The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60
Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, offers a regular
schedule of in-person and online games Monday through Friday with party games
once a month on weekends. Next party game is Saturday, Nov. 22. 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.
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.
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. Upgraded now to
include 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 in the 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
Niagara Regional – Holiday
Inn & Suites, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 11, to
Sunday, Nov. 16. For more info, click this link.
2026
Toronto Winter Non-Life Master Regional – Sheraton
Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Jan. 3, and
Sunday, Jan. 4. For more info, click this link.
Toronto Winter Sectional – Sheraton
Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Jan. 3, and
Sunday, Jan. 4. For more info, click this link.
Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy
Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 7,
to Sunday, Jan. 11. For info, click this link.
Niagara Winter Sectional –
Holiday Inn & Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines,
Ont. Friday, Feb. 13, to Sunday, Feb. 15. For more info, click this link.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton
Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 31, to
Sunday, April 5.
Buffalo Spring Sectional –
Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. Friday, April 10, to Sunday, April 12.
For 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 Oct. 13 to Oct. 19
ACBL
Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Mary Terrana and Joe Miranda, 59.23%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 57.44%; Ruth Nawotniak and Betty Metz, 53.57%; Audrey Ray and Adrian Figliotti, 52.38%; east-west, John Brennan and Brian Fleming, 61.61%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.23%; Joyce Frayer and Anthony Girasole, 54.76%; Linda Marsh and Art Ziller, 52.98%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 51.79%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open
game. Martha Welte and Howard Foster, 56%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 51%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. North-south, Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 61%; Joyce Greenspan and Audrey
Ray, 58.68%; Anthony Girasole and Sam Austin, 51.01%; east-west, Larry Himelein
and David Schott, 58.33%; Pat Haynes and David Whitt, 52.59%; Linda Milch and
Richard McGowan, 50.05%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open
game. Martha Welte and Larry Abate, 71.88%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 56.25%;
Linda Burroughsford and Jim Gullo, 53.13%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday afternoon – Open
game. Martha Welte and Sushil Amlani, 62.59%; Judy Graf and John Ziemer,
58.52%; Florence Boyd and Dale Anderson, 53.70%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan,
53.33%; Chris Urbanek and Jay Levy, 51.85%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.11%;
Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 50.74%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
48.89%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Open game. Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski,
65.97%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 64.58%; Joanne LaFay and Mary Terrana,
57.18%; Maureen Piasecki and Wilson McClaren, 53.24%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 66.67%;
Phyllis Ward and Richard MdGowan, 55.56%; Michael and Jim Hassett, 52.78%.
Other
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Paul Orosz, 55%; east-west, (tie) Shrikant Joshi and Ron Helfman, Fritz Schweiger and Carol Neuhaus, 56.3%; Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 54%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday
afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill,
61.25%; Mike and Bob Rupp, 58.75%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan.
1, 2025, to Sept. 30, 2025
0-5 Points – Julie Mitchell, 37.02; Maureen Piasecki, 6.40; John Brennan, 5.44; Joan Warren, 2.06; (tie) Walter Balon, Ellen Balon, 0.89; Mary Collins, 0.57; Alice Cooley, 0.52; John Eckis, 0.48; Ann Bonte, 0.44.
5-20 Points – Mike Rupp, 5.16: Fran Holmes, 3.83; Devon
Marlette, 2.59; David Taylor, 0.63.
20-50 Points – Dennis Daly, 19.96; Anthony Girasole,
7.06; Zakie Nohra, 5.86; Molly Morris, 4,20; Gini Sicignano, 3.96; Maxine
Johnson, 2.57; Karen Dearing, 1.57; Maureen Saab, 1.34; Phyllis Stasiowski,
0.67; Chris-Elaine Santilli, 0.57.
50-100 Points – Brian Fleming, 51.06; Ilene Rothman, 18.09;
Mike Metzger, 13.42; Amy Habib, 13.24; Gary Keenan, 11.76; Donna Starnes, 9.73;
Cynthia Tashjian, 9.26; Candace Graser, 8.32; John Houghtaling, 8.24; Susan
Cardamone, 8.02.
100-200 Points – Mike Meacham, 19.41; Carol Licata, 17.06; Maria
Schory, 15.88; Fran Schmidt, 12.20; Jim Hassett, 11.21; Betty DeFeo, 5.62; Jim
Greno, 4.90; Betsy Greno, 4.27; Joan Ciszak, 2.29; Pam Righter, 0.28.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 54.39; Ethan Xie, 22.79;
Laura Houghtaling, 8.24; (tie) Barbara and John Scott, 7.22; Judy Babat, 1.88;
Patty Porter, 1.55; Hannah Weinberg, 1.13.
300-500 Points – David Schott, 56.37; Joanne Nover, 42.65;
Pat Haynes, 41.93; Audrey Ray, 32.21; Ruth Nawotniak, 16.78; Maryann Szafran, 16.34;
Linda Milch, 14.28; Agi Maisel, 12.47; Carl Hasselback, 9.32; Judy Zeckhauser,
7.21.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 66.31; (Tie) Terry and
Bram Hamovitch, 64.66; Joyce Frayer, 51.38; Andrei Reinhorn, 42.56; Linda
Zittel, 38.13; Sushil Amlani, 37.56; Martha Townson, 28.79; Mary Terrana, 26.34;
Gordon Crone, 24.59.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 101.33; Vic Bergsten, 72.67;
Howard Foster, 60.10; Mary Ball, 52.56; Paul Zittel, 47 even; Betty Metz,
42.37; Jim Easton, 39.45; Marilyn Wortzman, 39.14; Terry Fraas, 30.14; Larry
Abate, 27.58.
1,500-2,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 103.31; Paula Kotowski,
45.24; David Colligan, 42.71; Tova Reinhorn, 42.32; Pinky Regan, 39.92; Joyce
Greenspan, 29.80; Walt Olszewski, 28.91; Rajat Basu, 28.10; Sandi England, 23.04;
Nancy Kessler, 19.78.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 160.38; David Turner,
27.56; Dale Anderson, 20.77; Art Morth, 13.30; Fred Yellen, 8.09; Elaine
Kurasiewicz, 7.31; Pat Rasmus, 0.51.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 213.44; John Ziemer, 96.40;
Judy Graf, 83.71; Chongmin Zhang, 66.52; Donna Steffan, 52.39; Martha Welte, 49.50;
Jim Gullo, 32.87; Bill Rushmore, 20.21; Barbara Libby, 10.55; Mike Silverman, 9.93.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 822.73; Chris Urbanek,
223.49; Jay Levy, 220.72; Dian Petrov, 170.76; Mike Ryan, 107.67; Jay Costello,
82.64; Bud Seidenberg, 77.10; Kathy Pollock, 64.03; Glenn Milgrim, 31.21; 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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