It’s going to be a scaled-back Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament,
scheduled for Friday, Jan. 21, to Sunday, Jan. 23, in the social hall of the
Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. The Western New York Unit 116
board has decided to do just the morning game on Friday and Saturday, a single
session stratified open game beginning at 10:30 a.m. In compliance with current
ACBL rules, all players must provide proof of vaccination and wear masks in the
playing area. The Swiss teams game on Sunday also will start at 10:30. For more
info, click this link.
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Face-to-face
games in the bridge clubs also have
scaled back because of Covid. The Bridge Center of Buffalo has moved its game
at noon Thursday back to Bridge Base Online. Master point limit is 1,500. For
the moment, the club is continuing its other face-to-face games – a 999er game
at noon Tuesday, an open game at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and an open game at 10:30
a.m. Friday. Attendance is ranging from three to five tables.
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 Bridge Centre
of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont.,
has stopped holding its in-person games on Wednesdays and Thursdays due to
Covid-19. All of the club’s games are back on Bridge Base Online.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games for more than a year. Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in
the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Players must wear
masks. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more info, email
director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
Also back to
in-person play is the Lockport Duplicate Club. Games begin at 1 p.m. Saturdays
in the Dale Center, 33 Ontario St., Lockport. For info, call Dian Petrov at
716-668-1226.
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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 on Bridge Base
Online under auspices of the Buffalo Bridge Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For
info, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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Congratulations to Saleh Fetouh and Dian Petrov, who came home from
the Cleveland Rock ‘N Roll Regional Tournament last weekend with 31 master
points. Only other Buffalo area players to earn points in Cleveland were Chris
Urbanek and Sharon Benz.
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Tournament
calendar
2022
Buffalo Winter
Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall,
6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 21, to Sunday, Jan. 23. For more info,
click this link.
GONE FROM THE
ACBL SCHEDULE: St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn & Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St.,
St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 11, to Sunday, Feb. 13.
Buffalo Spring
Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall,
6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 1, to Sunday, April 3. For more info,
click this link.
Toronto Easter
Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre,
123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 12, to Sunday, April 17. For info,
click this link.
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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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A Gold Life
Master, Dale Anderson is
celebrating the new year by reaching a career total of 2,900 master points. Playing
exclusively online these days 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 Jan. 3 to Jan. 9
Buffalo Bridge
Center Monday evening – 0-750
game. North-south, Paula Rosen and Judy Zeckhauser, 67.06%; Bonnie Clement and
David Schott, 66.27%; Phyllis Wilkinson and Gerry Hooley, 61.11%; Gary Keenan
and Bob Ciszak, 51.19%; east-west, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 72.62%; Barb and
Jim Aston, 54.76%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayers, 50%; Jennifer and Howard
Epstein, 48.41%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Wednesday morning – Open
game. Home Style Pairs. Judy Graf and Donna Steffan, 71 victory points; Chris
Urbanek and John Sinclair, 47 vps.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Thursday morning – 0-1,500
game. North-south, Bill Rich and Richard McGowan, 64.29%; Larry Himelein and
David Schott, 62.93%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 53.06%; Judy Zeckhauser and Pat
Haynes, 50.68%; east-west, Carol Roth and Audrey Ray, 59.18%; Judy Zucker and
Pat Konrad, 57.48%; Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn, 57.14%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 52.72%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Joan
and Bob Ciszak, 63%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 53%; (tie) Pat and Dick Rasmus,
Sandi England and Ruth Wurster, 49%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – North-south, Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 66.67%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 63.33%; Violet
and Jasbeer Makhija, 62.78%; Jan O’Mara and Walt Olszewski, 60.56%; Beena
Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 59.44%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 56.67%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Thursday – North-south, %.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday – North-south, %.
Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Final standings for 2021
0-5 Points – Donna Starnes, 21.16; Howard Epstein, 20.18; Michel
Dupuis, 10.86; Pat Pasculle, 9.01; Devon Marlette, 6.61.
5-20 Points – Cynthia Tashjian, 32.95; Jennifer Epstein, 32.20; Gary
Keenan, 30.37; Maria Schory, 20.89; John Houghtaling, 19.57; Anne Slater, 15.52;
Kathleen Voigt, 14.46; Peggy Stock, 11.01.
20-50 Points – Jim Greno, 46.14; Betsy Greno, 44.94; Jim Hassett, 43.59;
Candace Graser, 39.78; Fran Schmidt, 34.11; Amy Habib, 30.48; Carol Licata, 28.08.
50-100 Points – David Schott, 71.15; Linda Henschel, 70.37; Janet
Desmon, 57.05; Martha Cain, 35.33; Maria Amlani, 33.78; Judy McDermid, 28.52; Nancy
Deneen, 27.03; Cherry Searle, 20.39.
100-200 Points – Martha Townson, 182.23; Larry Himelein, 162.49; Carol
Roth, 60.85; Joanne Nover, 56.08; Pat Haynes, 42.23; Hannah Weinberg, 22.29.
200-300 Points – (Tie) Bram and Terry Hamovitch, 119.46; Audrey Ray, 71.29;
Agi Maisel, 55.87; Judy Zeckhauser, 33.74; Margaret Zhou, 31.35; Bob Ciszak, 29.90;
Patty Porter, 25.37; Maryann Szafran, 23.09; Ruth Nawotniak, 22.68.
300-500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 214.98; Vic Bergsten, 190.47; Violet
Makhija, 113.03; Jasbeer Makhija, 100.63; Bonnie Clement, 96.15; Joyce Frayer, 80.32;
Richard McGowan, 74.39; Jim McClure, 41.65; Paula Rosen, 30.46; Linda Milch, 28.10.
500-1,000 Points
– Amita Arora, 155.89; Jim Easton, 128.47;
Marilyn Wortzman, 126.22; Mary Ball, 68.89; Bill Rich, 67.15; Sushil Amlami, 56.45;
Rajat Basu, 49.38; Paul Zittel, 41.42; Bill Regan, 31.71; Bob Sommerstein,
29.45.
1,000-1,500
Points – Sandi England, 118.51; John
Bava, 107.44; John Marvin, 41.87; Tova Reinhorn, 34.28; Miriam Regnet, 25.34;
Joyce Greenspan, 24.63.
1,500-2,500
Points – Gay Simpson, 147.88; Pinky
Regan, 67.01; Walt Olszewski, 23.55; Linda Burroughsford, 20.78.
2,500-3,500
Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte,
568.71; Ken Meier, 200.03; Allen Beroza, 109.43; Dale Anderson, 57.33; Davis
Heussler, 41; Bill Rushmore, 27.24.
3,500-5,000
Points – Barbara Libby, 144.56;
Sharon Benz, 91.94; Judy Padgug, 78.35; Dian Petrov, 46.78; Kathy Pollock,
29.46; John Ziemer, 28.63.
Over 5,000 Points
– Judi Marshall, 83.87; Chris
Urbanek, 72.63; Christy Kellogg, 42.43; Saleh Fetouh, 32.88; Bud Seidenberg, 32.13.
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