Stretching the solstice is The Longest Day, a national ACBL program that benefits the Alzheimer's Association. At the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, those Longest Day games will be at 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.
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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
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.
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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 June 10 to June 16
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. North-south, Susan Ralph and Sharon Levine, 65.28%; Ruth Anne
Pruitt and Howard Anderson, 58.80%; (tie) Jennifer and Howard Epstein, Leslie
Deich and Fran Holmes, 50.46%; east-west, Ilene Rothman and Carol Licata,
62.04%; Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 58.33%; Sharon Maaske and Lillian
Ethridge, 50.46%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joanne Nover and Larry Himelein, 58.13%; Ruth Nawotniak and
Paul Zittel, 56.29%; Judith Babat and Susan Levy, 55.42%; Maryann Szafran and
Betty Metz, 52.57%; east-west, Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 59.92%; Linda Milch
and Susan Cardamone, 55.75%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 53.11%; Alice
Cooley and David Schott, 51.98%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Howard Foster and Davis Heussler, 61.98%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Martha
Welte, 56.77%; Judy Graf and Jim Gulo, 54.17%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg,
53.65%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 53.13%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 58.17%; Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn,
56.88%; Paula Rosen and Richard McGowan, 55.80%; Ed Drozen and Dave Donaldson,
54.76%; Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon, 53.26%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 60.71%; (tie) Chris Urbanek and Kamil
Bishara, Martha Welte and Jim Gullo, 58.93%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
54.76%; Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 52.98%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Bert Feasley and Paul Zittel, 55.36%; Linda Zittel and Joanne LaFay, 54.76%; Ilene Rothman and Joe Miranda, 53.57%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 52.98%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. North-south, Madhav Deshmukh and Jim
Lanzo, 55.95%; Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 53.97%; (tie) Carolyn Overland and
Heather Overland Bonk, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.57%; Terry and Bram
Hamovitch, 52.38%; east-west, Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 65.87%; Joanne
Malys and Jill Baker, 63.10%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 55.16%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 57.4%; Shrikant Joshi and Ron Helfman, 57.2%;
east-west, Jack Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 58.4%; David Young and Tim
Hartness, 58.0%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 72.3%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 56.6%; east-west,
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59.9%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 57.8%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 61.1%;
(tie) Delores Bowker and Paul Morgante, Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 58.3%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan. 1, 2024, to May 31, 2024
0-5 Points – Mike Rupp, 4.94; John Brennan, 2.61; Cathy
Hetzler, 2.02; Alice Cooley, 1.93; Elaine Rinfrette, 0.66; Maxine
Seller, 0.59.
5-20 Points – Anthony Girasole, 6.38; Dennis Daly, 5.33;
Fran Holmes, 3.83; Barbara Kaye, 3.43; Devon Marlette, 2.67; Joan Nigrelli,
1.84; Bill Duax, 1.65; Shrikant Joshi, 1.12; Jeannine Dupuis, 1.04; Marie
Aaron, 0.90.
20-50 Points – Brian Fleming, 15.31; Ilene Rothman, 14.51;
Molly Morris, 8.47; Michel Dupuis, 4.96; Maxine Johnson, 4.08; Donna Starnes, 3.51;
Maureen Saab, 3.50; Helen Scott, 3.43; Kathleen Voigt, 3.32; Gini Sicignano, 3.05.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 25.58; Howard Epstein, 9.77;
John Houghtaling, 9.64; Mike Metzger, 7.72; Cynthia Tashjian, 6.98; Mary Ellen
Cotter, 6.85; Gary Keenan, 6.63; Candace Graser, 5.67; Mike Meacham, 5.41; Maureen
Cancilla, 4.89.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 22.38; Jim Hassett, 10.29; Betty
DeFeo, 9.42; Fran Schmidt, 8.07; Jim Greno, 7.19; Judith McDermid, 7.13; Betsy
Greno, 5.46; Mike Meacham, 5.41; Joan Ciszak, 3.94; Susan Levy, 3.29; Janet
Desmon, 1.99.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 32.75; David Whitt, 12.48;
Laura Houghtaling, 9.64; Ethan Xie, 6.70; (tie) John Scott, Barbara Scott, 3.47;
Laurie Foster, 3.32; Patty Porter, 1.68; Judith Babat, 1.01; John Fiegl, 0.58.
300-500 Points – Pat Haynes, 43.04; David Schott, 32.24;
Joanne Nover, 27.53; Margaret Zhou, 15.89; Ruth Nawotniak, 12.74; Jim McClure, 10.42;
Bob Ciszak, 10.23; Kusum Phadke, 9.31; Linda Milch, 6.94; Agi Maisel, 6.64.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 67.30; Martha Townson, 56.89;
Joyce Frayer, 35.59; Terry Hamovitch, 35.52; Bram Hamovitch, 34.20; Paul
Zittel, 24.28; Sushil Amlani, 23.08; Linda Zittel, 22.71; Bonnie Clement,
18.10; Mary Terrana, 16.19; Ed Harman, 14.78.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 105.12; Kamil Bishara, 61.62;
Mary Ball, 31.72; Vic Bergsten, 25.18; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 24.92;
Betty Metz, 23.01; Terry Fraas, 22.28; Sue Neubecker, 19.19; Howard Foster, 18.30.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 49.51; John Bava, 37.46;
Pinky Regan, 29.49; David Colligan, 18.73; Walt Olszewski, 18.57; Tova
Reinhorn, 18.13; Paula Kotowski, 17.39; Sandi England, 12.46; Joyce Greenspan, 12.37;
Judy Kaprove, 7.77; Barbara Pieterse, 7.12.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 86.61; Fred Yellen, 43.76;
Dale Anderson, 17.57; Art Morth, 16.90; Bill Rushmore, 12.39; Elaine
Kurasiewicz, 4.24; Mike Silverman, 3.23; Pat Rasmus, 1.89; Joanne Kelley, 0.60.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 106.26; Donna Steffan, 48.73;
John Ziemer, 40.51; Mike Ryan, 35.60; Judy Graf, 33.02; Judy Padgug, 19.14; Martha
Welte, 18.51; Jim Gullo, 17.67; Chongmin Zhang, 9.90; Barbara Libby, 3.53.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 539.30; Jay Levy, 93.70;
Chris Urbanek, 78.84; Bud Seidenberg, 54.07; Glenn Milgrim, 50.35; Dian Petrov,
40.84; Jay Costello, 38 even; Sharon Benz, 17.81; Kathy Pollock, 14.93.
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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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