Silver Linings
Week returns to Bridge Base Online,
offering a chance to win silver points from play in regularly scheduled virtual
club games from Monday, May 24, to Sunday, May 30. More info can be found at acbl.org or bridgebase.com.
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The Airport
Bridge Club is linked on Bridge
Base Online with the Alliance Bridge Club, the ACBL’s largest 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
603-6943.
The Buffalo Bridge
Center,
formerly the Bridge Center of Buffalo, offers games at least three days a week – Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
– on Bridge Base Online. Open games have been added to the Tuesday and Thursday
afternoon games for beginning players on BBO. The novice session starts at
12:05 p.m, while the open game for all players begins at 12:20 p.m. Winners in
the open game receive larger point rewards since they are based on the total
table count from both sections. For more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website, call 691-6201
or email acting club manager Terry Fraas at tmfraas@gmail.com.
The Delaware
Wednesday Club plays under auspices of
the Bridge Center of Buffalo on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For
info, call Ed Harman at 480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com
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Another option is the Rust Belt Bridge Group, which invites players
from Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh to play. Games for 499er novices are
held at 10:05 a.m. Monday to Saturday. Open games start at 10:15 a.m. Monday to
Saturday. The club also takes part in ACBL special games. To visit the group’s
homepage, click this link. For
other info, call Dian Petrov at 688-1226 or email dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has resumed face-to-face
games, the only ACBL sanctioned club in the area to hold live competition. Play
begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King
St., East Aurora.
Director Dave Larcom
says that players have their temperatures checked upon arriving and must wear
masks. For more info, email him at dmocral@verizon.net.
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All tournaments are canceled nationwide through the end of July
because of the pandemic, the ACBL has declared. Depending on conditions, the
people who do the sanctioning think that August may be safe enough to allow
face-to-face play in sectional tournaments to resume. As for regionals, perhaps
early October.
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Tournament
calendar
2021
CANCELED: Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 25, to
Monday, May 31.
CANCELED: Niagara-on-the-Lake
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 4, to
Sunday, June 6.
CANCELED: District
5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – Local clubs. Monday, June 14, to Sunday, June 20.
CANCELED: Southwest
Ontario Regional – Bingemans
Conference and Convention Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont.
Tuesday, July 6, to Sunday, July 11.
CANCELED: Rochester
Regional – RIT Inn and
Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta Road, Henrietta. Monday, Aug. 2, to
Sunday, Aug. 8.
St.
Catharines 299er Sectional –
Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday,
Aug. 21, and Sunday, Aug. 22.
CANCELED: Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree
Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 31, to
Monday, Sept. 8.
Great Lakes
Sectional – Erie Bridge Center,
1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 11, and Sunday, Sept. 12.
Buffalo Fall
Sectional – Main-Transit Fire
Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 17, to Sunday, Sept. 19.
RESCHEDULED:
Buffalo Regional – Millennium
Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Was Tuesday, Oct. 19, to Sunday, Oct. 24.
Rescheduled to Tuesday, Oct. 5, to Sunday, Oct. 10.
Niagara
Falls Regional – Crowne Plaza
Hotel, 5685 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 9, to Sunday, Nov. 14.
Unit 255
Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, to
Sunday, Nov. 15.
District 5 Winter
STaC – Local clubs. Monday, Dec. 6,
to Sunday, Dec. 12.
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Bridge
club websites:
Click
names for links.
The
Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
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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.
If you can’t get to
it there, go to 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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Now a Gold
Life Master, Dale Anderson is
playing online these days and has a career total of more than 2,800 master
points. Online play doesn’t provide as much drama for his bridge blog as
face-to-face competition, but he still writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures here.
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Duplicate
scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of May 10 to May 16
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Monday evening –
49ers. Pat Pasculle and Michel Dupuis, 61.81%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein,
61.11%; Jim and M. Hassett, 56.25%; Jennine Dupuis and Sue Crofts, 54.86%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Monday evening –
Open game. Terry Fraas and Cathy Majewski, 68.52%; Martha and John Welte,
62.96%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 61.11%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, Jennifer Epstein and Linda Weaver, 67.75%;
Rose Ann Grimaldi and Betty DeFeo, 63.75%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton,
61%; Cynthia Tashjianand Candace Graser, 55%; east-west, Amita Arora and Jim
Lanzo, 72.25%; Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, 62.50%; Mary Terrana and Usha
Khurana, 58%; Agi Maisel and Bonnie Clement, 57.50%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Open game. Sharon Benz and John Marvin, 63.75%; Kathy Pollock and Bill
Rushmore, 55%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 299ers. North-south, Sheila Hess and Fran Schmidt, 60.56%; Rivona
Ehrenreich and Bill Noltee, 58.33%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 54.44%; Linda
Henschel and Maureen Saab, 53.33%; east-west, (tie) Audrey Ray and Carol Roth,
Rose Ann Grimaldi and Betty DeFeo, 56.67%; David Freimuth and partner, 54.72%;
Betsy and Jim Greno, 51.11%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – Open Game. Judy Padgug and Davis Heussler, 69.05%; Richard McGowan and
Bill Rich, 64.88%; Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 58.33%; Rajat Basu and John
Bava, 52.38%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Home-style
pairs. Joe Rooney and Joe Miranda, 3 wins.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Violet and Jasbeer
Makhija, 69.44%; Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 63.33%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender,
61.67%; Amita Arora and Gay Simpson, 57.78%; Lorna Anderson and Stanley
Goodman, 56.67%.
Garret Club
Invitational Monday morning – Robin
Coffin and Amy Habib, 65.28%; Linda Henschel and Susan Burns, 63.89%; Candace
Graser and Amber Dixon, 51.39%.
Twentieth Century
Club Invitational Friday morning – Phyllis
Wilkinson and Peggy Stock, 61.11%; Cherry Searle and Nancy Deneen, 59.72%; Elaine
Idzik and Martha Townson, 56.25%; Donna Starnes and Sheila Hess, 54.17%.
Other Clubs
Clarence Senior
Center Thursday morning – Judy Graf
and Donna Steffan, 70%; Wilson McClaren and Mike Ryan, 65%.
Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Overall Play
Jan. 1, 2021 – April 30, 2021
0-5 Points – Donna Starnes, 11.17; Howard Epstein, 8.89; (tie)
Devon Marlette, Michel Dupuis, 4.99; Pat Pasculle, 4.25; Marcia O’Neil-White,
3.48; Pamela Murphy, 2.72.
5-20 Points – Jennifer Epstein, 15.69; Gary Keenan, 11.19; Cynthia
Tashjian, 10.43; Anne Slater, 8.80; Maria Schory, 8.66; Kathleen Voigt, 7.75; Mary
Luce, 6.27; Joann Keenan, 6.13; Lenore Belzer, 5.85; John Houghtaling, 5.73.
20-50 Points – Amy Habib, 22.92; Candace Graser, 20.01; (tie) Betsy
and Jim Greno, 19.31; Susan Burns, 15.09; Carol Licata, 12.88; Jim Hassett,
11.53; Anne Allen, 11.37.
50-100 Points – Linda Henschel, 37.99; Janet Desmon, 28.97; Martha
Cain, 26.89; David Schott, 16.92; Nancy Deneen, 15.02; Pam Righter, 14.88;
Maria Amlani, 12.07; Cherry Searle, 9.67.
100-200 Points – Martha Townson, 94.17; Larry Himelein, 58.07; Joanne
Nover, 22.75; Carol Roth, 19.25; Pat Haynes, 14.11; Hannah Weinberg, 11.09; Joan
Ciszak, 8.23; Rivona Ehrenreich, 8.14; Susan Levy, 8 even.
200-300 Points – (Tie) Bram and Terry Hamovitch, 46.20; Agi Maisel, 23.44;
Audrey Ray, 19.27; Bob Ciszak, 14.54; Judy Zeckhauser, 13.05; Patty Porter, 12.07;
Jim O’Hara, 11.17; Margaret Zhou, 10.73; Maryann Szafran, 10.41; Ruth
Nawotniak, 9.65.
300-500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 107.81; Vic Bergsten, 85.24; Violet
Makhija, 49.16; Jasbeer Makhija, 41.43; Bonnie Clement, 36.42; Joyce Frayer, 32.42;
Richard McGowan, 26.20; Jim McClure, 18.19; Paula Rosen, 17.98; Linda Milch, 16.77.
500-1,000 Points
– Amita Arora, 67.28; (tie) Marilyn
Wortzman, Jim Easton, 42.56; Mary Ball, 28.76; Bob Sommerstein, 29.45; Rajat
Basu, 29.38; Bill Rich, 27.66; Ed Morgan, 25.94; Sushil Amlani, 22.72; Larry
Abate, 16.22; Ed Harman, 14.64.
1,000-1,500
Points – Sandi England, 73.72; John
Bava, 28.33; Tova Reinhorn, 17.94; Joyce Greenspan, 14.05; John Marvin, 13.74;
Miriam Regnet, 9.59.
1,500-2,500
Points – Gay Simpson, 55.71; Linda
Burroughsford, 29.98; Pinky Regan, 22.69; Walt Olszewski, 10.23.
2,500-3,500
Points – (Tie) Martha and John Welte,
323.21; Ken Meier, 83.16; Allen Beroza, 69.84; David Millward, 61.11; Davis
Heussler, 32.82; Dale Anderson, 25.80; Bill Rushmore, 18.88; Fred Yellen,
10.48.
3,500-5,000
Points – Barbara Libby, 87.11; Sharon
Benz, 57.81; Dian Petrov, 44.23; Judy Padgug, 32.97; Kathy Pollock, 18.69; Brian
Meyer, 16.71.
Over 5,000 Points
– Judi Marshall, 54.89; Chris
Urbanek, 39.47; Bud Seidenberg, 23.31; Saleh Fetouh, 17.35.
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