In-person games have wrapped up, but the Buffalo Spooktacular Regional Tournament continues virtually for one more day today, Saturday, Oct. 26, with open games online at 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. District 5 (Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh) players only. For more info, click this link.
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Play resumes Monday, Oct. 28,
at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60
Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190, which has been closed this week because
of the regional tournament.
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.
Lessons for beginners are being held at the Buffalo
Bridge Center 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.
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
Buffalo Spooktacular Regional
– Main-Transit Fire Hall,
6777 Main St., Amherst. Today, 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 Oct. 14 to Oct. 20
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Pat Wolcott and Joe Miranda, 59.13%; Brian Fleming and Dennis Daly, 58.73%; Betty DeFeo and Phyllis Stasiowski, 53.97%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 50.79%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.92%; Joyce Greenspan and Audrey Ray, 56.75%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 49.21%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Davis Heussler and Kamil Bishara, 61.31%; (tie) Donna Steffan and Judy
Padgug, Jo Nasoff-Finton and Sue Neubecker, 55.95%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn,
54.17%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 53.57%; Judy Graf and Bob Padgug, 52.38%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Sue Neubecker and Betty Metz, 71%; Joyce
Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 53%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 65%; Linda Burroughsford and Jim Gullo, 51%;
Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 49%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 57.29%; Ann and Joe Williams, 56.25%; Jan and Carl Hasselback, 54.17%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 55.56%;
Paul Zittel and Jim Lanzo, 54.17%; (tie) Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, Jim Hassett
and Terry Camp, 51.39%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 55%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 53%; east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 65%; Raj Puri and Pawan Matta, 58%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Edna
Fill, 62.5%; (tie) Judy White and Fritz Schweiger, Susan and Harvey Lichtblau,
53.7%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 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; Fran Holmes, 6.91; Anthony
Girasole, 6.38; Zakie Nohra, 5.72; Barbara Kaye, 3.43; Devon Marlette, 3.07; Jeannine
Dupuis, 2.50; Joan Nigrelli, 1.84; Chris-Elaine Santilli, 1.79; Bill Duax, 1.65;
Shrikant Joshi, 1.12; (tie) Melanie Skalski, Carol Li, 0.92; Marie Aaron, 0.90.
20-50 Points – Brian Fleming, 25.67; Ilene Rothman, 21.64;
Michel Dupuis, 8.62; Molly Morris, 8.47; Donna Starnes, 7.06; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 6.30; Gini Sicignano, 5.48; Kathleen Voigt, 4.78; Maxine
Johnson, 4.08; Maureen Saab, 3.90; Helen Scott, 3.65.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 31.97; Howard Epstein, 23.22;
John Houghtaling, 14.68; Maureen Cancilla, 12.46; Mike Meacham, 12.37; Susan
Cardamone, 12.17; Gary Keenan, 12.15; Mike Metzger, 10.16; Cynthia Tashjian, 10.13;
Candace Graser, 8.82.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 33.44; Jim Hassett, 15.95; Joan
Ciszak, 12.77; Betty DeFeo, 11.65; Judith McDermid, 11.64; Fran Schmidt, 10.77;
Jim Greno, 9.04; Susan Levy, 7.43; Betsy Greno, 7.09; Janet Desmon, 3.95; Tiger
Li, 3.82.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 49.15; David Whitt, 23.24;
Ethan Xie, 17.98; Laura Houghtaling, 14.68; John Scott, 5.25; Judy Babat, 5.15;
Barbara Scott, 3.47; Laurie Foster, 3.32; Patty Porter, 1.68; John Fiegl, 0.58.
300-500 Points – David Schott, 75.69; Pat Haynes, 69.86;
Joanne Nover, 52.70; Kusum Phadke, 24.26; Linda Milch, 24.13; Jim McClure, 23.94;
Margaret Zhou, 21.02; Bob Ciszak, 19.76; Ruth Nawotniak, 18.75; Maryann
Szafran, 12.68.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 114.33; Martha Townson, 85.11;
Terry Hamovitch, 57.75; Bram Hamovitch, 56.43; Linda Zittel, 48.27; Joyce
Frayer, 47.91; Paul Zittel, 47.75; Mary Terrana, 40.86; Ed Morgan, 37.31;
Gordon Crone, 36.14.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 160.30; Kamil Bishara, 132.20;
Vic Bergsten, 59.77; Mary Ball, 46.18; Betty Metz, 41.48; Terry Fraas, 36.46; Sue
Neubecker, 34.99; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman, Jim Easton, 34.41; Joanne LaFay, 32.91.
1,500-2,500 Points – David Colligan, 73.89; John Bava, 55.45; (tie)
Pinky Regan, Tova Reinhorn, 41.30; Paula Kotowski, 35.85; Walt Olszewski, 25.87;
Joyce Greenspan, 23.12; Sandi England, 22.09; Rajat Basu, 17.16; Barbara
Pieterse, 11.68.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 164.76; Fred Yellen, 76.96;
Art Morth, 26.78; Dale Anderson, 19.38; Bill Rushmore, 18.01; David Turner,
9.77; Mike Silverman, 6.42; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 6.05; Pat Rasmus, 1.89; Joanne
Kelley, 1.71.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 217.84; John Ziemer, 71.41;
Donna Steffan, 69.64; Judy Graf, 60.01; Judy Padgug, 43.59; Martha Welte, 43.32;
Chongmin Zhang, 42.83; Mike Ryan, 35.60; Jim Gullo, 33.48; Barbara Libby, 6.09.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 761.30; Chris Urbanek, 144.43;
Jay Levy, 133.24; Glenn Milgrim, 124.81; Dian Petrov, 101.05; Bud Seidenberg, 95.11;
Jay Costello, 69.75; Kathy Pollock, 60.33; Sharon Benz, 25.19.
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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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