Congratulations to Saleh Fetouh, who collected the most master points among Buffalo players at the Cleveland Rock & Roll Regional Tournament Jan. 3 to 7 in Independence, Ohio. He earned 34.85 and was tied for 17th overall. Also doing well in Cleveland was Jay Levy with 11.29 points.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1, will
hold its annual meeting at noon next Saturday, Jan. 20. An open game follows,
which is free for Bridge Center members.
The Bridge Center offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games. As of Jan. 1, fee for
face-to-face games is $8 for members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75
per year. 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, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with less than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.
The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, 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
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 Jan. 1 to Jan. 7
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Pat Haynes and David Whitt, 60%; Joanne Nover and Agi Maisel, 55.20%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 51.50%; east-west, Betty Metz and Sushil Amlani, 57.67%; Marcia Wright and Ginger Maiman, 56.58%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.83 %.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 68.06%; Chris Urbanek and Larry Abate, 56.25%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 55.56%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 50%; Sharon Benz and Sue Neubecker, 49.31%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. North-south, Ed Drozen and Walt
Olszewski, 63.75%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 55.63%; Joanne Nover and Agi
Maisel, 51.25%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 61.25%; Betty Metz
and Sue Neubecker, 56.88%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning – Open
game. Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 62.50%; Donna Steffan and Jay Costello,
57.29%; Barbara Libby and Gay Simpson, 55.21%; Martha Welte and Larry Abate,
52.08%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 62.50%; Pat and Dick Rasmus, 61.46%; Bert Feasley and Dave Larcom, 54.17%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday
evening – 0-2,000
game online. North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 63.43%; Beena Deshmukh
and Bill Rich, 57.87%; Wanda Moorman and Donna Rait, 52.31%; east-west, Walt
Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 62.96%; Lynn and Jon Clemmons, 54.17%; (tie) Ed Harman
and Bob Ciszak, Ilene Rothman and Carol Licata, 51.39%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%; Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 54.2%; east-west, Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 60%; Bill Rogers and Bill Westley, 59%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – North-south,
Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 57.5%; (tie) Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, Ed
and Mike Rapp, 52.5%; east-west, Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 59.4%; (tie) Sue
Strasser and Judy White, Cindy Darone and Fritz Schweiger, 52.1%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2023
0-5 Points – Ilene Rothman, 14.81; Brian Fleming,
14 even; Anthony Girasole, 13.24; Dennis Daly, 10.06; Bill Duax, 5.08; Shrikant
Joshi, 5.03; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Pat Sciandra, 1.81; Linda Marsh, 1.75; Patricia
Doyle, 1.48.
5-20 Points – Zakie Nohra, 12.11; Gini Sicignano, 5.18;
Jeannine Dupuis, 3.41; Barbara Kaye, 3.15.
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, 21.78; Carol
Licata, 13.06; John Houghtaling, 8.35; Maureen Cancilla, 6.30; Amy Habib, 4.42;
Elaine Idzik, 3.46; Paul Ziebarth, 3.45; Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.42; Howard
Epstein, 2.22; Susan Burns, 1.89.
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, 49.87;
David Whitt, 39.88; Pat Haynes, 39.56; Laurie Foster, 29.87; John Fiegl, 9.89; Bob
Ciszak, 8.64; Laura Houghtaling, 8.35; John Scott, 6.74; Gerry Hooley, 4.51.
300-500 Points – Larry Himelein, 55.67; Linda Milch, 31.47;
Jim McClure, 29.36; Bram Hamovitch, 17.19; Terry Hamovitch, 15.06; Maryann
Szafran, 14.72; Ruth Nawotniak, 11.84; Audrey Ray, 10.50; Margaret Zhou, 10.48;
Agi Maisel, 10.13.
500-1,000 Points – Betty Metz, 48.87; Marilyn Wortzman,
44.73; Andrei Reinhorn, 39.41; Richard McGowan, 36.22; Paul Zittel, 34.32;
Bonnie Clement, 29.97; Ed Morgan, 29.07; Linda Zittel, 28.80; Joyce Frayer, 28.68;
Paula Rosen, 24.98.
1,000-1,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 60.18; John Marvin, 57.25;
Sue Neubecker, 47.58; Jim Easton, 46.44; Howard Foster, 34.60; Joanne LaFay, 29.81;
Mary Ball, 27.10; Joyce Greenspan, 23.15; Bert Feasley, 11.05; Bill Regan, 8.27.
1,500-2,500 Points – Tova Reinhorn, 45.45; Pinky Regan, 33.59;
Paula Kotowski, 33.31; Gay Simpson, 19.10; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 13.74; Judy
Kaprove, 12.21; David Colligan, 10.64; Sandi England, 9.86; Barbara Pieterse, 8.67;
Martin Pieterse, 6.52.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 76.73; Linda
Burroughsford, 31.20; Pat Rasmus, 22.45; Mike Silverman, 3.69; Dale Anderson,
2.79; Bill Rushmore, 1.63; Art Morth, 1.09.
3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 105.41; John Ziemer, 98.65;
Donna Steffan, 85.35; Davis Heussler, 66.49; Judy Graf, 65.21; Judy Padgug, 33.85;
Martha Welte, 25.74; Jim Gullo, 22.77; Kathy Pollock, 11.60; Chongmin Zhang,
4.59.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 91.69; Chris
Urbanek, 69.35; Jay Costello, 67.76; Jay Levy, 65.11; Sharon Benz, 38.27; Saleh
Fetouh, 15.13; Dian Petrov, 14.61.
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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 more than 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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