The Buffalo Bridge
Center in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst is planning two games for Saturday, June
24 – at 10:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. – as part of the ACBL's Longest Day program,
which collects donations for the Alzheimer's Association.
Two more lessons
remain in a 10-week series of review lessons at the Bridge Center, mostly on
Wednesdays, but sometimes on Mondays. Lessons are at 2 p.m. and continue June
21 and June 28. Fee is $15 per session. Instructors are Fred Yellen and Chris
Urbanek. Pre-registration required. Sign up at the club or call 716-280-6114.
The club offers
face-to-face games at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays for players with fewer than 1,200
points and at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than 1,600 points. There
is a new face-to-face game at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than
100 master points. It is held concurrently with the regular Thursday
game.
Players are welcome
to come without a partner for the Bridge Center's Tuesday and Thursday games.
Partners will be provided.
The Bridge Center
holds face-to-face games open to all players at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and
Fridays. Pre-registration is required for the Friday game. Players should call
716-280-6114 and leave a message, email Donna Steffan at wsteffan@aol.com or sign up at the club. In-person open games also are
held occasionally on Saturdays and Sundays.
To accommodate
players who are out of town, the Bridge Center is offering “Kathy’s Snowbird
Game” Wednesday mornings on Bridge Base Online for players with fewer than 750
master points. Starting time is 11 a.m. and Kathy Pollack is director.
Those who have not
played face-to-face at the Bridge Center during the past three years will need
to click on the Competitive line on the Bridge Base Online website, then go to
All Tourneys in the lower left of the page and search for Buffalo. It will be
listed by 9:30 a.m. Those who have never played at the Bridge Center should
call Kathy Pollack at 716-310-4199 or email BridgeKat@gmail.com to be added to the list of eligible players.
Another virtual game
hosted by the Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online is offered at 7 p.m. Mondays
for players with fewer than 750 points. For more general info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website or call
716-280-6114.
The Delaware
Wednesday Club game is hosted by the Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online at 7
p.m. Wednesdays. It’s limited to players with fewer than 2,000 master points. For
info on this game, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games more than 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.
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The Bridge Centre
of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont.,
offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club in Tremont Square
opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.
Face-to-face games
for all players are offered at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays.
The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest
at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays, a 299er game at 10 a.m. Fridays and an open game at 1:30 p.m.
Fridays. For more info, click here.
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Face-to-face play
in non-sanctioned clubs is offered at
the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst Senior
Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.
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The Airport
Bridge Club, which currently is
not holding face-to-face games, 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.
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Congratulations
to Bonnie
Clement and Larry Himelein, the Buffalo area players who earned the most master
points at the Unit 112 Sectional Tournament for Novice and Intermediate players
June 7 and 8 in Rochester. They each won 1.72 points.
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Tournament
calendar
2023
South
Western Ontario Regional – Bingeman’s
Conference Centre, 425 Bingeman’s Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July
4, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.
Pittsburgh
Summer Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh
Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday, July 7, to Sunday,
July 9. For more info, click this link.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Summer Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, Aug. 18, to Sunday, Aug. 20. Limited to players with fewer than
750 master points. For more info, click this link.
Pittsburgh
RONI Regional – Masonic Center North,
3879 Cemetery Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday, Aug. 30, to Monday, Sept. 4. For
more info, click this link.
Toronto
Labor Day Sectional – Delta Hotels by
Marriott-Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Sept. 2, to
Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.
Buffalo
Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus,
2735 Union Road at William Street, Cheektowaga. Friday, Sept. 8, to Sunday,
Sept. 10.
Great
Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club,
1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17.
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Bridge
club websites:
Click
names for links.
The
Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not have a website.
For info, call 716-603-6943.
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Duplicate
scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of June 5 to June 11
ACBL
Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 71.53%; (tie) Violet and Jasbeer
Makhija, Ruth Nawotniak and Joyce Frayer, 54.17%; (tie) Jim Hassett and Terry
Camp, Phyllis Stasiowski and Amy Felman, 50.93%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,600 game. North-south, Joanne Nover and Brian Fleming, 62.70%; Jim Lanzo
and Gene Giorgini, 55.56%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 54.37%; Usha
Khurana and John Marvin, 51.59%; east-west, Henry Chudt and David Schott,
60.32%; (tie) Tova Reinhorn and Agi Maisel, 59.52%; Jini and John Rubinstein,
54.37%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-99 game. North-south, Jackie Simon and William Duax, 57.81%; Gini Sicignano
and Dennis Daly, 53.13%; east-west, Maxine Johnson and Mary Ellen Cotter,
66.66%; Donna and Fred Hirsh, 52.09%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. (Tie) Nancy Wolstoncroft and Jim Gullo, Chris Urbanek and Kamil
Bishara, 59.03%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 54.86%; Mike Ryan and John
Ziemer, 50.69%. Sushil Amlani and Madhav Deshmukh, 66.67%; Beena Deshmukh and
Bill Rich, 58.33%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 56.11%; Maria Schory and
Michael Metzger, 53.33%; Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 52.78%; Jim Hassettt and
Gary Keenan, 52.22%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,600 game. Paula Rosen and Richard McGowan, 65.86%; Joyce Greenspan and Ruth Wurster, 63,86%; Tova Reinhorn and Sue Neubecker, 52.62%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 51.94%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 59.52%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 56.55%; Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, 54.76%; Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 52.38%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Sunday afternoon –
Open game. North-south, Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 61.31%; (tie) Howard
Foster and Mike Ryan, Jo Nasoff-Finton and Andrei Reinhorn, 54.17%; Judy Graf
and John Ziemer, 52.08%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 51.49%;
east-west, Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 69.35%; Jay Levy and Saleh Fetouh,
64.29%; Tova Reinhorn and Sue Neubecker, 50.60%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse,
47.02%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open
game. Linda Zittel and Bert Feasley, 58%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 54%; Bill
Feasley and Paul Zittel, 50%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Sushil
Amlani and Madhav Deshmukh, 66.67%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 58.33%; Henry
Chudy and Jeff Bender, 56.11%; Maria Schory and Michael Metzger, 53.33%; Walt
Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 52.78%; Jim Hassettt and Gary Keenan, 52.22%.
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Unit 116 Master
Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play Online
Jan. 1, 2023, to May 31, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 5.72; Fran Holmes, 1.60; (tie) Jane
Harrington, David Taylor, 0.48.
5-20 Points – Mary Luce, 3.63; Devon Marlette, 2.41; Karen Dearing, 2.02.
20-50 Points – Maria Schory, 9.98; Mike Metzger, 9.15; Anne Slater, 6.05;
Kathleen Voigt, 5.35; Michel Dupuis, 4.25; Jo Ann Smith, 3.17; Phyllis
Stasiowski, 3.08; Maureen Saab, 2.97; Maxine Johnson, 2.73; Judy Reich, 1.23.
50-100 Points –Jim Greno, 14.51; Betsy Greno, 13.51; Carol Licata, 12.03;
Cynthia Tashjian, 10.53; Candace Graser, 8.76; Howard Epstein, 8.59; John
Houghtaling, 8.32; Susan Burns, 6.34; Gary Keenan, 4.40; Mary Ellen Cotter,
3.83.
100-200 Points – Maria Amlani, 13.47; Fran Schmidt, 10.67; Jim
Hassett, 7.99; Judy McDermid, 2.17; Bill Noltee, 1.84; Janie Polk, 1.37; (tie) Betty
DeFeo, Joan Ciszak; 0.84, Faith Lowell, 0.56.
200-300 Points – Kusum Phadke, 47.72; David Schott, 10.53; Laura
Houghtaling, 8.32; Bob Ciszak, 4.23 Gerry Hooley, 4 even; Pat Haynes, 2.75; Joanne
Nover, 1.46; Judith Babat, 1.08; Patty Porter, 0.72.
300-500 Points – (Tie) Bram Hamovitch, Terry Hamovitch, 14.16; Larry
Himelein, 11.30; Ruth Nawotniak, 8.82; Jim O’Hara, 6.95; Audrey Ray, 4.06; Jim
McClure, 3.44; Margaret Zhou, 3.29; Judy Zeckhauser, 1.03.
500-1,000 Points –Jim Lanzo, 32.45; Vic Bergsten, 26.21; Violet Makhija,
21.36; Martha Townson, 21.15; Jasbeer Makhija, 19.27; Joyce Frayer, 14.81;
Richard McGowan, 12.80; Brian Block, 12 even; Sushil Amlani, 8.05; Bill Rich,
7.26.
1,000-1,500 Points – Amita Arora, 60.73; Bob Kaprove, 6.17; Jim Easton, 5.63;
Rajat Basu, 3.93; Mary Ball, 3.61; Bert Feasley, 1.39.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 41.40; Sandi England, 34.46; John Bava, 24.02;
Walt Olszewski, 5.61; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 2.12.
2,500-3,500 Points – Ken Meier, 68.11; Allen Beroza, 16.67; Linda
Burroughsford, 6.80; Dale Anderson, 2.77.
3,500-5,000 Points – Barbara Libby, 21.73; Martha Welte, 6.64; Davis
Heussler, 6.52; Judy Padgug, 6.50.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 10.16; Jay Levy, 4.52.
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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 almost 2,950 master points and is still playing primarily online these
days. That doesn’t afford 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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