The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1, 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. 18 to Dec. 24
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening – 0-750
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 63.89%; Ilene Rothman and Carol
Licata, 59.03%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 55.56%; Jim Hassett and Terry
Camp, 51.39%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Brian Fleming and Anthony Girasole, 56.67%; Ruth Nawotniak
and Richard McGowan, 56.25%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 54.58%; Pat
Haynes and David Whitt, 53.75%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton,
59.17%; Tova Reinhorn and Terry Fraas, 52.92%; Ginger Maiman and Susan
Cardamone, 48.75%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 58.52%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 56.67%; Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, 55.19%; Jay Levy and Ethan Xie, 54.07%; Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski, 51.85%; Davis Heussler and Kamil Bishara, 50.74%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox,
65.08%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.14%; Sue Neubecker and Betty Metz,
56.35%; Ed Morgan and Paul Zittel, 52.38%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan,
50.79%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 73.96%; Sharon Benz and John Ziemer,
55.21%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 54.17%; Jay Costello and Bud
Seidenberg, 51.04%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 57%; Pat and Dick Rasmus, 55%; Joanne LaFay and Dave Larcom, 53%.
Delaware Wednesday
evening – 0-2,000
game online. North-south, Bill Rich and Richard McGowan, 63.49%; Sue Manning
and Sam Khayatt, 56.35%; Wanda Moorman and Donna Rait, 53.57%; Diana Smith and
Bill Jones, 53.17%; east-west, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 65.08%; Walt
Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 60.71%; Terry Camp and John Templin, 55.95%; Lynn and
Jon Clemmons, 53.57%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.17%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 57%; Edna and Ron Fill, 55%; east-west,
David Young and Tim Hartnett, 54%; (tie) Mary and Jim Atwood, Judie Bailey and
Joan Stankiewicz, 51.33%.
Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon – North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 59%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 58%; east-west, Shrikant Joshi and
Raj Puri, 64%; David Young and Tim Hartnett, 53%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Susan
and Harvey Lichtblau, 68.8%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 53.8%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna
Fill, 52.5%.
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Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan. 1, 2023, to Nov. 30, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 23.57; Ilene Rothman, 16.43; Anthony
Girasole, 12.33; Shrikant Joshi, 8.64; Dennis Daly, 8.27; Bill Rogers, 7.43; Bill
Duax, 5.08; Mike Rupp, 3.46; Fran Holmes, 3.25; Maxine Seller, 2.98.
5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 10.80; Gini Sicignano, 5.18; Mary Luce, 4,56;
Karen Dearing, 4.29; Jeannine Dupuis, 4.12; Devon Marlette, 3.61; Barbara Kaye,
2.90.
20-50 Points –Maria Schory, 17.16; Mike Metzger, 15.81; Molly
Morris, 13.28; Jo Ann Smith, 12.47; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 11.88; Phyllis
Stasiowski, 10.83; Kathleen Voigt, 10.73; Anne Slater, 10.36; Donna Starnes, 8.01;
Maxine Johnson, 7.64.
50-100 Points – Carol Licata, 34.07; Howard Epstein, 28.12; Susan
Cardamone, 21.17; John Houghtaling, 18.35; Darwin Skalski, 17.33; Jim Greno, 17.33;
Betsy Greno, 15.61; Cynthia Tashjian, 13.75; Candace Graser, 11.59; Gary
Keenan, 9.95.
100-200 Points – Maria Amlani, 38.73; Fran Schmidt, 19.54; Tiger Li,
17.74; Judith McDermid, 17.18; Jim Hassett, 16.78; Raj Puri, 13.90; Betty
DeFeo, 13.44; Joan Ciszak, 11.91; Barbara Scott, 6.99; Pam Righter, 5.92.
200-300 Points – David Schott, 91.40; Pat Haynes, 76.69; Joanne Nover, 70.23;
David Whitt, 59.50; Kusum Phadke, 56.01; Laurie Foster, 27.84; Bob Ciszak, 21.87;
Laura Houghtaling, 18.35; John Fiegl, 9.31; Gerry Hooley, 8.51.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 111.83; Bram Hamovitch, 80.15; Terry
Hamovitch, 78.02; Audrey Ray, 37.47; Linda Milch, 35.44; Jim McClure, 32.28;
Jim O’Hara, 27.95; Ruth Nawotniak, 26.76; Margaret Zhou, 18.93; Agi Maisel, 15.46;
Maryann Szafran, 12.51.
500-1,000 Points – Jim Lanzo, 147.09; Martha Townson, 105.74; Bonnie
Clement, 83.72; Vic Bergsten, 73.10; Joyce Frayer, 67.12; Richard McGowan, 63.11;
Marilyn Wortzman, 57.87; Violet Makhija, 56.32; Betty Metz, 50.08; Paul Zittel,
48.59.
1,000-1,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 109 even; Amita Arora, 106.63; Howard
Foster, 62.72; Jim Easton, 59.58; John Marvin, 56.25; Sue Neubecker, 54.22;
Mary Ball, 45.03; Joyce Greenspan, 36.39; Joanne Lafay, 34.36; Rajat Basu, 28.78.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 150.37; Sandi England, 91.47; John Bava, 74.14;
Tova Reinhorn, 48.46; Pinky Regan, 45.95; Paula Kotowski, 39.36; Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 32.28; David Colligan, 28.86; Walt Olszewski, 20.96; Martin
Pieterse, 15.96.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 216.88; Ken Meier, 129.54; Fred
Yellen, 118.25; Mike Silverman, 30.37; Allen Beroza, 27.58; Pat Rasmus, 21.87;
Bill Rushmore, 18.57; Dale Anderson, 12.81; Art Morth, 9.75.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 398.13; Chongmin Zhang, 176.73; John
Ziemer, 155.22; Mike Ryan, 152.81; Donna Steffan, 133.11; Judy Graf, 99.58;
Martha Welte, 69.27; Judy Padgug, 66.46; Kathy Pollock, 64.84; Barbara Libby, 53.56;
Jim Gullo, 53.18.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 558 even; Dian Petrov, 259.70; Jay Levy,
228.32; Chris Urbanek, 199.12; Jay Costello, 152.08; Bud Seidenberg, 136.33;
Sharon Benz, 45.38; Glenn Milgrim, 27.33.
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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.
• • •
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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