News and notes for the Buffalo area duplicate bridge community appear weekly here at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/, usually by midweek.
Bridge club schedules
are in holiday mode as the new year arrives. The Buffalo Bridge Center has its
open games as usual on Wednesday, Dec. 31, and Friday, Jan. 2, but is closed
Thursday, Jan. 1. The Niagara-on-the-Lake Bridge Club has its open game on
Tuesday, Dec . 30, but is closed Friday, Jan. 2. The Bridge Center of Niagara
in St. Catharines, Ont., has a New Year's Eve Social, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, with a game to follow. BCON also will have an open game at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, a 999er game at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, and open games at 1 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 2, and 6:30 p.m. ncxt Saturday, Jan. 3.
Next weekend
sees a pair of tournaments – a regional for non-life masters and a sectional
for players at all levels – in the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St.
West, Toronto, Ont. For more info, see the links below.
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. For more info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website at https://buffalobridgecenter.godaddysites.com/ or
call 716-424-0014. Fee for games is $8 for members and $12 for non-members. Membership
is $80 annually and is due now.
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.
Tournament
calendar
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.
Scores
from ACBL Live for Clubs
Week
of Dec. 15 to Dec. 21
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 62.70%; Pat Haynes and Maryann Szafran, 61.51%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 53.97%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 61.51%; Julie Mitchell and Brian Fleming, 59.92%; Marcia Wright and Ginger Maiman, 57.14%: Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 53.57%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning
– Open game. Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 65%; Linda Burroughsford and John Ziemer,
53%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning
– 0-2,000 game. Pat Haynes and David Schott, 63.91%; Joanne Nover and Agi
Maisel, 60.82%; Julie Mitchell and Walt Olszewski, 60.09%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 55.82%; Sharon Wilcox and Joyce Greenspan, 54.55%; Carol Licata and
Ilene Rothman, 53.09%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning
– Open game. (Tie) Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
56.25%; Linda Burroughsford and Jim Gullo, 54.17%; Davis Heussler and Bert
Feasley, 52.08%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Nancy Kessler and Wilson McClaren, 59%; Joanne LaFay and Barbara Booi, 58%; Paula Kotowski and Ed Morgan, 53%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 51%.
Non-sanctioned
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon –
North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%; Joe Huber and Fritz
Schweiger, 55%; east-west, Judie Bailey and Paul Orosz, 64%; Mary and Jim
Atwood, 57%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon –
North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 66%; Bobbi and Joe Huber, 54%;
east-west, Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 59%; Walt Olszewski and Ed
Drozen, 57%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday
afternoon – Mike and Bob Rupp, 57.5%; Rose Bochiechio
and Edna Fill, 42.5%.
Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan.
1, 2025, to Nov. 30, 2025
0-5 Points –
Julie Mitchell, 43.31; John Brennan, 8.79; Maureen Piasecki, 8.20; Joan Warren,
7.26; Susan Marin Dolce, 6.47; Arthur Ziller, 2.65; Amy Licata, 1.98; Ann
Bonte, 1.81; William Kross, 1.20; Jane Arnold, 0.99.
5-20 Points –
Mike Rupp, 6.32: Devon Marlette, 4.84; Fran Holmes, 3.83; David Taylor, 0.63;
Amber Dixon, 0.21.
20-50 Points –
Dennis Daly, 21.95; Anthony Girasole, 11.69; Molly Morris, 7.11; Gini
Sicignano, 6.01; Zakie Nohra, 5.86; Maxine Johnson, 3.06; Karen Dearing, 1.57;
Maureen Saab, 1.34; Phyllis Stasiowski, 0.83; Chris-Elaine Santilli, 0.57.
50-100 Points –
Brian Fleming, 57.94; Ilene Rothman, 18.75; Amy Habib, 15.92; Gary Keenan, 14.83;
Mike Metzger, 14.09; Candace Graser, 11.49; Donna Starnes, 10.26; Cynthia
Tashjian, 10.22; John Houghtaling, 10.16; Susan Burns, 8.84; Susan Cardamone,
8.02.
100-200 Points – Mike
Meacham, 34.07; Carol Licata, 18.06; Maria Schory, 16.55; Fran Schmidt, 14.41;
Jim Hassett, 12.84; Betty DeFeo, 5.78; Jim Greno, 5.24; Betsy Greno, 4.61; Pam
Righter, 3.16; Joan Ciszak, 2.93.
200-300 Points – Maria
Amlani, 65.10; Ethan Xie, 22.79; Laura Houghtaling, 10.16; (tie) Barbara and
John Scott, 7.22; Judy Babat, 1.88; Patty Porter, 1.55; Hannah Weinberg, 1.13;
Tom England, 0.42.
300-500 Points –
David Schott, 66.97; Pat Haynes, 55.01; Joanne Nover, 46.22; Audrey Ray, 39.92;
Ruth Nawotniak, 23.06; Maryann Szafran, 21.25; Agi Maisel, 17.04; Linda Milch,
15.99; Carl Hasselback, 10.48; David Whitt, 10.40.
500-1,000 Points – (Tie)
Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 77.33; Larry Himelein, 73.87; Joyce Frayer, 62.41;
Linda Zittel, 48.60; Andrei Reinhorn, 46.15; Sushil Amlani, 44.03; Martha
Townson, 42.63; Mary Terrana, 33.25; Richard McGowan, 30.56.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim
Lanzo, 132.82; Vic Bergsten, 85.70; Howard Foster, 66.44; Mary Ball, 62.65;
Paul Zittel, 58.98; Betty Metz, 48.72; Marilyn Wortzman, 42.66; Jim Easton, 42.46;
Joanne LaFay, 35.87; Bert Feasley, 32.80.
1,500-2,500 Points –
Kamil Bishara, 105.25; Paula Kotowski, 58.77; Pinky Regan, 52.03; David
Colligan, 50.26; Tova Reinhorn, 46.56; Walt Olszewski, 34.75; Joyce Greenspan,
33.98; Rajat Basu, 33.29; Sandi England, 28.97; Nancy Kessler, 23.25.
2,500-3,500 Points –
Linda Burroughsford, 183.79; Dale Anderson, 36.37; David Turner, 27.56; Art
Morth, 15.30; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 8.57; Fred Yellen, 8.09; Pat Rasmus, 1.78.
3,500-5,000 Points –
Davis Heussler, 246.87; John Ziemer, 119.38; Judy Graf, 101.09; Chongmin Zhang,
74.89; Martha Welte, 59.47; Donna Steffan, 54.74; Jim Gullo, 36.97; Bill
Rushmore, 20.21; Barbara Libby, 11.39; Mike Silverman, 9.93.
More than 5,000 Points –
Saleh Fetouh, 895.60; Jay Levy, 270.21; Chris Urbanek, 228.59; Dian Petrov, 183.83;
Mike Ryan, 134.33; Jay Costello, 86.21; Bud Seidenberg, 79.47; Kathy Pollock, 72.40;
Glenn Milgrim, 31.21; Sharon Benz, 1.38; Dan Gerstman, 0.60.
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