Top bridge players from all over the continent will converge on the Toronto Convention Centre beginning Thursday, July 18, for the North American Bridge Championships (NABC). Play continues through Sunday, July 28. For more info, click this link.
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The Buffalo Summer Sectional Tournament continues with pairs games at 10 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.
today, Saturday, July 13, in the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off
Exit 1 on the I-190, and concludes with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 14.
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
Buffalo Summer Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Today, Saturday, July 13, and 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 July 1 to July 7
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Joan and Bob Ciszak, 62.96%; (tie) Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan,
Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 60.19%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein,
51.85%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Jini and John Rubenstein, 57.54%; Paula Rosen and Maryann
Szafran, 56.35%; Betty Metz and Ruth Wurster, 55.56%; Pat Wolcott and Joe
Miranda, 52.38%; east-west, Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 61.11%; Carol
Licata and Larry Himelein, 57.54%; Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 54.76%; Mary
Ball and Joyce Frayer, 52.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski, 63%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg,
60%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 53%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. %.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. %.
Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday
afternoon – Open
game. %.
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Donna Starnes and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 60.42%; (tie) Joanne LaFay and
Dave Larcom, Joan and Bob Ciszak, 53.47%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone,
52.78%; Ann and Joe Williams, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. North-south, %.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 60%; Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 57%; east-west, Jack
Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 59%; (tie) Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke,
Shrikant Joshi and Ron Helfman, 55%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 68%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 51%; east-west,
Bobbi and Joe Huber, 69%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 51%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Midge Coates and Rob
Buchanan, 58%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 54%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 52%.
• • •
Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to June 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, 6.38; Dennis Daly, 6.34;
Barbara Kaye, 3.43; Joan Nigrelli, 1.84; Bill Duax, 1.65; Jeannine Dupuis,
0.88; Zakie Nohra, 0.42; Devon Marlette, 0.40.
20-50 Points – Brian Fleming, 9.16; Ilene Rothman, 8.32;
Molly Morris, 6.97; Gini Sicignano, 3.57; Helen Scott, 3.43; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 3.36; Donna Starnes, 2.65; Peggy Stock, 1.21; Phyllis
Stasiowski, 0.97; Kathleen Voigt, 0.81.
50-100 Points –Maureen Cancilla, 7.89; Susan Cardamone, 6.72;
Mike Meachan, 2.53; Howard Epstein, 2.10; Jo Ann Smith, 2.04; Anne Slater,
0.81; Darwin Skalski, 0.78; Mary Ellen Cotter, 0.57; John Houghtaling, 0.37; Elaine
Idzik, 0.31.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 8.32; Betty DeFeo, 4.32;
Tom England, 1.54; Susan Levy, 1.01; Janet Desmon, 0.95; Tiger Li, 0.78; Joan
Ciszak, 0.46.
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; Laura Houghtaling, 0.37.
300-500 Points – David Schott, 29.46; Joanne Nover, 28.47; Pat
Haynes, 27.16; Linda Milch, 10.49; Ruth Nawotniak, 10.14; Margaret Zhou, 9.17;
Agi Maisel, 8.49; Jim McClure, 6.68; Judy Zeckhauser, 5.57; Maryann Szafran, 5.47.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 38.01; Paul Zittel, 21.79;
Joyce Frayer, 20.34; Linda Zittel, 19.15; Andrei Reinhorn, 18.08; Joe Miranda, 16.93;
Ed Morgan, 11.84; Mary Terrana, 11.65; Dave Larcom, 11.59; Larry Abate, 10.42.
1,000-1,500 Points – Betty Metz, 28.85; Kamil Bishara, 25.18; Terry
Fraas, 23.08; Mary Ball, 22.64; Sue Neubecker, 21.66; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman,
Jim Easton, 18.33; Howard Foster, 13.53; Joanne LaFay, 11.24; Bert Feasley,
8.74.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 27.49; Tova Reinhorn, 22.88;
Paula Kotowski, 15.26; David Colligan, 14.77; Joyce Greenspan, 9.72; Walt
Olszewski, 9.15; Sandi England, 8.39; Barbara Pieterse, 6.11; Martin Pieterse, 5.74;
Judy Kaprove, 4.44.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 44.35; Linda Burroughsford, 16.04;
Art Morth, 4.06; Dale Anderson, 3.15; David Turner, 2.77; Pat Rasmus, 1.89;
Joanne Kelley, 0.60.
3,500-5,000 Points – Donna Steffan, 40.96; John Ziemer, 35.97;
Judy Graf, 29.88; Davis Heussler, 26.11; Mike Ryan, 25.53; Jim Gullo, 17.97;
Martha Welte, 10.84; Judy Padgug, 9.58; Chongmin Zhang, 1.77; Allen Beroza,
1.55.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 44.06; Chris Urbanek, 38.43;
Jay Levy, 35.06; Jay Costello, 27.78; Sharon Benz, 19.37; Dian Petrov, 17.65; Saleh
Fetouh, 3.52; Kathy Pollock, 2.14.
• • •
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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