News and notes for
the Buffalo area duplicate bridge community appear weekly here at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/,
usually by midweek.
Just around the corner
is the Finger Lakes Regional Tournament, running from Monday, June 8, to
Friday, June 12, at Seasons on Keuka Lake, a Hampton Inn conference center at 110
Mace St. in Penn Yan. For more info, click this link.
The Buffalo Bridge Center,
60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, has a regular schedule of in-person and
online games Monday through Friday with party games once a month on weekends,
usually on Sundays. For more info, visit the club’s 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.
Online games hosted by the Bridge Center at 7 p.m.
Monday and Wednesday have been transferred from Bridge Base Online to a new
platform, RealBridge. For more info, including a player guide, visit realbridge.online.
In addition, the club hosts a supervised play session
for players who want experience and advice to improve their game from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on Mondays, which has been a great success. Small games now have been
added to the session. All are welcome. No pre-registration is required, but
things work out better if those interested in supervised play get in touch with
Julie Mitchell by calling 845-978-9480 or emailing jkmitchell070121@gmail.com.
Also popular is the club’s social bridge game just for
fun at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays. Signup needed for this one. Call Ruth Nawotniak at
716-949-7574 or email at ruth2250@outlook.com.
The Bridge Center has started its mentoring program
again. Experienced players who want to share their knowledge with novices are
encouraged to sign up. So should new players who want to pick up tips from the
masters. Call Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
Other ACBL sanctioned clubs: Bridge
Club of East Aurora games are at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior
Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Contact is Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
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: Games
are held at 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays in the Amherst Senior Center and at
12:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Tonawanda Senior Center.
Upcoming
tournaments
Finger Lakes Regional – Seasons
on Keuka Lake, 110 Mace St., Penn Yan. Monday, June 8, to Friday, June 12. For
more info, click this link.
District 5 Sectional Tournament at the
Clubs (StaC) – Participating local clubs. Monday,
June 8, to Sunday, June 14. For more info, click this link.
Cleveland All American Regional – Embassy
Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, June 23,
to Sunday, June 28. For more info, click this link.
Buffalo Summer Sectional – Buffalo
Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. Friday, July 10, to Sunday, July 12.
Oakville Summer Regional – St.
Volodymyr Cultural Centre, 1280 Dundas St. West, Oakville, Ont. Tuesday, July
21, to Sunday, July 26. For more info, click this link.
Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates
Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road (Route 33), Rochester. Saturday, July 25,
and Sunday, July 26.
Scores
from ACBL Live for Clubs
Week
of May 11 to May 17
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-900
game online. Fran Riordan and David Schott, 56.25%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 55%;
Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 52.50%; Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 50%..
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-South, Gini Sicignano and Pat Wolcott, 55.06%; Julie Mitchell and
Joanne Nover, 53.27%; Betty DeFeo and Adrian Figliotti, 52.98%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.79%; east-west, Pat Haynes and Agi Maisel, 63.99%;
Ruth Wurster and Linda Zittel, 57.44%; Joyce Frayer and Mary Stoehr-Smith,
54.46%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 51.79%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 58.93%; Judy Graf and Jim Gullo,
55.95%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 55.36%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 54.76%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-2,000 game. Julie Mitchell and Brian Fleming, 57.40%; Sharon Wilcox and Joyce
Greenspan, 54.24%; Maryann Szafran and Jim McClure, 52.90%; Larry Himelein and
David Schott, 52.54%; Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 51.07%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. Mike Ryan and Bert Feasley, 57.64%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
56.94%; Donna Steffan and Davis Heussler, 55.56%; (tie) Paula Kotowski and Ed
Morgan, Linda Burroughsford and Jim Gullo, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday afternoon –
Open game. Donna Steffan and Saleh Fetouh, 67.48%; Mike Ryan and Bert Feasley,
61.33%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 55.85%; (tie) Mary Ball and
Joyce Frayer, Pat Haynes and David Schott, 52.15%; Terry Fraas and Cathy
Majewski, 49.70%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Open game. Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski, 66.46%;
Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 54.76%; Bert Feasley and Paul Zittel, 52.96%; Maureen
Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 47.62%.
Non-sanctioned
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Paul Orosz and Nels Larson, 73%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 54%;
east-west, Miriam Regnet and Connie Wilson, 60%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 56%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Paul Orosz and Nels Larson, 60%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59%;
east-west, Mel Mesnekoff and Jack Cukierman, 61%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 60%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday
afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 59.7%;
(tie) Lynda Pettit and Susan Felser, Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 55.5%.
Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan.
1, 2026, to April 30, 2026
0-5 Points – Art
Ziller, 2.99; Aleksandar Ivanov, 1.71; Jane Arnold, 1.25; (tie) Walter and
Ellen Balon, 0.26.
5-20 Points – Frank
Dluhy, 9.60; Susan Mann Dolce, 8.28; Linda Marsh, 5.27; Maureen Piasecki, 4.18;
Mike Rupp, 4.08; Amy Licata, 3.72; Bob Rupp, 3.27; Joan Warren, 2.31; Ann
Bonte, 2.28; John Brennan, 0.65.
20-50 Points – Julie
Mitchell, 24.90; Devon Marlette, 4.84; Bill Kross, 3.64; Anthony Girasole,
2.82; Gini Sicignano, 2.45; Maxine Johnson, 1.14.
50-100 Points – Molly
Morris, 9.06; Susan Burns, 7.52; Anne Slater, 5.84; Mike Metzger, 5.45;
Kathleen Voigt, 4.57; Mary Berlow, 3.93; Susan Cardamone, 2.11; Jo Ann Smith,
1.84; Elaine Idzik, 1.68; Fran Riordan, 1.22.
100-200 Points – Brian
Fleming, 25.11; Mike Meacham, 22.10; Candace Graser, 8.90; Cynthia Tashjian, 8.47;
(tie) Jim Hassett, Fran Schmidt, 8.18; Maria Schory, 6.61; (tie) Dennis Daly, Ilene
Rothman, 6.12; Carol Licata, 6.09.
200-300 Points – Ethan
Xie, 9.24; Laura Houghtaling, 2.87; Betty DeFeo, 1.70.
300-500 Points – David
Schott, 18.53; Maria Amlani, 18.39; Joanne Nover, 15.07; Ruth Nawotniak, 6.87;
David Whitt, 6.63; Linda Milch, 4.31; Carl Hasselback, 4.25; Agi Maisel, 2.63;
Maryann Szafran, 2.42; Eugene Giorgini, 2.10.
500-1,000 Points – Larry
Himelein, 46.77; Jo Nasoff-Finton, 29.75; Sushil Amlani, 24.58; Joyce Frayer, 17.97;
Martha Townson, 17.57; Terry Hamovitch, 16.10; Bram Hamovitch, 16.06; Sharon
Wilcox, 15.82; Pat Haynes, 14.82; Linda Zittel, 14.54.
1,000-1,500 Points – Bert
Feasley, 23.52; Vic Bergsten, 22.17; Mary Ball, 19.87; Paul Zittel, 18.33; (tie)
Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 13.19; Joanne LaFay, 11.49; Ed Morgan, 11.09; Terry
Fraas, 10.29; Judie Bailey, 6.67.
1,500-2,500 Points
–Jim Lanzo, 59.45; David Colligan, 32.05; Paula Kotowski, 22.67; Pinky Regan, 21.24;
Kamil Bishara, 19.47; Howard Foster, 16.27; Rajat Basu, 14.59; Tova Reinhorn, 14.09;
Joyce Greenspan, 11.61; Walt Olszewski, 10.23.
2,500-3,500 Points – Art
Morth, 10.63; Dale Anderson, 9.67; Fred Yellen, 7.39; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 0.08.
3,500-5,000 Points –
Linda Burroughsford, 77.63; John Ziemer, 32.74; Judy Graf, 23.44; Donna
Steffan, 20.88; Martha Welte, 17.85; Bill Rushmore, 6.59; Mike Silverman, 3.15;
Chongmin Zhang, 2.75; Allen Beroza, 2.70.
More than 5,000 Points
– Saleh Fetouh, 344.03; Davis Heussler, 100.27; Dian Petrov, 80.52; Jay Levy,
37.78; Mike Ryan, 34.14; Jay Costello, 29.88; Bud Seidenberg, 29.67; Chris
Urbanek, 19.22; Kathy Pollock, 15.65.
Dale Anderson has
compiled notes on duplicate bridge activities locally since he began playing in
competition more than 20 years ago. A Gold Life Master, he reached a
career milestone, 3,000 master points, at the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament
last September. You can call or text him at 716-860-2305 or send an email
to dahotwings@aol.com.
