Lessons for beginners are being held at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190Classes from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. For more information, call Ruth Nawotniak at 716-949-7574 or email ruth2250@outlook.com.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center offers a regular schedule of
in-person and online games five days a week, with special games on the weekends.
Next special game is Sunday, Oct. 13. 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.
Don’t want to clean up the house for
kitchen bridge? 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 $5. 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
Kitchener Local Sectional – Grand River Bridge Club, 2481 Kingsway
Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Today, 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 Sept. 16 to Sept. 22
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 65.74%; Candace Graser and
Cynthia Tashjian, 59.26%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 53.70%; Maria Schory
and Mike Metzger, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joanne Nover and Audrey Ray, 71.43%; Ruth Nawotniak and
Richard McGowan, 53.57%; Maryann Szafran and Judy Zeckhauser, 53.17%;
east-west, Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 63.10%; Ruth Wurtzer and Betty
Metz, 60.32%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.92%; Pat Haynes and David
Schott, 53.97%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 64%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 56%; Linda
Burroughsford and Jay Levy, 51%; Joyce Greenspan and Paula Kotowski, 48%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday
morning – 0-2,000
game. Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 65.28%; Paula Kotowski and Walt
Olszewski, 59.72%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 58.33%; Larry Himelein and
David Schott, 51.39%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 64%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 57%;
(tie) Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday
afternoon – Open
game. Mary Ball and Davis Heussler, 63.89%; Martha Welte and Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 59.38%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 53.13%; Donna Steffan
and Jay Costello, 52.60%; Linda Burroughsford and Joyce Frayer, 51.05; (tie)
Terry Fraas and Cathy Majewski, Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 50.52%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Ann and Joe Williams, 61.17%; Dan Clark and Aleks Ivanov, 58.54%; Jan and
Carl Hasselback, 58%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 54.26%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Jeff Bender and Henry Chudy, 66.67%;
Bill Rich and Richard McGowan, 65.74%; Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 53.70%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 70%; Judie Bailey and
Joan Stankiewicz, 60%; east-west, Jill and Bruce Brown, 64%; Jack Cukierman and
Melvyn Mesnekoff, 60%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 58%; Bobbie and Joe Huber, 57%; east-west,
Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 67%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 60%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp,
62.5%; (tie) Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 52.5%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan. 1, 2024, to Aug. 31, 2024
0-5 Points – Mike Rupp, 7.32; John Brennan, 2.61; Alice
Cooley, 2.56; Cathy Hetzler, 2.02; Elaine Rinfrette, 0.66; Maxine
Seller, 0.59.
5-20 Points – Dennis Daly, 8.48; Anthony Girasole, 6.38;
Fran Holmes, 5.31; Barbara Kaye, 3.43; Devon Marlette, 3.07; Joan Nigrelli,
1.84; Chris-Elaine Santilli, 1.79; Bill Duax, 1.65; Jeannine Dupuis, 1.63;
Shrikant Joshi, 1.12; (tie) Melanie Skalski, Carol Li, 0.92; Marie Aaron, 0.90.
20-50 Points – Brian Fleming, 24.70; Ilene Rothman, 19.65;
Molly Morris, 8.47; Michel Dupuis, 7.84; Donna Starnes, 7.06; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 6.30; Gini Sicignano, 4.61; Kathleen Voigt, 4.13; Maxine
Johnson, 4.08; Maureen Saab, 3.90.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 31.01; Howard Epstein, 20.86;
John Houghtaling, 13.28; Maureen Cancilla, 12.46; Susan Cardamone, 12.17; Gary
Keenan, 11.17; Mike Metzger, 10.16; Cynthia Tashjian, 9.18; Mike Meacham, 8.35;
Candace Graser, 7.87.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 30.59; Jim Hassett, 14.77;
Betty DeFeo, 11.65; Judith McDermid, 11.64; Fran Schmidt, 10.10; Jim Greno, 9.04;
Joan Ciszak, 8.30; Betsy Greno, 7.09; Susan Levy, 5.81; Tiger Li, 3.82.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 48.18; David Whitt, 20.20;
Ethan Xie, 17.98; Laura Houghtaling, 13.28; John Scott, 4.80; Judy Babat, 3.53;
Barbara Scott, 3.47; Laurie Foster, 3.32; Patty Porter, 1.68; John Fiegl, 0.58.
300-500 Points – David Schott, 69.38; Pat Haynes, 65.50;
Joanne Nover, 45.02; Linda Milch, 22.12; Kusum Phadke, 21.98; Margaret Zhou, 20.78;
Jim McClure, 19.63; Bob Ciszak, 18.32; Ruth Nawotniak, 17.86; Judy Zeckhauser,
11.88.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 103.13; Martha Townson, 72.16;
Terry Hamovitch, 54.39; Bram Hamovitch, 53.07; Paul Zittel, 47.30; Joyce
Frayer, 44.09; Linda Zittel, 40.81; Mary Terrana, 37.17; Ed Morgan, 34.15;
Gordon Crone, 32.45.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 136.21; Kamil Bishara, 109.77;
Vic Bergsten, 47.83; Mary Ball, 38.27; Betty Metz, 38.22; Terry Fraas, 36.46; (tie)
Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 31.90; Sue Neubecker, 28.85; Joanne LaFay, 26.50.
1,500-2,500 Points – David Colligan, 56.91; John Bava, 52.29;
Pinky Regan, 39 even; Tova Reinhorn, 34.33; Paula Kotowski, 31.40; Walt
Olszewski, 25.41; Sandi England, 20.75; Joyce Greenspan, 16.86; Rajat Basu, 15.49;
Nancy Wolstoncroft, 11.36; Barbara Pieterse, 10.93.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 140.29; Fred Yellen, 62.54;
Art Morth, 22.67; Dale Anderson, 18.78; Bill Rushmore, 18.01; David Turner, 9.77;
Mike Silverman, 6.42; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 4.24; Pat Rasmus, 1.89; Joanne
Kelley, 1.71.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 181.66; John Ziemer, 61.92;
Donna Steffan, 60.91; Judy Graf, 50.23; Chongmin Zhang, 42.83; Mike Ryan, 35.60;
Martha Welte, 34.29; Judy Padgug, 32.75; Jim Gullo, 26.52; Barbara Libby, 6.09.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 737.11; Glenn Milgrim,
124.81; Jay Levy, 118.75; Chris Urbanek, 108.81; Dian Petrov, 91.74; Bud
Seidenberg, 83.37; Kathy Pollock, 60.18; Jay Costello, 54.09; Sharon Benz, 23.20.
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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.
