Apologies for
late arrival this week. The previous
two days have been dominated by packing up for the big move of The Buffalo News
newsroom to new quarters a mile and a half down Exchange Street in Larkinville.
Fortunately, this won’t interfere with my visits to the Buffalo Regional Tournament, which begins Tuesday, Oct. 25, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 30, in the Buffalo Marriott Hotel, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst. For more info, click this link.
And now that the
Covid-19 restrictions for entering Canada have been lifted, I’m also looking
forward to the Niagara Regional Tournament in St. Catharines, Ont., which will
be held in the Holiday Inn and Suites, 327 Ontario St., from Tuesday, Nov. 8,
to Sunday, Nov. 13. For info about that one, click this link.
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The Buffalo
Bridge Center is now playing
in-person games in its new clubroom in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst. To find
it, enter the mall through the doors next to TGIFriday’s. The BBC is at the end
of the corridor, where it meets the main concourse.
The club hosts a
pair of games there at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday – one for novices with 99 master
points or less and another for players with fewer than 1,200 points. A free
lesson with director Chris Urbanek is offered at 10 a.m.
On Thursdays, there
also are two games at 10:30 a.m. – one for 99ers and another for more
experienced players with fewer than 1,600 points. Free lesson at 10.
In addition, the
club holds two open in-person games for all players – at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
and 10:30 a.m. Friday. For more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website or call
716-280-6114.
The Bridge Center
continues to offer a game on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Mondays for players
with fewer than 750 points. It also hosts the Delaware Wednesday game online at
7 p.m. Wednesdays.
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The Lockport
Duplicate Club is no longer playing.
Face-to-face games in the Dale Center had resumed earlier this year but were
lightly attended.
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Face-to-face play
has resumed at the Tonawanda Senior
Center on Wednesdays. In face-to-face play at the Amherst Senior Center,
players have voted to stop playing their Thursday afternoon game and are
playing on Monday and Friday afternoons instead.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games nearly two years. 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.
The Bridge Centre
of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., has
moved more of its online game schedule to in-person games at its club in Tremont
Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.
Face-to-face games,
both open and 499er, will be played at 1 p.m. Monday. Wednesday has an open
game face-to-face at 1 p.m. and a 299er game moving to in-person at 7 p.m.,
pre-registration required. The in-person game at 1 p.m. Thursday is expanded to
include players with up to 750 master points. The club’s other regularly
scheduled games continue on Bridge Base Online. For more info, click here.
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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
Buffalo Regional
Tournament – Buffalo Marriott Hotel,
1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst. Tuesday, Oct. 25, to Sunday, Oct. 30. For
more info, click this link.
Niagara Regional
Tournament – Holiday Inn and Suites,
327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 8, to Sunday, Nov. 13. 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 Oct. 3 to Oct. 9
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Jim and Michael Hassett, 65.97%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 64.58%;
Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 54.17%; Paula Rosen and Judy Zeckhauser, 52.08%;
Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 51.39%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,100 game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 62.50%; Margaret Zhou
and Betty Metz, 56.25%; east-west, Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 56.25%; Linda Milch
and Susan Cardamone, 53.75%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 63%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil
Bishara, 53%; (tie) Jay Costello and Saleh Fetouh, Mike Ryan and Wilson
McClaren, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,500 game. North-south, Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, 65.63%; Paula
Rosen and Linda Milch, 52.50% Rivona Ehrenreich and Judith Babat, 46.88%;
east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 62.50%; Betty Metz and Sue Neubecker,
56.88%; Raj Puri and Rajat Basu, 45%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. Davis Heussler and Howard Foster, 56.31%; Donna Pottle and Art Morth,
53.57%; Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 52.77%; Bert Hargeshimer and Alex Kowal,
52.62%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open
game. Home Style Pairs. (Three-way tie) Joan and Bob Ciszak, Maureen Cancilla
and Peggy Mead, Linda and Paul Zittel, 2 wins.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Beena
Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 69.44%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 59.72%; Henry Chudy
and Jeff Bender, 54.86%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.39%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety
and George Mayers, 64%; Bobbi Huber and Bruce Brown, 49%; east-west, Jack Cukierman
and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 69%; Edna and Ron Fill, 51%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 68%; Bobbi and Joe Huber, 51%; east-west, Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 56%; Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 54%.
Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2022, to Sept. 30, 2022
5-20 Points – Daren Liu, 4.34; William Donaldson, 4.05; Michel
Dupuis, 3.87; Molly Morris, 3.63; Karen Dearing, 3.24; Mary Luce, 3.15.
20-50 Points – Howard Epstein, 15.57; Maria Schory, 13.14; John
Houghtaling, 11.08; Jo Ann Smith, 10.69; Peggy Mead, 9.40; Anne Slater, 9.20;
Mary Ellen Cotter, 8.98; Gary Keenan, 8.88; Fred Schweiger, 6.88; Jose
Justicia-Linde, 6.83.
50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 29.83; Jennifer Epstein, 18.92; Cynthia
Tashjian, 11.99; Jim Greno, 10.89; Betsy Greno, 10.09; Candace Graser, 10.13;
Carol Licata, 9.38; Fran Schmidt, 9.11; Amy Habib, 8.68.
100-200 Points – David Schott, 50.88; Joanne Nover, 38.94; Maria
Amlani, 31.41; Judith McDermid, 28.90; Kusum Phadke, 27.70; Janet Desmon, 20.47;
Joan Ciszak, 16.53; Barbara Scott, 10.76.
200-300 Points – Pat Haynes, 31.93; Audrey Ray, 29.49; Carol Roth, 24.69;
Bob Ciszak, 22.51; Margaret Zhou, 13.96; Laura Houghtaling, 13.05; Laurie
Foster, 9.49; (tie) Judy Zeckhauser, John Scott, 6.61; Rivona Ehrenreich, 6.04.
300-500 Points –Terry Hamovitch, 79.71; Bram Hamovitch, 78.33; Violet
Makhija, 59.43; Larry Himelein, 55.32; Jasbeer Makhija, 54.76; Martha Townson, 52.02;
Bonnie Clement, 45.08.
500-1,000 Points
– Amita Arora, 154.61; Vic Bergsten, 104.86;
Jim Lanzo, 88.55; Marilyn Wortzman, 76.17; Joyce Frayer, 49.34; Sushil Amlani, 42.38;
Mary Ball, 35.23; Bill Rich, 32.78; Richard McGowan, 31.16; Paul Zittel, 29.34.
1,000-1,500
Points – Jim Easton, 76.17; Sandi
England, 72.58; John Bava, 54.83; Kamil Bishara, 32.20; Howard Foster, 19.33; Paula
Kotowski, 19.06; Rajat Basu, 17.39; Sue Neubecker, 16.33; John Marvin, 15.53; Joanne
LaFay, 14.30.
1,500-2,500
Points – Gay Simpson, 90.61; Gene
Finton, 62.69; Pinky Regan, 46.01; (tie) Shakeel Ahmad, Manju Ceylony, 25.94; Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 14.95; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 10.58; Walt Olszewski, 10.33.
2,500-3,500
Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte,
468.07; Ken Meier, 138.02; Allen Beroza, 93.65; Davis Heussler, 47.62; Fred Yellen,
34.88; Pat Rasmus, 22.75; Dale Anderson, 20.10.
3,500-5,000
Points – Mike Ryan, 92.16; John
Ziemer, 69.53; Judy Graf, 66.51; Judy Padgug, 46.53; Barbara Libby, 40.04;
Donna Steffan, 29.89; Jim Gullo, 25.67; Stan Kozlowski, 11.24; Kathy Pollock,
10.60.
Over 5,000 Points
– Jay Costello, 57.94; Saleh Fetouh, 53.91;
Chris Urbanek, 49.90; Bud Seidenberg, 37.78; Jay Levy, 32.21; Sharon Benz, 28.42;
Bert Hargeshimer, 16.22; John Sinclair, 15.18; Christy Kellogg, 13.89.
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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 career
total of more than 2,900 master points. Still playing primarily online these
days, he hasn’t encountered as much drama for his bridge blog as there was in 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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