Duplicate Bridge: Oct. 28, 2023

 

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.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Western New York Unit 116.

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.