The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, is offering an introduction to this fascinating game from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. next Saturday, May 18. You'll need to register. Call 716-424-0014 and leave your name and contact information.
The Bridge Center has started a social game in its
lessons room on Tuesday mornings during the regular 10:30 a.m. game. Players
can go at their own speed and style. Fee is $5 to cover expenses.
A regular schedule of
in-person and online games can be found five days a week at the Bridge Center with
special games on the weekends. 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
1,600 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 99 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, 10 a.m. Kathy's Snowbird Game for
players with fewer than 1.750 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 begins play 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 open to 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 fewer than 500 points) at 1 p.m. Monday, a beginner
game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, games for 199ers and players with
fewer than 750 points 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 with
pre-registration required.
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
Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd.,
Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday, May 27. For more info, click
this link.
Niagara Sectional 0-750 Tournament – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane,
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, May 31, to Sunday, June 2. For more info,
click this link.
Toronto 0-500 Sectional Tournament – Leaside Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto,
Ont. Saturday, June 8, and Sunday, June 9. For more info, click this link.
District 5 STaC (Sectional Tournament at the
Clubs) – Participating sanctioned clubs.
Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16.
Unit 112 Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Temple B'Rith Kodesh and Perinton Community Center, 1350
Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15.
Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Rochester.
Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7. For more info, click this link.
Buffalo Summer Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at
Exit 1. Friday, July 12, to Sunday, July 14.
North American Bridge Championships (NABC) – Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front
St. West, Toronto, Ont. Thursday, July 18, to Sunday, July 28. For more info,
click this link.
Finger Lakes Regional – Louis Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave.,
Rochester. Monday, Aug. 5, to Saturday, Aug. 10. For more info, click this link.
Pittsburgh Roni Regional – Masonic Center North, 3579 Cemetery Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Tuesday, Aug. 27, to Saturday, Aug. 31. For more info, click this link.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at
Exit 1. Friday, Sept. 6, to Sunday, Sept. 8.
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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 April
22 to April 28
ACBL
Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game online. Michael and Jim Hassett, 66.67%;
Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 57.41%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 55.56%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Pat Wolcott and Joe
Miranda, 53.97%; Gini Sicignano and Jeannine Dupuis, 52.78%; Joanne Nover and
David Schott, 51.19%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 50.79%; east-west, Pat
Haynes and David Whitt, 66.27%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55.56%; Judy
Zeckhauser and Sue Neubecker, 53.17%; Betty Metz and Ruth Nawotniak, 51.98%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. (Three-way tie) Joyce Frayer and Mary
Ball, Sue Neubecker and Chris Urbanek, Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 55%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Whitt, 66.88%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 50.63%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 63.75%; Sue Neubecker and Wilson McClaren, 52.50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Pat and Dick Rasmus, 60.42%; Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 68.33%; Gordon Crone and Mary Terrana, 57.29%; Ruth Wurster and Dave Larcom, 51.04%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 60.19%;
Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 69.26%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 57.41%; Wanda Moorman
and Donna Rait, 53.70%; Debra Jones and Jim Lanzo, 51.85%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 60%; Jill and
Bruce Brown, 55%; Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 53%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 63%;
Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 60%; east-west, Shrikant Joshi and Raj Puri,
69%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 57%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Midge Coates and Rob
Buchanan, 58.8%; Kay Brinkman and Fritz Schweiger, 56.3%; Susan and Harvey
Lichtblau, 52.5%.
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Unit 116
Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1,
2024, to April 30, 2024
0-5 Points – John
Brennan, 2.61; Cathy Hetzler, 2.02; Alice Cooley, 1.93; Elaine Rinfrette, 0.66.
5-20 Points – Anthony Girasole, 5.59; Barbara Kaye, 3.43; Dennis Daly, 3.09; Joan
Nigrelli, 1.84; Bill Duax, 1.65; Jeannine Dupuis, 0.88; Zakie Nohra, 0.42.
20-50 Points – Ilene Rothman, 7.99; Molly Morris, 6.97; Brian Fleming, 5
even; Helen Scott, 3.43; Gini Sicignano, 3.05; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 2.48; Peggy
Stock, 1.21; Donna Starnes, 1.18; Peggy Mead, 0.66.
50-100 Points –Maureen Cancilla, 3.46; Susan Cardamone, 2.79; Mike
Meachan, 2.53; Howard Epstein, 2.10; Jo Ann Smith, 2.04; Darwin Skalski, 0.78; Mary
Ellen Cotter, 0.57; Elaine Idzik, 0.31.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 7.99; Betty DeFeo, 3.35; Tom England, 1.54;
Tiger Li, 0.78.
200-300 Points – David Whitt, 8.90; Laurie Foster, 3.32; (tie) Barbara
Scott and John Scott, 1.87; Maria Amlani, 1.41; Ethan Xie, 1.07; John Fiegl,
0.58.
300-500 Points – Joanne Nover, 19.71; Pat Haynes, 19.59; David Schott, 18.24;
Ruth Nawotniak, 9.31; Margaret Zhou, 6.30; Agi Maisel, 5.89; Jim McClure, 4.83;
Linda Milch, 3.79; Judy Zeckhauser, 1.73; Maryann Szafran, 1.49.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 32.25; Paul Zittel, 16.89; Joyce Frayer, 14.86;
Linda Zittel, 14.39; Joe Miranda, 9.50; Larry Abate, 9.48; Ed Morgan, 8.23; Andrei
Reinhorn, 7.73; Ed Drozen, 6.95; Ruth Wurster, 6.73.
1,000-1,500 Points – Mary Ball, 18.16; Betty Metz, 17.39; Kamil Bishara, 14.97;
(tie) Marilyn Wortzman, Jim Easton, 14.93; Terry Fraas, 14.27; Sue Neubecker, 13.93;
Howard Foster, 13.53; Bob Kaprove, 7.86; Joanne LaFay, 5.02.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 19.96; Paula Kotowski, 13.72; Tova Reinhorn, 11.93;
David Colligan, 10.45; Sandi England, 6.73; Joyce Greenspan, 6.42; Walt
Olszewski, 6.12; Gay Simpson, 4.68; Judy Kaprove, 4.44; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 2.17.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 33.76; Linda Burroughsford, 7.63; Dale
Anderson, 2.36; Art Morth, 1.69; Pat Rasmus, 0.84; Joanne Kelley, 0.60.
3,500-5,000 Points – Donna Steffan, 32.42; John Ziemer, 27.50; Judy Graf, 26.72;
Mike Ryan, 22.76; Davis Heussler, 18.33; Jim Gullo, 13.12; Martha Welte, 7.90; Judy
Padgug, 5.97; Barbara Libby, 1.15; Ken Meier, 0.64.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 32.87; Jay Costello, 25.09; Chris Urbanek, 24.56; Jay Levy, 15.46; Sharon Benz, 15.28; Saleh Fetouh, 1.97; Kathy Pollock, 1.41.
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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 2,960
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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