The Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional Tournament gets
under way Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the M Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, next
to the Walden Galleria, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 29. For more info, click
this link.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center has played its last game in the Boulevard
Mall in Amherst. When face-to-face games resume Tuesday, Oct. 31, they will be in
a 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
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. 9 to Oct. 15
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening – 0-750
game. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 66.67%; Bob Ciszak and David Schott,
58.33%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 55.55%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija,
53.89%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 52.22%; Michael and Jim Hassett, 51.67%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 60.58%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 57.08%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 55.48%; east-west, Laura and
John Houghtaling, 61.69%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 58.20%; Sue
Neubecker and Brian Fleming, 53.26%; Tova Reinhorn and Joyce Frayer, 52.10%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-99
game. Jackie Simon and Bill Duax, 65%; Anthony Girasole and Jim Mansour, 51.67%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 60.42%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 58.33%; Martha
Welte and Gay Simpson, 52.78%; Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, 52.08%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-1,600
game. Tova Reinhorn and Ed Drozen, 62.73%; Linda Milch and Richard McGowan,
60.91%; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, Sue Neubecker and Wilson
McClaren, 54.55%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 53.64%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie
Clement, 52.73%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 59.38%; (tie) Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, Donna Steffan and John Ziemer, 55.21%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Pat and Dick Rasmus, 66%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 56%; Joanne LaFay and Linda Zittel, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday
evening – 0-2,000
game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.11%; Penny Larson and Dana Turner, 59.44%;
Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 58.33%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 57.22%; Henry
Chudy and Jeff Bender, 56.11%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Edna and Ron Fill, 56%; (tie) Mike and Ed Rupp, Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 54%; east-west, Shrikant Joshi and Raj Puri, 58%; Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen, 53%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday
afternoon – (Tie) Midge
Coates and Rob Buchanan, Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 65.3%; Joanne Biondo
and Ron Fill, 50%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 9.76; Bill Rogers, 2.64; Fran
Holmes, 1.60; Michael Rupp, 1.51; Ilene Rothman, 0.97; (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, 14.05; Mike Metzger, 12.72;
Anne Slater, 6.61; Kathleen Voigt, 6.47; Michel Dupuis, 6.10; Phyllis
Stasiowski, 4.95; Jo Ann Smith, 3.51; Maxine Johnson, 3.13; Maureen Saab, 2.97;
Judy Reich, 1.23.
50-100 Points – Howard Epstein, 19.02; Carol Licata, 17.81;
Jim Greno, 16 even; Betsy Greno, 15 even; Cynthia Tashjian, 11.23; Candace
Graser, 9.46; John Houghtaling, 8.88; Gary Keenan, 7.32; Susan Burns, 6.34;
Mary Ellen Cotter, 4.23.
100-200 Points – Maria Amlani, 28.70; Fran Schmidt, 15.45;
Jim Hassett, 13.59; Judy McDermid, 11.82; Bill Noltee, 1.84; Betty DeFeo, 1.60;
Janie Polk, 1.37; Joan Ciszak; 0.84; (tie) Faith Lowell, Janet Desmon, 0.56.
200-300 Points – Kusum Phadke, 53.15; David Schott, 14.23;
Laura Houghtaling, 8.88; Pat Haynes, 7.78; Bob Ciszak, 6.86; Joanne Nover, 5.23;
Gerry Hooley, 4 even; Judith Babat, 1.08; Patty Porter, 0.72.
300-500 Points – (Tie) Bram Hamovitch, Terry Hamovitch, 49.70;
Larry Himelein, 18.51; Ruth Nawotniak, 12.50; Jim O’Hara, 8.23; Margaret Zhou, 6
even; Audrey Ray, 4.52; Jim McClure, 3.44; Diana Smith, 1.08; Judy Zeckhauser,
1.03.
500-1,000 Points – Jim Lanzo, 78.95; Martha Townson, 57.22; Vic
Bergsten, 47.02; Violet Makhija, 34.30; Jasbeer Makhija, 32.31; Joyce Frayer, 20.98;
Richard McGowan, 20.12; Bonnie Clement, 17.03; Brian Block, 16.98; Sushil
Amlani, 16.96.
1,000-1,500 Points – Amita Arora, 106.02; Rajat Basu, 13.76; Bob
Kaprove, 13.37; Jim Easton, 13.12; Mary Ball, 5.79; Bert Feasley, 1.39.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 80.01; Sandi England, 58.45;
John Bava, 46.25; Pinky Regan, 10.71; Walt Olszewski, 9.23; Elaine Kurasiewicz,
2.12.
2,500-3,500 Points – Ken Meier, 108.49; Allen Beroza, 24.41;
Linda Burroughsford, 13.48; Dale Anderson, 5.01.
3,500-5,000 Points – Barbara Libby, 43.39; Martha Welte, 14.45;
Judy Padgug, 8.45; Davis Heussler, 8.20.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 16.17; Jay Levy, 6.56; Dian
Petrov, 4.11.
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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.
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