The
Niagara-on-the-Lake Summer Sectional, a
tournament for players with fewer than 750 master points, will be held Friday,
Aug. 18, to Sunday, Aug. 20, in the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14
Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. For more info, click this link.
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Next
special game at the Buffalo Bridge
Center in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst will be Sunday, Aug. 20. Game at noon,
preceded by refreshments at 11:30 a.m. Pop and wine available. Donations of
snacks welcome. For partners, call Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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Congratulations to Darwin Skalski and Tiger Li, players from the
youth class at the Buffalo Bridge Center, who were members of the first-place
Swiss team at the Chicago ACBL Nationals in July. Also placing well in the Swiss
teams were classmates Melanie Skalski and Carol Li.
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The Buffalo
Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall
in Amherst offers a regular lineup of face-to-face games and online games. For
more info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-280-6114.
In-person
games:
Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For
players with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer
than 99 points. Free lesson at 10.
Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.
Open to all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points.
Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. For
players with fewer than 1,600 points.
Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99 points. Free lesson at
10.
Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players by pre-registration only. Call 716-280-6114.
Virtual
games on Bridge Base Online:
Mondays, 7 p.m. For
players with fewer than 750 points.
Wednesdays, 11 a.m.
Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more info on
this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email BridgeKat@gmail.com.
Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
Delaware Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 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 was the first local club
to return to face-to-face games three years ago. 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
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. For more info, click this link.
Great
Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club,
1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17. For info,
click this link.
District
5 North American Pairs Final – Erie
Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1.
For info, click this link.
Rochester
Fall Sectional – Gates Recreation
Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Rochester. Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Oct. 8. For
more info, click this link.
Pittsburgh
Fall Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh
Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Fri., Oct. 20, to Sunday,
Oct. 22.
Buffalo
Spooktacular Regional – M Hotel, 2040
Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 29. For more info,
click this link.
Niagara
Falls Regional – Holiday Inn, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For more
info, click this link.
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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 July 31 to Aug. 6
ACBL
Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge
Center Monday evening – 0-750
game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 67.36%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott,
59.72%; Marion Fox and Nikolaos Mihailides, 56.94%; Carol Licata and Larry
Himelein, 53.47%; (tie) Jim and Michael Hassett, Margaret Zhou and Joyce
Frayer, 52.08%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,600 game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 62%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 60.91%; Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster, 57.17%; Pat
Haynes and Judy Zeckhauser, 54.69%; Alice Cooley and Dennis Day, 53.70%;
east-west, Shrikant Joshi and Raj Puri, 65.70%; Tova Reinhorn and Betty Metz,
58.94%; Ruth Nawotniak and Joyce Frayer, 56.41%; Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan,
53.02%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 52.11%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 64.58%; (tie) John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 56.25%; Gay Simpson and Martha Welte, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Betty Metz and Judie Bailey, 55.16%; Sue Neubecker and Janet Frisch, 52.38%; Paula Rosen and Richard McGowan, 51.59%; (tie) Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, Janie Polk and Nancy JO Feinberg, 50.79%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 65.48%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 53.97%; Margaret Zhou and Sue May, 50%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 49.60%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Donna Steffan and Jay Levy, 61.11%; Martha Welte and Larry Abate, 59.72%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 53.47%; Linda Burroughsford and David Colligan, 52.78%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 68.75%; Pat and Dick Rasmus, 58.33%; Donna Starnes and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 56.94%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 50.89%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 47.92%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Ruth
Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 61.11%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59.44%; Beena
Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 57.78%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 56.67%; Margaret Zhou
and Joyce Frayer, 50.56%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 60%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 59%;
east-west, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Burns, 72%; Angela Curtis and Joan
Negrelli, 57%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 56%; (tie) Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, Mike and Ed
Rupp, 55%; east-west, Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 67%; Nancy Wolstoncroft
and Ed Morgan, 61%.
Tonawanda Senior
Center Wednesday afternoon – Fritz
Schweiger and Ron Fill, 66.3%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 56.3%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2023, to July 31, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 11.13; Ilene Rothman, 8.11; Dennis
Daly, 7.09; Anthony Girasole, 5.48; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Bill Duax, 2.24; Pat
Sciandra, 1.81; Patricia Doyle, 1.48; Mary Jean Shields, 1.24.
5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 10.32; Gini Sicignano, 3.55; Barbara
Kaye, 2.90; Jeannine Dupuis, 2.22.
20-50 Points – Molly Morris, 9.69; Jo Ann Smith, 7.50; Lorey Repicci,
6.47; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 5.29; Bill Donaldson, 5.09; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Peggy
Stock, 3.57; Donna Starnes, 2.92; Helen Scott, 2.90.
50-100 Points – Susan Cardamone, 12.52; Carol Licata, 6.30; John
Houghtaling, 3.51; Paul Ziebarth, 2.43; Maureen Cancilla, 1.59; Mary Ellen
Cotter, 1.22; Nancy Deneen, 1.11.
100-200 Points – Joan Ciszak, 6.55; Betty DeFeo, 5.39; Raj Puri, 3.41; Barbara
Scott, 3.11; Janet Desmon, 1.17.
200-300 Points – David Schott, 36.24; David Whitt, 33.43; Pat Haynes, 31.23;
Joanne Nover, 30.84; Laurie Foster, 21.34; Bob Ciszak, 6.55; Gerry Hooley,
4.51; John Fiegl, 4.08; Laura Houghtaling, 3.51; John Scott, 3.11.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 40.39; Linda Milch, 16.06; Jim
McClure, 13.97; Bram Hamovitch, 13.11; Terry Hamovitch, 10.98; Ruth Nawotniak, 8.71;
Audrey Ray, 8.04; Margaret Zhou, 7.22; Agi Maisel, 7.01; Maryann Szafran, 6.81.
500-1,000 Points – Betty Metz, 31.36; Marilyn Wortzman, 26.98; Joyce
Frayer, 19.70; Paul Zittel, 18.23; Bonnie Clement, 17.98; Andrei Reinhorn, 17.24;
Linda Zittel, 16.20; Ed Morgan, 15.93; Jo Nasoff-Finton, 15.33; Joe Miranda,
14.94.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Easton, 28.69; John Marvin, 28.39; Kamil Bishara, 26.62;
Howard Foster, 25.49; Sue Neubecker, 21.51; Joanne LaFay, 16.86; Mary Ball, 16.13;
Joyce Greenspan, 12.49; Bert Feasley, 10.10; Judie Bailey, 5.42.
1,500-2,500 Points – Paula Kotowski, 23.65; Tova Reinhorn, 18.93; Pinky
Regan, 15.69; Gay Simpson, 13.78; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 12.21; Sandi England, 7.39;
Judy Kaprove, 7.27; Sue Bergman, 6.48; David Colligan, 4.99; Barbara Pieterse, 4.18.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 57.30; Linda Burroughsford, 17.22; Pat
Rasmus, 15.79; Mike Silverman, 2.71; Bill Rushmore, 1.63.
3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 69.56; John Ziemer, 57.38; Donna Steffan, 50.51;
Judy Graf, 45.83; Davis Heussler, 39.57; Judy Padgug, 26.30; Martha Welte, 14.39;
Jim Gullo, 13.72.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 64.38; (tie) Jay Levy, Jay Costello, 48.41;
Chris Urbanek, 38.96; Sharon Benz, 18.21; Saleh Fetouh, 8.94; Dian Petrov,
4.54.
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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 a
career total of almost 2,950 master points and is 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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