The
Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament
begins Friday, Jan. 20, in the Buffalo Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall,
1227 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst, and continues through Sunday, Jan. 22. Games
begin at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. A Swiss teams game
Sunday starts at 10:30 a.m. All players must be ACBL members and have Covid-19
vaccinations. For more info, click this link.
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The Buffalo
Bridge Center is extending its
special offer through January for players new to its mall location in the
Boulevard Mall in Amherst – play once in the club’s face-to-face games and get
a free game for a second visit.
The club offers
face-to-face games at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for players with fewer than 1,200
points and at 10:30 a.m. Thursday for players with fewer than 1,600 points. The
club also holds two in-person games open to 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
in non-sanctioned clubs is offered at
the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesdays and at the Amherst Senior Center on
Monday and Friday afternoons.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games more than 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., offers
a mix of online games and 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. 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. It’s
limited to players with fewer than 2,000 master points. For info, call Ed
Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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Tournament
calendar
2023
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. For info, click this link.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – 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 Jan. 2 to Jan. 8
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Betsy and Jim Greno, 65.74%; Carol Licata and Stephane Ronget,
63.89%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 58.33%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,400 game. North-south, Usha Khurana and John Marvin, 58.75%; Pat Haynes and
Sharon Wilco, 53.75%; east-west, Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 66.25%; Mary
Ball and Joyce Frayer, 60%; Henry Chudy and David Schott, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 58%; Betty Metz and David Whitt, 54%; Chris
Urbanek and Scott Elwood, 51%; Sharon Benz and Kamil Bishara, 49%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. John Fiegl and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 60.12%; Emily Tocheff and Joe Rooney, 52.98%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 51.79%; (tie) Pat and Dick Rasmus, Joanne LaFay and Barbara Booi, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday
evening – 0-2,000 game. Henry Chudy
and Jeff Bender, 63.89%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 56.94%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak,
51.39%.
Other clubs
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – (Tie) Ed and Mike Rupp, Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 55%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2022, to Dec. 31, 2022
0-5 Points – Zaza Nohra, 5 even; Mary Collins, 2.10; David
Taylor, 1.50; Chris-Elaine Santilli, 1.18.
5-20 Points – Michel Dupuis, 6.15; William Donaldson, 5.79; Molly
Morris, 4.92; Margot Banta, 4.87; Daren Liu, 4.34; Karen Dearing, 4 even; Devon
Marlette, 3.86; Mary Luce, 3.15.
20-50 Points – Howard Epstein, 21.78; John Houghtaling, 17.28; Maria
Schory, 15.92; Anne Slater, 13.56; Jo Ann Smith, 12.40; Gary Keenan, 11.85;
Mary Ellen Cotter, 11.34; Kathleen Voigt, 11.15; Fred Schweiger, 10.49; Peggy
Mead, 9.40.
50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 35.48; Jennifer Epstein, 25.13; Cynthia
Tashjian, 17.23; Jim Greno, 15.35; Candace Graser, 15.16; Carol Licata, 14.33; Betsy
Greno, 13.71; Fran Schmidt, 13.47; Amy Habib, 11.70.
100-200 Points – David Schott, 65.64; Joanne Nover, 48.46; Maria
Amlani, 36.33; Judith McDermid, 34.82; Kusum Phadke, 33.66; Janet Desmon,
20.70; Joan Ciszak, 19.93; Barbara Scott, 12.22.
200-300 Points – Pat Haynes, 42.27; Audrey Ray, 32 even; Bob Ciszak, 29.11;
Carol Roth, 25.01; Margaret Zhou, 22.15; Laura Houghtaling, 20.07; Laurie
Foster, 11.76; Judy Zeckhauser, 11.10; Judith Babat, 11.04; Rivona Ehrenreich,
10.16.
300-500 Points –Terry Hamovitch, 105.71; Bram Hamovitch, 104.33;
Violet Makhija, 72.07; Jasbeer Makhija, 66.17; Larry Himelein, 63.07; Martha
Townson, 55.90; Bonnie Clement, 50.25; Jim McClure, 23.85; Linda Milch, 22.58;
Agi Maisel, 15.99.
500-1,000 Points
– Amita Arora, 177.06; Vic Bergsten, 125.57;
Jim Lanzo, 100.27; Marilyn Wortzman, 92.51; Joyce Frayer, 69.45; Mary Ball, 49.94;
Sushil Amlani, 46.59; Richard McGowan, 42.15; Bill Rich, 38.09; Paul Zittel, 33.22.
1,000-1,500
Points – Jim Easton, 92.51; Sandi
England, 85.77; John Bava, 65.72; Kamil Bishara, 45.18; Sue Neubecker, 26.46; Howard
Foster, 25.76; John Marvin, 24.50; Paula Kotowski, 24.07; Judy Kaprove, 18.28; Rajat
Basu, 17.89.
1,500-2,500
Points – Gay Simpson, 119.96; Gene
Finton, 62.69; Pinky Regan, 61.44; (tie) Shakeel Ahmad, Manju Ceylony, 25.94;
Nancy Wolstoncroft, 21.67; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 11.46; Walt Olszewski, 11.02.
2,500-3,500
Points – Martha Welte, 480.27; John
Welte, 468.07; Ken Meier, 151.75; Allen Beroza, 102.29; Davis Heussler, 56.82;
Fred Yellen, 47.42, Dale Anderson, 27.07; Pat Rasmus, 25.52.
3,500-5,000
Points – Mike Ryan, 107.31; John Ziemer,
80.45; Judy Graf, 79.21; Judy Padgug, 59.65; Barbara Libby, 49.17; Donna
Steffan, 36.04; Stan Kozlowski, 11.24; Kathy Pollock, 10.60.
Over 5,000 Points
– Saleh Fetouh, 68.18; Chris Urbanek,
66.59; Jay Costello, 66.38; Bud Seidenberg, 55.22; Jay Levy, 42.13; Sharon
Benz, 31.01; John Sinclair, 17.16; Elbert Hargesheimer, 16.78; Christy Kellogg,
14.45.
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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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