Two more days for
Stardust Week on Bridge Base Online.
Winners in regularly scheduled virtual club games today, Saturday, April 30,
and Sunday, May 1, will earn double points and the points will be 25% gold and
75% black. . Info can be found at acbl.org or bridgebase.com.
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Local clubs
offering virtual club games on Bridge
Base Online are the Buffalo Bridge Center’s 0-750 master point limit game at 7
p.m. Mondays, a 1,200-point master point limit game at noon Tuesday, a
1,500-point game at noon Thursdays and the Delaware Wednesday game at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, which is limited to 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.
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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The Bridge Center
of Buffalo has regular in-person open
games at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Friday. Attendance is ranging from
three to five tables.
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. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
In person games are
back at the Bridge Centre of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., at 1 p.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays, now that Ontario has relaxed Covid-19 restrictions.
Proof of vaccination and mask-wearing required. The club’s other regularly
scheduled games continue on Bridge Base Online.
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Tournament
calendar
2022
CANCELED: Ithaca
Sectional – Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N.
Triphammer Road, Ithaca. Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15.
Cleveland All
American Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 24, to
Monday, May 30. For info, click this link.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Spring Sectional – 0-750 Tournament.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane. Friday, June 3, to Sunday,
June 5. For info, click this link.
Toronto Summer
Regional – Delta Hotels by Marriott
Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, July 5, to Sunday, July
10. 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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Duplicate
scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of April 18 to April 24
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 62.78%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 61.67%;
Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 55%; (tie) Carol Licata and Stephane Ronget, Mike
and Jim Hassett, 53.33%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,200 game. David Schott and John Marvin, 64.68%; Jim Hassett and Bill Rich,
61.11%; Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 55.95%; (tie) Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, Sriram
Datla and Amita Arora, 55.56%; Wendy Zimman-Smith, Ron McBride, 51.19%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Nancy Wolstoncroft and Ten-Pao Lee, 64%; Jay Levy and Jay Costello,
52%; Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,500 game. Sriram Datla and Amita Arora, 64.50%; Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo,
63%; (tie) Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, Terry Camp and Jim Hassett, 60.50%; (tie)
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, Bonnie Clement and Pat Haynes, 57.50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. Sharon Benz and Kamil Bishara, 63.10%; Stan Kozlowski and Wilson
McClaren, 57.14%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Saturday afternoon –
Open game. North-south, Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 58.73%; Donna
Steffan and Judy Padgug, 55.56%; Sharon Benz and Fred Yellen, 54.50%; Pat
Rasmus and Cathy Majewski, 51.59%; Ed Drozen and Bob Padgug, 51.06%; east-west,
Chris Urbanek and Jay Levy, 63.69%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Kathy Pollock,
59.23%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 58.04%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 54.47%;
Pat Haynes and Joanne Nover, 51.49%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Pat Haynes
and Joe Miranda, 56%; Pat and Dick Rasmus, 52%; (tie) Joe Rooney and Dave
Larcom, Joanne LaFay and Barb Booi, 51%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Sriram Datla and
Amita Arora, 63.19%; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, Jan O’Mara and Walt
Olszewski, 61.81%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 55.56%; Ed Harman and Bob
Ciszak, 50.69%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Thursday – North-south,
Joshi Shrikant and Raj Puri, 60%; Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 49%;
east-west, Alicia Kolipinski and Shirley Cassety, 56%; Edna and Ron Fill, 49%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club and Tournament
Play
Jan. 1, 2022, to March 31, 2022
5-20 Points – Mary Luce, 3.15; Molly Morris, 2.58; Michel Dupuis, 1.90;
Karen Dearing, 1.31; William Donaldson, 1.17.
20-50 Points – Fred Schweiger, 10.36: Maria Schory, 7.41; Jo Ann
Smith, 6.93; Howard Epstein, 4.78; John Houghtaling, 5.45; Mary Ellen Cotter,
5.44; Peggy Mead, 5.35; Jose Justicia-Linde, 5.05.
50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 12.09; Jennifer Epstein, 7.99; Jim
Greno, 6.75; Betsy Greno, 6.62; Amy Habib, 5.67; Cynthia Tashjian, 5.19; Candace
Graser, 5.03.
100-200 Points – David Schott, 18.23; Judith McDermid, 16.46; Joanne
Nover, 11.48; Janet Desmon, 7.59; Maria Amlani, 6.94; Joan Ciszak, 5.85.
200-300 Points – Pat Haynes, 14.51; Audrey Ray, 14.04; Carol Roth, 12.30;
Bob Ciszak, 8.30; Margaret Zhou, 7.07; Laura Houghtaling, 5.45; Patty Porter, 4.82.
300-500 Points – Martha Townson, 38.18; Violet Makhija, 35.89; Jasbeer
Makhija, 35.64; (tie) Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 29.49% Larry Himelein, 26.34;
Bonnie Clement, 17.65; Barbara Landree, 9.43.
500-1,000 Points – Vic Bergsten, 57 even; Jim Lanzo, 46.84; Marilyn
Wortzman, 36.99; Amita Arora, 33.66; Joyce Frayer, 20.49; Paul Zittel, 17.03; Sushil
Amlami, 15.34; Bill Rich, 15.03; Mary Ball, 14.25.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Easton, 36.99; John Bava, 21.39; Sandi England, 15.19;
Kamil Bishara, 14.14; Howard Foster, 8.85; Judy Kaprove, 8.67; Rajat Basu, 7.88;
Paula Kotowski, 7.14; Carol Bedell, 5.31.
1,500-2,500 Points –Gene Finton, 42.07; Gay Simpson, 30.12; Pinky Regan, 17.02;
Elaine Kurasiewicz, 6.40.
2,500-3,500 Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte, 168.45; Davis Heussler, 61.13;
Ken Meier, 47.01; Fred Yellen, 15.74; Allen Beroza, 14.51; Dale Anderson, 9.05.
3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 47.39; John Ziemer, 37.06; Judy Padgug, 24.33;
Judy Graf, 22.55; Barbara Libby, 14.28; Donna Steffan, 13.61.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 112.70; Dian Petrov, 32.97; Jay
Costello, 26.72; Chris Urbanek, 20.40; Bud Seidenberg, 15.60; Sharon Benz, 13.34;
John Sinclair, 13.03%; Jay Levy, 9.74; Bert Hargeshimer, 9.31.
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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
reached 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 occasionally 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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