The Niagara
Regional Tournament continues today, Saturday
Nov. 12, in the Holiday Inn and Suites, 327 Ontario St., in St. Catharines,
Ont., and continues through Sunday, Nov. 13. Games are at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Saturday. Swiss teams on Sunday begin at 10 a.m. For more info, click this link.
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Western New York
Unit 116 will hold its annual meeting
and game Saturday, Dec. 3, in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St.,
Amherst. Meeting starts at 11 a.m., with lunch at noon and a stratified pairs game
at 1 p.m. Proof of Covid-19 vaccination required. Cost is $15. Pre-registration
by Nov. 25 suggested. To sign up, call Barbara Libby at 716-836-8303 or email bplibby1@verizon.net.
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The Buffalo
Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall
in Amherst holds a pair of face-to-face games 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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The Lockport
Duplicate Club is no longer playing.
Face-to-face games in the Dale Center had resumed earlier this year but were
lightly attended.
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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., has
moved 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, including a Tuesday night Swiss teams match, 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
Niagara Regional
Tournament – Holiday Inn and Suites,
327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Today, Saturday, Nov. 12, and Sunday,
Nov. 13. For info, click this link.
District 5 Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) –
Face-to-face at participating local clubs, no info about online status. Monday,
Dec. 5, to Sunday, Dec. 11.
2023
Cleveland Rock ‘n
Roll Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel,
5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 4, to Sunday,
Jan. 8. For info, click this link.
Toronto 0-750 NLM
Winter Regional – Sheraton Hotel, 123
Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 8. For info,
click this link.
Toronto
January Sectional – Sheraton Hotel,
123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 8. For info,
click this link.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Sheraton Buffalo
Bridge Center, Boulevard Mall, 1227 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. Friday, Jan.
20, to Sunday, Jan. 22.
St.
Catharines Sectional Tournament –
Holiday Inn and Suites, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 10,
to Sunday, Feb. 12.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Sheraton
Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, March 31, to Sunday,
April 2.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Hotel, 123
Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 4, to Sunday, April 9.
Cleveland All American Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 23, to Monday, May 29.
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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 Oct. 31 to Nov. 6
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 62.04%; (tie) Bonnie Clement and
David Schott, Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 57.41%; Ruth Nawotniak and
Michel Dupuis, 54.63%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,200 game. North-south, (Tie) Jo Nasoff-Finton and Betty Metz, Jane Roberts
and Laura Houghtaling, 55.63%; Rivona Ehrenreich and Judith Babat, 52.50%;
east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 66.25%; Henry Chudy and David
Schott, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 60.12%; Sandi England and David
Turner, 59.52%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 52.98%; Martha Welte and Wilson
McClaren, 50.60%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,600 game. Sue Neubecker and Janet Frisch, 61.25%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim
Easton, 57.50%; Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 52.50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 60%; Barbara Booi and John Fiegl, 55%; Joe Rooney and Dave Larcom, 50%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Amita
Arora and Jim Lanzo, 62.78%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 57.22%; Beena Deshmukh
and Bill Rich, 56.67%; Madhav Deshmukh and Sushil Amlani, 53.89%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.67%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 50.56%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Cindy Darone and Rich Kayton, 57%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 52%; east-west, Pat
Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 59%; Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 54%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 63%; Edna and Ron Fill, 61%; east-west, Ruth
Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 59%; Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 58%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Ed and Mike Rupp, 70.6%; Joanne Zavarella and Fritz Schweiger, 55.6%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2022, to Oct. 31, 2022
0-5 Points – David Taylor, 1.36; Chris-Elaine Santilli, 1.18.
5-20 Points – Michel Dupuis, 5.48; William Donaldson, 4.96; Margot
Banta, 4.87; Daren Liu, 4.34; Molly Morris, 3.63; Karen Dearing, 3.52; Devon
Marlette, 3.35; Mary Luce, 3.15.
20-50 Points – Howard Epstein, 17.47; Maria Schory, 14.59; John
Houghtaling, 13.13; Jo Ann Smith, 12.40; Anne Slater, 10.29; Gary Keenan,
10.15; Peggy Mead, 9.40; Mary Ellen Cotter, 9.33.
50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 32.65; Jennifer Epstein, 20.82; Cynthia
Tashjian, 13.49; Jim Greno, 13 even; Betsy Greno, 12.20; Candace Graser, 11.63;
Fran Schmidt, 10.81; Carol Licata, 9.55; Amy Habib, 9.45.
100-200 Points – David Schott, 53.30; Joanne Nover, 44.14; Maria
Amlani, 34.73; Judith McDermid, 28.90; Kusum Phadke, 28.02; Janet Desmon,
20.70; Joan Ciszak, 16.53; Barbara Scott, 11.88.
200-300 Points – Pat Haynes, 37.33; Audrey Ray, 31.06; Carol Roth, 25.01;
Bob Ciszak, 23.45; Margaret Zhou, 17.45; Laura Houghtaling, 15.10; Laurie
Foster, 11.08; Judy Zeckhauser, 8.44.
300-500 Points –Terry Hamovitch, 86.56; Bram Hamovitch, 85.18; Violet
Makhija, 63.10; Jasbeer Makhija, 57.88; Larry Himelein, 56.33; Martha Townson,
52.44; Bonnie Clement, 47.29; Linda Milch, 20.26; Jim McClure, 19.16; Agi
Maisel, 14.30.
500-1,000 Points
– Amita Arora, 162.39; Vic Bergsten,
110.92; Jim Lanzo, 91.17; Marilyn Wortzman, 82.52; Joyce Frayer, 55.85; Sushil
Amlani, 45.33; Mary Ball, 40.14; Bill Rich, 35.18; Richard McGowan, 34.40; Paul
Zittel, 31.74.
1,000-1,500
Points – Jim Easton, 82.52; Sandi
England, 79.10; John Bava, 56.73; Kamil Bishara, 37.22; Howard Foster, 24.31;
Paula Kotowski, 23.17; Sue Neubecker, 22.18; John Marvin, 18.24; Rajat Basu,
17.89; Joanne LaFay, 14.72.
1,500-2,500
Points – Gay Simpson, 101.60; Gene
Finton, 62.69; Pinky Regan, 48.74; (tie) Shakeel Ahmad, Manju Ceylony, 25.94;
Nancy Wolstoncroft, 15.96; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 10.58; Walt Olszewski, 10.52.
2,500-3,500
Points – Martha Welte, 471.55; John
Welte, 468.07; Ken Meier, 145.26; Allen Beroza, 97.04; Davis Heussler, 54 even;
Fred Yellen, 45.10, Pat Rasmus, 24.82; Dale Anderson, 20.66.
3,500-5,000
Points – Mike Ryan, 98.73; Judy Graf,
73.29; John Ziemer, 71.50; Judy Padgug, 48.56; Barbara Libby, 43.59; Donna
Steffan, 29.89; Stan Kozlowski, 11.24; Kathy Pollock, 10.60.
Over 5,000 Points
– Jay Costello, 59.77; Saleh Fetouh,
58.44; Chris Urbanek, 57.11; Bud Seidenberg, 45.91; Jay Levy, 34.40; Sharon
Benz, 29.43; Elbert Hargesheimer, 16.22; John Sinclair, 15.18; Christy Kellogg,
13.89.
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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 primarily 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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