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The Bridge Center of Buffalo
began playing Oct. 31 at its new location, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit
1, and will hold an official grand opening celebration with an open house
Saturday, Dec. 9. Refreshments at noon. Free game at 12:30 p.m. For more info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-
424-0014. The Bridge Center also offers a regular
lineup of in-person and online games.
In-person games:
Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.
Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables.
Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.
Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716- 424-0014.
Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:
Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.
Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email BridgeKat@gmail.com.
Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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More access to virtual games on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this link.
The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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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The East Aurora Bridge
Club was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
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. on 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. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.
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), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. 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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Tournament calendar
2024
Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this link.
Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional – Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this link.
Toronto January Sectional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this link.
Niagara Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this link.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Location TBA. Friday, April 26, to
Sunday, April 28.
Cleveland All-American
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27.
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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 Nov. 13 to Nov. 19
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening – 0-750
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 63.89%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis,
58.33%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 54.63%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 60%; (tie) Laurie and
Howard Foster, Paul Zittel and Jim Lanzo, 57.78%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 55.83%; Ruth Wurster and Mary Terrana, 55.56%; Anthony Girasole and Jim
Mansour, 54.44%; east-west, Tova Reinhorn and Sue Neubecker, 61.67%; Richard
McGowan and Joe Miranda, 56.39%; (tie) Terry Fraas and Betty Metz, Marcia
Wright and Ginger Maiman, 52.78%; (3-way tie) Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, Judy
Zeckhauser and Judith Babat, Rajat Basu and Debashis Ghosh, 49.17%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Chris Urbanek and Jay Levy, 68.75%; (tie) Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 52.08%; Sue Neubecker and Betty Metz, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-1,600
game. Paula Rosen and Richard McGowan, 55.56%; (tie) Joanne Nover and Joyce
Greenspan, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 53.97%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning – Open
game. Donna Steffan and John Ziemer, 62.50%; Martha Welte and Larry Abate,
56.25%; Kathy Pollock and Sharon Benz, 54.17%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Gordon Crone and Mary Terrana, 55.36%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 54.17%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 53.57%; Bert Feasley and Davis Heussler, 51.79%.
Delaware Wednesday
evening – 0-2,000
game online. Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 68.33%; Madhav Deshmukh and Jim Lanzo,
59.44%; Wanda Moorman and Donna Rait, 55%; Ruth Nowatniak and Bill Rogers,
52.22%; (3-way tie) Jeff Bender and Henry Chudy, Betsy and Jim Greno, Joan
Becker and Marion Fox, 50.56%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon – North-south,
Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 65%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 58%; east-west,
Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 64%; Jack Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 55%.
Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 59%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 54%; east-west, (3-way
tie) Betsy and Dick Heuer, Fritz Schweiger and Carol Neuhaus, Rolene Pozarny
and Shirley Cassety, 56.94%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed
and Mike Rupp, 65.1%; Judy White and Sue Strasser, 60.3%; Paul Morgante and Ron
Fill, 58.7%.
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Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan. 1, 2023, to Oct. 31, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 23.57; Ilene Rothman, 15.07; Anthony
Girasole, 10.93; Shrikant Joshi, 8.64; Dennis Daly, 8.27; Bill Rogers, 5.86; Bill
Duax, 5.08; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Fran Holmes, 2.58; (tie) Melanie Skalski and
Carol Li, 2.11.
5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 10.80; Gini Sicignano, 4.92; Mary Luce, 4,56;
Jeannine Dupuis, 3.86; Barbara Kaye, 2.90; Devon Marlette, 2.81; Karen Dearing,
2.02.
20-50 Points –Maria Schory, 14.81; Mike Metzger, 14.28; Molly
Morris, 13.28; Jo Ann Smith, 12.14; Phyllis Stasiowski, 10.83; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 8.91; Kathleen Voigt, 8.90; Anne Slater, 8.61; Donna Starnes, 7.91;
Maxine Johnson, 7.40.
50-100 Points – Carol Licata, 32.04; Howard Epstein, 26.64; Susan
Cardamone, 20.81; Darwin Skalski, 17.33; John Houghtaling, 17.23; Jim Greno, 16.34;
Betsy Greno, 15.34; Cynthia Tashjian, 12.45; Candace Graser, 10.02; Mary Ellen
Cotter, 8.90.
100-200 Points – Maria Amlani, 38.73; Tiger Li, 17.74; Judith McDermid,
17.18; Fran Schmidt, 17.12; Jim Hassett, 15.45; Raj Puri, 13.90; Betty DeFeo, 11.82;
Joan Ciszak, 11.31; Pam Righter, 5.92; Barbara Scott, 4.89.
200-300 Points – David Schott, 83.82; Pat Haynes, 73.36; Joanne Nover, 66.33;
David Whitt, 59.04; Kusum Phadke, 56.01; Laurie Foster, 25.87; Bob Ciszak, 19.81;
Laura Houghtaling, 17.23; John Fiegl, 9.31; Gerry Hooley, 8.51.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 104.06; Bram Hamovitch, 74.24; Terry
Hamovitch, 72.11; Linda Milch, 34.83; Audrey Ray, 34.72; Jim McClure, 31.24; Jim O’Hara, 26.99; Ruth Nawotniak, 26.76; Margaret
Zhou, 17.75; Agi Maisel, 15.13; Maryann Szafran, 12.26.
500-1,000 Points – Jim Lanzo, 138.21; Martha Townson, 100.71; Bonnie
Clement, 80.65; Vic Bergsten, 66.86; Joyce Frayer, 63.23; Richard McGowan, 55.75;
Marilyn Wortzman, 55.27; Violet Makhija, 50.49; Betty Metz, 45.85; Paul Zittel,
45.41.
1,000-1,500 Points – Amita Arora, 106.63; Kamil Bishara, 102.66; Howard
Foster, 60.75; Jim Easton, 56.98; John Marvin, 51.37; Sue Neubecker, 48.23; Mary
Ball, 41.14; Joyce Greenspan, 34 even; Joanne Lafay, 30.95; Rajat Basu, 27.70.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 142.66; Sandi England, 90.54; John Bava, 71.08;
Paula Kotowski, 36.28; Pinky Regan, 35.59; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 32.28; Tova
Reinhorn, 28.90; David Colligan, 27.96; Walt Olszewski, 17.24; Martin Pieterse,
15.96.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 177.22; Ken Meier, 128.32; Fred
Yellen, 114.31; Mike Silverman, 30.37; Allen Beroza, 27.58; Pat Rasmus, 21.87; Bill
Rushmore, 18.57; Dale Anderson, 11.76; Art Morth, 9.75.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 367.64; Chongmin Zhang, 148.09; Mike
Ryan, 147.16; John Ziemer, 146.94; Donna Steffan, 122.46; Judy Graf, 97.51;
Judy Padgug, 66.46; Martha Welte, 65.83; Barbara Libby, 53.56; Jim Gullo, 53.18.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 458.31; Dian Petrov, 233.27; Jay Levy, 220.71;
Chris Urbanek, 185.46; Jay Costello, 139.94; Bud Seidenberg, 133.10; Sharon
Benz, 42.32; Glenn Milgrim, 19.33.
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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 a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures here.
