Buffalo Niagara duplicate bridge notes: Nov. 29, 2025

 

News and notes for the Buffalo area duplicate bridge community appear here weekly at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/, usually by midweek. They are no longer carried on the Buffalo News website.

 

Western New York Unit 116’s annual meeting, luncheon and game is coming up next Saturday, Dec. 6, in the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190. Meeting at 11 a.m., lunch at 11:30, open pairs game at 12:30 p.m. Fee is $10, lunch included. Preregistration requested by Monday, Dec. 1. Prepayment not required. Email larab1016@verizon.net or jbava@roadrunner.com.

 

The next party game at the Buffalo Bridge Center, is Saturday, Dec. 13. Snacks at noon. Game at 12:30 p.m. Bring munchies to share. For partnerships and info, call Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.

 

The Buffalo Bridge Center offers a regular schedule of in-person and online games Monday through Friday 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.

 

Other ACBL sanctioned clubs: Contact for the Bridge Club of East Aurora is Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net. Games are at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora.

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. Website is bridgewebs.com/Niagara.

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. Website is bridgewebs.com/niagaraonthelake.

 

Non-sanctioned clubs: Tonawanda Senior Center, 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays; Amherst Senior Center, 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays.

 

The District 5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) offers silver master points in games at participating local bridge clubs from Tuesday, Dec. 9, to Saturday, Dec.13.

 

Scores from ACBL Live for Clubs

Week of Nov. 17 to Nov. 23

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-900 game online. Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 64.81%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 62.04%; Luara and John Houghtaling, 54.83%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 67.86%; Ruth Nawotniak and Richard McGowan, 57.54%; Betty Metz and Audrey Ray, 48.81%; Gini Sicignano and Pat Wolcott, 48.41%; east-west, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 59.52%; Agi Maisel and Pay Haynes, 55.56%; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 51.19; Alice Cooley and Mike Segal, 49.21%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 65%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 55%; Howard Foster and Davis Heussler, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. North-south, Pat Haynes and Audrey Ray, 56.25%; Betty Metz and Paul Zittel, 53.75%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 50%; east-west, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 68.13%; Barbara Landree and Anthony Girasole, 60%; Bill and Nathan Korss, 50.63%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Bert Feasley and Davis Heussler, 58.93%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 55.36%; Donna Steffan and Audrey Ray, 54.17%; Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan, 52.38%: Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 51.19%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday afternoon – Open game. Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 62.92%; Ruth Nawotniak and Julie Mitchell, 56.67%; Florence Boyd and Dale Anderson, 56.25%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 52.08%; (tie) Joanne Nover and David Whitt, Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.25%; Martha Welte and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 51.25%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Paul Zittel and Bert Feasley, 62.50%; Joanne LaFay and Barbara Booi, 54.17%; Maureen Piasecki and Dave Larcom, 52.13%; (tie) Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, Joyce Greenspan and Ruth Wurster, 51.04%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. No game.

Non-sanctioned clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 57%; east-west, Joan Stankiewicz and Ellen Lochead, 55%; Judie Bailey and Paul Orosz, 53%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Jill and Bruce Brown, 62%; Edna and Ron Fill, 57%; east-west, Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 61%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 54%.

Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – (Tie) Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 70.3%; Mike and Bob Rupp, 62.5%; Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 60.9%.

 

Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues

Jan. 1, 2025, to Oct. 31, 2025

0-5 Points – Julie Mitchell, 40 even; John Brennan, 8.42; Maureen Piasecki, 7.67; Joan Warren, 4.83; Susan Marin Duolce, 4.45; Arthur Ziller, 2.65; Amy Licata, 1.98; Ann Bonte, 1.65; Jane Arnold, 0.99.

5-20 Points – Mike Rupp, 5.46: Fran Holmes, 3.83; Devon Marlette, 3.07; David Taylor, 0.63; Amber Dixon, 0.21.

20-50 Points – Dennis Daly, 20.48; Anthony Girasole, 10.55; Molly Morris, 6.71; Zakie Nohra, 5.86; Gini Sicignano, 5.85; Maxine Johnson, 2.57; Karen Dearing, 1.57; Maureen Saab, 1.34; Phyllis Stasiowski, 0.83; Chris-Elaine Santilli, 0.57.

50-100 Points – Brian Fleming, 56.24; Ilene Rothman, 18.75; Amy Habib, 15.92; Mike Metzger, 14.09; Gary Keenan, 12.42; Donna Starnes, 10.26; Candace Graser, 10.07; Cynthia Tashjian, 9.26; Susan Burns, 8.84; John Houghtaling, 8.24; Susan Cardamone, 8.02.

100-200 Points – Mike Meacham, 23.28; Carol Licata, 17.72; Maria Schory, 16.55; Fran Schmidt, 13.96; Jim Hassett, 12.20; Betty DeFeo, 5.78; Jim Greno, 5.24; Betsy Greno, 4.61; Joan Ciszak, 2.29; Pam Righter, 1.76.

200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 63.45; 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, 62.85; Pat Haynes, 52.43; Joanne Nover, 44.08; Audrey Ray, 36.71; Maryann Szafran, 20.81; Ruth Nawotniak, 19.37; Linda Milch, 15.24; Agi Maisel, 15.17; Carl Hasselback, 10/.48; David Whitt, 9.33.

500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 71.38; (tie) Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 70.17; Joyce Frayer, 58.82; Linda Zittel, 46.53; Sushil Amlani, 44.03; Andrei Reinhorn, 43.90; Martha Townson, 38.41; Mary Terrana, 33.25; Gordon Crone, 28.14.

1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 124.10; Vic Bergsten, 79.37; Howard Foster, 64.46; Mary Ball, 59.06; Paul Zittel, 56.39; Betty Metz, 46.67; Marilyn Wortzman, 41.09; Jim Easton, 40.89; Joanne LaFay, 33.14; Larry Abate, 30.57.

1,500-2,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 104.51; Paula Kotowski, 52 even; Pinky Regan, 47.70; David Colligan, 45.37; Tova Reinhorn, 44.19; Walt Olszewski, 34.75; Joyce Greenspan, 33.67; Rajat Basu, 29.34; Sandi England, 28.29; Nancy Kessler, 22.78.

2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 174.43; David Turner, 27.56; Dale Anderson, 24.54; Art Morth, 15.30; Fred Yellen, 8.09; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 7.31; Pat Rasmus, 1,70.

3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 229.20; John Ziemer, 108.33; Judy Graf, 94.28; Chongmin Zhang, 66.52; Martha Welte, 58.75; Donna Steffan, 52.73; Jim Gullo, 36.13; Bill Rushmore, 20.21; Barbara Libby, 10.55; Mike Silverman, 9.93.

More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 863.34; Jay Levy, 231.37; Chris Urbanek, 226.69; Dian Petrov, 172.63; Mike Ryan, 121.42; Jay Costello, 85.01; Bud Seidenberg, 79.47; Kathy Pollock, 64.03; Glenn Milgrim, 31.21; Sharon Benz, 1.38; Dan Gerstman, 0.60.

 

Dale Anderson was introduced to this wonderful game as a teen and compiled the local duplicate bridge notes column in the Buffalo News weekly for more than 20 years. He's a Gold Life Master and reached a career milestone, 3,000 master points, at the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament in September.