The Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament continues in the
Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst, with pairs games at 10:30 a.m.
and 2:45 p.m. today, Saturday, Sept. 17, and Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday,
Sept. 18.
Separate games for
players with fewer than 500 points have been added to the schedule for morning
session at the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament today, Saturday, Sept. 17.
Proof of Covid-19 vaccination required. For more info, click this link.
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The Buffalo
Bridge Center is offering
“Introduction to Bridge Basics: A 3-Part Course,” 10 weekly sessions on Thursdays
at 2 and 6:30 p.m. beginning Oct. 6. For more info, call 716-280-6114.
The Bridge Center is
now playing in-person games in its new clubroom in the Boulevard Mall in
Amherst. To find it, enter the mall through the doors next to TGIFriday’s. The
BBC is at the end of the corridor, where it meets the main concourse.
The club hosts a
pair of games there at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday – one for novices with 99 master
points or less and another for players with fewer than 1,200 points. A free
lesson with director Chris Urbanek is offered at 10 a.m.
On Thursdays, there
also are two games at 10:30 a.m. – one for 99ers and another for more
experienced players with fewer than 1,600 points. Free lesson at 10.
In addition, the
club holds two open in-person games for all players – at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
and 10:30 a.m. Friday. For more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website or call
716-280-6114.
The Bridge Center
continues to offer a game on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Mondays for players
with fewer than 750 points. It also hosts the Delaware Wednesday game online at
7 p.m. Wednesdays.
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Face-to-face play
has resumed at the Tonawanda Senior
Center on Wednesdays. In face-to-face play at the Amherst Senior Center,
players have voted to stop playing their Thursday afternoon game and are
playing on Monday and Friday afternoons instead.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games nearly two years. 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.
The Bridge Centre
of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., is
moving more of its online game schedule to in-person games at its club in
Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.
Face-to-face games,
both open and 499er, will be played at 1 p.m. Monday. Wednesday has an open
game face-to-face at 1 p.m. and a 299er game moving to in-person at 7 p.m.,
pre-registration required. The in-person game at 1 p.m. Thursday is expanded to
include players with up to 750 master points. The club’s other regularly
scheduled games continue on Bridge Base Online. For more info, click here.
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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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Tournament
calendar
2022
Buffalo Fall
Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall,
6777 Main St., Amherst. Today, Saturday, Sept. 17, and Sunday, Sept. 18. For
info, click this link.
Rochester Fall
Sectional – Gates Recreation Center,
1605 Buffalo Road, Gates. Saturday, Oct. 1, and Sunday, Oct. 2. For more info,
click this link.
Buffalo Regional
Tournament – Buffalo Marriott Hotel,
1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst. Tuesday, Oct. 25, to Sunday, Oct. 30. For
more info, click this link.
Niagara Regional
Tournament – Holiday Inn and Suites,
327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 8, to Sunday, Nov. 13. 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 Aug. 29 to Sept. 4
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 60.42%; Larry Himelein and David
Schott, 58.33%; Betty DeFeo and Audrey Ray, 57.64%; Paula Rosen and Linda Milch,
56.94%; (tie) Betsy and Jim Greno, Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 52.08%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,550 game. North-south, Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 56.75%; Violet Makhija
and Laurie Foster, 55.95%; Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon, 53.17%; Mary Terrana
and Usha Khurana, 50.79%; east-west, Paula Kotowski and Joyce Greenspan, 66.27%;
Jane Roberts and Laura Houghtaling, 60.32%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 58.33%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Sharon Benz and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 58.33%; Betty Metz and David Whitt,
54.86$; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 54.17%; Usha Khurana and John Marvin,
50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,600 game. North-south, Sue Neubecker and Carol Bedell, 62.50%; Joanne Nover
and Janet Desmon, 50.63%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 48.75%; east-west, Paula
Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, 60.63%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55%; Judith
Babat and Rivona Ehrenreich, 54.38%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 65.48%; Judy Padgug and John
Ziemer, 58.93%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 58.33%; Christy Kellogg and Bert
Hargeshimer, 54.17%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Saturday afternoon –
Open game. North-south, Judy Padgug and Jim Gullo, 55.90%; Laurie and Howard
Foster, 55.14%; Sharon Benz and Ten-Pao Lee, 52.94%; Fred Yellen and Bud
Seidenberg, 52.68%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 52.30%; east-west,
Kathy Pollock and Bert Feasley, 64.66%; Donna Staffan and Jay Costello, 63.76%;
Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 57.13%; Carol Bedell and Sue Bergman, 48.79%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open
game. Home-style pairs. Joan and Bob Ciszak, 3 wins.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Violet
and Jasbeer Makhija, 62.04%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 56.48%; Ed Harman and
Bob Ciszak, 55.56%; Jim Lanzo and Madhav Deshmukh, 53.70%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Mike and Ed Rupp, 64%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 54%; east-west, Nina Doran and Dan Blatz, 58%; (tie) Fritz Schweiger and Joanne Zavarello, Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 53%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 60%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 56%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club and Tournament Play
Jan. 1, 2022, to Aug. 31, 2022
5-20 Points – Daren Liu, 9.39; William Donaldson, 8.51; Julian
King, 5.04; Maureen Saab, 4.40; Michel Dupuis, 3.87; Molly Morris, 3.63; Mary
Luce, 3.15; Karen Dearing, 2.90.
20-50 Points – Howard Epstein, 18.56; Maria Schory, 13.14; Fred
Schweiger, 10.81: Jo Ann Smith, 10.69; John Houghtaling, 10.47; Anne Slater,
9.20; Mary Ellen Cotter, 8.98; Tyler Mu, 8.84; Gary Keenan, 8.54; Peggy Mead,
7.79.
50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 28.24; Jennifer Epstein, 21.91; Cynthia
Tashjian, 11.99; Jim Greno, 10.60; Candace Graser, 10.13; Betsy Greno, 9.80; Carol
Licata, 9.16; Fran Schmidt, 9.11; Amy Habib, 6.73; Bill Noltee, 6.67.
100-200 Points – David Schott, 50.01; Joanne Nover, 40.15; Judith
McDermid, 28.98; Maria Amlani, 28.51; Kusum Phadke, 24.19; Janet Desmon, 19.19;
Joan Ciszak, 14.41; Barbara Scott, 10.76.
200-300 Points – Pat Haynes, 35.10; Audrey Ray, 27.72; Carol Roth, 24.69;
Bob Ciszak, 19.27; Margaret Zhou, 13.40; Laura Houghtaling, 11.13; (tie) Judy
Zeckhauser, John Scott, 6.11; Patty Porter, 5.54.
300-500 Points – Terry Hamovitch, 79.71; Bram Hamovitch, 78.33; Martha
Townson, 58.77; Violet Makhija, 55.79; Larry Himelein, 53.31; Jasbeer Makhija, 52.62;
Bonnie Clement, 47.82; Barbara Landree, 16.37; Linda Milch, 15.04; Jim McClure,
14.35.
500-1,000 Points – Amita Arora, 151.62; Vic Bergsten, 102.92; Jim Lanzo,
89.40; Marilyn Wortzman, 70.58; Joyce Frayer, 47.59; Paul Zittel, 46.35; Sushil
Amlani, 39.64; Linda Zittel, 36.73; Mary Ball, 33.68; Bill Rich, 32.50.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Easton, 70.58; John Bava, 56.09; Sandi England, 66.68;
Kamil Bishara, 43.48; Howard Foster, 27.01; Rajat Basu, 21.94; Paula Kotowski,
17.97; Sue Neubecker, 17.74; John Marvin, 17.13; Joanne LaFay, 15.41.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 83.29; Gene Finton, 65.26; David
Colligan, 44.54; Pinky Regan, 42.70; (tie) Shakeel Ahmad and Manju Ceylony,
23.24; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 17.21; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 10.58.
2,500-3,500 Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte, 439.04; Davis Heussler, 282.66;
Ken Meier, 130.48; Allen Beroza, 87.97; Fred Yellen, 39.71; Linda
Burroughsford, 28.60; Pat Rasmus, 25.61; Dale Anderson, 19.87; Chongmin Zhang,
13.24.
3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 140.19; John Ziemer, 88.93; Judy Padgug, 58.70;
Judy Graf, 65.69; Barbara Libby, 42.78; Donna Steffan, 28.18; Jim Gullo, 26.43;
Kathy Pollock, 23.97; Stan Kozlowski, 12.83.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 480.07; Dian Petrov, 266 even; Jay
Costello, 133.81; Glenn Milgrim, 83.12; Chris Urbanek, 80.74; Jay Levy, 55.34; Sharon
Benz, 48.71; Bud Seidenberg, 44.89; Bert Hargeshimer, 22.58; John Sinclair,
16.27; Christy Kellogg, 15.55.
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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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