It's party game time again Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190. Fall into Fall is the theme. Bring refreshments to share at noon. Game at 12:30 p.m. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1150 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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Lessons for beginners start
next week at the Buffalo Bridge Center. Classes are held 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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Congratulations
to Chris Urbanek, who won the most master points among Buffalo area players at
the Great Lakes Sectional Tournament Sept. 14 and 15 in Erie, Pa. She earned
10.98 points and was tied for first overall. Also doing well in Erie were Davis
Heussler and David Colligan, both with 7.09 points. They were tied for seventh
overall.
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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.
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. 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. 9 to Sept. 15
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Jim Waller and David Vesty, 69.44%; Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes,
55.56%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 53.70%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce
Frayer, 52.78%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 51.85%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 61.51%; Joanne Nover and
Larry Himelein, 57.14%; Judith Babat and Susan Levy, 54.37%; Paula Rosen and
Maryann Szafran, 53.97%; east-west, Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn,
68.25%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 54.37%; Linda Zittel and Susan Cardamone,
48.81%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 48.41%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 60.12%; Donna Steffan and Jay Levy, 55.36%;
Chris Urbanek and Sharon Benz, 53.57%; Martha Welte and Nancy Wolstoncroft,
52.38%; Kamil Bishara and Fred Yellen, 51.19%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Sue Neubecker and Jo Nasoff-Finton, 65.98%; Jim McClure and Richard
McGowan, 61.35%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 57.33%; Joyce Greenspan and
Joanne Nover, 54.80%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.68%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning
– Open game. Jay
Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 59.32%; Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, 55.36%;
Howard Foster and Fred Yellen, 51.79%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.19%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. North-south, (tie) Linda Zittel and Joanne LaFay, Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski, 55%; (tie) Joan and Bob Ciszak, Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 53%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 57%; Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 55%;
east-west, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 64%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 61%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon
– North-south, Shirley
Cassety and George Mayers, 68%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 60%; east-west, Violet and
Jasbeer Makhija, 62%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 58%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Judy White and Fritz
Schweiger, 61.1%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 54.2%; Ed and Mike Rupp,
52.8%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to Aug. 31, 2024
0-5 Points – Michael Rupp, 4.94; Maxine Seller, 0.59.
5-20 Points – Fran Holmes, 5.31; Devon Marlette, 2.67;
Marie Aaron, 0.90; David Taylor, 0.67; Jeannine Dupuis, 0.16.
20-50 Points – Brian Fleming, 13.77; Ilene Rothman, 8.05;
Michel Dupuis, 7.84; Maxine Johnson, 4.08; Maureen Saab, 3.50; Kathleen Voigt,
3.32; Donna Starnes, 2.22; Karen Dearing, 1.33; Phyllis Stasiowski, 0.71; Peggy
Stock, 0.42.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 31.01; Howard Epstein, 14.75;
Gary Keenan, 11.17; John Houghtaling, 10.34; Mike Metzger, 10.16; Cynthia
Tashjian, 9.18; Candace Graser, 7.87; Mary Ellen Cotter, 6.28; Susan Burns,
4.72; Elaine Idzik, 4.51; Amy Habib, 4.28.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 18.08; Jim Hassett, 14.77;
Judith McDermid, 10.16; Fran Schmidt, 10.10; Jim Greno, 9.04; Betsy Greno, 7.09;
Joan Ciszak, 6.15; Susan Levy, 2.28; Janet Desmon, 1.99; Bill Noltee, 1.97;
Betty DeFeo, 1.66.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 42.16; Laura Houghtaling, 10.34;
Patty Porter, 1.68; John Scott, 1.33.
300-500 Points – Kusum Phadke, 20.65; Pat Haynes, 17 even;
Bob Ciszak, 13.14; 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, 63.16; Terry Hamovitch, 43.92;
Bram Hamovitch, 42.60; Sushil Amlani, 20.90; Ed Harman, 18.05; Larry Himelein, 15.64;
Brian Block, 14.78; Joyce Frayer, 14.46; Bill Rich, 13.91; Richard McGowan, 13.67.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 121.31; Vic Bergsten, 44.29;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 10.14; Mary Ball, 6.72; Bob Kaprove, 0.83; Ed
Rupp, 0.68; Bert Feasley, 0.67; Kamil Bishara, 0.60.
1,500-2,500 Points – John Bava, 40.20; Walt Olszewski, 13.47;
Pinky Regan, 9.38; Rajat Basu, 6.64; Sandi England, 2.99; Paula Kotowski, 2.11;
Joyce Greenspan, 1.58; Nancy Kessler, 1.54.
2,500-3,500 Points – Art Morth, 11.29; Linda Burroughsford, 9.69;
Elaine Kurasiewicz, 1.53; Dale Anderson, 0.98; Mike Silverman, 0.60; Bill
Rushmore, 0.28.
3,500-5,000 Points – Judy Padgug, 15.89; Davis Heussler, 10.14;
Martha Welte, 4.29; Ken Meier, 3.42; Barbara Libby, 2.38; Chongmin Zhang, 1.88.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 78.18; Jay Levy, 21.06;
Dian Petrov, 2.75.
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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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