The Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament begins Friday, April 26, and continues to Sunday, April 28, in the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1. There are open pairs games at 10:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Friday and next Saturday and Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. on April 28. For more details, click this link.
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Congratulations to Chris Urbanek and Jay Levy, who earned
the most master points among Buffalo area players at the Rochester Spring
Sectional Tournament April 13 and 14. They both won 12.38 points and were tied
for first overall.
Other local players doing well in
Rochester included Kamil Bishara and Dian Petrov, both with 9.29 points; and
Saleh Fetouh, with 4.13 points.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center begins a
seven-week series of lessons on bridge systems at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
Registration required. Call 716-424-0014 and leave your name and contact
information.
Want to learn about bridge? The Buffalo Bridge Center,
60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, is offering an introduction to this
fascinating game from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18. You'll need to
register. Call 716-424-0014 and leave your name and contact information.
The Bridge Center offers
a regular lineup of in-person and online games five days a week with special
games on the weekends. Fee for face-to-face games is $8 for members and $11 for
non-members. Membership is $75 per year. For
more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-424-0014.
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 750 points.
Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.750 points. For more info on this
game, call director Kathy Pollock or email BridgeKat@gmail.com.
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 $3.50. 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 in St. Catharines, Ont., offers a
mix of online games and in-person games at its club in Tremont Square opposite
the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.
Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with fewer than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers
at 1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.
The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m. Thursdays.
For more info, click here.
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Face-to-face play in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons. Games at the Tonawanda Senior
Center will be on hiatus for the entire month of February.
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Tournament calendar
2024
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28. For more info,
click this link.
Cleveland All-American
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to
Monday, May 27. For more info, click this link.
Niagara Sectional 0-750
Tournament –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, May 31, to Sunday, June 2. For more info, click this link.
Toronto 0-500 Sectional
Tournament – Leaside
Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, June 8, and
Sunday, June 9. For more info, click this link.
District 5 STaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –
Participating sanctioned clubs. Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16.
Unit 112 Intermediate/Novice
Sectional – Temple B'Rith
Kodesh and Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Friday,
June 14, and Saturday, June 15.
Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7. For more info, click
this link.
Buffalo Summer Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, July 12, to Sunday, July 14.
North American Bridge
Championships (NABC) –
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front St. West, Toronto,
Ont. Thursday, July 18, to Sunday, July 28. For more info, click this link.
Finger Lakes Regional – Louis Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 5, to Saturday, Aug. 10. 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 Bridge Base Online
Week of April 8 to April 14
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Georgianne Mackaronis and Maria Schory, 61.11%; Fran Schmidt and
Richard McGowan, 56.48%; (tie) Joyce Frayer and Ruth Nawotniak, Gary Keenan and
Terry Camp, 54.63%; Michael and Jim Hassett, 50.93%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Ruth Nawotniak and Cathy Hetzler, 63.10%; Pat Wolcott and
Joe Miranda, 58.73%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 56.75%; Paula Rosen and
Maryann Szafran, 54.76%; Judy Zeckhauser and Jim McClure, 51.19%; east-west,
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 64.29%; Sushil Amlani and Jim Lanzo, 53.57%;
Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 46.83%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 59.52%; Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 56.55%;
(tie) Sue Neubecker and Chris Urbanek, John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 51.79%; Nancy
Wolstoncroft and Sharon Benz, 49.40%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Tova Reinhorn and Larry Abate, 64.29%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 60.32%; Joanne Nover and David Whitt, 55.56%; Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen, 53.17%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, 60.71%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara,
58.93%; Kathy Pollock and Joanne Kelley, 56.55%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday
afternoon – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 73.35%; Judy Graf and John Ziemer,
55.18%; Ruth Nawotniak and Ellen Lochead, 54.33%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse,
52.91%; Fred Yellen and David Colligan, 52.30%; Terry Fraas and Sue Neubecker,
50.95%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Home Style Pairs. Kathy Donnelly and Maureen Cancilla, 2.5 wins; (tie)
Sandi England and Allen Beroza, Linda and Paul Zittel, 1.5 wins.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. North-south, (3-way tie) Christine
Haedt and Melanie Haddad, Bill Rich and Jim Lanzo, Walt Olszewski and Sushil
Amlani, 56.02%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 50.46%; east-west, Mary Terrana and
Gordon Crone, 60.65%; Betty Mintz and Stan Tuhrim, 57.87%; Henry Chudy and Jeff
Bender, 50.28%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 65%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 51%; east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 58%; (tie) David Young and Tim Hartnett, Jill and Bruce Brown, 56%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed
and Mike Rupp, 58.8%; Kay Brinkman and Fritz Schweiger, 53.8%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to March 31, 2024
0-5 Points – Michael Rupp, 4.94; Maxine Seller, 0.59.
5-20 Points – Devon Marlette, 2.11; Fran Holmes, 1.41; Marie
Aaron, 0.90.
20-50 Points – Ilene Rothman, 5.06; Brian Fleming, 4.93;
Kathleen Voigt, 3.32; Maxine Johnson, 2.91; Michel Dupuis, 1.74; Phyllis
Stasiowski, 0.71; Karen Dearing, 0.58.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 10.22; John Houghtaling, 7.94;
Cynthia Tashjian, 5.20; Candace Graser, 4.86; Mary Ellen Cotter, 3.73; Howard
Epstein, 3.70; Mike Metzger, 3.53; Susan Burns, 3.34; Ann Slater, 3.32; Gary
Keenan, 3.20.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 11.54; Jim Hassett, 5.03; Jim
Greno, 4.08; Fran Schmidt, 3.74; Betsy Greno, 3.63; Joan Ciszak, 2.48; Susan
Levy, 2.28; Janet Desmon, 1.89; Bill Noltee, 1.40.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 19.12; Laura Houghtaling, 7.94;
Patty Porter, 1.12.
300-500 Points –Pat Haynes, 9.20; Bob Ciszak, 8 even; Kusum
Phadke, 7.25; Margaret Zhou, 5.08; Joanne Nover, 4 even; Jim McClure, 2.97; David
Schott, 2.03; Ruth Nawotniak, 1.38.
500-1,000 Points – Martha Townson, 21.66; Terry Hamovitch,
19.80; Bram Hamovitch, 18.28; Sushil Amlani, 12.39; Ed Harman, 11.93; (tie) Jasbeer
Makhija, Violet Makhija, 9.03; Larry Himelein, 8.86; Joyce Frayer, 8.75; Bonnie
Clement, 7.84.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 54.47; Vic Bergsten, 16.81;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 6.25; Mary Ball, 4.07; Ed Rupp, 0.68; Bert
Feasley, 0.67; Bob Kaprove, 0.56.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 36.71; John Bava, 24.05; Walt
Olszewski, 5.96; Rajat Basu, 3.35; Sandi England, 2.72; Pinky Regan, 2.10;
Joyce Greenspan, 1.39; (tie) Paula Kotowski, Nancy Kessler, 0.42.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 7.74; Art Morth, 7.44;
Dale Anderson, 0.48; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 0.33; Bill Rushmore, 0.28.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 10.14; Judy Padgug, 9.81; Ken
Meier, 2.67; Barbara Libby, 1.33; Martha Welte, 0.26.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 28.53; Jay Levy, 0.56.
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The Duplicate Bridge column is compiled weekly by News Staff
Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped appearing Saturdays in The
Buffalo 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. Another place
to find it 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 has a career total of more
than 2,960 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures here.
