Two tournaments
are in progress at the Crowne Plaza
Fallsview Hotel, 5685 Fallsview Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. The 2023 Canadian
Bridge Championships, which began Tuesday, May 9, continue through Friday, May
19. At the same time, there’s a regional tournament from Friday, May 12, to
Friday, May 19, with Super Gold Rush events every day.
The Canadian Bridge
Championship games are limited to Canadian Bridge Federation members. The
regional games are open to all U.S. and Canadian players. For more details on
both tournaments, visit cbf.ca.
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A party game is the next special event at the Bridge Center of
Buffalo in the Boulevard Mall, Amherst. It’s Sunday, May 21, with refreshments
at 11:30 a.m., game at noon. Donated snacks appreciated. Pop and wine
available. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
A 10-week series of
review lessons continues at the Bridge Center, mostly on Wednesdays, but sometimes
on Mondays. Lessons are all at 2 p.m., and continue through June 28. Fee is $15
per session. Instructors are Fred Yellen, Mike Ryan and Chris Urbanek. Pre-registration
required. Sign up at the club or call 716-280-6114.
To accommodate players
who are out of town, the Bridge Center is offering “Kathy’s Snowbird Game” Wednesday
mornings on Bridge Base Online 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 face-to-face game open to all players at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
and, because the online game is included in the calculations, the face-to-face session
is awarding 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, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday for players with fewer than 1,600 points
and at 10:30 a.m. Friday open to all players.
Pre-registration is
required for the Friday game. Players should call 716-280-6114 and leave a
message, email Donna Steffan at wsteffan@aol.com or sign up at the club. In-person open games also are held
occasionally on Saturdays and Sundays.
Another virtual game
hosted by the Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online is offered at 7 p.m. Mondays
for players with fewer than 750 points. The Bridge Center also hosts the
Delaware Wednesday game on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. For more
info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-280-6114.
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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 (Regional Tournament) – Crowne
Plaza Hotel, 5685 Fallsview Ave, Niagara Falls., Ont. Today, Saturday,
May 13, 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 May 1 to May 7
ACBL
Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 68.89%; Carol Licata and Larry
Himelein, 65%; Michael and Jim Hassett, 52.78%; Meena Rustgi and Phyllis Stansiowski,
52.22%; (tie) Betsy and Jim Greno, Jeannine and Michel Dupuis, 50.56%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,600 game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.92%; Larry
Himelein and Bonnie Clement, 58.73%; Usha Khurana and John Marvin, 56.35%;
east-west, David Whitt and Brian Fleming, 59.13%; Tova Reinhorn and Sue
Neubecker, 54.37%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 53.97%; Joanne Nover and Ilene
Rothman, 53.17%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-99 game. Anthony Girasole and Jim Mansour, 79.17%; Dennis Daly and Bob
Hilburger, 54.17%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Jay Levy and Saleh Fetouh, 64.56%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer,
62.50%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 58.33%; Martha Welte and Gay Simpson,
52.08%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
0-750 game. Diana Smith and partner, 68.06%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 63.19%;
Audrey Ray and Carol Licata, 52.78%; (tie) Richard McGowan and David Schott,
Fran Schmidt and Jane Mitchell, 50.69%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,600 game. North-south, Laurie Foster and Linda Milch, 56.11%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.20%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 51.88%;
east-west, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 65.63%; Joyce Greenspan and Sharon
Wilcox, 56.11%; Violet Makhija and Betty Metz, 53.93%; Terry and Bram
Hamovitch, 49.26%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning – Open
game. Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 65.63%; Chris Urbanek and Jay
Levy, 56.25%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 50%; Sue Neubecker and Tova
Reinhorn, 48.96%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 59.52%; Pat and Dick Rasmus, 55.36%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 54.17%; Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 52.38%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Violet
and Jasbeer Makhija, 65.97%; Beena Dushmukh and Bill Rich, 59.72%; Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 56.25%; (tie) Ilene Rothman and Terry Camp, Henry Chudy and
Jeff Bender, 54.17%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and Joe Huber, 65%; Edna and Ron Fill, 58%; east-west, Ellen
Lochead and Bill Westley, 56%; Melvyn Mesnekoff and Jack Cukierman, 53%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Anne O’Connor and Joan Stankiewicz, 54.2%; Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 53.76%;
east-west, Angela Curtis and Joan Nigrelli, 62.63%; Nina Doran and Dan Blatz, 62.5%;
Shrikant Joshi and Raj Puri, 62.3%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2023, to April 30, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 5.66; Ilene Rothman, 4.86; Dennis Daly,
3.78; Anthony Girasole, 3.10; Maxine Seller, 1.63; Patricia Doyle, 1.38; (tie) Elaine
Rubinstein, Mary Jo Pfeiffer, 0.57.
5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 10.32; (tie) Gini Sicignana, Jeannine
Dupuis, 1.20; Barbara Kaye, 1.18; Joan Nigrelli, 0.79.
20-50 Points – Molly Morris, 9.69; Bill Donaldson, 4.53; Fred
Schweiger, 4.47; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 4.08; Jo Ann Smith, 1.72; (tie) Daren
Liu, Tyler Mu, 1.64; Lorey Repicci, 1.42; Donna Starnes, 1.34.
50-100 Points – Susan Cardamone, 6.29; Carol Licata, 4.37; Martha
Cain, 0.81; Paul Ziebarth, 0.76; (tie) Cherry Searle, Nancy Deneen, 0.59; Maureen
Cancilla, 0.56; Howard Epstein, 0.40.
100-200 Points – Joan Ciszak, 2.50; Betty DeFeo, 2.47; Barbara Scott,
1.58; Maria Amlani, 0.99; Raj Puri, 0.92.
200-300 Points – David Whitt, 24.60; David Schott, 20.08; Joanne Nover,
19.43; Pat Haynes, 18.15; Laurie Foster, 8.51; Gerry Hooley, 4.51; Bob Ciszak, 2.50;
John Scott, 1.58; Rob Hessel, 1.23.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 28.42; Bram Hamovitch, 11.04; Terry
Hamovitch, 8.91; Jim McClure, 7.01; Margaret Zhou, 4.58; Linda Milch, 4.26;
Judy Zeckhauser, 3.74; Ruth Nawotniak, 2.66.
500-1,000 Points – Betty Metz, 16.72; Marilyn Wortzman, 11.53; Ed Morgan,
11.22; Paul Zittel, 8.83; Henry Chudy, 8.69; Joyce Frayer, 7.56; Joe Miranda, 7.45;
Dave Larcom, 7.37; Bonnie Clement, 6.64; Barbara Landree, 6.21.
1,000-1,500 Points – John Marvin, 15.88; Kamil Bishara, 15.83; Sue
Neubecker, 11.88; Howard Foster, 11.78; Jim Easton, 11.53; Joanne LaFay, 7.58; Mary
Ball, 7.30; Bert Feasley, 5.63; Bob Kaprove, 2.64; Carol Bedell, 2.31.
1,500-2,500 Points – Paula Kotowski, 15.80; Pinky Regan, 8.64; Gay Simpson,
8.02; Judy Kaprove, 7.27; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 6.44; Sandi England, 4.14; Sue
Bergman, 2.43; Walt Olszewski, 2.31; David Colligan, 1.86; Tova Reinhorn, 1.81.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 30.32; Linda Burroughsford, 5.78; Pat
Rasmus, 2.71; Bill Rushmore, 1.63; Mike Silverman, 1.23; Ken Meier, 0.83; Art
Morth, 0.32.
3,500-5,000 Points – John Ziemer, 30.32; Mike Ryan, 28.57; Donna Steffan, 26.39;
Davis Heussler, 18.34; Judy Graf, 15.45; Judy Padgug, 11.64; Martha Welte, 6.59;
Jim Gullo, 6.31.
Over 5,000 Points – Chris Urbanek, 25.75; Jay Costello, 23.20; Jay Levy, 22.51;
Bud Seidenberg, 22.34; Sharon Benz, 8.50; Dian Petrov, 3.95; Saleh Fetouh, 2.04.
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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 almost 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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