Congratulations to Chris Urbanek, the local player who earned the most masterpoints in the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament Sept. 6 to 8 in the Buffalo Bridge Center. She won 19.36 and was first overall.
Local players also doing well
included Kamil Bishara, 18.19 points; Linda Burroughsford, 11.91; Jay Costello,
11.01; Fred Yellen, 10.08; Bud Seidenberg, 7.65; Davis Heussler, 7.23; Saleh
Fetouh, 7.02; and Jay Levy, 6.57. In all, 65 players earned points.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, offers a regular schedule of in-person and online games five days a week, with special games on the weekends. Next special game is the Fall into Fall party on Sunday, Sept. 22, with refreshments at noon and a game at 12:30 p.m. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1150 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie,
Pa. Today, 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 Sept. 2 to Sept. 8
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, 57.41%; (tie) Jim and Michael
Hassett, Fay Greenholtz and Terry Camp, 56.48%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer,
51.85%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 50.93%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Whitt, 59.92%; Jim McClure and
Richard McGowan, 56.75%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 53.17%; Paula Rosen
and Maryann Szafran, 50.40%; east-west, Larry Himelein and David Schott,
61.51%; Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 54.76%; Ruth Nawotniak and Pat Wolcott,
51.98%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 51.59%; Sue Neubecker and Dennis Daly,
50.40%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Fred Yellen, 57.50%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 55%;
Martha Welte and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 52.50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Paula Rosen and Linda Milch, 64.30%; Larry Himelein and David Schott,
56.30%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55.06%; Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn,
54.22%; Sue Neubecker and Jo Naisoff-Finton, 51.87%; Jim McClure and Richard
McGowan, 51.37%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. North-south, Dave Larcom and Dan Clark, 61%; Joanne LaFay and Linda Zittel, 60%; east-west, Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, 59.50%; Linda Hiam and Richard Latt, 55%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 61.25%;
Jeff Bender and Henry Chudy, 58.75%; Carol Licata and Howard Wolfish, 55%.
Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament
Friday morning – Jay Levy and Fred Yellen, 71.21%; Jay Costello and Bud
Seidenberg, 67.61%; Kamil Bishara and Chris Urbanek, 66.29%; Judy Graf and Jim
Gullo, 64.58%; Elaine Kurasiewicz and Barry Passer, 57.58%; Donna Steffan and
Saleh Fetouh, 55.49%; Augustus Garney and William Barry, 52.65%; Nancy Kessler
and Paula Kotowski, 52.27%.
Friday afternoon – Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, 68.56%; Kamil Bishara and Chris
Urbanek, 66.93%; Davis Heussler and Linda Burroughsford, 64.49%; Jay Costello
and Bud Seidenberg, 59.86%; Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 54.89%; Linda Zittel and
Joanne LaFay, 52.53%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 52%; Mary Ball and Joyce
Frayer, 51.57%.
Saturday morning – Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 66.89%; Linda Burroughsford and
Davis Heussler, 59.76%; Shirley Irish and Frank Grzegorzewski, 59.24%; Vera
Carpenter and Judy Padgug, 59.05%; Dian Petrov and Robin Sadler, 57.78%; Saleh
Fetouh and Bud Seidenberg, 55.72%; Sue Neubecker and Jo Nasoff-Finton, 54.55%;
John Bava and Ed Morgan, 54.44%.
Saturday afternoon – Shirley Irish and Frank Grzegorzewski, 65.61%; Augustus Garvey
and William Barry, 62.96%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 62.76%; Ruth
Wurster and Mary Ball, 59.77%; Peter Hess and Gan Sharma, 53.30%; Vera
Carepenter and Judy Padgug, 53.20%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 52.48%.
Sunday – Swiss teams. Saleh Fetouh, Chris Urbanek, Jay Costello and Linda
Burroughsford, 152 victory points; Kamil Bishara, Dian Petrov, Fred Yellen and
Donna Steffan, 113 vps; Pat Haynes,
Larry Himelein, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 105 vps.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 61%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 60%; east-west, Cynthia and Ron Helfman, 61%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 60%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 66.7%;
Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 54.2%; Joanne and Ron Fill, 52.8%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to July 31, 2024
0-5 Points – John Brennan, 2.61; Cathy Hetzler,
2.02; Alice Cooley, 1.93; Elaine Rinfrette, 0.66.
5-20 Points – Dennis Daly, 8.48; Anthony Girasole, 6.38;
Barbara Kaye, 3.43; Joan Nigrelli, 1.84; Chris-Elaine Santilli, 1.79; Bill
Duax, 1.65; Jeannine Dupuis, 1.47; Zakie Nohra, 0.42; Devon Marlette, 0.40.
20-50 Points – Brian Fleming, 10.93; Ilene Rothman, 10.48;
Molly Morris, 6.97; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 6.30; Donna Starnes, 4.84; Gini
Sicignano, 4.61; Helen Scott, 3.65; Peggy Mead, 2.26; Phyllis Stasiowski, 1.87;
Peggy Stock, 1.21.
50-100 Points – Maureen Cancilla, 12.46; Susan Cardamone, 10.95;
Mike Meachan, 3.35; John Houghtaling, 2.94; Howard Epstein, 2.10; Jo Ann Smith,
2.04; Elaine Idzik, 1.91; Anne Slater, 0.81; Darwin Skalski, 0.78; Cherry
Searle, 0.71.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 11.67; Betty DeFeo, 5.22; Joan
Ciszak, 5.18; Susan Levy, 2.41; Janet Desmon, 1.70; Tom England, 1.54; Tiger
Li, 0.78.
200-300 Points – David Whitt, 10.34; Ethan Xie, 5.53; Laurie
Foster, 3.32; Laura Houghtaling, 2.94; (tie) Barbara Scott and John Scott,
1.87; Judith Babat, 2.41; Maria Amlani, 1.41; John Fiegl, 0.58;.
300-500 Points – David Schott, 41.39; Joanne Nover, 34.49;
Pat Haynes, 32.27; Linda Milch, 18.95; Jim McClure, 12.79; Ruth Nawotniak, 12.19;
Agi Maisel, 10 even; Maryann Szafran, 9.89; Margaret Zhou, 9.74; Judy
Zeckhauser, 8.05.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 45.66; Paul Zittel, 35.31;
Linda Zittel, 30.51; Andrei Reinhorn, 26.47; Joyce Frayer, 23.98; Joe Miranda, 21.22;
Mary Terrana, 19.21; Ed Morgan, 18.83; Gordon Crone, 17.01; Dave Larcom, 14.82.
1,000-1,500 Points – Betty Metz, 36.35; Kamil Bishara, 32.10; Sue
Neubecker, 28.30; Terry Fraas, 28.16; Mary Ball, 26.28; Joanne LaFay, 21.02; (tie)
Marilyn Wortzman, Jim Easton, 20.98; Howard Foster, 13.53; Bob Kaprove, 11.55.
1,500-2,500 Points – Tova Reinhorn, 31.38; Pinky Regan, 29.62;
Paula Kotowski, 20.94; David Colligan, 15.65; Sandi England, 14 even; Joyce
Greenspan, 10.64; Walt Olszewski, 9.90; Barbara Pieterse, 7.24; Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 7.07; Martin Pieterse, 6.68; Judy Kaprove, 4.44.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 55.53; Linda Burroughsford, 23.93;
Art Morth, 6.14; David Turner, 4.77; Dale Anderson, 4.36; Pat Rasmus, 1.89;
Joanne Kelley, 1.71.
3,500-5,000 Points – John Ziemer, 48.67; Donna Steffan, 43.70;
Judy Graf, 40.90; Davis Heussler, 32.74; Mike Ryan, 25.53; Jim Gullo, 21.94;
Martha Welte, 16.89; Judy Padgug, 13.51; Chongmin Zhang, 4.20; Allen Beroza,
3.81.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 56.11; Chris Urbanek, 44.63;
Jay Levy, 41.36; Jay Costello, 34.44; Sharon Benz, 23.20; Dian Petrov, 17.65; Saleh
Fetouh, 3.52; Kathy Pollock, 5.02.
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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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