The Bridge Center of Buffalo, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1,
will hold an open game on Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25. Refreshments at noon.
Game at 12:30 p.m. To register, email Andrei Reinhorn at reinhorna@gmail.com.
The Bridge Center also offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games. 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 if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.
Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables.
Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. 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, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email BridgeKat@gmail.com.
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
2024
Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this link.
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 – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. 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 Dec. 4 to Dec. 10
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening – 0-750
game online. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 62.96%; Phyllis Stasiowski and
Terry Camp, 62.04%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 55.56%; Cynthia Tashjian
and Candace Graser, 54.63%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.73%; Bonnie Clement and
Larry Himelein, 57.14%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 54.76%; Pat Haynes and
David Whitt, 52.78%; Joanne Nover and Tova Reinhorn, 52.78%; east-west, Betty
Metz and Paul Zittel, 56.35%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.97%; Terry Fraas
and Ed Morgan, 53.17%; Sue Neubecker and Bill Duax, 52.78%; Joyce Greenspan and
Andrei Reinhorn, 51.98%; Ginger Maiman and Marcia Wright, 51.59%; Linda Milch
and Susan Cardamone, 51.19%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Jay Levy and Jay Costello, 61.11%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 57.41%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 56.02%; Davis Heussler and Kamil Bishara, 51.39%; Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, 50.93%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 57.94%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 55.56%; Mary Ball and Joyce
Frayer, 51.59%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 58.33%; (tie) Davis Heussler and Fred
Yellen, Donna Steffan and Mike Ryan, 53.13%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday
afternoon – Open
game. North-south, Sandi England and Ed Morgan, 59.66%; Fred Yellen and Bud
Seidenberg, 56.44%; Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 54.92%; Howard Foster and Mike
Ryan, 53.79%; Martha Welte and Gay Simpson, 53.1%; Florence Boyd and Ruth
Wurster, 51.33%; Barbara Landree and Betty Metz, 50.38%; Sharon Wilcox and
Joyce Greenspan, 50.19%; east-west, Davis Heussler and Joy Levy, 63.83%; Kathy
Pollock and Sharon Benz, 61.36%; Chris Urbanek and Saleh Fetouh, 60.42%; Agi
Maisel and Pat Haynes, 56.82%; Paula Kotowski and Wilson McClaren, 54.73%; Mary
Ball and Joyce Frayer, 54.36%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Pauline Davidson and Pier Luigi Forlani, 63.89%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 58.33%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 56.25%; (tie) Sushil Amlani and Madhav Deshmukh, Walter Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 52.08%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 61%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 54%; east-west,
Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 55%; (tie) Joe Huber and Fritz Schweigert,
David Young and Tim Hartnett, 50%.
Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon – North-south,
Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 57%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 56%;
east-west, Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 68%; Raj Puri and Shrikant Joshi,
63%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed
and Mike Rupp, 70.8%; Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, 58.3%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2023, to Nov. 30, 2023
0-5 Points – Ilene Rothman, 14.81; Brian Fleming,
12.93; Anthony Girasole, 10.91; 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, 5.18;
Jeannine Dupuis, 3.41; Barbara Kaye, 2.90.
20-50 Points – Pepe Justicia-Linde, 11.88; Molly
Morris, 9.69; Jo Ann Smith, 8.63; Peggy Mead, 7.23; Lorey Repicci, 6.47; Bill
Donaldson, 5.09; Donna Starnes, 4.54; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Peggy Stock, 4.18;
Phyllis Stasiowski, 4.04.
50-100 Points – Susan Cardamone, 21.17; Carol
Licata, 13.06; John Houghtaling, 8.35; Maureen Cancilla, 5.83; Amy Habib, 4.42;
Paul Ziebarth, 3.45; Elaine Idzik, 2.74; Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.42; Howard
Epstein, 1.65; (tie) Susan Burns, Carole Sedita, 1.53.
100-200 Points – Joan Ciszak, 8.64; Raj Puri, 8.44; Betty
DeFeo, 7.14; Barbara Scott, 6.74; Pam Righter, 5.92; (tie) Janet Desmon, Maria
Amlani, 1.88.
200-300 Points – David Schott, 52.38; Joanne Nover, 49.12;
David Whitt, 38.90; Pat Haynes, 36.36; Laurie Foster, 27.84; John Fiegl, 9.31; Bob
Ciszak, 8.64; Laura Houghtaling, 8.35; John Scott, 6.74; Gerry Hooley, 4.51.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 53.55; Linda Milch, 31.19;
Jim McClure, 28.84; Bram Hamovitch, 13.96; Maryann Szafran, 12.51; Terry
Hamovitch, 11.83; Ruth Nawotniak, 11.04; Audrey Ray, 10.50; Margaret Zhou, 10.48;
Judy Zeckhauser, 9.57; Agi Maisel, 8.57.
500-1,000 Points – Betty Metz, 42.30; Marilyn Wortzman,
41.32; Richard McGowan, 34.54; Andrei Reinhorn, 33,81; Paul Zittel, 29.85;
Bonnie Clement, 28.88; Joyce Frayer, 28.68; Linda Zittel, 26.95; Dave Larcom, 24.56;
Ed Morgan, 24.31.
1,000-1,500 Points – John Marvin, 51 even; Kamil Bishara,
49.74; Sue Neubecker, 44.42; Jim Easton, 43.03; Howard Foster, 32.01; Joanne
LaFay, 29.23; Mary Ball, 24.15; Joyce Greenspan, 20.47; Bert Feasley, 10.10; Bill
Regan, 7.93.
1,500-2,500 Points – Tova Reinhorn, 40.26; Paula
Kotowski, 30.06; Pinky Regan, 25.42; Gay Simpson, 18.78; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 13.74;
Judy Kaprove, 9.95; Sandi England, 9.86; David Colligan, 8.08; Sue Bergman,
6.48; Barbara Pieterse, 5.10.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 72.36; Linda
Burroughsford, 31.20; Pat Rasmus, 21.87; Mike Silverman, 3.69; Dale Anderson,
2.79; Bill Rushmore, 1.63.
3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 96.63; John Ziemer, 86.49;
Donna Steffan, 81.62; Judy Graf, 61.90; Davis Heussler, 56.11; Judy Padgug, 33.85;
Martha Welte, 25.42; Jim Gullo, 22.77; Kathy Pollock, 9.19; Chongmin Zhang,
4.59.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 85.97; Jay Costello,
63.10; Chris Urbanek, 59.75; Jay Levy, 58.83; Sharon Benz, 32.63; 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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