Summer’s right around the corner
and so is The Longest Day, a national ACBL program that benefits the
Alzheimer's Association. The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1
on the I-190, has scheduled Longest Day games for 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on
Sunday, June 23. Players should bring refreshments to share. 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. Half-year memberships are now being accepted
for $40. 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, 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.
• • •
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.
• • •
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.
• • •
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.
• • •
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.
• • •
Tournament calendar
2024
Unit 112 Intermediate/Novice
Sectional – Temple B'Rith
Kodesh and Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Today, 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. For more info, click
this link.
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.
• • •
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.
• • •
Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of June 3 to June 9
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 65.28%; Betsy and Jim Greno,
62.04%; Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, 57.64%; Carol Starns and Sharon Hoffman,
57.64%; Karen Dearing and Mike Metzger, 56.02%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Sue Neubecker and Andrei Reinhorn, 62.92%; Joanne Nover and
Janet Desmon, 58.16%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 55.44%; Ruth Nawotniak
and Betty Metz, 54.76%; Pat Wolcott and Joe Miranda, 54.08%; east-west,
Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 61.61%; Sushil Amlani and Jim Lanzo, 61.01%; Linda
Milch and Susan Cardamone, 60.12%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.19%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. (Tie) Linda Burroughsford and Bud Seidenberg, Terry Fraas and Tova
Reinhorn, 58.33%; Martha Welte and Rajat Basu, 54.17%; Donna Steffan and Jim
Gullo, 53.47%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 52.08%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. North-south, Sandi England and Walt Olszewski, 61.25%; Paula Rosen and
Linda Milch, 53.75%; east-west, Terry Fraas and Betty Metz, 60.63%; Agi Maisel
and Tova Reinhorn, 51.88%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Donna Steffan and John Ziemer, 62%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 57%;
Judy Padgug and Jim Gullo, 51%; Kathy Pollock and Larry Abate, 50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 61%; Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 57%; (tie) Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, Sandi England and Maureen Cancilla, 52%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 60.65%;
Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 58.33%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 53.70%; Gary
Keenan and Jim Hassett, 51.39%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Judie Bailey and Angela Curtis, 63%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%;
east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 59%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 58%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 55%; east-west,
Mary and Jim Atwood, 63%; Bill Rogers and Shrikant Joshi, 60%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 62.5%;
Judy White and Fritz Schweiger, 56.3%.
• • •
Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to May 31, 2024
0-5 Points – Michael Rupp, 4.94; Maxine Seller, 0.59.
5-20 Points – Fran Holmes, 3.83; Devon Marlette, 2.67; Marie
Aaron, 0.90; David Taylor, 0.45; Jeannine Dupuis, 0.16.
20-50 Points – Brian Fleming, 8.40; Ilene Rothman, 5.91;
Michel Dupuis, 4.96; Maxine Johnson, 4.08; Maureen Saab, 3.50; Kathleen Voigt, 3.50;
Donna Starnes, 1.74; Karen Dearing, 1.13; Phyllis Stasiowski, 0.71.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 25.56; John Houghtaling, 9.64;
Mike Metzger, 7.72; Howard Epstein, 7.67; Cynthia Tashjian, 6.98; Gary Keenan, 6.63;
Mary Ellen Cotter, 6.28; Candace Graser, 5.67; Susan Burns, 4.72; Elaine Idzik,
4.51.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 14.06; Jim Hassett, 10.29; Fran
Schmidt, 8.07; Jim Greno, 7.19; Judith McDermid, 5.65; Betsy Greno, 5.46; Joan
Ciszak, 3.94; Susan Levy, 2.28; Janet Desmon, 1.99; Bill Noltee, 1.97.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 29.06; Laura Houghtaling, 9.64;
Patty Porter, 1.68.
300-500 Points –Pat Haynes, 13.63; Bob Ciszak, 10.23;
Kusum Phadke, 7.98; Margaret Zhou, 6.09; Jim McClure, 4.89; Joanne Nover, 4
even; Ruth Nawotniak, 3.43; David Schott, 3.39.
500-1,000 Points – Martha Townson, 49.89; Terry Hamovitch, 26.28;
Bram Hamovitch, 24.96; Sushil Amlani, 18.13; Ed Harman, 14.78; Joyce Frayer, 13.29;
Larry Himelein, 11.37; Richard McGowan, 10.88; Bill Rich, 10.08.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 93.58; Vic Bergsten, 21.64;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 7.55; Mary Ball, 5.85; Ed Rupp, 0.68; Bert
Feasley, 0.67; Bob Kaprove, 0.56.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 42.96; John Bava, 32.15;
Walt Olszewski, 9.26; Pinky Regan, 5.26; Rajat Basu, 4.78; Sandi England, 2.72;
Joyce Greenspan, 1.58; Paula Kotowski, 0.99; Nancy Kessler, 0.42.
2,500-3,500 Points – Art Morth, 9.97; Linda Burroughsford,
7.74; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 1.53; Dale Anderson, 0.98; Mike Silverman, 0.32; Bill
Rushmore, 0.28.
3,500-5,000 Points – Judy Padgug, 11.55; Davis Heussler, 10.14;
Ken Meier, 2.67; Barbara Libby, 2.38; Martha Welte, 0.28.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 72.97; Jay Levy, 17.24.
• • •
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 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.
No comments:
Post a Comment