Congratulations to Chris Urbanek, who captured the most masterpoints overall
at the Buffalo Summer Sectional Tournament July 12 to 14 in the Buffalo Bridge
Center. She won 18.76 points. Runner-up was Kamil Bishara with 18.03.
Other local players doing well included Davis
Heussler, 10.46; Linda Burroughsford, 10.44; Bud Seidenberg, 9.71; Ed Morgan,
8.77; Saleh Fetouh, 7.98; Jay Costello, 7.58; John Ziemer, 6.91; John Bava,
6.24; Kathy Pollock, 6.12; and Jay Levy, 6.05
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The North American Bridge Championships (NABC) continue in the Toronto Convention Centre today,
Saturday, July 20, through 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 20, 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. 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 8 to July 14
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 61.81%; Joan and Bob Ciszak,
60.42%; Deborah Prince and Janice Pizzani, 54.86%; Fran Schmidt and Richard
McGowan, 52.08%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 51.39%; Leslie Deich and Fran
Holmes, 50.69%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 59.38%; Dennis Daly and
Brian Fleming, 56.82%; Ruth Nawotniak and Paul Zittel, 54.77%; Maryann Szafran
and Betty Metz, 54.68%; Gini Sicignano and Fred Hirsh, 50.26%; east-west,
Joanne Nover and Larry Himelein, 59.60%; Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 57.95%;
Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 56.38%; Ginger Maiman and Marcia Wright,
54.21%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.38%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 57.29%; (tie) Judy Graf and Jim Gullo,
Chris Urbanek and Jay Levy, 56.25%; Martha Welte and Sharon Benz, 55.21%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Paula Kotowski and Walt Olszewski, 65.08%; Larry Himelein and David
Schott, 56.35%; Paula Rosen and Richard McGowan, 53.17%; Linda Milch and Jim
McClure, 51.59%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Ann and Joe Williams, 64.94%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 59.38%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 52.91%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Deborah Zimmerman and Tom Karnowski,
68.75%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 61.81%; Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 54.86%;
(tie) Gary Keenan and Jim Hassett, Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 50.69%.
Tournament
Buffalo Summer Sectional
Friday morning – (Tie) Kathy Pollock and Bill
Rushmore, Peter Wong and Jessica Lin, 66.52%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara,
66.40%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 62.44%; Barbara Libby and Mike
Silverman, 59.39%; Linda Burroughsford and John Ziemer, 59.05%.
Buffalo Summer Sectional
Friday afternoon – Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 62.98%; Davis Heussler and David
Colligan, 61.86%; Linda Burroughsford and John Ziemer, 60.26%; Terry Fraas and
Cathy Majewski, 60.24%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 58.68%; Larry Himelein
and David Scott, 56.41%.
Buffalo Summer Sectional
Saturday morning – Jiang Gu and Yimei Cao, 67.80%; Peter Wong and Jessica Lin,
61.54%; John Bava and Ed Morgan, 57.95%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Raja Basu,
56.64%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 56.12%; Davis Heussler and Linda
Burroughsford, 55.49%; Ruth Wurster and Mike Rupp, 52.62%.
Buffalo Summer Sectional
Saturday afternoon – Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 67.05; Jiang Gu and Yimei Cao,
63.64%; Motaz Farag and Saleh Fetouh, 60.98%; Jay Levy and Bud Seidenberg,
60.04%; Jessica Lin and Peter Wong, 58.90%; Barbara and Steven Grzegorzewski,
54.92%; Ed Morgan and Paul Zittel, 54.92%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone,
50.57%.
Buffalo Summer Sectional
Sunday – Swiss teams. Jiang Gu, Yimei
Cao, Jessica Lin and Peter Wong, 218 victory points; Jay Levy, Robert
Cannizzaro, Davis Heussler and Linda Burroughsford, 174 vps; Joy Costello,
Saleh Fetouh, Bud Seidenberg and Chris Urbanek, 163 vps; Dian Petrov, Kamil
Bishara, John Ziemer and Donna Steffan, 149 vps; Florence Boyd, Gordon Crone,
Mary Terrana and Ruth Wurster, 100 vps; Linda and Paul Zittel, Judy and Bob
Kaprove, 89 vps.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 54%;
east-west, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 61%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 59%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 57%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 53%;
east-west, Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 57%; Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 56%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 68%;
Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 59.7%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 58.3%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024
0-5 Points – Michael Rupp, 4.94; Maxine Seller, 0.59.
5-20 Points – Fran Holmes, 4.82; Devon Marlette, 2.67;
Marie Aaron, 0.90; David Taylor, 0.45; Jeannine Dupuis, 0.16.
20-50 Points – Brian Fleming, 11.02; Ilene Rothman, 7.21;
Michel Dupuis, 6.44; Maxine Johnson, 4.08; Maureen Saab, 3.50; Kathleen Voigt,
3.32; Donna Starnes, 1.74; Karen Dearing, 1.13; Phyllis Stasiowski, 0.71; Peggy
Stock, 0.42.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 27.04; Howard Epstein, 10.22;
John Houghtaling, 9.86; (tie) Mike Metzger, Gary Keenan, 8.51; Cynthia
Tashjian, 7.26; Mary Ellen Cotter, 6.28; Candace Graser, 5.95; Susan Burns,
4.72; Elaine Idzik, 4.51.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 16.57; Jim Hassett, 11.47; Judith
McDermid, 8.50; Fran Schmidt, 8.07; Jim Greno, 7.91; Betsy Greno, 6.18; Joan
Ciszak, 3.94; Susan Levy, 2.28; Janet Desmon, 1.99; Bill Noltee, 1.97.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 38.09; Laura Houghtaling, 9.86;
Patty Porter, 1.68; John Scott, 0.53.
300-500 Points – Kusum Phadke, 17.73; Pat Haynes, 16.56;
Bob Ciszak, 10.23; Margaret Zhou, 6.09; Jim McClure, 4.89; David Schott, 4.47; Joanne
Nover, 4 even; Ruth Nawotniak, 3.43.
500-1,000 Points – Martha Townson, 55.21; Terry Hamovitch, 36.06;
Bram Hamovitch, 34.74; Sushil Amlani, 19.37; Larry Himelein, 14.97; Ed Harman, 14.78;
Joyce Frayer, 14.06; Bill Rich, 12.23; Richard McGowan, 11.24.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 106.48; Vic Bergsten, 31.47;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 9.58; Mary Ball, 6.32; Bob Kaprove, 0.83; Ed
Rupp, 0.68; Bert Feasley, 0.67; Kamil Bishara, 0.60.
1,500-2,500 Points – John Bava, 36.29; Walt Olszewski, 11.62;
Pinky Regan, 7.06; Rajat Basu, 5.18; Sandi England, 2.99; Joyce Greenspan,
1.58; Paula Kotowski, 0.99; Nancy Kessler, 0.42.
2,500-3,500 Points – Art Morth, 10.45; Linda Burroughsford, 9.69;
Elaine Kurasiewicz, 1.53; Dale Anderson, 0.98; Mike Silverman, 0.32; Bill Rushmore,
0.28.
3,500-5,000 Points – Judy Padgug, 13.81; Davis Heussler, 10.14;
Ken Meier, 3.42; Barbara Libby, 2.38; Martha Welte, 2.23.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 75.54; Jay Levy, 21.06;
Dian Petrov, 1.60.
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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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