Congratulations
to Kamil Bishara, the master point leader in the Buffalo Spring Sectional
Tournament April 26 to April 28 in the Buffalo Bridge Center. He collected
19.03 points.
Runners-up included Chris Urbanek, 17.58; Bud
Seidenberg, 16.86; Bill Rushmore, 12.11; Saleh Fetouh, 11.86; Kathy Pollock,
10.89; Jay Costello, 10.82; Donna Steffan, 10.68; and Mike Ryan, 10.07.
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Want to learn about bridge? The
Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, is offering an
introduction to this fascinating game from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday,
May 18. You'll need to register. Call 716-424-0014 and leave your name and
contact information.
The Bridge Center has started a
social game in its lessons room on Tuesday mornings during the regular 10:30
a.m. game. Players can go at their own speed and style. Fee is $5 to cover
expenses.
A regular lineup of
in-person and online games are offered five days a week at the Bridge Center with
special games on the weekends. Fee for face-to-face games is $8 for members and
$11 for non-members. Membership is $75 per year. For
more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-424-0014.
In-person games:
Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 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 99 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, 10 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.750 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 begins play 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, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with fewer than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers
at 1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.
The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, 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. Games at the Tonawanda Senior
Center will be on hiatus for the entire month of February.
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Tournament calendar
2024
Cleveland All-American
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to
Monday, May 27. For more info, click this link.
Niagara Sectional 0-750
Tournament –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, May 31, to Sunday, June 2. For more info, click this link.
Toronto 0-500 Sectional
Tournament – Leaside
Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, June 8, and
Sunday, June 9. For more info, click this link.
District 5 STaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –
Participating sanctioned clubs. Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16.
Unit 112 Intermediate/Novice
Sectional – Temple B'Rith
Kodesh and Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Friday,
June 14, and Saturday, June 15.
Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7. For more info, click
this link.
Buffalo Summer Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, July 12, to Sunday, July 14.
North American Bridge
Championships (NABC) –
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front St. West, Toronto,
Ont. Thursday, July 18, to Sunday, July 28. For more info, click this link.
Finger Lakes Regional – Louis Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 5, to Saturday, Aug. 10. For more info,
click this link.
Pittsburgh Roni Regional – Masonic Center North, 3579 Cemetery Lane,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 27, to Saturday, Aug. 31. For more info, click
this link.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, Sept. 6, to Sunday, Sept. 8.
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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 April 22 to April 28
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. (Tie) Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, Michael and Jim Hassett,
61.11%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 54.86%; (tie) Terry Camp and David
Schott, Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 52.78%; Amy Habib and Jane Constantine,
50.69%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 61.51%; Pat Wolcott and
Joe Miranda 56.75%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 54.37%; Margaret Zhou and Paul
Zittel, 50.79%; east-west, Cathy Hetzler and David Schott, 57.54%; Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 56.75%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 53.17%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Jay Levy and Bud Seidenberg, 56.25%; Judy Graf and Chris Urbanek, 52.08%;
John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 50%; (tie) Betty Metz and Sue Neubecker, Gay Simpson
and Martha Welte, 48.96%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1,750 game online. Laura and John Houghtaling, 61.11%; Terry
Camp and partner, 58.33%; Fran Schmidt and Bill Noltee, 52.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.86%; Betty Metz and Judie Bailey,
57.19%; Margaret Zhou and Paul Zittel, 56.71%; Sue Neubecker and Wilson
McClaren, 55.15% Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 54.21%; Sharon Wilcox and Joyce
Greenspan, 54.17%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 65.63%; Joanne LaFay and Bert Feasley, 57.29%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 47.92%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. (Tie) Joyce Frayer and Ruth Nawotniak,
Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 60.56%; Jim Lanzo and Ed Harman, 56.67%; Gary
Keenan and Jim Hassett, 54.44%; Bob Hatton and Kusum Patel, 53.33%.
Tournament games
Buffalo Spring Sectional
Friday morning – Denise Slattery and Dale
Anderson, 63.58%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 62.24%; Kamil Bishara and
Chris Urbanek, 62.14%; Elaine Kurasiewicz and Barry Passer, 60.22%; Linda
Zittel and Joanne LaFay, 59.50%; Kathy Pollock and Burt Feasley, 59.01%.
Buffalo Spring Sectional
Friday afternoon – Chris Urbanek and Kamil
Bishara, 67.05%; Bill Rushmore and Art Morth, 62.83%; Howard Foster and Mike
Ryan, 58.74%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 57.01%; Lino D'Souza and Saleh
Fetouh, 54.92%; Bert Feasley and Kathy Pollock, 54.60%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
54.38%.
Buffalo Spring Sectional
Saturday morning – Kathy Pollock and Bill
Rushmore, 63.82%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 59.86%; Vera Carpenter and Martha
Welte, 59.26%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 59.25%; Lino D'Souza and Saleh
Fetouh, 58.99%; Jay Levy and Bud Seidenberg, 58.20%.
Buffalo Spring Sectional
Saturday afternoon – Jay Levy and Bud Seidenberg,
67.90%; Vera Carpenter and Martha Welte, 64.26%; Lino D'Souza and Saleh Fetouh,
64.20%; Ana and Miroslav Kovacevic, 60.10%; Sherrill Bain and Eileen Grady,
60.06%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 59.62%.
Buffalo Spring Sectional
Sunday – Swiss teams. Andrei Prodan, Adrian Barna
and Ana and Miroslav Kovacevic, 158 victory points; Kamil Bishara, Fred Yellen,
Dian Petrov and Donna Steffan, 142 vps; Bud Seidenberg, Saleh Fetouh, Chris
Urbanek and Jay Costello, 140 vps; Mike Silverman, Nancy Wolstoncroft and
Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 125 vps; Judy and Bob Kaprove, Paul and Linda
Zittel, 123 vps.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 62%; Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 57%; east-west, Violet
and Jasbeer Makhija, 66%; Jack Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 54%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Rolene Pozarny and Angela Curtis, 57%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 56%;
east-west, Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 62%; Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 50%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 60%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 53.8%;
Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 52.5%.
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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 more
than 2,960 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.
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