The next party game at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190, takes place Sunday, Oct. 13. Bring refreshments to share at noon. Game starts at 12:30 p.m. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1150 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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Little more than a week away is the Buffalo Spooktacular Regional Tournament from
Monday, Oct. 21, to Friday, Oct. 25, in Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St.,
Amherst. For more info, click this link.
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Lessons for beginners are being held
at the Buffalo Bridge Center. Classes are 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.
The 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 and Friday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, mentoring
at 1 p.m. Tuesdays (register by 9 p.m. Sunday), a 299er game at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday (pre-registration requested); and a 999er game at 1 p.m. Thursday.
The club currently hosts two virtual
games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for players with fewer than 750 points
at 10 a.m. Tuesdays, 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
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. 30 to Oct. 6
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Joan and Bob Ciszak, 63.33%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 59.58%;
Phyllis Stasiowski and Terry Camp, 58.19%; Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser,
56.67%; Michael and Jim Hassett, 54.44%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joann Nover and Larry Himelein, 67.86%; Pat Wolcott and Joe
Miranda, 56.35%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 53.57%; Jini and John
Rubenstein, 50.40%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 63.49%; Sue
Neubecker and Andrei Reinhorn, 55.37%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 53.17%;
Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 52.38%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Howard Foster and Davis Heussler, 72.5%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf,
57.5%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 62.50%; Mary Ball and Julie Mitchell,
58.34%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 52.08%; Sandi England and Walt
Olszewski, 51.50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 60.42%; Jan and Carl Hasselback, 57.29%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 51.04%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Maria Schory and Mike Meltzer, 61.11%;
Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 60.56%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 59.44%;
Molly Martin and John Morgan, 57.22%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 56.11%;
Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 55.56%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 61%; Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 58%;
east-west, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 61.4%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 60.6%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 65%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 57%; east-west, Carol
and Henry Chudy, 60%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 59%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 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; Zakie Nohra, 3.28; Joan Nigrelli, 1.84; Chris-Elaine
Santilli, 1.79; Bill Duax, 1.65; Jeannine Dupuis, 1.47; Devon Marlette, 0.40.
20-50 Points – Ilene Rothman, 11.19; Brian Fleming, 10.93;
Molly Morris, 6.97; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 6.30; Gini Sicignano, 5.48; Donna
Starnes, 4.84; Helen Scott, 3.65; Peggy Mead, 2.63; Phyllis Stasiowski, 1.87; Kathleen
Voigt, 1.46.
50-100 Points – Maureen Cancilla, 12.46; Susan Cardamone, 12.07;
Mike Meachan, 7.37; John Houghtaling, 3.33; 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, 12.38; Betty DeFeo, 5.22; Joan
Ciszak, 5.18; Susan Levy, 4.03; Janet Desmon, 1.96; Tom England, 1.54; Tiger
Li, 0.78.
200-300 Points – David Whitt, 11.08; Ethan Xie, 5.53; Judith
Babat, 4.03; Laura Houghtaling, 3.33; Laurie Foster, 3.32; (tie) Barbara Scott
and John Scott, 1.87; Maria Amlani, 1.41; John Fiegl, 0.58; Jane Roberts, 0.56.
300-500 Points – David Schott, 45.04; Joanne Nover, 38.80;
Pat Haynes, 33.26; Linda Milch, 20.96; Jim McClure, 17.10; Ruth Nawotniak, 13.08;
Maryann Szafran, 12.14; Agi Maisel, 10.81; Margaret Zhou, 9.98; Judy
Zeckhauser, 8.52.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 51.25; Paul Zittel, 35.31;
Linda Zittel, 32.31; Andrei Reinhorn, 31.11; Joyce Frayer, 26.25; Joe Miranda, 21.22;
Mary Terrana, 19.74; Ed Morgan, 18.83; Gordon Crone, 17.54; Dave Larcom, 16.56.
1,000-1,500 Points – Betty Metz, 38.67; Kamil Bishara, 35.84;
Sue Neubecker, 30.97; Mary Ball, 30.71; Terry Fraas, 28.16; (tie) Marilyn
Wortzman, Jim Easton, 23.49; Joanne LaFay, 22.22; Howard Foster, 15.04; Bob
Kaprove, 11.55.
1,500-2,500 Points – Tova Reinhorn, 35.58; Pinky Regan, 31.60;
Paula Kotowski, 23.11; David Colligan, 16.40; Sandi England, 14.74; Joyce
Greenspan, 15.23; Walt Olszewski, 10.36; Barbara Pieterse, 7.24; Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 7.07; Martin Pieterse, 6.87; Nancy Kessler, 5.37.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 59.87; Linda Burroughsford, 25.81;
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, 53.35; Donna Steffan, 47.90;
Judy Graf, 46.74; Davis Heussler, 36.78; Mike Ryan, 25.53; Jim Gullo, 24.96;
Martha Welte, 21.42; Judy Padgug, 16.17; Chongmin Zhang, 4.20; Allen Beroza,
3.81.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 60.20; Chris Urbanek, 44.63;
Jay Levy, 41.36; Jay Costello, 39.09; Sharon Benz, 24.71; Dian Petrov, 17.65; Saleh
Fetouh, 3.52; Kathy Pollock, 5.02.
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The Duplicate Bridge column is compiled weekly by Buffalo News
Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped appearing Saturdays in
The 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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