This is the final week for Buffalo Bridge Center games in the
Boulevard Mall in Amherst. Like other small tenants in the mall, the club was
told to move out by the end of the year.
The last game at Boulevard Mall
will be held on Friday, Oct. 20. The club will be closed the following week
during the Buffalo Regional Tournament and will reopen in a new location on
Tuesday, Oct. 31.
The club's new home is at 60
Dingens St. in South Buffalo, not far from Exit 1 on the I-190 expressway. Sign
on the front of the building 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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The Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional Tournament will
be held from Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 29, in the M Hotel, 2040 Walden
Ave., Cheektowaga, next to the Walden Galleria. For more info, click this link.
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Congratulations to Kathy Pollock, who won the most master
points among the Buffalo area players at the Rochester Fall Sectional
Tournament Oct. 7 and 8. She earned 3.92 points.
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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
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.
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. 2 to Oct. 8
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening – 0-750
game. Karen Dearing and Michael Metzger, 63.89%; Candace Graser and Cynthia
Tashjian, 62.50%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 53.47%; Fran Schmidt and Richard
McGowan, 51.39%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 61.11%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 56.67%; Violet Makhija and Maria Amlani, 55.28%; Bonnie Clement and Larry
Himelein, 54.17%; east-west, Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 61.94%; Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 56.39%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 56.11%; Betty Metz
and Sushil Amlani, 54.72%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 64.29%; Miri Salamone Burnett and Thom Burnett, 60.12%; Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, 50.60%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 64.58%; Linda Milch and Jim
McClure, 58.33%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 45.83%; east-west, Larry
Himelein and David Schott, 59.17%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.50%;
Betty Metz and Audrey Ray, 55.83%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 63.54%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer,
58.33%; Donna Steffan and Linda Burroughsford, 57.29%; Tova and Andrei
Reinhorn, 48.96%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 60.42%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 59.38%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 58.33%.
Delaware Wednesday
evening – 0-2,000
game. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 68.89%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 57.22%;
Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 55.56%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 53.89%; (tie)
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, Gary Keenan and Jim Hassett, 52.78%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon – North-south,
Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 64%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 61%; east-west, Jack
Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 62%; Judie Bailey and Pat Radtke, 61%.
Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and George Mayers, 64%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 55%;
east-west, Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 56%; Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 55%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed
and Mike Rupp, 66.7%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 63.9%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2023
0-5 Points – Ilene Rothman, 12.46; Brian Fleming,
12.36; Anthony Girasole, 8.61; Dennis Daly, 7.74; Shrikant Joshi, 5.03; Bill
Duax, 3.77; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Pat Sciandra, 1.81; Patricia Doyle, 1.48; Mary
Jean Shields, 1.24.
5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 10.32; Gini Sicignano, 4.92;
Jeannine Dupuis, 2.37; Barbara Kaye, 2.90.
20-50 Points – Molly Morris, 9.69; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 8.91; Jo Ann Smith, 7.70; Lorey Repicci, 6.47; Bill Donaldson,
5.09; Donna Starnes, 4.54; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Peggy Stock, 4.18; Peggy Mead,
3.90; Phyllis Stasiowski, 3.39.
50-100 Points – Susan Cardamone, 15.26; Carol
Licata, 10.71; John Houghtaling, 5.73; Maureen Cancilla, 3.48; Paul Ziebarth, 3.45;
Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.42; Elaine Idzik, 1.56; Nancy Deneen, 1.11.
100-200 Points – Raj Puri, 8.44; Joan Ciszak, 7.80;
Betty DeFeo, 5.86; Pam Righter, 4.91; Barbara Scott, 4.64; Janet Desmon, 1.88.
200-300 Points – David Schott, 42.39; Joanne Nover, 40.20;
David Whitt, 38.44; Pat Haynes, 34.31; Laurie Foster, 25.87; John Fiegl, 9.31; Bob
Ciszak, 7.80; Laura Houghtaling, 5.73; John Scott, 4.64; Gerry Hooley, 4.51.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 47.22; Linda Milch, 23.32;
Jim McClure, 21.13; Bram Hamovitch, 13.11; Ruth Nawotniak, 11.04; Terry
Hamovitch, 10.98; Maryann Szafran, 10.14; Margaret Zhou, 9.30; Audrey Ray, 8.90;
Agi Maisel, 7.40.
500-1,000 Points – Betty Metz, 37.22; Marilyn Wortzman,
35.62; Andrei Reinhorn, 25.37; Paul Zittel, 25.26; Bonnie Clement, 25.24; Joyce
Frayer, 24.97; Richard McGowan, 23.71; Linda Zittel, 22.16; Ed Morgan, 20.90; Dave
Larcom, 18.11.
1,000-1,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 45.47; Jim Easton, 37.33;
Sue Neubecker, 36.96; John Marvin, 33.89; Howard Foster, 30.04; Joanne LaFay, 22.67;
Mary Ball, 20.74; Joyce Greenspan, 16.23; Bert Feasley, 10.10; Judie Bailey, 6.41.
1,500-2,500 Points – Tova Reinhorn, 27.81; Paula
Kotowski, 23.65; Gay Simpson, 16.62; Pinky Regan, 15.69; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 13.74;
Sandi England, 9.33; David Colligan, 8.08; Judy Kaprove, 7.27; Sue Bergman, 6.48;
Barbara Pieterse, 5.10.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 66.23; Linda
Burroughsford, 22.85; Pat Rasmus, 19.43; Mike Silverman, 3.69; Bill Rushmore,
1.63.
3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 87.24; John Ziemer, 71.35;
Donna Steffan, 70.39; Judy Graf, 57.79; Davis Heussler, 47.53; Judy Padgug, 33.85;
Martha Welte, 21.29; Jim Gullo, 20.40; Kathy Pollock, 7.71; Chongmin Zhang,
4.59.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 78.85; Jay Costello,
57.87; Jay Levy, 54.67; Chris Urbanek, 52.16; Sharon Benz, 28.59; Saleh Fetouh,
13.32; Dian Petrov, 11.91.
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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
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.
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