The annual meeting and game at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190, takes place today, 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. 13 to Jan. 19
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Joyce Frayer and Karen Dearing, 59.72%; Fran Schmidt and Richard
McGowan, 56.25%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 55.56%; Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes,
52.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 63.75%; Maryann Szafran and
Betty Metz, 54.38%; east-west, Judy Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes, 56.25%; Mary
Terrana and Ruth Wurster, 55%; Barbara Landree and Anthony Girasole, 53.75%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Julie Mitchell and Brian Fleming, 58.32%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 57.02%; Tova Reinhorn and Joyce Greenspan, 51.93%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.67%; Sushil Amlani and Walt Olszewski, 50.63%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 65%; Linda Burroughsford and Donna
Steffan, 63%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 55%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 64.29%; Maureen Piasecki and Aleks Ivanov, 56.01%; Jan and Carl Hasselback, 52.54%; Pepe Justicia-Linde and Dave Larcom, 51.58%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 61.11%;
Nancy Dugan and Michelle Sweeney, 59.72%; Lianger Gong and Fran Schmidt,
52.08%; (tie) Betsy and Jim Greno, Jeff Bender and Henry Chudy, 51.39%; Gary
Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 50.69%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 58%; Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 57%;
east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 58%; Elaine Wegrzyn and Jim Cook, 57%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Mike and Ed Rupp, 61%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 56%; east-west, Walt
Olszewski and Ed Drozen, 67%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 57%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Mike and Ed Rupp, 69.4%;
Anne Dunlop and Paul Morgante, 51.4%; Kathy Bourque and Ron Fill, 50%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2024
0-5 Points – Michael Rupp, 4.94; Maxine Seller, 0.59;
Joan Warren, 0.32.
5-20 Points – Fran Holmes, 7.51; Devon Marlette, 2.67;
Jeannine Dupuis, 1.06; Marie Aaron, 0.90; David Taylor, 0.67; Dennis Daly,
0.45.
20-50 Points – Brian Fleming, 17.25; Michel Dupuis, 14.68;
Ilene Rothman, 9.69; Kathleen Voigt, 5.55; Maxine Johnson, 4.83; Maureen Saab,
3.50; Karen Dearing, 2.41; Donna Starnes, 2.22; Phyllis Stasiowski, 1.43; Peggy
Stock, 0.42.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 35.25; Howard Epstein, 21.29;
Gary Keenan, 16.99; John Houghtaling, 15.83; Cynthia Tashjian, 14.22; Mike
Metzger, 13.44; Candace Graser, 11.25; Susan Burns, 7.06; Mary Amy Habib, 6.59;
Anne Slater, 6.50.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 23.06; Jim Hassett, 22.30;
Fran Schmidt, 17.14; Judith McDermid, 10.16; Jim Greno, 9.04; Joan Ciszak, 8.15;
Betsy Greno, 7.09; Susan Levy, 2.57; Janet Desmon, 1.99; Bill Noltee, 1.97;
Betty DeFeo, 1.66.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 50.89; Laura Houghtaling, 15.83;
John Scott, 1.78; Patty Porter, 1.68.
300-500 Points – Kusum Phadke, 29.63; Pat Haynes, 19.21;
Bob Ciszak, 16.22; Margaret Zhou, 7.69; David Schott, 6.61; Joanne Nover, 5.88;
Jim McClure, 4.89; Ruth Nawotniak, 3.88.
500-1,000 Points – Martha Townson, 97.19; Terry Hamovitch, 61.27;
Bram Hamovitch, 59.95; Sushil Amlani, 25.07; Ed Harman, 24.61; Bill Rich,
21.56; Larry Himelein, 20.90; Joyce Frayer, 20.75; Richard McGowan, 20.59;
Diana Smith, 17.32.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 183.68; Vic Bergsten, 65.18;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 12.16; Mary Ball, 9.88; Bob Kaprove, 0.83; Ed
Rupp, 0.68; Bert Feasley, 0.67; Kamil Bishara, 0.60.
1,500-2,500 Points – John Bava, 41.04; Walt Olszewski, 15.74;
Pinky Regan, 10.82; Rajat Basu, 7.69; Sandi England, 2.99; Paula Kotowski, 2.11;
Joyce Greenspan, 1.58; Nancy Kessler, 1.54.
2,500-3,500 Points – Art Morth, 16.77; Linda Burroughsford, 9.69;
Elaine Kurasiewicz, 1.53; Dale Anderson, 0.98; Mike Silverman, 0.60; Bill
Rushmore, 0.28; David Turner, 0.21.
3,500-5,000 Points – Judy Padgug, 24.52; Martha Welte, 11.79; Davis
Heussler, 10.14; Ken Meier, 6.40; Barbara Libby, 2.38; Chongmin Zhang, 1.88.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 104.63; Jay Levy, 46.33;
Dian Petrov, 5.75.
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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. One of his New Year’s resolutions for 2025 is to write more regularly about his bridge adventures here.
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