The Canadian
Bridge Championships, an ACBL
regional tournament, will be held from Friday, May 12, to Friday, May 19, in
the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5685 Fallsview Ave, Niagara Falls., Ont. Game times are
10 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily. For more info, click this link.
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Congratulations to John Ziemer, who did the best among Buffalo
players April 15 and 16 in the Rochester Spring Sectional Tournament. He
collected 11.10 master points and was eighth overall.
Also doing well in
Rochester were Jay Costello, Jay Levy and Donna Steffan, all with 7.43 points.
They were teamed with John Ziemer in the Sunday open Swiss teams game and came
in second. Other high scorers were Dian Petrov and Davis Heussler, both with
6.79.
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The Buffalo Bridge
Center in the Boulevard Mall in
Amherst will hold a Spring Celebration Party Sunday, April 23, with
refreshments at 11:30 a.m. and a pairs game at noon.
Pop and wine will be
available. Donations of snacks welcome. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at
716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
A 10-week series of
review lessons begins at 2 p.m. Monday, April 24, at the Buffalo Bridge Center,
with instructions by Fred Yellen, Mike Ryan and Chris Urbanek. Lessons continue
through June 28. Fee is $15 per session. Pre-registration required. Sign up at
the club or call 716-280-6114.
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“Kathy’s Snowbird
Game” is the latest addition to the
schedule at the Buffalo Bridge Center. Designed to accommodate those who are out of
town, it’s a Bridge Base Online game on Wednesday mornings for players with fewer
than 750 master points. Starting time is 11 a.m. and Kathy Pollack is director.
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.
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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
Canadian Bridge
Championships – Crowne Plaza Hotel,
5685 Fallsview Ave, Niagara Falls., Ont. Friday, May 12, to Friday, May 19.
For more 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.
Niagara
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 2,
to Sunday, June 4. For players with fewer than 750 master points.
Rochester
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Temple
B’Rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave., Rochester. Wednesday, June 7, and Thursday,
June 8. For players with fewer than 750 master points.
District
5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – Participating local clubs in Western New York, Western Pennsylvania
and Northeastern Ohio. Monday, June 12, to Sunday, June 18.
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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 April 10 to April 16
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 58.33%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer,
55.56%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 53.33%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan,
52.78%; Phyllis Stasiowski and Terry Camp, 47.78%; Mary Holmes and Leslie
Deich, 47.22%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,600 game. North-south, Sue Neubecker and David Whitt, 66.88%; Paula Rosen
and Maryann Szafran, 50.63%; Usha Khurana and Joe Miranda, 49.38%; east-west,
Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 70%; Henry Chudy and David Schott, 55.63%; Carol
Licata and Ilene Rothman, 49.38%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-99 game. Jacqueline Simon and Dennis Daly, 58.33%; Jeannine Dupuis and Gini
Sicignano, 55.83%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Donna Steffan and Jay Levy, 64.88%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, 60.12%; (tie) Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, Mike Ryan and John
Ziemer, 54.17%; (tie) Martha Welte and Gay Simpson, Betty Metz and David Whitt,
48.21%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
0-750 game. Maureen Saab and Cynthia Tashjian, 61.81%; Jim McClure and Richard
McGowan, 60.42%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 57.64%; Violet Makhija and David
Schott, 52.78%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 49.31%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,600 game. Home style pairs. Pat Haynes and David Schott, 3 wins.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 67%; Davis Heussler and Howard Foster,
54%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 51%; Linda Burroughsford and Martha
Welte, 45%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Emily Tocheff, 61.46%; Peggy Mead and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 54.17%; (tie) Joan and Bob Ciszak, Sandi England and Ed Morgan, 53.13%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Violet
and Jasbeer Makhija, 68.52%; Paul Zittel and Jim Lanzo, 66.67%; Walt Olszewski
and Sushil Amlani, 59.26%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 54%; Edna and Ron Fill, 51%; east-west, Fritz
Schweiger and Joe Huber, 55%; Freda Brummer and Anita Fink, 53%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 59%; Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 57%; east-west, Pat
Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 60%; Joanne Zavarella and Fritz Schweiger, 59%.
Tonawanda Senior
Center Wednesday afternoon – Al
Miller and Paul Morgante, 69.4%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 68.1%; Joanne Biondo and Ron
Fill, 62.5%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Online
Jan. 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 2.08; Mary Holmes, 0.62; (tie) Jane
Harrington, David Taylor, 0.34.
5-20 Points – Mary Luce, 3.19; Karen Dearing, 0.88; Devon Marlette,
0.81.
20-50 Points – Anne Slater, 5.25; Kathleen Voigt, 4.55; Maria Schory,
4.38; Mike Metzger, 2.54; Jo Ann Smith, 2.04; Michel Dupuis, 1.88; Phyllis
Stasiowski, 1.28; Judy Reich, 1.23; Donna Starnes, 0.47.
50-100 Points – Carol Licata, 8.48; Jim Greno, 8.37; Betsy Greno,
7.37; Cynthia Tashjian, 7.15; Candace Graser, 6.42; Howard Epstein, 5.38; Susan
Burns, 4.74; John Houghtaling, 4.32; Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.71; Gary Keenan,
2.64.
100-200 Points – Fran Schmidt, 7.14; Maria Amlani, 5.08; Jim Hassett,
4.99; Judy McDermid, 2.17; Bill Noltee, 1.59; Betty DeFeo, 0.84; (tie) Joan
Ciszak, Faith Lowell, 0.56.
200-300 Points – Kusum Phadke, 32.53; David Schott, 6.05; Laura
Houghtaling, 4.32; Gerry Hooley, 4 even; Bob Ciszak, 3.05; Pat Haynes, 1.32;
Patty Porter, 0.72.
300-500 Points – (Tie) Bram Hamovitch, Terry Hamovitch, 11.04; Larry
Himelein, 7.48; Ruth Nawotniak, 4.49; Audrey Ray, 2.35; Jim McClure, 2.32;
Margaret Zhou, 0.99; Judy Zeckhauser, 0.62.
500-1,000 Points – Vic Bergsten, 16.50; Jim Lanzo, 12.59; Martha
Townson, 9.94; Joyce Frayer, 8.69; Richard McGowan, 7.82; Violet Makhija, 7.82;
Jasbeer Makhija, 7.59; Phyllis Wilkinson, 4.85; Bill Rich, 3.43; Henry Chudy,
3.33.
1,000-1,500 Points – Amita Arora, 35.29; Bob Kaprove, 4.32; Mary Ball,
3.21; Jim Easton, 2.95; Bert Feasley, 0.98; Rajat Basu, 0.88.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 22.57; Sandi England, 22.37; John Bava,
15.26; Walt Olszewski, 2.68; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 2.12.
2,500-3,500 Points – Ken Meier, 43.05; Allen Beroza, 12.67; Dale Anderson,
2.28.
3,500-5,000 Points – Barbara Libby, 14.03; Judy Padgug, 4.27; Martha Welte,
3.56.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 9.32; Jay Levy, 0.85.
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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 nearly 2,950 master points and is still playing primarily online these
days. That doesn’t afford 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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