The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, has scheduled games for The Longest Day, a national ACBL program that benefits the Alzheimer's Association, at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 23. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1150 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
The Bridge Center hosts 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
Toronto 0-500 Sectional
Tournament – Leaside
Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto, Ont. Today, Saturday, June 8,
and Sunday, June 9. For more info, click this link.
District 5 STaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –
Participating ACBL 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 May 27 to June 2
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Joan and Bob Ciszak, 66.67%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan,
63.89%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 59.72%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 55.56%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Maryann Szafran and Betty Metz, 57.54%; Dennis Daly and
Brian Fleming, 55.16%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 54.37%; east-west, Agi
Maisel and Pat Haynes, 63.49%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 61.11%;
Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 59.13%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.38%;
Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 51.98%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. North-south, Tova Reinhorn and Betty Metz, 58.21%; Andrei Reinhorn and
Jim Gullo, 57.14%; Terry Fraas and Cathy Majewski, 53.15%; Elaine Kurasiewicz
and Judy Padgug, 51.61%; east-west, Dian Petrov and Kamil Bishara, 58.76%; Mike
Ryan and John Ziemer, 56.08%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 55.06%;
Judie Bailey and Dale Anderson, 53.83%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. (Tie) Linda Milch and Richard McGowan, Paula Kotowski and Walt Olszewski,
57.94%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 57.14%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 65%; Fred Yellen and Davis Heussler,
55%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 51%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Linda Zittel, 64.58%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 61.46%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 52.08%; Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 64.81%;
Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 55.09%; Wanda Moorman and Donna Rait, 54.17%;
Madhav Deshmukh and Jim Lanzo, 52.64%; Bill Rich and Richard McGowan, 51.16%;
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 50.69%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Edna and Ron Fill, 63%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 56%; east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 61%; Carol Chudy and Linda Hassett, 57%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 61.1%;
Lynda Pettit and Kay Brinkman, 59.7%; Judy White and Fritz Schweiger, 50%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to May 31, 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, 6.38; Dennis Daly, 5.33;
Barbara Kaye, 3.43; Joan Nigrelli, 1.84; Bill Duax, 1.65; Jeannine Dupuis,
0.88; Zakie Nohra, 0.42.
20-50 Points – Ilene Rothman, 8.32; Molly Morris, 6.97;
Brian Fleming, 6.91; Helen Scott, 3.43; Gini Sicignano, 3.05; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 2.48; Donna Starnes, 1.77; Peggy Stock, 1.21; Peggy Mead, 0.66.
50-100 Points –Maureen Cancilla, 4.89; Susan Cardamone, 4.77;
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, 8.32; Betty DeFeo, 3.35;
Tom England, 1.54; Susan Levy, 1.01; Tiger Li, 0.78.
200-300 Points – David Whitt, 10.34; Laurie Foster, 3.32;
(tie) Barbara Scott and John Scott, 1.87; Maria Amlani, 1.41; Ethan Xie, 1.07; Judith
Babat, 1.01; John Fiegl, 0.58.
300-500 Points – Pat Haynes, 24.92; David Schott, 23.21; Joanne
Nover, 22.88; Ruth Nawotniak, 9.31; Margaret Zhou, 7.14; Linda Milch, 6.94; Agi
Maisel, 6.64; Jim McClure, 5.53; Maryann Szafran, 4.16; Judy Zeckhauser, 3.84.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 35.48; Paul Zittel, 18.12;
Joyce Frayer, 17.60; Linda Zittel, 15.83; Andrei Reinhorn, 14.36; Joe Miranda, 12.96;
Ed Morgan, 9.81; Larry Abate, 9.69; Ed Drozen, 6.95; Ruth Wurster, 6.73.
1,000-1,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 25.18; Betty Metz, 21.68; Mary
Ball, 20.90; Sue Neubecker, 18.64; Terry Fraas, 18.13; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman,
Jim Easton, 16.59; Howard Foster, 13.53; Bob Kaprove, 7.86; Joanne LaFay, 6.81.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 24.23; Tova Reinhorn, 18.13;
Paula Kotowski, 15.26; David Colligan, 11.04; Joyce Greenspan, 8.86; Walt
Olszewski, 7.73; Sandi England, 6.93; Gay Simpson, 4.68; Judy Kaprove, 4.44; Barbara
Pieterse, 3.43; Martin Pieterse, 3.06.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 37.44; Linda Burroughsford, 11.33;
Dale Anderson, 3.15; Pat Rasmus, 1.89; Art Morth, 1.69; Joanne Kelley, 0.60.
3,500-5,000 Points – Donna Steffan, 36.80; John Ziemer, 34.17;
Judy Graf, 27.75; Mike Ryan, 25.53; Davis Heussler, 21.96; Jim Gullo, 15.10;
Martha Welte, 8.11; Judy Padgug, 6.58; Allen Beroza, 1.55; Barbara Libby, 1.15.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 37.21; Chris Urbanek, 34.44;
Jay Levy, 29.93; Sharon Benz, 17.81; Dian Petrov, 17.65; Saleh Fetouh, 3.52;
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 2,970 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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