The Bridge Center
of Buffalo will have a special game
at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 22. The theme is “appeteaser” and players are asked to
bring an appetizer to share. Those who need a partner should call Jay Levy at
716-861-1056 or email jlevyb@aol.com.
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The Bridge Center
of Buffalo, also known now as the
BBC, 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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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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Tournament
calendar
2022
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 May 9 to May 15
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 64.68%; Michael and Jim
Hassett, 59.92%; Karen Dearing and Michael Metzger, 54.37%; Bonnie Clement and
David Schott, 53.57%; east-west, Carol Roth and Patty Porter, 63.10%; Ruth
Nawotniak and Richard McGowan, 61.90%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 59.52%;
Paula Rosen and Linda Milch, 54.37%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,200 game. Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 60.32%; Judy Zeckhauser and Pat
Haynes, 58.73%; Amita Arora and Kusum Phadke, 57.94%; Jim Hassett and Bill
Rich, 54.37%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 52.78%; (tie) Bonnie Clement and
Larry Himelein, Susan Cardamone and Linda Milch, 52.38%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 62.50%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan,
55.95%; Sue Neubecker and Ed Drozen, 54.17%; Sharon Benz and Judy Graf, 51.79%;
Judy Padgug and Jim Gullo, 51.19%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,500 game. North-south, Janie Polk and Judith Bailey, 65.48%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 54.46%; Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover, 53.87%; Carol
Roth and Audrey Ray, 52.68%; east-west, Larry Himelein and David Schott,
62.80%; Sharon Wilcox and Joyce Greenspan, 61.31%; Sheila Wong and Jim Lanzo,
55.36%; Rajat Basu and John Bava, 49.40%; Jim Hassett and Terry Camp, 48.81%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 62%; Gene Finton and Kamil Bishara,
55%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Linda
and Paul Zittel, 62.50%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 60%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Ed Harman and
Bill Rich, 57.41%; (tie) Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender,
53.70%; Jim Lanzo and Paul Zittel, 52.78%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Thursday – North-south, Joe
Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 60%; Marian Morber and George Mayers, 59%;
east-west, Alicia Kolipinski and Shirley Cassety, 60%; David Young and Tim
Hartnett, 52%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday – North-south, Edna and
Ron Fill, 55%; Anne O’Connor and Judie Bailey, 53%; east-west, Jill and Bruce
Brown, 68%; Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 52%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2022, to April 30, 2022
5-20 Points – Molly Morris, 3.63; Mary Luce, 3.15; Michel Dupuis, 2.07;
William Donaldson, 1.95; Karen Dearing, 1.31.
20-50 Points – Maria Schory, 9.71; Jo Ann Smith, 8.03; Howard
Epstein, 7.83; Peggy Mead, 7.13; Fred Schweiger, 6.88; Jose Justicia-Linde, 6.83;
John Houghtaling, 6.12; Mary Ellen Cotter, 5.78..
50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 15/93; Jennifer Epstein, 10.04; Jim
Greno, 9.58; Betsy Greno, 8.78; Carol Licata, 8.06; Cynthia Tashjian, 6.49; Amy
Habib, 6.17; Candace Graser, 5.03.
100-200 Points – David Schott, 23.62; Judith McDermid, 19.66; Joanne
Nover, 12.67; Janet Desmon, 9.42; (tie) Kusum Phadke, Maria Amlani, 8.30; Linda
Henschel, 6 even; Joan Ciszak, 4.90.
200-300 Points – Audrey Ray, 15.94; Pat Haynes, 14.79; Carol Roth, 13.40;
Bob Ciszak, 7.63; Margaret Zhou, 7.30; Laura Houghtaling, 6.12; Patty Porter, 4.56;
Judy Zeckhauser, 4.08.
300-500 Points – Martha Townson, 44.30; (tie) Terry and Bram Hamovitch,
43.07; Violet Makhija, 39.74; Jasbeer Makhija, 39.49; Larry Himelein, 31.24;
Bonnie Clement, 22.80.
500-1,000 Points
– Vic Bergsten, 62.51; Jim Lanzo, 57.86;
Amita Arora, 54.55; Marilyn Wortzman, 45.71; Joyce Frayer, 27.97; Mary Ball, 20.37;
Bill Rich, 18.93; Sushil Amlani, 18.21; Paul Zittel, 16.39; Richard McGowan, 15.34.
1,000-1,500
Points – Jim Easton, 45.71; John
Bava, 29.33; Sandi England, 18.44; Rajat Basu, 13.75; Jean Macdonald, 11.22; Judy
Kaprove, 10.50; Paula Kotowski, 9.63; Howard Foster, 8.80.
1,500-2,500
Points – Gene Finton, 47.23; Gay
Simpson, 42.32; Pinky Regan, 21.11; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 7.10.
2,500-3,500
Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte,
217.24; Ken Meier, 67.50; Davis Heussler, 25.52; Allen Beroza, 22 even; Fred
Yellen, 14.88; Pat Rasmus, 10.07 Dale Anderson, 9.52; Linda Burroughsford, 5.36.
3,500-5,000
Points – Mike Ryan, 38.89; John
Ziemer, 36.43; Judy Padgug, 28.25; Judy Graf, 26.11; Barbara Libby, 16.36; Donna
Steffan, 14.90; Stan Kozlowski, 9.60.
Over 5,000 Points
– Jay Costello, 24.15; Chris Urbanek,
17.40; Saleh Fetouh, 16.68; Bud Seidenberg, 15.42; John Sinclair, 13.65; Sharon
Benz, 11.93; Jay Levy, 10.47.
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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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