Face-to-face
bridge is back. The Buffalo Bridge
Center resumed a full schedule of in-person games this week – a 999er game at
noon Tuesday with lessons at 11 and 11:30 a.m.; an open game at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday; a 0-2,000 master point game at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, and an open game
at 10:30 a.m. Friday.
Continuing on Bridge
Base Online are the club’s 0-750 master point game at 7 p.m. Mondays and
the Delaware Wednesday game at 7 p.m. Wednesday for players with fewer than
2,000 points. For more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website, call 716-691-6201
or email acting club manager Terry Fraas at tmfraas@gmail.com.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games for quite some time now. Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays
in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Players must
wear masks. For more info, email director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
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In the meantime, players who aren’t comfortable with face-to-face
play or who are not vaccinated can earn ACBL master points in a variety of
games sponsored by local clubs on Bridge Base Online. Info can be found at acbl.org or bridgebase.com.
The Rust Belt
Bridge Group, which invites players
from Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh to play on Bridge Base Online, has
novice games at 9:45 a.m. Monday to Saturday, with open games at 9:50. To visit
the group’s homepage, click this link. For
other info, call Dian Petrov at 716-688-1226 or email dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
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 716-603-6943.
The Delaware
Wednesday Club plays under auspices
of the Buffalo Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For
info, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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Nov. 20 is the
deadline for local ACBL members to
mail in their ballots for the Board of Directors for Western New York
Unit 116. Ballots, which were emailed to members a couple weeks ago, should be
mailed to Gay Simpson, 119 Parkhurst Blvd., Tonawanda, NY 14223. Need a little
longer? They also can be cast in person at the annual Unit 116 meeting Dec. 4
in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Candidates for the
four open seats are Sandi England, Joyce Greenspan, incumbent Barbara Libby and
former board member Kathy Pollock. All of them will win places on the board,
but what the balloting will decide is the length of their terms. Members can
cast votes for up to three candidates. The two who get the most will serve for
three years. The others will take two-year seats.
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Tournament
calendar
2021
District 5 Winter
STaC – Local clubs, TBA. 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. 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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Now a Gold
Life Master, Dale Anderson is
playing online these days and has a career total of nearly 2,900 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 Nov. 1 to Nov. 7
Buffalo Bridge
Center Monday evening – 0-750
game. North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 62.15%; Maria Schory and
Stephane Ronget, 57.29%; Carol Roth and Patty Porter, 54.51%; Audrey Ray and
Ruth Nawotniak, 54.17%; east-west, Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 64.93%;
Alice Hughley and Jim Lanzo, 62.85%; Michael and Jim Hassett, 52.08%; Janet and
David Desmond, 51.04%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Tuesday afternoon – 999er
game. North-south, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 56.85%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim
Easton, 55.06%; Richard McGowan and Jim McClure, 52.27%; Rivona Ehrenreich and
Judith Babat, 50.30%; east-west, Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 60.71%;
Candace Graser and Cynthia Tashjian, 55.65%; Rose Bochiechio and Judith Bailey,
54.46%; Bill Noltee and Jim Hassett, 53.87%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Tuesday afternoon – Open
game. Sam Pal and Rajat Basu, 61.25%; Bob Padgug and David Schott, 57.50%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Thursday afternoon – 299ers.
Betsy and Jim Greno, 60.95%; (tie) Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover, Carol Roth
and Audrey Ray, 58.10%; (tie) Candace Graser and Cynthia Tashjian, Bill Noltee
and Jim Hassett, 50.95%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Thursday afternoon – Open
Game. Elaine Kurasiewicz and John Marvin, 57.14%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure,
55.36%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 54.76%; (tie) Mary Ball and Joyce
Frayer, Rajat Basu and John Bava, 52.38%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Saturday afternoon – Welcome back face-to-face game. North-south, Christy
Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 62.27%; Jay Costello and Stan Kozlowski, 60%;
Sharon Benz and Jim Gullo, 58.64%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 53.86%; Sue
Bergman and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 50.68%; east-west, Chris Urbanek and Pat
Haynes, 62.95%; (tie) Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, Davis Heussler and David
Colligan, 61.14%; Mike Ryan and Judy Graf, 57.50%; Jay Levy and Saleh Fetouh,
51.59%; David Schott and Larry Himelein, 50.68%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Bill
Feasley and Paul Zittel, 60%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 54%; Sandi England and Joe
Miranda, 53%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Terry Camp and
Krishna Tadepalli, 63.89%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 56.67%; Marilyn Wortzman
and Jim Easton, 55%; (tie) Madhav Deshmukh and Sushil Amlani, Beena Deshmukh
and Bill Rich, 54.44%; (tie) Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, Jennifer and Howard Epstein,
53.33%.
Garret Club Tuesday
afternoon – Jane Constantine and
partner, 66.11%; Mary Berlow and Jane Mitchell, 56.11%; (tie) Cherry Searle and
Peggy Stock, Anne Slater and Kathleen Voigt, 55.56%; Phyllis Wilkinson and Fran
Schmidt, 52.22%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Friday – North-south, Joe
Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 54.2%; east-west, Shirley Cassety and Alicia
Kolipinski, 64.9%.
Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2021 – Oct. 31, 2021
0-5 Points – Donna Starnes, 19.53; Howard Epstein, 16/93; Michel
Dupuis, 10.26; Pat Pasculle, 9.01; Devon Marlette, 5.24.
5-20 Points – Gary Keenan, 28.88; Jennifer Epstein, 28.61; Cynthia
Tashjian, 26.36; John Houghtaling, 19.47; Maria Schory, 18.04; Anne Slater,
12.61; Kathleen Voigt, 11.49.
20-50 Points – (Tie) Betsy and Jim Greno, 41.04; Jim Hassett, 39.03;
Candace Graser, 35.40; Fran Schmidt, 31.15; Amy Habib, 28.29; Carol Licata, 24.74.
50-100 Points – Linda Henschel, 67.67; David Schott, 59.68; Janet
Desmon, 55.07; Martha Cain, 34.07; Maria Amlani, 30.72; Nancy Deneen, 22.44.
100-200 Points – Martha Townson, 173.07; Larry Himelein, 143.90;
Joanne Nover, 54.14; Carol Roth, 54.13; Pat Haynes, 31.20; Hannah Weinberg, 22.29.
200-300 Points – (Tie) Bram and Terry Hamovitch, 105.94; Audrey Ray, 64.24;
Agi Maisel, 51.68; Judy Zeckhauser, 33.24; Margaret Zhou, 29.73; Bob Ciszak, 27.51;
Patty Porter, 21.94; Maryann Szafran, 21.09.
300-500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 200.74; Vic Bergsten, 163.84; Violet
Makhija, 98.37; Bonnie Clement, 91.41; Jasbeer Makhija, 86.47; Joyce Frayer, 71.59;
Richard McGowan, 62.07; Jim McClure, 35.03; Paula Rosen, 27.77; Linda Milch, 24.04.
500-1,000 Points
– Amita Arora, 146.70; Jim Easton, 110.32;
Marilyn Wortzman, 108.07; Bill Rich, 61.60; Mary Ball, 58.79; Sushil Amlami, 50.32;
Rajat Basu, 45.31; Paul Zittel, 34.21; Bob Sommerstein, 29.45; Ed Harman, 26.68.
1,000-1,500
Points – Sandi England, 114.31; John
Bava, 91.25; John Marvin, 34,97; Tova Reinhorn, 31.68; Miriam Regnet, 25.34;
Joyce Greenspan, 22.75.
1,500-2,500
Points – Gay Simpson, 125.65; Pinky
Regan, 52.68; Walt Olszewski, 22.71; Linda Burroughsford, 20.78.
2,500-3,500
Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte,
497.03; Ken Meier, 182.61; Allen Beroza, 103.47; Dale Anderson, 53.86; Davis
Heussler, 33.63; Bill Rushmore, 27.24.
3,500-5,000
Points – Barbara Libby, 134.98;
Sharon Benz, 84.79; Judy Padgug, 69.82; Dian Petrov, 46.78; Kathy Pollock, 29.46.
Over 5,000 Points – Judi Marshall, 83.87; Chris Urbanek, 58.58; Christy Kellogg, 33.23; Saleh Fetouh, 23.45; Bud Seidenberg, 23.31.
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