A 10-week course
in Bridge Basics, including Stayman, transfers,
strong openers and slams, begins Thursday, March, 23, at the Bridge Center in
the Boulevard Mall in Amherst. Classes are from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8
p.m. through May 25. Cost is $150. For more info, call the Bridge Center at 716-280-6114
or Ruth Nawotniak at 716-949-7574.
The Buffalo Bridge
Center will hold an “Erin Go Bragh” game on Sunday, March 19, with refreshments
at 11:30 a.m., a game at noon and prizes for wearing the most green. For more
info, email Pat Haynes at phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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The Bridge Center has added an Online Limited Game to accompany its
live face-to-face game on Wednesdays. Starting time is 11 a.m. and Kathy
Pollack is director. Designed to accommodate those who are out of town, it's
limited to players with fewer than 750 master points.
Those who have not
played face-to-face at the Bridge Center during the past three years will need
to click on the Competitive line on the Bridge Base Online website, then go to
All Tourneys in the lower left of the page and search for Buffalo. It will be
listed by 9:30 a.m. Those who have never played at the bridge center should
call Kathy Pollack at 716-310-4199 or email BridgeKat@gmail.com to be added to the list of eligible players.
The Bridge Center is
continuing to play its open game face-to-face on Wednesdays and, because the
online game is included in the calculations, the face-to-face contest will
award additional master points.
The club offers
other 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 every week that are open to all
players – at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Friday. In-person games also
are held occasionally on Saturdays and Sunday. For more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website or call
716-280-6114.
Other virtual games
hosted by the Bridge Center are offered at 7 p.m. Mondays for players with
fewer than 750 points. It also directs 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 Wednesday afternoons 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
Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge
Center in the Boulevard Mall, 1227 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. Friday, March
31, to Sunday, April 2. For info, click this link.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Hotel, 123
Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 4, to Sunday, April 9. For info,
click this link.
Rochester
Spring Sectional – Gates Recreation
Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Rochester. Saturday, April 15, and Sunday, April 16.
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. 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 Feb. 27 to March 5
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. North-south, Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 59.72%; Carol
Licata and Stephane Ronget, 56.02%; Joyce Frayer and Ruth Nawotniak, 53.70%; east-west,
Joan and Bob Ciszak, 55.09%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 54.63%; Betsy and Jim
Greno, 52.78%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Kennan, 51.85%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,500 game. Susan Cardamone and Jim McClure, 58.73%; Zaza Nohra and Carol
Licata, 56.35%; Usha Khurana and John Marvin, 52.38%; Joanne Nover and Laurie
Foster, 51.32%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-99 game. Pat Sciandra and Mary Jean Shields, 68.33%; Ruth Nawotniak and Bob
Hilburger, 56.67%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Jay Levy and Kamil Bishara, 68%; Howard Foster and Davis Heussler, 49%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
0-750 game. Betsy and Jim Greno, 60%; Audrey Ray and Carol Licata, 53.89%;
Laura and John Houghtaling, 53.33%; Fran Schmidt and Bill Noltee, 52.78%; (3-way
tie) Maureen Saab and Martha Cain, Maria Amlani and Violet Makhija, Patty
Porter and Robin Coffin, 52.22%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,600 game. Joann Nover and David Whitt, 58.46%; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, Ilene Rothman and David Schott, 53.97%; Walt Olszewski and Ed
Drozen, 53.96%; Zaza Nohra and John Marvin, 51.86%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning – Open
game. Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 65%; Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, 62.50%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open
game. (Tie) Joan and Bob Ciszak, Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 60%; Linda and
Paul Zittel, 50%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. (Tie)
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 62.04%; Jennifer and
Howard Epstein, 54.63%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 64%; Edna and Ron Fill, 54%; east-west, (tie)
Cindy Darone and Rich Kayton, Anita Fink and Freda Brummer, 57%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 55%;
east-west, Anne O’Connor and Joan Stankiewicz, 65%; Linda Vassalo and Walt
Olszewski, 59%.
Tonawanda Senior
Center Wednesday afternoon – Ed and
Mike Rupp, 59.4%; (tie) Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, Rose Bochiechio and Edna
Fill, 53.1%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2023, to Feb. 28, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 3.28; Anthony Girasole, 1.37; Ilene
Rothman, 0.75; Maxine Seller, 0.64; Elaine Rubinstein, 0.57.
5-20 Points – Zaza Nohra, 5.91; (tie) Gini Sicignana, Jeannine
Dupuis, 0.61.
20-50 Points – Molly Morris, 5.04; Fred Schweiger, 3.52; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 2.84; (tie) Jo Ann Smith, Lorey Repicci, 1.42.
50-100 Points – Susan Cardamone, 5.10; Carol Licata, 2.29; Paul
Ziebarth, 0.76; Maureen Cancilla, 0.56; Howard Epstein, 0.40.
100-200 Points – Joan Ciszak, 1.34; Maria Amlani, 0.99.
200-300 Points – David Whitt, 14.45; Joanne Nover, 11.58; David Schott,
6.81; Pat Haynes, 5.23; Laurie Foster, 4.04; Gerry Hooley, 3.28; Bob Ciszak,
1.34.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 10.32; Jim McClure, 4.27; Linda Milch,
1.55.
500-1,000 Points – Betty Metz, 8.09; Marilyn Wortzman, 6.45; Paul
Zittel, 5.77; Joyce Frayer, 4.53; Ed Morgan, 4.52; Barbara Landree, 3.99; Wilson
McClaren, 3.63; Linda Zittel, 3.35; Dave Larcom, 3.04; Jo Nasoff-Finton, 3.03.
1,000-1,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 8.31; John Marvin, 7.60; Jim Easton, 6.45;
Mary Ball, 5.05; Sue Neubecker, 4.63; Joanne LaFay, 4.51; Howard Foster, 4.23; Bert
Feasley, 2.86; Bob Kaprove, 2.46.
1,500-2,500 Points – Paula Kotowski, 7.38; Judy Kaprove, 3.82; Pinky Regan,
3.80; Gay Simpson, 2.86; Nancy Kessler, 1.27.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 5.87; Bill Rushmore, 1.63; Pat Rasmus,
0.60.
3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 18.03; John Ziemer, 10.81; Donna Steffan, 10.42;
Judy Graf, 7.67; Judy Padgug, 6.13; Jim Gullo, 4.29; Davis Heussler, 3.04; Martha
Welte, 2.86.
Over 5,000 Points – Chris Urbanek, 15.63; Jay Levy, 10.60; Jay Costello, 6.59;
Bud Seidenberg, 6.20; Saleh Fetouh, 2.04; Sharon Benz, 1.98; Dian Petrov, 1.80.
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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 2,940 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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