The last special game of the year at Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190, will be held today, Saturday, Dec. 14. Refreshments at noon, play begins at 12:30 p.m. It’s a StaC (Sectional Tournament at the Clubs) game, awarding silver master points. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.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, usually one each
month. Fee for face-to-face games is $8 for members and $11 for non-members
until the end of the year. For more info,
visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-424-0014.
The Bridge Center reminds
members that dues for 2025 are $80 and can be paid starting Dec. 1, cash or
check. Fee for games next year will be $8 for members and $12 for non-members.
In other notices, the
club once again will offer a game on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. Refreshments at
11:15 a.m., game at 11:45. Pre-registration required. Sign up at the club or
with Andrei Reinhorn at 716-390-8857, email reinhorna@gmail.com.
In case of heavy snow,
the club abides by what the Buffalo Public Schools do. If they close, the club
will be closed.
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 (BCON) 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.
BCON also has begun an
affiliation with SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge Collective, which appears as SE
Carolina on Bridge Base Online. Games run throughout the day. A full lineup of
games can be seen at SE Carolina On-line Bridge.
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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
District 5 STAC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) – Participating
ACBL-sanctioned clubs. Today, Saturday, Dec. 14, and Sunday, Dec. 15.
2025
Toronto Non-Life Master
Regional – Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 3, to Sunday, Jan. 5.
For more info, click this link.
Toronto New Year's Sectional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 3, to Sunday, Jan. 5. For more info, click this link.
Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 8, to Sunday,
Jan. 12. For more info, click this link.
Niagara Sectional – Holiday Inn & Suites, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 7, to Sunday, Feb. 9.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St.,
Buffalo. Friday, March 28, to Sunday, March 30.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 15, to Sunday, April 20. For more info, click this
link.
Finger Lakes Regional – Louis Wolk Jewish Community Center, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Tuesday, June 9, to Sunday, June 14.
Cleveland All-American
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, June 24, to Sunday, June
29. For more info, click this link.
South Western Ontario Regional
– St. George Banquet
Hall, 665 King St. North, Waterloo, Ont. Tuesday, July 1, to Sunday, July 6.
For more info, click this link.
Buffalo Summer Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St.,
Buffalo. Friday, July 11, to Sunday, July 13.
Niagara 499er Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14
Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 15, to Sunday, Aug. 17.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional
– Greater Pittsburgh
Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday, Aug. 27, to Monday,
Sept. 1.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie,
Pa. Saturday, Sept. 6, and Sunday, Sept. 7.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St.,
Buffalo. Friday, Sept. 12, to Sunday, Sept 14.
Buffalo Regional – Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave.,
Cheektowaga. Tuesday, Oct. 21, to Sunday, Oct. 26.
Niagara Regional – Holiday Inn & Suites, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 11, to Sunday, Nov. 16.
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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 ACBL Live for Clubs
Week of Dec. 2 to Dec. 8
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Anne Slater and Cynthia Tashjian, 56.94%; (tie) Joyce Frayer and
Karen Dearing, Jim and Michael Hassett, 52.78%; Carol Licata and Larry
Himelein, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joyce Greenspan and Audrey Ray 64.93%; Ruth Nawotniak and
Paul Zittel, 59.72%; Pat Haynes and Judy Zeckhauser, 55.56%; Joanne Nover and
David Schott, 50.69%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 65.63%; Carol
Licata and Ilene Rothman, 61.81%; Mary Ball and Pat Wolcott, 52.78%; Bonnie
Clement and Larry Himelein, 51.74%; Sharon Wilcox and Anthony Girasole, 51.04%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Closed due to snow.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Sandi England and Larry Abbate, 60.42%; Donna Steffan and Kamil Bishara,
55.21%; (tie) Judy Gray and Mike Ryan, John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 51.04%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday
afternoon – Unit
116 annual meeting. Open game. North-south, Judie Bailey and Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 57.65%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 56%; Betty Metz and Paul Zittel,
54.58%; Sharon Benz and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 54.58%; Florence Boyd and Dale
Anderson, 53.65%; Terry Fraas and Cathy Majewski, 53.36%; east-west, Jay Levy
and Fred Yellen, 63.66%; Ruth Wurster and Sharon Wilcox, 56.38%; Mary Ball and
Joyce Frayer, 52.70%; Larry Abate and Rajat Basu, 49.82%; Nancy Kessler and
Paula Kotowski, 49.04%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 57.50%; (tie) Joan and Bob Ciszak, Ruth Wurster
and Alex Ivanov, 55%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 65%;
Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 58.69%; Sue Manning and Sam Khyatt, 56.11%;
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 53.89%; Teresa McIntyre and Bruce Wachsman,
53.33%; Jim Hassett and Terry Camp, 52.22%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 59%; Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 51%; east-west, Nancy
Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 62%; Shirley Cassety and Jeff Peters, 53%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Rolene Pozarny, 58%; Ed Drozen and Walt Olszewski, 57%;
east-west, Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, 62%; Rich Kayton and Ted Kotlarz, 58%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Edna
Fill, 64.5%; Judy White and Fritz Schweiger, 47.5%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to Nov. 30, 2024
0-5 Points – John Brennan, 3.09; Cathy Hetzler,
2.02; Alice Cooley, 1.93; Elaine Rinfrette, 0.86.
5-20 Points – Dennis Daly, 12.56; Zakie Nohra, 9.09; Anthony
Girasole, 6.38; Barbara Kaye, 3.43; Jeannine Dupuis, 3.38; Joan Nigrelli, 1.84;
Chris-Elaine Santilli, 1.79; Bill Duax, 1.65; Devon Marlette, 0.40.
20-50 Points – Ilene Rothman, 14.70; Brian Fleming, 14.33;
Molly Morris, 8.84; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 7.97; Donna Starnes, 6.51; Gini
Sicignano, 5.48; Phyllis Stasiowski, 4.10; Helen Scott, 3.65; Peggy Mead, 3.06;
Kathleen Voigt, 2.02.
50-100 Points – Susan Cardamone, 15.04; Maureen Cancilla, 13.63;
Mike Meacham, 11.57; Howard Epstein, 3.86; John Houghtaling, 3.33; Jo Ann
Smith, 3.25; Elaine Idzik, 3.12; Nancy Deneen, 1.94; Cherry Searle, 1.31; Anne
Slater, 0.81; Darwin Skalski, 0.78.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 14.52; Betty DeFeo, 7.06; Joan
Ciszak, 5.53; Susan Levy, 4.03; Janet Desmon, 1.96; Tom England, 1.54; Tiger
Li, 0.78.
200-300 Points – David Whitt, 12.67; 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, 52.90; Joanne Nover, 44.64;
Pat Haynes, 44.14; Linda Milch, 26.72; Jim McClure, 24.46; Maryann Szafran, 18.58;
Ruth Nawotniak, 17.65; Agi Maisel, 14.29; Judy Zeckhauser, 10.45; Margaret
Zhou, 10.35.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 59.42; Paul Zittel, 39.05;
Andrei Reinhorn, 37.09; Linda Zittel, 37.06; Joe Miranda, 31.25; Joyce Frayer, 30.50;
Mary Terrana, 24.33; Paula Rosen, 22.90 Gordon Crone, 22.13; Jo Nasoff-Finton,
20.36.
1,000-1,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 47.79; Betty Metz, 44.99;
Sue Neubecker, 36.14; Mary Ball, 34.97; Terry Fraas, 32.50; (tie) Marilyn
Wortzman, Jim Easton, 30.65; Joanne LaFay, 25.99; Howard Foster, 17.74; Bob
Kaprove, 11.55.
1,500-2,500 Points – Tova Reinhorn, 40.64; Pinky Regan, 39.39;
Paula Kotowski, 34.18; Sandi England, 19.82; Joyce Greenspan, 19.08; David
Colligan, 18.01; Walt Olszewski, 14.29; Barbara Pieterse, 7.24; Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 7.07; Martin Pieterse, 6.87; Nancy Kessler, 5.37.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 71.21; Linda Burroughsford, 33.13;
Art Morth, 6.14; David Turner, 5.54; Dale Anderson, 5.50; Pat Rasmus, 1.89;
Joanne Kelley, 1.71.
3,500-5,000 Points – John Ziemer, 60.43; Donna Steffan, 56.03;
Judy Graf, 54.61; Davis Heussler, 49.78; Jim Gullo, 31.41; Mike Ryan, 26.24;
Martha Welte, 23.77; Judy Padgug, 23.19; Chongmin Zhang, 4.20; Allen Beroza,
3.81.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 69.12; Chris Urbanek, 60.10;
Jay Levy, 48.57; Jay Costello, 45.26; Sharon Benz, 26.51; Dian Petrov, 17.65; Kathy
Pollock, 5.02; Saleh Fetouh, 3.52.
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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 2,980 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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