The Niagara Falls
Regional Tournament continues today, Saturday, Nov. 11, with games
at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St.,
St. Catharines, Ont. It concludes with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 12.
For more info, click this link.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center is offering a regular lineup of in-person
games 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-
424-0014.
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- 424-0014.
Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:
Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.
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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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 and Suites Parkway
Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Today, Saturday, Nov.
11, and 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.
Niagara Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this link.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Location TBA. Friday, April 26, to
Sunday, April 28.
Cleveland All-American
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27.
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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. 30 to Nov. 5
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening – 0-750
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 70.56%; Jim and Michael Hassett,
58.33%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 56.67%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer,
53.89%; (tie) Carolyn Sue Adams and David Schott, Michel Dupuis and Gary
Keenan, 52.22%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 67.86%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 63.10%; Susan Cardamone and Joe Miranda, 54.37%; Miri Salamone-Burnett
and Thom Burnett, 53.37%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 53.17%; east-west,
Tova Reinhorn and Agi Maisel, 61.90%; (tie) Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, Joyce
Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 55.95%; Audrey Ray and Terry Fraas, 54.76%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 68.06%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 52.78%; Sharon Benz and Andrei Reinhorn, 52.31%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 50.46%; Betty Metz and Tova Reinhorn, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-1,600
game. Larry Himelein and David Schott, 58.73%; Sue Neubecker and Ed Drozen,
57.14%; (tie) Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
56.35%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning – Open
game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 62.50%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, 55.21%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.46%; Judy Graf and Fred Yellen,
50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 70%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 54%; Peggy Mead and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday
evening – 0-2,000
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 66.67%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
60.56%; Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 56.11%; Maria Schory and Michael Metzger,
55.56%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 53.89%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon – North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 56%; Cindy Darone and Rich Kayton, 52%; east-west, Jack
Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 64%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Shirley Cassety, 61%.
Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 62.3%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley,
61.7%; east-west, Bobbi and Joe Huber, 57.4%; Carol Chudy and Linda Hassett,
56.8%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Cindy Darone and Fritz Schweiger, 70.8%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 62.5%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2023, to Oct. 31, 2023
0-5 Points – Ilene Rothman, 13.90; Brian Fleming,
12.93; Anthony Girasole, 9.51; Dennis Daly, 8.27; Bill Duax, 5.08; Shrikant
Joshi, 5.03; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Pat Sciandra, 1.81; Patricia Doyle, 1.48; Linda
Marsh, 1.25.
5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 10.80; Gini Sicignano,
4.92; Jeannine Dupuis, 3.15; Barbara Kaye, 2.90.
20-50 Points – Molly Morris, 9.69; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 8.91; Jo Ann Smith, 8.63; Lorey Repicci, 6.47; Bill Donaldson,
5.09; Donna Starnes, 4.54; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Peggy Mead, 4.26; Peggy Stock,
4.18; Phyllis Stasiowski, 4.04.
50-100 Points – Susan Cardamone, 20.81; Carol
Licata, 12.15; John Houghtaling, 8.35; Maureen Cancilla, 4.99; Amy Habib, 4.42;
Paul Ziebarth, 3.45; Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.42; Elaine Idzik, 1.56; (tie) Susan
Burns, Carole Sedita, 1.53.
100-200 Points – Raj Puri, 8.44; Joan Ciszak, 8.04;
Betty DeFeo, 6.51; Pam Righter, 5.92; Barbara Scott, 4.64; (tie) Janet Desmon, Maria
Amlani, 1.88.
200-300 Points – David Schott, 47.03; Joanne Nover, 45.22;
David Whitt, 38.44; Pat Haynes, 35.78; Laurie Foster, 25.87; John Fiegl, 9.31; Laura
Houghtaling, 8.35; Bob Ciszak, 8.04; John Scott, 4.64; Gerry Hooley, 4.51.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 49.26; Linda Milch, 30.58;
Jim McClure, 27.80; Bram Hamovitch, 13.11; Maryann Szafran, 12.26; Ruth
Nawotniak, 11.04; Terry Hamovitch, 10.98; Audrey Ray, 10.56; Margaret Zhou,
9.30; Judy Zeckhauser, 8.99; Agi Maisel, 8.24.
500-1,000 Points – Marilyn Wortzman, 38.72; Betty Metz,
38.07; Andrei Reinhorn, 32.543; Richard McGowan, 30.28; Paul Zittel, 27.17;
Bonnie Clement, 27.09; Joyce Frayer, 26.79; Linda Zittel, 23.79; Dave Larcom, 23.13;
Paula Rosen, 21.97.
1,000-1,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 49.74; John Marvin, 47.47;
Jim Easton, 40.43; Sue Neubecker, 38.43; Howard Foster, 30.04; Joanne LaFay, 25.82;
Mary Ball, 22.26; Joyce Greenspan, 18.08; Bert Feasley, 10.10; Judie Bailey,
6.41.
1,500-2,500 Points – Tova Reinhorn, 36.19; Paula
Kotowski, 28.98; Gay Simpson, 18.20; 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, 68.42; Linda
Burroughsford, 30.46; Pat Rasmus, 21.87; Mike Silverman, 3.69; Dale Anderson,
2.97; Bill Rushmore, 1.63.
3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 91.97; John Ziemer, 79.20;
Donna Steffan, 78.13; Judy Graf, 59.83; Davis Heussler, 55.37; Judy Padgug, 33.85;
Martha Welte, 22.87; Jim Gullo, 22.44; Kathy Pollock, 7.71; Chongmin Zhang,
4.59.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 82.74; Jay Costello,
63.10; Chris Urbanek, 56/43; Jay Levy, 56.20; Sharon Benz, 29.57; 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 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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