Duplicate Bridge: July 1, 2023

 

The Buffalo Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst will be closed Tuesday, July 4, for the Independence Day holiday. Ordinarily, the club offers face-to-face games at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays for players with fewer than 1,200 points and at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than 1,600 points. There is a face-to-face game available at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than 100 master points if enough come to play. It is held concurrently with the regular Thursday game.

Players are welcome to come without a partner for the Bridge Center's Tuesday and Thursday games. Partners will be provided.

The Bridge Center holds face-to-face games open to all players at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. 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.

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.

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. For more general info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-280-6114.

The Delaware Wednesday Club game is hosted by the Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. It’s limited to players with fewer than 2,000 master points. For info on this game, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.

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The East Aurora Bridge Club has been holding face-to-face games nearly three 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 for all players are offered at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

The club also hosts several virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m. Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), an open game at 7 p.m. Thursdays, a 299er game at 10 a.m. Fridays and an open game at 1:30 p.m. Fridays. For more info, click here.

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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 Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games, 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.

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Tournament calendar

2023

South Western Ontario Regional – Bingeman’s Conference Centre, 425 Bingeman’s Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 4, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh Summer Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday, July 7, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Gates. Saturday, July 8, and Sunday July 9. For more info, click this link.

Finger Lakes Regional – JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 7, to Friday, Aug. 11. For more info, click this link.

Niagara-on-the-Lake Summer Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 18, to Sunday, Aug. 20. Limited to players with fewer than 750 master points. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh RONI Regional – Masonic Center North, 3879 Cemetery Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday, Aug. 30, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Labor Day Sectional – Delta Hotels by Marriott-Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Sept. 2, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus, 2735 Union Road at William Street, Cheektowaga. Friday, Sept. 8, to Sunday, Sept. 10.

Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17.

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Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Western New York Unit 116.

The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.

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Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of June 19 to June 25

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 65.28%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 58.33%; Phyllis Stasiowski and Terry Camp, 56.25%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 53.47%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 51.39%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 64.91%; Barbara Pieterse and Paula Kotowski, 57.47%; Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon, 52.68%; Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster, 52.32%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.70%; Maryann Szafran and Jim McClure, 51.17%; east-west, Ilene Rothman and John Marvin, 58.33%; Henry Chudy and David Schott, 55.83%; Anthony Girasole and Jim Mansour, 55.56%; Audrey Ray and David Whitt, 55%; Sue Neubecker and Paul Ziebarth, 50.56%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-99 game. Jeannine Dupis and Gini Sicignano, 70%; Bob Hilburger and Dennis Daley, 68.33%; Jo Ann Smith and Lorey Repicci, 53.33%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Howard Foster and Davis Heussler, 59.72%; Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 57.41%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 56.02%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 55.09%; Paula Kotowski and Joyce Greenspan, 52.70%; Jim Easton and Dennis Clary, 51.39%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Linda Milch and Richard McGowan, 66.08%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 63.75%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 63.67%; Betty Metz and Sue Neubecker, 56.92%; John Marvin and David Schott, 51.92%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 66.67%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 60.42%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 52.08%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday morning – Open game. Davis Heussler and Bud Seidenberg, 61.11%; (tie) Sushil Amlani and Jim Lanzo, Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 54.44%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Sue Neubecker, 53.33%; (tie) Jay Levy and Saleh Fetouh, Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, 51.85%; Laurie and Howard Foster, 50.74%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday afternoon – Open game. Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 62.92%; Jay Levy and Saleh Fetouh, 59.58%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 58.33%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 54.58%; (tie) Sushil Amlani and David Schott, Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 54.17%; Laurie and Howard Foster, 53.33%.  

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Pat and Dick Rasmus, 64.88%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 54.76%; Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 50%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 66.11%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 65%; Madhav Deshmukh and Sushil Amlani, 63.33%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 60.56%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 59.44%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.89%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 62%; Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 58%; east-west, Raj Puri and Shrikant Joshi, 55%; Rich Kayton and Bruce Brown, 54%.

Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 60%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 56%.

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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.

• • •

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duplicate Bridge, June 24, 2023

 

Here in the bridge world, today, Saturday, June 24, is The Longest Day, when the ACBL holds special games and collects donations for the Alzheimer’s Association. The Buffalo Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst is planning two games today – at 10:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.

One more lesson is left in the 10-week series of review lessons at the Bridge Center. It’s at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 28. Fee is $15 per session. Pre-registration required. Sign up at the club or call 716-280-6114.

The club offers face-to-face games at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays for players with fewer than 1,200 points and at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than 1,600 points. There is a new face-to-face game at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than 100 master points. It is held concurrently with the regular Thursday game.

Players are welcome to come without a partner for the Bridge Center's Tuesday and Thursday games. Partners will be provided.

The Bridge Center holds face-to-face games open to all players at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. 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.

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.

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. For more general info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-280-6114.

The Delaware Wednesday Club game is hosted by the Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. It’s limited to players with fewer than 2,000 master points. For info on this game, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.

• • •

The East Aurora Bridge Club has been holding face-to-face games nearly three 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 for all players are offered at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

The club also hosts several virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m. Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), an open game at 7 p.m. Thursdays, a 299er game at 10 a.m. Fridays and an open game at 1:30 p.m. Fridays. For more info, click here.

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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.

• • •

The Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games, 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.

• • •

Tournament calendar

2023

South Western Ontario Regional – Bingeman’s Conference Centre, 425 Bingeman’s Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 4, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh Summer Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday, July 7, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Gates. Saturday, July 8, and Sunday July 9. For more info, click this link.

Finger Lakes Regional – JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 7, to Friday, Aug. 11. For more info, click this link.

Niagara-on-the-Lake Summer Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 18, to Sunday, Aug. 20. Limited to players with fewer than 750 master points. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh RONI Regional – Masonic Center North, 3879 Cemetery Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday, Aug. 30, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Labor Day Sectional – Delta Hotels by Marriott-Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Sept. 2, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus, 2735 Union Road at William Street, Cheektowaga. Friday, Sept. 8, to Sunday, Sept. 10.

Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17.

• • •

Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Western New York Unit 116.

The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.

• • •

Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of June 12 to June 18

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 66.67%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 57.78%; Ruth Nawotniak and Joyce Frayer, 56.11%; Terry Camp and David Freimuth, 55%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 53.89%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 52.78%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 51.11%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 63.06%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 58.33%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.50%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelien, 55%; east-west, Paula Kotowski and Bob Kaprove, 59.17%; Betty Metz and Ruth Nawotniak, 58.33%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 54.17%; Jini and John Rubenstein, 50.28%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-99 game. Gini Sicignano and Dennis Daly, 70%; Jackie Simon and Bill Duax, 60%; Lorey Repicci and Jo Ann Smith, 51.67%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 59.38%; Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 57.29%; (tie) Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 51.04%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Larry Himelein and Art Morth, 72.50%; Maryann Szafran and  Linda Milch, 48.13%; Jackie Simon and Bill Duax, 45%; east-west, John Marvin and Dennis Daly, 55.63%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Sue Neubecker, 54.38%; (tie) Donna and Fred Hirsh, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.25 %.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 57%; Donna Steffan and Audrey Ray, 53%; Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 52%; (tie) Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, Nancy Wolstoncroft and John Ziemer, 50%.  

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda Zittel and Joanne LaFay, 56.55%; Pat and Dick Rasmus, 55.95%; Paul Zittel and John Fiegl, 51.19%; (tie) Gordon Crone and Dave Larcom, Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 48.81%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Jim Lanzo and Madhav Deshmukh, 63.19%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.81%; Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 57.64%; Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 56.94%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Edna and Ron Fill, 55%; Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 51%; east-west, Anne O’Connor and Joan Stankiewicz, 62%; Nina Doran and Dan Blatz, 57%.

Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 65.6%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 59.4%.

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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club and Tournament Play

Jan. 1, 2023, to May 31, 2023

0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 12.91; Ilene Rothman, 6.26; Dennis Daly, 5.18; Anthony Girasole, 3.81; Bill Rogers, 3.46; Fran Holmes, 2.24; Maxine Seller, 2.09; Pat Doyle, 1.48; Pat Sciandra, 1.06.

5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 10.32; Mary Luce, 3.63; Devon Marlette, 2.41; Barbara Kaye, 2.33; Karen Dearing, 2.02; Gini Sicignano, 1.71; Jeannine Dupuis, 1.38.

20-50 Points – Molly Morris, 13.28; Maria Schory, 9.98; Mike Metzger, 9.15; Anne Slater, 6.90; Kathleen Voigt, 6.20; Jo Ann Smith, 5.62; Bill Donaldson, 5.09; Phyllis Stasiowski, 4.91; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Maxine Johnson, 4.31.

50-100 Points – Carol Licata, 17.58; Jim Greno, 14.51; Betsy Greno, 13.51; Howard Epstein, 11.80; Cynthia Tashjian, 10.53; John Houghtaling, 9.88; Susan Cardamone, 9.62; Candace Graser, 8.76; Susan Burns, 6.34; Mary Ellen Cotter, 5.41.

100-200 Points – Maria Amlani, 14.97; Fran Schmidt, 10.67; Jim Hassett, 7.99; Betty DeFeo, 7.65; Joan Ciszak, 6.37; Judith McDermid, 4.47; Barbara Scott, 3.36; Bill Noltee, 1.84; Janie Polk, 1.37.

200-300 Points – Kusum Phadke, 49.30; David Schott, 42.95; David Whitt, 36.82; Pat Haynes, 37.66; Joanne Nover, 34.43; Laurie Foster, 13.85; Laura Houghtaling, 9.88; Bob Ciszak, 9.76; Gerry Hooley, 8.51; Ethan Xie, 5.50.

300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 52.05; Bram Hamovitch, 32.81; Terry Hamovitch, 30.68; Jim O’Hara, 21.60; Ruth Nawotniak, 15.79; Jim McClure, 14.02; Linda Milch, 9.85; Margaret Zhou, 8.30; Audrey Ray, 6.43; Judy Zeckhauser, 5.81.

500-1,000 Points – Jim Lanzo, 48.70; Vic Bergsten, 36.67; Martha Townson, 35.90; Joyce Frayer, 27.86; Violet Makhija, 27.81; Bonnie Clement, 25.33; Betty Metz, 25.02; Marilyn Wortzman, 24.77; Jasbeer Makhija, 19.27; Richard McGowan, 18.21.

1,000-1,500 Points – Amita Arora, 60.73; Kamil Bishara, 47.73; Jim Easton, 25.84; John Marvin, 24.70; Howard Foster, 23 even; Mary Ball, 15.45; Sue Neubecker, 14.37; Bert Feasley, 9.05; Bob Kaprove, 8.81.

1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 60.67; Sandi England, 45.21; John Bava, 32.59; Pinky Regan, 21.92; Paula Kotowski, 21.64; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 16.21; David Colligan, 14.12; Tova Reinhorn, 9.30; Judy Kaprove, 8.10; Walt Olszewski, 7.92.

2,500-3,500 Points – Ken Meier, 72.23; Fred Yellen, 58.52; Linda Burroughsford, 55.69; Allen Beroza, 16.67; Mike Silverman, 16.53; Bill Rushmore, 6.60; Art Morth, 5.29; Pat Rasmus, 4.43; Dale Anderson, 3.61.

3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 216.47; Chongmin Zhang, 135.19; John Ziemer, 70.91; Mike Ryan, 60.97; Donna Steffan, 52.01; Judy Padgug, 43.09; Martha Welte, 35.57; Judy Graf, 35.15; Barbara Libby, 25.30; Kathy Pollock, 13.76.

Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 192.63; Dian Petrov, 153.35; Jay Levy, 107.79; Chris Urbanek, 94.94; Jay Costello, 59.18; Bud Seidenberg, 58.54; Sharon Benz, 16.56.

• • •

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.

• • •

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Duplicate Bridge: June 17, 2023

 

The Buffalo Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst is planning two games for Saturday, 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.

Two more lessons remain in a 10-week series of review lessons at the Bridge Center, mostly on Wednesdays, but sometimes on Mondays. Lessons are at 2 p.m. and continue June 21 and June 28. Fee is $15 per session. Instructors are Fred Yellen and Chris Urbanek. Pre-registration required. Sign up at the club or call 716-280-6114.

The club offers face-to-face games at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays for players with fewer than 1,200 points and at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than 1,600 points. There is a new face-to-face game at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than 100 master points. It is held concurrently with the regular Thursday game.

Players are welcome to come without a partner for the Bridge Center's Tuesday and Thursday games. Partners will be provided.

The Bridge Center holds face-to-face games open to all players at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. 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.

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.

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. For more general info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-280-6114.

The Delaware Wednesday Club game is hosted by the Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. It’s limited to players with fewer than 2,000 master points. For info on this game, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.

• • •

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 for all players are offered at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

The club also hosts several virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m. Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), an open game at 7 p.m. Thursdays, a 299er game at 10 a.m. Fridays and an open game at 1:30 p.m. Fridays. For more info, click here.

• • •

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.

• • •

The Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games, 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.

• • •

Congratulations to Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, the Buffalo area players who earned the most master points at the Unit 112 Sectional Tournament for Novice and Intermediate players June 7 and 8 in Rochester. They each won 1.72 points.

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Tournament calendar

2023

South Western Ontario Regional – Bingeman’s Conference Centre, 425 Bingeman’s Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 4, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh Summer Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday, July 7, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Niagara-on-the-Lake Summer Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 18, to Sunday, Aug. 20. Limited to players with fewer than 750 master points. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh RONI Regional – Masonic Center North, 3879 Cemetery Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday, Aug. 30, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Labor Day Sectional – Delta Hotels by Marriott-Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Sept. 2, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus, 2735 Union Road at William Street, Cheektowaga. Friday, Sept. 8, to Sunday, Sept. 10.

Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17.

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Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Western New York Unit 116.

The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.

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Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of June 5 to June 11

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 71.53%; (tie) Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, Ruth Nawotniak and Joyce Frayer, 54.17%; (tie) Jim Hassett and Terry Camp, Phyllis Stasiowski and Amy Felman, 50.93%. 

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Joanne Nover and Brian Fleming, 62.70%; Jim Lanzo and Gene Giorgini, 55.56%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 54.37%; Usha Khurana and John Marvin, 51.59%; east-west, Henry Chudt and David Schott, 60.32%; (tie) Tova Reinhorn and Agi Maisel, 59.52%; Jini and John Rubinstein, 54.37%. 

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-99 game. North-south, Jackie Simon and William Duax, 57.81%; Gini Sicignano and Dennis Daly, 53.13%; east-west, Maxine Johnson and Mary Ellen Cotter, 66.66%; Donna and Fred Hirsh, 52.09%. 

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. (Tie) Nancy Wolstoncroft and Jim Gullo, Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 59.03%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 54.86%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 50.69%. Sushil Amlani and Madhav Deshmukh, 66.67%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 58.33%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 56.11%; Maria Schory and Michael Metzger, 53.33%; Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 52.78%; Jim Hassettt and Gary Keenan, 52.22%. 

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,600 game. Paula Rosen and Richard McGowan, 65.86%; Joyce Greenspan and Ruth Wurster, 63,86%; Tova Reinhorn and Sue Neubecker, 52.62%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 51.94%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 59.52%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 56.55%; Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, 54.76%; Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 52.38%. 

Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday afternoon – Open game. North-south, Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 61.31%; (tie) Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, Jo Nasoff-Finton and Andrei Reinhorn, 54.17%; Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 52.08%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 51.49%; east-west, Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 69.35%; Jay Levy and Saleh Fetouh, 64.29%; Tova Reinhorn and Sue Neubecker, 50.60%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 47.02%. 

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda Zittel and Bert Feasley, 58%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 54%; Bill Feasley and Paul Zittel, 50%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Sushil Amlani and Madhav Deshmukh, 66.67%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 58.33%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 56.11%; Maria Schory and Michael Metzger, 53.33%; Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 52.78%; Jim Hassettt and Gary Keenan, 52.22%. 

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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play Online

Jan. 1, 2023, to May 31, 2023

0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 5.72; Fran Holmes, 1.60; (tie) Jane Harrington, David Taylor, 0.48.

5-20 Points – Mary Luce, 3.63; Devon Marlette, 2.41; Karen Dearing, 2.02.

20-50 Points – Maria Schory, 9.98; Mike Metzger, 9.15; Anne Slater, 6.05; Kathleen Voigt, 5.35; Michel Dupuis, 4.25; Jo Ann Smith, 3.17; Phyllis Stasiowski, 3.08; Maureen Saab, 2.97; Maxine Johnson, 2.73; Judy Reich, 1.23.

50-100 Points –Jim Greno, 14.51; Betsy Greno, 13.51; Carol Licata, 12.03; Cynthia Tashjian, 10.53; Candace Graser, 8.76; Howard Epstein, 8.59; John Houghtaling, 8.32; Susan Burns, 6.34; Gary Keenan, 4.40; Mary Ellen Cotter, 3.83.

100-200 Points – Maria Amlani, 13.47; Fran Schmidt, 10.67; Jim Hassett, 7.99; Judy McDermid, 2.17; Bill Noltee, 1.84; Janie Polk, 1.37; (tie) Betty DeFeo, Joan Ciszak; 0.84, Faith Lowell, 0.56.

200-300 Points – Kusum Phadke, 47.72; David Schott, 10.53; Laura Houghtaling, 8.32; Bob Ciszak, 4.23 Gerry Hooley, 4 even; Pat Haynes, 2.75; Joanne Nover, 1.46; Judith Babat, 1.08; Patty Porter, 0.72.

300-500 Points – (Tie) Bram Hamovitch, Terry Hamovitch, 14.16; Larry Himelein, 11.30; Ruth Nawotniak, 8.82; Jim O’Hara, 6.95; Audrey Ray, 4.06; Jim McClure, 3.44; Margaret Zhou, 3.29; Judy Zeckhauser, 1.03.

500-1,000 Points –Jim Lanzo, 32.45; Vic Bergsten, 26.21; Violet Makhija, 21.36; Martha Townson, 21.15; Jasbeer Makhija, 19.27; Joyce Frayer, 14.81; Richard McGowan, 12.80; Brian Block, 12 even; Sushil Amlani, 8.05; Bill Rich, 7.26.

1,000-1,500 Points – Amita Arora, 60.73; Bob Kaprove, 6.17; Jim Easton, 5.63; Rajat Basu, 3.93; Mary Ball, 3.61; Bert Feasley, 1.39.

1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 41.40; Sandi England, 34.46; John Bava, 24.02; Walt Olszewski, 5.61; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 2.12.

2,500-3,500 Points – Ken Meier, 68.11; Allen Beroza, 16.67; Linda Burroughsford, 6.80; Dale Anderson, 2.77.

3,500-5,000 Points – Barbara Libby, 21.73; Martha Welte, 6.64; Davis Heussler, 6.52; Judy Padgug, 6.50.

Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 10.16; Jay Levy, 4.52. 

• • •

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.

• • •

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.

 

 

 

 

Duplicate Bridge: June 10, 2023

 

Unit game week at the Buffalo Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst, which offers extra master points, comes to a conclusion with the club’s Party Game on Sunday, June 11, which will celebrate Flag Day. Players are encouraged to wear red, white and blue and bring refreshments to share at 11:30 a.m. Game is at noon. For a partner, call Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.

The Bridge Center is planning two games for Saturday, 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.

Three more lessons remain in a 10-week series of review lessons 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 and Chris Urbanek. Pre-registration required. Sign up at the club or call 716-280-6114.

The club offers face-to-face games at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays for players with fewer than 1,200 points and at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than 1,600 points. There is a new face-to-face game at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than 100 master points. It is held concurrently with the regular Thursday game.

Players are welcome to come without a partner for the Bridge Center's Tuesday and Thursday games. Partners will be provided.

The Bridge Center holds face-to-face games open to all players at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. 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.

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.

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. For more general info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-280-6114.

The Delaware Wednesday Club game is hosted by the Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. It’s limited to players with fewer than 2,000 master points. For info on this game, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.

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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 for all players are offered at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

The club also hosts several virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m. Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), an open game at 7 p.m. Thursdays, a 299er game at 10 a.m. Fridays and an open game at 1:30 p.m. Fridays. For more info, click here.

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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 Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games, 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.

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Congratulations to Pat Haynes and Audrey Ray, the Buffalo area players who earned the most master points at the Niagara Sectional Tournament for Novice and Intermediate players June 2 to June 4 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. They each won 2.37 points.

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Tournament calendar

2023

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. No clubs in Western New York Unit 116 are registered to participate.

South Western Ontario Regional – Bingeman’s Conference Centre, 425 Bingeman’s Centre Drive, Kitchen, Ont. Tuesday, July 4, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh Summer Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday, July 7, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Niagara-on-the-Lake Summer Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 18, to Sunday, Aug. 20. Limited to players with fewer than 750 master points. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh RONI Regional – Masonic Center North, 3879 Cemetery Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday, Aug. 30, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Labor Day Sectional – Delta Hotels by Marriott-Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Sept. 2, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus, 2735 Union Road at William Street, Cheektowaga. Friday, Sept. 8, to Sunday, Sept. 10.

Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17.

• • •

Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Western New York Unit 116.

The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.

• • •

Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of May 29 to June 4

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. Ruth Nawotniak and Joyce Frayer, 60.19%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 56.48%; (tie) Maria Schory and Michael Metzger, Judy Zeckhauser and Terry Camp, 50.93%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Paula Kotowski and Barbara Pieterse, 58.89%; John Marvin and Richard McGowan, 57.50%; Ruth Nawotniak and Fred Hirsh, 57.22%; Betty DeFeo and Phyllis Stasiowski, 56.39%; Jim Lanzo and Paul Zittel, 54.44%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 54.17%; east-west, Betty Metz and Sue Neubecker, 67.50%; Jini and John Rubenstein, 59.44%; Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 56.39%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 50.28%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 49.72%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 74.31%; Judy Graf and Bud Seidenberg, 61.81%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 57.64%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Dottie and Larry Soong, 61.67%; Sue Neubecker and Janet Frisch, 60.55%; Paula Rosen and Linda Milch, 55%; east-west, (tie) Tova Reinhorn and Joyce Frayer, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 67.62%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 45.24%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 61.11%; (tie) John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, Donna Steffan and Audrey Ray, 54.17%; (tie) Sharon Benz and John Marvin, Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 51.39%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. (Tie) Bill Feasley and Paul Zittel, Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 59%; Linda Zittel and Bert Feasley, 57%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 50%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 59.72%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 59.03%; Madhav Deshmukh and Jim Lanzo, 57.64%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 54.17%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 50.69%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Edna and Ron Fill, 62%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 57%; east-west, Raj Puri and Shrikant Joshi, 57%; (tie) Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 55%.

Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 60.4%; Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 52.1%.

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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play

Jan. 1, 2023, to May 31, 2023

0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 7.19; Ilene Rothman, 6.02; Dennis Daly, 5.18; Anthony Girasole, 3.81; Maxine Seller, 2.09; Patricia Doyle, 1.48; Pat Sciandra, 1.08.

5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 10.32; Barbara Kaye, 2.33; Gini Sicignano, 1.71; Jeannine Dupuis, 1.20.

20-50 Points – Molly Morris, 9.69; Bill Donaldson, 5.09; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 4.08; Jo Ann Smith, 2.45; Tyler Mu, 2.39; Helen Scott, 233; Peggy Stock, 2.04; Peggy Mead, 1.80; Donna Starnes, 1.75.

50-100 Points – Susan Cardamone, 9.62; Carol Licata, 5.55; Paul Ziebarth, 2.21; John Houghtaling, 1.56.

100-200 Points –Betty DeFeo, 3.74; Barbara Scott, 3.11; Joan Ciszak, 3.10.  

200-300 Points – David Whitt, 26.88; David Schott, 24.32; Joanne Nover, 23.10; Pat Haynes, 22.49; Laurie Foster, 13.45; Gerry Hooley, 4.51; John Scott, 3.11; Bob Ciszak, 3.10; Laura Houghtaling, 1.56; John Fiegl, 1.40.

300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 31.55; Bram Hamovitch, 12.65; Jim McClure, 10.58; Terry Hamovitch, 10.52; Linda Milch, 9.85; Judy Zeckhauser, 4.78; Margaret Zhou, 4.58; Ruth Nawotniak, 3.75; Maryann Szafran, 2.99; Agi Maisel, 1.76.

500-1,000 Points – Betty Metz, 20.67; Marilyn Wortzman, 17.68; (tie) Joyce Frayer, Paul Zittel, 12.62; Ed Morgan, 12.42; Henry Chudy, 9.64; Bonnie Clement, 9.51; Andrei Reinhorn, 9.44; Joe Miranda, 8.94; Linda Zittel, 8.83.

1,000-1,500 Points – John Marvin, 20.80; Jim Easton, 18.75; Kamil Bishara, 17.22; Howard Foster, 13.89; Sue Neubecker, 13.62; Mary Ball, 11.84; Joanne LaFay, 8.76; Bert Feasley, 7.66; Joyce Greenspan, 6.16; Judie Bailey, 3.47.

1,500-2,500 Points – Paula Kotowski, 17.91; Pinky Regan, 15.69; Gay Simpson, 13.78; Tova Reinhorn, 9.30; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 8.12; Judy Kaprove, 7.27; Sandi England, 5.34; Barbara Pieterse, 2.55; Sue Bergman, 2.43; Bill Feasley, 2.38.

2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 38.89; Linda Burroughsford, 13.11; Pat Rasmus, 4.43; Mike Silverman, 1.85; Bill Rushmore, 1.63.

3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 46.47; John Ziemer, 45.78; Donna Steffan, 30.61; Davis Heussler, 24.94; Judy Graf, 23.65; Judy Padgug, 17.76; Martha Welte, 13.24; Jim Gullo, 6.31.

Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 37.53; Jay Costello, 28.81; Chris Urbanek, 28.67; Jay Levy, 26.81; Sharon Benz, 10.27; Dian Petrov, 4.54; Saleh Fetouh, 4.81.

• • •

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.

• • •

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.

Duplicate Bridge: June 3, 2023

 

The Niagara Intermediate/Novice Sectional continues today Saturday, June 3, in the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., and concludes 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 Dian Petrov and Davis Heussler, who collected the most master points among Buffalo area players at the Cleveland All-American Regional Tournament May 23 to 29. They both won 13.78 points.

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It's unit game week at the Buffalo Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst. All games Tuesday, June 6, to Friday, June 9, will offer extra master points. So will the club’s Party Game on Sunday, June 11, which will celebrate Flag Day. Players are encouraged to wear red, white and blue and bring refreshments to share at 11:30 a.m. Game is at noon. For a partner, call Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.

The Bridge Center has started a face-to-face game at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays for players with fewer than 100 master points. It is 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

Niagara Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Today, Saturday, June 3, and 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.

South Western Ontario Regional – Bingeman’s Conference Centre, 425 Bingeman’s Centre Drive, Kitchen, Ont. Tuesday, July 4, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh Summer Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday, July 7, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Niagara-on-the-Lake Summer Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 18, to Sunday, Aug. 20. Limited to players with fewer than 750 master points. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh RONI Regional – Masonic Center North, 3879 Cemetery Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday, Aug. 30, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Labor Day Sectional – Delta Hotels by Marriott-Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Sept. 2, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus, 2735 Union Road at William Street, Cheektowaga. Friday, Sept. 8, to Sunday, Sept. 10.

Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17.

 

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Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Bridge Club Meridian.

Western New York Unit 116.

The Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.

• • •

Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of May 22 to May 28

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 70.14%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 58.10%; (tie) Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, Candace Graser and Cynthia Tashjian, 52.78%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 51.39%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 60.07%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.03%; (tie) Dave Larcom and Jim Lanzo, 57.29%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 52.08%; east-west, Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 61.81%; Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 60.07%; Judy Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes, 57.64%; (tie) Joyce Frayer and Andrei Reinhorn, Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 53.82%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-99 game. North-south, Dennis Daly and Marion Brush, 54.17%; Anthony Girasole and Jim Mansour, 51.04%; east-west, Paul Ziebarth and Bob Hilburger, 55.21%; Mary Ellen Cotter and Maxine Johnson, 53.13%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 62.50%; Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 55.95%; Gay Simpson and Martha Welte, 52.38%; Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 49.40%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 56.79%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 54.70%; Judie Bailey and Betty Metz, 54.65%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 53.75%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 64.70%; Linda Milch and Richard McGowan, 55.75%; Donna and Ron Angst, 51.25%; Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 48.05%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday evening – 0-20 game. Marie Aaron and Linda Battistoni, 57.29%; Pat Bukaty and Maxine Seller, 52.08%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. (tie) Linda Burroughsford and John Ziemer, 56.25%; (3-way tie) Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, Martha Welte and Larry Abate, Sharon Benz and John Marvin, 52.08%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda Zittel and Bert Feasley, 65.48%; Paul Zittel and Bill Feasley, 60.71%; Joanne LaFay and John Fiegl, 50.60%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 50%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Madhav Deshmukh and Jim Lanzo, 72.78%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 67.78%; Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 60.56%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 53.33%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 49.44%; Joyce Frayer and Ruth Nawotniak, 48.33%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 60%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 54%; east-west, Anita Fink and Freda Brummer, 62%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 55%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 61%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 52%; east-west, Gus Alfano and Jim Cook, 56%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 55%.

Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – (3-way tie) Ed and Mike Rupp, Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 51.3 %.

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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.