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.
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Bridge
club websites:
Click names
for links.
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 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.
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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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