The
Niagara Intermediate/Novice Sectional begins
Friday, June 2, in the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane,
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., and continues through Sunday, June 4. It’s limited
to players with fewer than 750 master points. For more info, click this link.
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Congratulations to Saleh Fetouh, the Buffalo area player who brought home the most master points from the Canadian Bridge Federation Regional
Tournament May 12 to 19 in Niagara Falls, Ont. He collected 16.98 points. Other
local players doing well in Niagara Falls included Pat Haynes with 8.04, Larry
Himelein with 7.33, David Whitt with 7.19, Bonnie Clement with 6.45, David
Schott with 6.09, Joanne Nover with 5.84, John Ziemer with 5.27 and Judy Padgug
with 4.96.
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A new
face-to-face Thursday game for
players with fewer than 100 master points starts June 1 at 10:30 a.m. at
The Buffalo Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst. It will be held at
the same time as the current Thursday game, which is limited to players with
fewer than 1,600 points.
Players are welcome
to come without a partner for the Bridge Center's Tuesday and Thursday games.
Partners will be provided.
The Bridge Center is
planning two games for June 24 – at 10:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. – as part of the
ACBL's Longest Day program, which collects donations for the Alzheimer's
Association.
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
Cleveland
All American Regional – Embassy
Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Today, Saturday,
May 27, 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. For more
info, click this link.
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 15 to May 21
ACBL
Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 70.14%; Joyce Frayer and Ruth
Nawotniak, 66.67%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 64.58%; Cynthia Tashjian and
Carol Licata, 54.17%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 52.78%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,600 game. North-south, Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 72.50%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.13%; Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster, 49.38%;
east-west, Richard McGowan and Jim McClure, 57.50%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn,
53.75%; Henry Chudy and David Schott, 52.50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-99 game. Jo Ann Smith and Paul Ziebarth, 56.67%; Jackie Simon and William
Duax, 53.33%; Anthony Girasole and Jim Mansour, 51.67%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 60.12%; (tie) Donna Steffan and Judy
Padgug, Gay Simpson and Martha Welte, 56.55%; Jim Easton and Dennis Clary,
49.40%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
0-750 game. Audrey Ray and Carol Licata, 60.42%; Martha Cain and Jane Mitchell,
58.33%; Janie Polk and Judith Bailey, 54.86%; Laura and John Houghtaling,
52.78%; Brian Fleming and Jim Hassett, 50.69%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,600 game. Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 61.11%; Agi Maisel and Tova
Reinhorn, 60.32%; Paula Rosen and John Marvin, 58.73%; Betty Metz and Barbara
Landree, 57.14%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning – Open
game. Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 63.54%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 62.50%;
Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 53.13%; Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 48.96%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Sunday afternoon –
Open game. North-south, Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, 66.67%; Fred Yellen and
Bud Seidenberg, 65.77%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 62.80%; Sharon Benz and Pat
Rasmus, 53.57%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 50.89%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and
Mike Silverman, 49.70%; east-west, Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 60.05%; Pat
Haynes and David Schott, 51.85%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 50.79%; Joyce
Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 50.53%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open
game. Bill and Bert Feasley, 61%; Joanne LaFay and Barb Booi, 60%; Joe Miranda
and Joe Rooney, 58%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. (Tie)
Maria Schory and Mike Meltzer, Paul Zittel and Bert Feasley, 61.11%; Richard
McGowan and Bill Rich, 56.94%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 58%; Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 55%; east-west, Jill and Bruce Brown, 63.9%; Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 63.5%.
Tonawanda Senior
Center Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike
Rupp, 58%; Lynda Pettit and Dolores Bowker, 57%.
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Unit 116 Master
Point Leaders for Club and Tournament Play
Jan. 1, 2023, to April 30, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 8.42; Ilene Rothman, 4.86; Dennis Daly,
3.78; Bill Rogers, 3.22; Anthony Girasole, 3.10; Maxine Seller, 1.63; Mary
Holmes, 1.60; Pat Doyle, 1.38.
5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 10.32; Mary Luce, 3.63; Devon Marlette,
2.41; Karen Dearing, 1.24; (tie) Gini Sicignano, Jeannine Dupuis, 1.20; Barbara
Kaye, 1.18.
20-50 Points – Molly Morris, 13.28; Maria Schory, 6.56; Anne Slater,
6.20; Kathleen Voigt, 5.50; Mike Metzger, 4.95; Jo Ann Smith, 4.89; Bill
Donaldson, 4.53; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Jose Justicia-Linde, 4.08; Michel
Dupuis, 3.83.
50-100 Points – Carol Licata, 13.36; Jim Greno, 11.85; Betsy Greno, 10.85;
Cynthia Tashjian, 9.80; Howard Epstein, 9.31; Candace Graser, 8.42; John
Houghtaling, 6.76; Susan Cardamone, 6.29; Susan Burns, 4.74; Gary Keenan, 3.92.
100-200 Points – Maria Amlani, 9.46; Fran Schmidt, 8.45; Betty DeFeo, 6.38;
Jim Hassett, 5.98; Joan Ciszak, 5.77; Judith McDermid, 4.47; Bill Noltee, 1.84;
Barbara Scott, 1.83.
200-300 Points – Kusum Phadke, 46.39; David Schott, 31.76; David Whitt,
28.95; Joanne Nover, 24.92; Pat Haynes, 22.07; Bob Ciszak, 8.82; (tie) Gerry
Hooley, Laurie Foster, 8.51; Laura Houghtaling, 6.76; Ethan Xie, 5.50.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 39.25; Bram Hamovitch, 28.08; Terry
Hamovitch, 25.95; Jim O’Hara, 12.64; Ruth Nawotniak, 12.48; Jim McClure, 10.45;
Margaret Zhou, 8.30; Judy Zeckhauser, 4.36; Linda Milch, 4.26; Audrey Ray, 2.86.
500-1,000 Points – Jim Lanzo, 43.07; Martha Townson, 34.08; Vic
Bergsten, 30.67; Betty Metz, 21.07; Joyce Frayer, 20.42; Marilyn Wortzman, 18.43;
Violet Makhija, 18.27; Bonnie Clement, 16.01; Henry Chudy, 14.70; Larry Abate, 14.17.
1,000-1,500 Points – Amita Arora, 58.74; Kamil Bishara, 46.34; Howard
Foster, 20.89; John Marvin, 19.78; Jim Easton, 18.43; Sue Neubecker, 12.63; Mary
Ball, 10.51; Bob Kaprove, 7.97; Joanne LaFay, 7.58; Joyce Greenspan, 7.22.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 44.89; Sandi England, 38.69; John Bava, 29.85;
Paula Kotowski, 17.85; Pinky Regan, 14.87; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 14.53; David
Colligan, 14.12; Judy Kaprove, 8.10; Walt Olszewski, 6.03; Martin Pieterse,
5.48.
2,500-3,500 Points – Ken Meier, 69.18; Fred Yellen, 47.48; Linda
Burroughsford, 17.53; Allen Beroza, 16.27; Bill Rushmore, 6.60; Art Morth,
5.29; Dale Anderson, 3.61; Pat Rasmus, 2.71.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 165.26; John Ziemer, 50.18; Chongmin
Zhang, 49.61; Donna Steffan, 46.75; Mike Ryan, 42.01; Judy Padgug, 31.73;
Martha Welte, 28.44; Judy Graf, 26.95; Barbara Libby, 21.22; Kathy Pollock, 13.76.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 172.04; Dian Petrov, 138.46; Jay Levy,
100.04; Chris Urbanek, 91.03; Jay Costello, 52.53; Bud Seidenberg, 42.33;
Sharon Benz, 13.80.
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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 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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