sinclair,
13.65; Jay Levy, 13.56; Bert Hargeshimer, 10.94.
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The
Duplicate Bridge column is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.
These days you can
find it in two places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current
Saturday date and that should bring up a link to it on buffalonews.com, the Buffalo News website. Another place to find it
is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/
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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A Gold Life
Master, Dale Anderson has career
total of more than 2,900 master points. Still playing exclusively online these
days, he hasn’t encountered as much drama for his bridge blog as there was in face-to-face
competition, but he occasionally writes about his quest for the next measure of
achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.
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