The Buffalo
Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall
in Amherst will hold its holiday party as originally scheduled today, Saturday,
Dec. 17, since the Buffalo Bills game will be played Saturday evening and will
not conflict. It begins with refreshments at 11:30 a.m., followed by an open
game at noon. Players should bring something to share. Cost is $8 for members,
$10 for non-members.
The club has a
special offer this month for players new to its mall location – play once and
get a free game for a second visit. The club holds a pair of face-to-face games
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 virtual 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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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, are played at 1 p.m. Monday. Wednesday has an open game
face-to-face at 1 p.m. and a 299er game 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,
including a Tuesday night Swiss teams match, 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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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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Tournament
calendar
2023
Cleveland Rock ‘n
Roll Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel,
5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 4, to Sunday,
Jan. 8. For info, click this link.
Toronto 0-750 NLM
Winter Regional – Sheraton Hotel, 123
Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 8. For info,
click this link.
Toronto
January Sectional – Sheraton Hotel,
123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 8. For info,
click this link.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Buffalo Bridge
Center, Boulevard Mall, 1227 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 20, to
Sunday, Jan. 22. For info, click this link.
St.
Catharines Sectional Tournament –
Holiday Inn and Suites, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 10,
to Sunday, Feb. 12.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Sheraton
Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, March 31, to Sunday,
April 2.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Hotel, 123
Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 4, to Sunday, April 9. For info,
click this link.
Cleveland
All American Regional – Embassy
Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 23,
to Monday, May 29.
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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 Dec. 5 to Dec. 11
Buffalo Bridge
Center Monday evening – 0-750
game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 67.22%; Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser,
66.11%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 59.44%; Karen Dearing and Michael Metzger,
56.67%; Jim and Michael Hassett, 50.56%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,400 game. North-south, Zaza Nohra and John Marvin, 57.14%; Paula Rosen and
Maryann Szafran, 56.75%; Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster, 56.35%; Jim McClure
and Richard McGowan, 55.16%; east-west, Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 59.92%;
Terry Fraas and Gerry Hooley, 57.94%; Audrey Ray and David Whitt, 55.16%; Henry
Chudy and David Schott, 46.83%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. (Tie) John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 64%;
Jay Levy and Kamil Bishara, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,600 game. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 64.30%; Gene Giorgini and Jim Lanzo,
62.43%; Maria and Sushil Amlani, 54.78%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 54.62%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. (Tie) Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, Howard Foster and Davis
Heussler, 65.74%; Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, 52.31%; (tie) Judy Graf and Mike
Ryan, Martha Welte and Sandi England, 51.39%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open
game. (Tie) Linda and Paul Zittel, Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 59%; Pepe
Justicia-Linde and Donna Starnes, 52%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 50%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Richard
McGowan and Bill Rich, 70.56%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 58.33%; Paul Zittel
and Jim Lanzo, 56.11%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 51.67%; Gary Keenan and Jim
Hassett, 51.11%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 67%; David Young and Tim Hartnett, 62%; Dan Blatz
and Gerry Hooley, 60%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Mike and Ed Rupp, 67%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 51%; east-west, Karen
Synor and Jeff Peters, 70%; Elaine Wegrzyn and Gus Alfano, 51%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Ed and Mike Rupp, 73.6%; Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 56.9%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club and Tournament Play
Jan. 1, 2022, to Nov. 30, 2022
0-5 Points – Aditya Gupta, 4.49; Zaza Nohra, 3.18; David Taylor,
1.36; Chris-Elaine Santilli, 1.18.
5-20 Points – William Donaldson, 10.48; Daren Liu, 9.39; Michel
Dupuis, 6.15; Julian King, 5.04; Molly Morris, 4.92; Margot Banta, 4.87; Devon
Marlette, 3.86; Karen Dearing, 3.66; Mary Luce, 3.15.
20-50 Points – Howard Epstein, 25.61; Maria Schory, 14.59; John
Houghtaling, 14.53; Anne Slater, 12.65; Jo Ann Smith, 12.40; Fred Schweiger, 11.77:
Gary Keenan, 11.61; Mary Ellen Cotter, 9.33; Kathleen Voigt, 10.24; Darwin Skalski,
9.45.
50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 34.47; Jennifer Epstein, 28.96; Cynthia
Tashjian, 15.30; Jim Greno, 14.62; Candace Graser, 13.79; Fran Schmidt, 13.13; Betsy
Greno, 13.12; Carol Licata, 10.49; Amy Habib, 9.45; Susan Burns, 6.78.
100-200 Points – David Schott, 64.98; Joanne Nover, 53.37; Maria
Amlani, 40.08; Judith McDermid, 34.22; Kusum Phadke, 32.40; Janet Desmon, 21.61;
Joan Ciszak, 19.38; Barbara Scott, 16.36.
200-300 Points – Audrey Ray, 48.56; Pat Haynes, 46.23; Bob Ciszak, 27.42;
Carol Roth, 25.01; David Whitt, 22.76; Margaret Zhou, 22.07; Laura Houghtaling,
17.32; Laurie Foster, 12.88; John Scott, 11.09; Judith Babat, 11.04.
300-500 Points – Terry Hamovitch, 94.87; Bram Hamovitch, 93.49; Martha
Townson, 70,67; Violet Makhija, 67.97; Larry Himelein, 67.16; Jasbeer Makhija, 62.07;
Bonnie Clement, 57.36; Jim McClure, 26.91; Barbara Landree, 22.84; Linda Milch,
21.82.
500-1,000 Points – Amita Arora, 183.11; Vic Bergsten, 139.97; Jim Lanzo,
120.77; Marilyn Wortzman, 94.43; Joyce Frayer, 70.05; Sushil Amlani, 56.93; Paul
Zittel, 51.94; Mary Ball, 50.67; Richard McGowan, 42.62; Betty Metz, 40.69.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Easton, 94.93; Sandi England, 92.77; John Bava, 76.38;
Kamil Bishara, 57.35; Sue Neubecker, 40.65; Howard Foster, 38.19; Rajat Basu, 28.47;
John Marvin, 26.60; Paula Kotowski, 25.57; Bob Kaprove, 20.99.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 126.14; Gene Finton, 65.26; Pinky Regan, 60.17;
David Colligan, 54.63; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 30.71; (tie) Shakeel Ahmad and Manju
Ceylony, 23.24; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 21.61; Walt Olszewski, 10.80.
2,500-3,500 Points – Martha Welte, 474.59; John Welte, 468.07; Davis
Heussler, 329.68; Ken Meier, 149.68; Allen Beroza, 99,16; Fred Yellen, 66.41; Chongmin
Zhang, 46.52; Linda Burroughsford, 35.24; Pat Rasmus, 30.42; Dale Anderson, 26.20.
3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 191.98; John Ziemer, 131.81; Judy Graf, 89.15;
Judy Padgug, 81.36; Donna Steffan, 78.30; Barbara Libby, 64.72; Kathy Pollock, 46.27;
Jim Gullo, 33.85; Stan Kozlowski, 12.83.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 712.30; Dian Petrov, 291.13; Jay
Costello, 200.03; Chris Urbanek, 138.14; Jay Levy, 112.07; Glenn Milgrim,
91.59; Bud Seidenberg, 86.64; Sharon Benz, 66.78; Bert Hargeshimer, 33.32; Christy
Kellogg, 19.73; John Sinclair, 16.27.
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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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