The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, will have a Summer Party and unit championship game Sunday, July 28, with refreshments at noon and the game at 12:30 p.m. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1150 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
Western New York Unit 116 has announced that it will hold its annual summer
picnic and game on Sunday, Aug. 25, in the Buffalo Bridge Center. Lunch will be
at 11:45 a.m., with the game at 12:45 p.m. To register, call or text John Bava
at 908-256-6466 or email jbava@roadrunner.com.
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The North American Bridge Championships (NABC) continue in the Toronto Convention Centre today,
Saturday, July 27, and Sunday, July 28. For more
info, click this link.
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A regular
schedule of in-person and online games
can be found five days a week at the Buffalo 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.
The Bridge Center also 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.
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
North American Bridge
Championships (NABC) –
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front St. West, Toronto,
Ont. Today, Saturday, July 27, and 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. For more info, click
this link.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie,
Pa. Saturday, Sept. 14, and Sunday, Sept. 15. For more info, click this link.
Kitchener Local Sectional – Grand River Bridge Club, 2481 Kingsway
Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. For more info,
click this link.
District 5 NAP Final – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie,
Pa. Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6. For more info, click this link.
Rochester October Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, Oct. 19, and Sunday, Oct. 20. For more info, click
this link.
Buffalo Spooktacular Regional
– Main-Transit Fire Hall,
6777 Main St., Amherst. Monday, Oct. 21, to Friday, Oct. 25. Also Saturday,
Oct. 26, online for District 5 players only. For more info, click this link.
Oakville Fall Regional – St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre, 1280
Dundas St. West, Oakville, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov. 10. For more
info, click this link.
Niagara Sectional – NOTL Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane,
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 15, to Sunday, Nov. 17.
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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 July 15 to July 21
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 57.41%; Jim and Betsy Greno,
55.56%; Gary Keenan and Terry Camp, 50%; (tie) Cynthia Tashjian and Candace
Graser, Michael and Jim Hassett, 49.07%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 59.13%; Paula Rosen and Fred
Hirsh, 55.56%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 51.98%; Pat Wolcott and Joe Miranda,
51.59%; east-west, Pat Haynes and Judy Zeckhauser, 60.32%; Linda Milch and
Susan Cardamone, 53.57%; (3-way tie) Ruth Nawotniak and Richard McGowan, Brian
Fleming and Dennis Daly, Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 52.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 61%; Terry Fraas and Betty Metz, 52%; (tie)
Judy Graf and John Ziemer, Davis Heussler and Jim Gullo, 48%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Linda Milch and Richard McGowan, 69.05%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton,
55.56%; Betty Metz and Walt Olszewski, 53.17%; Sandi England and Walt
Olszewski, 50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 61.90%; Donna Starnes and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 56.55%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 52.38%; Joanne LaFay and Barbara Booi, 50%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 47.02%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 68.52%;
Gary Keenan and Jim Hassett, 61.11%; Deborah Zimmerman and Tom Karnowski,
57.41%; Sue Manning and Sam Khayat, 54.63%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 58%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 56%; east-west,
Shrikant Joshi and Ron Helfman, 59%; Anne and Jane O'Connor, 55%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Mike and Ed Rupp, 59.9%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59.6%; east-west,
Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 66%; Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 61%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan. 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024
0-5 Points – Mike Rupp, 4.94; John Brennan, 2.61; Alice
Cooley, 2.56; Cathy Hetzler, 2.02; Elaine Rinfrette, 0.66; Maxine
Seller, 0.59.
5-20 Points – Anthony Girasole, 6.38; Dennis Daly, 6.34;
Fran Holmes, 4.82; Barbara Kaye, 3.43; Devon Marlette, 3.07; 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, 20.18; Ilene Rothman, 16.65;
Molly Morris, 8.47; Michel Dupuis, 6.44; Donna Starnes, 4.39; Kathleen Voigt, 4.13;
Maxine Johnson, 4.08; Maureen Saab, 3.90; Gini Sicignano, 3.57; Helen Scott, 3.43.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 27.04; Howard Epstein, 12.32;
John Houghtaling, 10.23; (tie) Mike Metzger, Gary Keenan, 8.51; Susan
Cardamone, 7.94; Maureen Cancilla, 7.89; Cynthia Tashjian, 7.26; Mary Ellen
Cotter, 6.85; Candace Graser, 5.95.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 25.73; Jim Hassett, 11.47; Betty
DeFeo, 10.39; Judith McDermid, 9.98; Fran Schmidt, 8.07; Jim Greno, 7.91; Betsy
Greno, 6.18; Mike Meacham, 5.41; Susan Levy, 4.41; Joan Ciszak, 4.40; Janet
Desmon, 2.94.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 41.78; David Whitt, 12.48;
Laura Houghtaling, 10.23; Ethan Xie, 6.70; John Scott, 4 even; Barbara Scott, 3.47;
Laurie Foster, 3.32; Judith Babat, 2.13; Patty Porter, 1.68; John Fiegl, 0.58.
300-500 Points – Pat Haynes, 48.21; David Schott, 40.20;
Joanne Nover, 34.84; Margaret Zhou, 20.21; Kusum Phadke, 19.06; Ruth Nawotniak,
14.86; Linda Milch, 13.66; Jim McClure, 13.52; Bob Ciszak, 10.69; Agi Maisel, 9.95.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 75.15; Martha Townson, 64.21;
Terry Hamovitch, 45.30; Bram Hamovitch, 43.98; Joyce Frayer, 39.10; Paul
Zittel, 29.24; Linda Zittel, 25.93; Sushil Amlani, 25.32; Mary Terrana, 22.51; Ed
Harman, 20.31.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 121.39; Kamil Bishara, 63.24; Vic
Bergsten, 35.01; Mary Ball, 34.23; Betty Metz, 30.72; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn
Wortzman, 28.69; Terry Fraas, 27.23; Sue Neubecker, 22.21; Howard Foster, 22.10.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 49.51; John Bava, 41.60;
Pinky Regan, 34.55; Tova Reinhorn, 25.26; David Colligan, 22.46; Walt
Olszewski, 22.35; Paula Kotowski, 18.03; Sandi England, 14.15; Joyce Greenspan,
13.21; Barbara Pieterse, 9.80; Martin Pieterse, 9.43.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 93.27; Fred Yellen, 51.36;
Art Morth, 19.75; Dale Anderson, 17.57; Bill Rushmore, 12.39; Elaine
Kurasiewicz, 4.24; Mike Silverman, 3.23; David Turner, 2.77; Pat Rasmus, 1.89;
Joanne Kelley, 0.60.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 114.21; Donna Steffan, 55.50;
John Ziemer, 42.31; Judy Graf, 38.75; Mike Ryan, 35.60; Martha Welte, 25.59; Judy
Padgug, 24.40; Jim Gullo, 22.55; Chongmin Zhang, 13.71; Ken Meier, 4.06.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 590.97; Jay Levy, 102.65;
Chris Urbanek, 83.85; Bud Seidenberg, 61.61; Glenn Milgrim, 50.35; Dian Petrov,
42.44; Jay Costello, 39.85; Kathy Pollock, 31.16; Sharon Benz, 19.37.
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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.
