Congratulations to Saleh Fetouh, who earned the most master points among the Buffalo area players Jan. 8 to Jan. 12 in the Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional Tournament. He collected 30.27 points and was tied for 33rd overall. Also doing well in Cleveland were Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, each winning 12.43 points.
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The next special game at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190, will be the club's annual meeting and game on Saturday,
Jan. 25. Refreshments and meeting at noon. Game at 12:30 p.m. For partners,
call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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. 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 now, cash or check. Fee for
games is $8 for members and $12 for non-members.
In case of heavy snow,
the club abides by what the Buffalo Public Schools do. If the schools close,
the club will be closed.
A new series of lessons for beginners will start in
February at the Bridge Center. 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
2025
Niagara Sectional – Holiday Inn & Suites, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 7, to Sunday, Feb. 9. For more info,
click this link.
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 Jan. 6 to Jan. 12
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Michael and Jim Hassett, 68.75%; Carol Licata and Howard Wolfish,
59.03%; (tie) Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, Bonnie Clement and David
Schott, 55.56%; Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 54.86%; Laura and John
Houghtaling, 54.17%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joyce Greenspan and Joe Miranda, 63%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 55.78%; Jo Ann Smith and Jeanette Bockstahler, 50.59%; east-west, Linda
Milch and Linda Zittel, 54.57%; Ruth Nawotniak and Paul Zittel, 51.24%; Carol
Licata and Ilene Rothman, 50.29%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. North-south, Paula Kotowski and Walt Olszewski, 54.38%; Betty Metz and Brian Fleming, 52.50%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.25%; Joanne Nover and David Whitt, 50.63%; east-west, Pat Haynes and David Schott, 60.63%; (tie) Mary Ball and Julie Mitchell, Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 53.75%; Linda Milch and Judy Zeckhauser, 50.63%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 62.50%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 60%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 70.24%; Joanne LaFay and Linda Zittel, 57.14%; (tie) Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski, Sandi England and Paul Zittel, 54.17%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 60.42%;
Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 58.33%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.78%; Sue
Manning and Sam Khayatt, 54.44%; Nancy Dugan and Michelle Feeney, 52.92%; Maria
Schory and Mike Metzger, 51.25%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – Tim
Hartnett and David Young, 72%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 58%; Joe
Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 50%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 61%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 60%; east-west, Walt Olszewski
and Ed Drozen, 69%; Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 59%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Judy White and Fritz
Schweiger, 68.75%; Anne Dunlop and Kay Brinkman, 56.25%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2024
0-5 Points – John Brennan, 3.29; Cathy Hetzler,
2.02; Alice Cooley, 1.93; Elaine Rinfrette, 0.66.
5-20 Points – Dennis Daly, 12.96; Zakie Nohra, 9.62; Anthony
Girasole, 7.01; Jeannine Dupuis, 3.94; Barbara Kaye, 3.43; Chris-Elaine
Santilli, 2,35; Joan Nigrelli, 1.84; Bill Duax, 1.65; Devon Marlette, 0.40.
20-50 Points – Ilene Rothman, 16 even; Brian Fleming, 14.73;
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, 3.61;
Kathleen Voigt, 2.58.
50-100 Points – Maureen Cancilla, 15.64; Susan Cardamone, 15.04; Mike Meacham, 11.57;
Howard Epstein, 5.64; Jo Ann Smith, 3.81; John Houghtaling, 3.33; Elaine Idzik,
3.12; Nancy Deneen, 1.94; Anne Slater, 1.37; Cherry Searle, 1.31.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 15.82; Betty DeFeo, 7.06; Joan
Ciszak, 6.94; Susan Levy, 4.19; Janet Desmon, 1.96; Tom England, 1.54; Tiger
Li, 0.78.
200-300 Points – David Whitt, 12.96; Ethan Xie, 5.53; Judith
Babat, 4.19; 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, 53.50; Joanne Nover, 45.78;
Pat Haynes, 45.35; Linda Milch, 26.72; Jim McClure, 24.46; Maryann Szafran, 19.53;
Ruth Nawotniak, 18.15; Agi Maisel, 14.29; Judy Zeckhauser, 11.13; Margaret
Zhou, 10.35.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 61.75; Paul Zittel, 46.78;
Linda Zittel, 40.72; Andrei Reinhorn, 37.09; Joyce Frayer, 32 even; Joe
Miranda, 31.25; Mary Terrana, 27.01; Jo Nasoff-Finton, 24.83; Gordon Crone, 24.81;
Paula Rosen, 22.90.
1,000-1,500 Points – Kamil Bishara, 48.53; Betty Metz, 47.03;
Sue Neubecker, 38.14; Mary Ball, 36.27; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman, Jim Easton, 33.60;
Terry Fraas, 33.30; Joanne LaFay, 27.60; Howard Foster, 18.24; Bob Kaprove,
11.55.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 45.24; Tova Reinhorn, 40.64;
Paula Kotowski, 34.18; Sandi England, 23.02; Joyce Greenspan, 19.80; David
Colligan, 18.01; Walt Olszewski, 14.29; Judy Kaprove, 7.42; Barbara Pieterse,
7.24; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 7.07; Martin Pieterse, 6.87.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 75.87; Linda Burroughsford, 33.13;
Dale Anderson, 7.25; Art Morth, 6.14; David Turner, 5.54; Pat Rasmus, 1.89;
Joanne Kelley, 1.71; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 0.89.
3,500-5,000 Points – John Ziemer, 60.88; Judy Graf, 57.23; Donna
Steffan, 56.77; Davis Heussler, 50.67; Jim Gullo, 31.41; Mike Ryan, 28.86;
Martha Welte, 23.77; Judy Padgug, 23.69; Chongmin Zhang, 4.20; Allen Beroza,
3.81.
Over 5,000 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 70.78; Chris Urbanek, 60.10;
Jay Levy, 50.34; Jay Costello, 46.92; Sharon Benz, 27.40; 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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