The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, holds its next party game next Saturday, Oct. 18. Fun in autumn is the theme. Bring refreshments to share at noon. Game starts at 12:30 p.m. For partnerships and info, call Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
The Bridge Center’s virtual games are back on Bridge
Base Online are back. Monday's game is limited to players with fewer than 900
points. The Delaware Wednesday game on Wednesday is for players with less than
2,000. Both games start at 7 p.m.
A new series of lessons in basic bridge strategies is
in progress at the Bridge Center’s clubrooms. Wednesday lessons begin at 2:30
p.m. Saturday classes start at 10 a.m. For more info, call 716-424-0014 and
leave a message.
The Bridge Center also has started a course of
supervised play at 11 a.m. on Mondays for players who know the basics and want
to step up their skills in the game. Each hand is discussed after it is played.
Mini lessons may be given on some of the topics and there will be possibilities
to play for master points. To come, text Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189.
Don’t want to clean up the house for kitchen bridge?
The Bridge Center also hosts 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. Call 716-424-0014 to register.
The Bridge Center offers a regular schedule of
in-person and online games with party games once a month on weekends. For more
info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-424-0014.
Fee for games is $8 for members and $12 for non-members.
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 900 points.
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 $5. 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 (BCON) in St. Catharines, Ont.,
offers face-to-face games five days a week at its club in Tremont Square
opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue:
Mondays, 1 p.m. Open and 499er
(fewer than 499 master points) games.
Mondays, 6 p.m. Beginner game,
fewer than 50 master points. Register at mon-eve@bcon.club.
Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Open game.
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. 499er game. Register
at wed-eve@bcon.club.
Thursday, 9:30 a.m. New 99er
game.
Thursday, 1 p.m. 999er game.
Friday, 1 p.m. Open and 499er
games.
Saturday, 6:30 p.m. New open
game. Arrive by 6 p.m. if you need a partner.
Fees are $9 Canadian for members,
$12 Canadian for non-members. $9 Canadian for all players for Monday beginner
game. Membership is $65 Canadian for a year, beginning April 1. For more
information, visit bridgewebs.com/Niagara.
The club has just cut back to a
single virtual game on Bridge Base Online, the one for players with fewer than
750 points at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Turnout for the other one, an open game at 7
p.m. Thursdays, had gotten too small. For more info, click here.
For online play, BCON recommends
going to the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge Collective, which appears as “SE
Carolina” on Bridge Base Online. Games run throughout the day. A full lineup of
games can be seen at SE Carolina On-line Bridge.
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The Niagara-on-the-Lake Bridge
Club plays in the
Community Centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Anderson Lane off Mississauga
Street on the western end of the village. Open games are at 1 p.m. Tuesdays and
Fridays. Fee is $6 Canadian for members, $8 Canadian for non-members. Annual
membership is $20 Canadian. For more information, visit bridgewebs.com/niagaraonthelake.
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Face-to-face play in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center at 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays and at the Amherst
Senior Center at 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays.
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Tournament calendar
2025
District 5 StaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –
All games at participating clubs in Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Today,
Saturday, Oct. 11, Sunday, Oct. 12. For
more info, click this link.
CANCELED: Buffalo Regional – Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave.,
Cheektowaga. Tuesday, Oct. 21, to Sunday, Oct. 26.
Niagara Regional – Holiday Inn & Suites, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 11, to Sunday, Nov. 16. For more info,
click this link.
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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 ACBL Live for Clubs
Week of Sept. 29 to Oct. 5
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 61.72%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 61.42%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 57.35%; Maryann Szafran and Judy Zeckhauser, 54.63%; east-west, Betty Metz and Judie Bailey, 62.97%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 60.29%; Audrey Ray and Pat Haynes, 51.66%; Marily Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.39%; Brian Fleming and Dennis Daly, 50.04%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 62%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 60%; Martha
Welte and Howard Foster, 57%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Pat Haynes and Maryann Szafran 62.50%; Joyce
Frayer and Mary Ball, 58.33%; Betty Metz and Audrey Ray, 54.17%; Larry Himelein
and David Schott, 51.39%; Julie Mitchell and Brian Fleming, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 58%; Davis Heussler and Bert Feasley, 55%;
Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 51%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Bert Feasley and Paul Zittel, 74.07%; Brian Universal and Allen Beroza, 58.33%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone 55.09%; Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 50.46%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 50%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Judie Bailey and Paul Orosz, 59%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 57%; east-west,
Mary and Jim Atwood, 57%; Elaine Wegrzyn and Gus Alfano, 55%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Paul Orosz, 57%; Violet
and Jasbeer Makhija, 53%; east-west, Cynthia and Ron Helfman, 68%; Mary and Jim
Atwood, 60%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – (Tie) Kay Brinkman and Lynda Pettit, Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 62.5%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2025, to Sept. 30, 2025
0-5 Points – Julie Mitchell, 17.88; John Brennan, 5.44;
Maureen Piasecki, 4.82; (tie) Walter Balon and Ellen Balon, 0.89; Mary Collins,
0.57; John Eckis, 0.48; (tie) Linda Marsh and Arthur Ziller, 0.40; Jeanette
Bockstahler, 0.33.
5-20 Points – Devon Marlette, 0.79.
20-50 Points – Dennis Daly, 11.87; Anthony Girasole, 7.06;
Zakie Nohra, 5.15; Gini Sicignano, 3.96; Molly Morris, 2.62; Phyllis
Stasiowski, 0.67; Chris-Elaine Santilli, 0.57.
50-100 Points – Brian Fleming, 18.17; Donna Starnes, 9.73;
Ilene Rothman, 8.56; Susan Cardamone, 8.02; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 5.36; Maureen
Cancilla, 3.45; Jo Ann Smith, 2.16; Carole Sedita, 1.84; Nancy Deneen, 1.60;
Amy Habib, 1.36.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 7.76; Betty DeFeo, 5.62;
Mike Meacham, 5.55; Joan Ciszak, 1.87; Pam Righter, 0.28.
200-300 Points – Judy Babat, 1.88; Ethan Xie, 1.60; Hannah
Weinberg, 1.13.
300-500 Points – David Schott, 34.30; Pat Haynes, 29.31; Joanne
Nover, 28.74; Audrey Ray, 24.73; Maryann Szafran, 15.58; Linda Milch, 14.28; Ruth
Nawotniak, 12.78; Agi Maisel, 9.98; Carl Hasselback, 7.45; Judy Zeckhauser, 7.21.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 41.96; Andrei Reinhorn, 32.05;
Linda Zittel, 29.03; Joyce Frayer, 28.93; Jim McClure, 17.79; Jo Nasoff-Finton, 17.14; Paula Rosen, 16.68; Gordon
Crone, 16.57; Dave Larcom, 15.86.
1,000-1,500 Points – Betty Metz, 39.87; Paul Zittel, 36 .84;
Howard Foster, 36.15; Mary Ball, 34.68; Jim Easton, 23.39; Terry Fraas, 23.15; Marilyn
Wortzman, 23.08; Joanne LaFay, 17.78; Bert Feasley, 15.32; Larry Abate, 14.86.
1,500-2,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 36.53; Pinky Regan, 31.14; Tova
Reinhorn, 29.57; Paula Kotowski, 25.16; Joyce Greenspan, 23.59; Sandi England, 16.73;
Nancy Kessler, 10.54; Walt Olszewski, 10.44; David Colligan, 9.53; Judy
Kaprove, 6.01.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 34.08; Dale Anderson,
17.25; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 2.25; Art Morth, 2.07; Fred Yellen, 1.43; Pat
Rasmus, 0.51.
3,500-5,000 Points – John Ziemer, 48.78; Judy Graf, 48.70; Davis
Heussler, 46.59; Martha Welte, 30.22; Jim Gullo, 30.10; Donna Steffan, 29.32; Allen
Beroza, 3.81; Chongmin Zhang, 0.74; Brian Meyer, 0.60.
More than 5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 58.20; Chris Urbanek, 47.52;
Jay Costello, 44.83; Bud Seidenberg, 41.87; Jay Levy, 15.89; Kathy Pollock,
0.75; Dan Gerstman, 0.60.
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The Duplicate Bridge column has been compiled weekly by Buffalo News
Staff Reporter Dale Anderson for more than 20 years. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The 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, beginning at
5:30 p.m. Fridays. Another place to find it anytime 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 reached a career
milestone, 3,000 master points, at the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament last
month. That’s one of the entries in his blog about his bridge adventures here.
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