The Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional Tournament continues
today, Saturday, Oct. 28, in the M Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, next
to the Walden Galleria, with games at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Play concludes Sunday,
Oct. 29, with Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. For more info, click this link.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center, which is closed for the tournament, resumes
face-to-face games Tuesday, Oct. 31, in its new location – 60 Dingens St. in
South Buffalo, not far from Exit 1 on the I-190 expressway.
The sign out front says,
"Family Help Center." The club entrance is on the right side of the
building, off the parking lot, third door toward the back. For more info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call
716-280-6114.
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More access to virtual games on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this link.
The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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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The East Aurora Bridge
Club was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than 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. on 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. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.
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), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. 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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Tournament calendar
2023
Niagara Falls Regional – Holiday Inn, 327 Ontario St., St.
Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For more info, click
this link.
2024
Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7.
Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional – Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this link.
Toronto January Sectional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. 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 Oct. 16 to Oct. 22
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening – 0-750
game. Phyllis Stasiowski and Diana Smith, 62.04%; Joyce Frayer and Ruth
Nawotniak, 61.11%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 52.78%; Jim Hassett and
Terry Camp, 51.85%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 57.54%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.54%; Sharon Wilcox and Larry Himelein, 53.97%;
Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 53.17%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 52.78%;
east-west, Judith Babat and Judy Zeckhauser, 64.29%; Linda Milch and Susan
Cardamone, 57.94%; Marcia Wright and Ginger Maiman, 56.35%; Richard McGowan and
Anthony Girasole, 54.76%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 60.71%; Jay Levy and Bud Seidenberg, 57.14%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 53.57%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 60.63%; Sharon Wilcox and
Bill Duax, 52.50%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.13%; Judith
Babat and Hannah Weinberg, 51.25%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning – Open
game. Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 62.50%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 62.04%;
Donna Steffan and John Ziemer, 57.41%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Sharon Benz, 56.02%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 60.12%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 56.55%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 52.38%.
Delaware Wednesday
evening – 0-2,000
game. Ed Maguire and Bryan Brooking, 61.67%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 59.44%;
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 58.33%; Madhav Deshmukh and Sushil Amlani, 57.78%;
Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 56.67%; (tie) Richard McGowan and Bill Rich,
Matia Schory and Mike Metzger, 50.56%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Shirley Cassety, 59%; Edna and Ron Fill, 58%; east-west,
Mary and Jim Atwood, 56%; Carol Drongosky and Lorey Repicci, 54%.
Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon – North-south,
Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 60%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 55%; east-west, Ellen
Lochead and Elaine Wegrzyn, 62%; Catol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 56%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed
and Mike Rupp, 55%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 50%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 22.12; Ilene Rothman, 13.43; Anthony
Girasole, 8.61; Dennis Daly, 7.74; Bill Rogers, 5.86; Shrikant Joshi, 5.03;
Bill Duax, 3.77; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Fran Holmes, 2.24; (tie) Melanie Skalski
and Carol Li, 2.11.
5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 10.32; Gini Sicignano, 4.92; Mary Luce, 4
even; Jeannine Dupuis, 3.69; Barbara Kaye, 2.90; Devon Marlette, 2.81; Karen
Dearing, 2.02.
20-50 Points –Maria Schory, 14.05; Molly Morris, 13.28; Mike
Metzger, 12.72; Jo Ann Smith, 11.21; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 8.91; (tie) Phyllis
Stasiowski, Kathleen Voigt, 8.90; Anne Slater, 8.61; Maxine Johnson, 7.40; Donna
Starnes, 7.11.
50-100 Points – Carol Licata, 28.52; Howard Epstein, 22.97; Darwin
Skalski, 16.91; Jim Greno, 16 even; Susan Cardamone, 14.26; Betsy Greno, 15
even; John Houghtaling, 14.61; Cynthia Tashjian, 11.89; Candace Graser, 9.46; Mary
Ellen Cotter, 8.50.
100-200 Points – Maria Amlani, 30.88; Tiger Li, 17.32; Judith McDermid,
15.66; Fran Schmidt, 15.45; Jim Hassett, 13.59; Joan Ciszak, 11.07; Betty
DeFeo, 10.50; Raj Puri, 8.44; Pam Righter, 4.91; Barbara Scott, 4.89.
200-300 Points – David Schott, 72.28; Pat Haynes, 70.74; David Whitt, 59.04;
Joanne Nover, 58.49; Kusum Phadke, 54.73; Laurie Foster, 25.87; Bob Ciszak, 15.89;
Laura Houghtaling, 14.61; John Fiegl, 9.31; Gerry Hooley, 8.51.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 90.71; Bram Hamovitch, 72.12; Terry
Hamovitch, 69.99; Audrey Ray, 28.54; Linda Milch, 27.57; Jim O’Hara, 26.99;
Ruth Nawotniak, 26.76; Jim McClure, 24.57; Margaret Zhou, 17.41; Agi Maisel, 12.10.
500-1,000 Points – Jim Lanzo, 119.49; Martha Townson, 89.47; Bonnie
Clement, 69.91; Vic Bergsten, 61.34; Joyce Frayer, 53.46; Marilyn Wortzman, 50.80;
Violet Makhija, 44.62; Richard McGowan, 43.83; Betty Metz, 42.35; Paul Zittel, 37.30.
1,000-1,500 Points – Amita Arora, 106.63; Kamil Bishara, 94.84; Jim Easton,
52.51; Howard Foster, 46.71; Sue Neubecker, 41.69; John Marvin, 37.79; Mary
Ball, 33.01; Joanne Lafay, 23.67; Joyce Greenspan, 23.10; Rajat Basu, 22.49.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 107.48; Sandi England, 74.90; John Bava, 62.12;
Paula Kotowski, 32.95; Pinky Regan, 32.63; Tova Reinhorn, 28.90; David
Colligan, 27.96; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 27.43; Walt Olszewski, 11.54; Judy
Kaprove, 9.82.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 149.72; Ken Meier, 112.81; Fred
Yellen, 101.23; Allen Beroza, 24.41; Mike Silverman, 19.71; Pat Rasmus, 19.43; Dale
Anderson, 8.13; Bill Rushmore, 6.60; Art Morth, 6.06.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 335.29; Chongmin Zhang, 142.03; Mike
Ryan, 119.29; John Ziemer, 116.80; Donna Steffan, 107.38; Judy Graf, 77.66;
Judy Padgug, 66.46; Martha Welte, 57.45; Barbara Libby, 46.96; Jim Gullo, 33.55.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 394.86; Jay Levy, 206.55; Dian Petrov, 190.03;
Chris Urbanek, 177.46; Jay Costello, 127.38; Bud Seidenberg, 114.89; Sharon
Benz, 38.24.
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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 just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures here.
