Face-to-face play has ended at this week’s Finger Lakes Regional Tournament in the Louis Wolk Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave., Brighton, but there’s still one more day of competition online. The tournament concludes virtually today, Saturday, June 14, on Bridge Base Online. For more info, click this link.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center offers
a regular schedule of in-person and online games five
days a week, with special party games on the weekends, usually one each month. Next
special game will be the annual ACBL Longest Day celebration on Sunday, June
22, with games at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., plus extra features for players. All
proceeds benefit the Western New York Alzheimer's Association. For
partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1150 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
For more info,
visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-424-0014. Fee for games is $8
for members and $12 for non-members. Membership is $80.
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 face-to-face games five days a week at its club in Tremont Square
opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue:
Mondays, 1 p.m. Open and 499er
(fewer than 499 master points) games.
Mondays, 6 p.m. Beginner game,
fewer than 50 master points. Register at mon-eve@bcon.club.
Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Open game.
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. 499er game. Register
at wed-eve@bcon.club.
Thursday, 1 p.m. 999er game.
Friday, 1 p.m. Open and 499er
games.
Saturday, 1 p.m. New 99er game
with mini lesson at noon.
Fees are $9 Canadian for members,
$12 Canadian for non-members. $9 Canadian for all players for Monday beginner
game. Membership is $65 Canadian for a year, beginning April 1. For more
information, visit bridgewebs.com/Niagara.
The club has just cut back to a
single virtual game on Bridge Base Online, the one for players with fewer than
750 points at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Turnout for the other one, an open game at 7
p.m. Thursdays, had gotten too small. For more info, click here.
For online play, BCON recommends
going to the 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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The Niagara-on-the-Lake Bridge
Centre plays in the
Community Centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Anderson Lane off Mississauga
Street on the western end of the village. Open games are at 1 p.m. Tuesdays and
Fridays. Fee is $5 Canadian for members, $7 Canadian for non-members. Annual
membership is $20 Canadian. For more information, visit bridgewebs.com/niagaraonthelake.
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Face-to-face play in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center at 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays and at the Amherst
Senior Center at 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays.
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Tournament calendar
2025
Finger Lakes Regional – Concludes online at Bridgebase.com today, Saturday,
June 14. For more info, click this link.
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. For more info, click this link.
Niagara 499er Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14
Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 15, to Sunday, Aug. 17.
For more info, click this link.
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. For more info,
click this link.
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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 June 2 to June 8
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 62.50%; Jim Hassett and Terry
Camp, 55.56%; Claudia Doffing and Fay Greenholtz, 54.17%; Betsy and Jim Greno,
51.39%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paul Zittel and John Brennan, 57.54%; Dennis Daly and Brian
Fleming, 56.75%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 55.16%; Jim McClure and Richard
McGowan, 53.57%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 51.59%; east-west, Adrian
Figliotti and Betty Metz, 67.46%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 54.76%;
Sharon Wilcox and Audrey Ray, 54.37%; (tie) Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 50.79%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 64.88%; Martha Welte and Howard Foster,
51.19%; Kamil Bishara and John Sinclair, 50.60%; (tie) Sandi England and John
Ziemer, Betty Metz and Tova Reinhorn, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 57.94%;
Betty Metz and Paul Zittel, 53.97%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 53.17%;
Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 49.21%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Mike Ryan and Jim Gullo, 72.92%; Kathy Pollock and Bert Feasley, 55.21%;
Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 53.13%; John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 51.04%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 56.25%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 53.13%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 52.08%; Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski, 50%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 48.96%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 60.19%;
Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 59.26%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 58.33%;
Donna Cox and Ron Hinton, 51.85%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 66%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59%;
east-west, (tie) Ellen Lochead and Joan Stankiewicz, Bob Kaprove and Ron
Helfman, 57%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%; Violet
and Jasbeer Makhija, 56%; east-west, Shrikant Joshi and Ron Helfman, 64%; Linda
Milch and Paula Rosen, 63%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – (3-way tie) Judy White
and Fritz Schweiger, Ann Dunlop and Paul Morgante, Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill,
56.2%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2025, to May 31, 2025
0-5 Points – Julie Mitchell, 7.97; Maureen Piasecki,
3.19; John Brennan, 3.04; (tie) Walter Bacon and Ellen Bacon, 0.59; John Eckis,
0.48; (tie) Linda Marsh and Arthur Ziller, 0.40; Jeanette Bockstahler, 0.33.
5-20 Points – Jeannine Dupuis, 0.57.
20-50 Points – Dennis Daly, 7.15; Anthony Girasole, 5.46;
Zakie Nohra, 5.15; Gini Sicignano, 2.38; Molly Morris, 2.31; Michel Dupuis,
0.26.
50-100 Points – Brian Fleming, 10.77; Donna Starnes, 4.99;
Ilene Rothman, 3.54; Susan Cardamone, 2.38; Jo Ann Smith, 2.16; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 2.12; Maureen Cancilla, 1.55; Elaine Idzik, 0.47.
100-200 Points – Mike Meacham, 4.49; Betty DeFeo, 3.60; Carol
Licata, 3.54; Joan Ciszak, 0.64.
200-300 Points – Ethan Xie, 1.60; Judy Babat, 1.08.
300-500 Points – Pat Haynes, 16.01; David Schott, 13.64;
Audrey Ray, 12.41; Joanne Nover, 11.37; Maryann Szafran, 8.57; Ruth Nawotniak, 6.81;
Agi Maisel, 6.30; Linda Milch, 5.82; Carl Hasselback, 4.15; David Whitt, 3.65.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 21.24; Andrei Reinhorn, 18.78;
Linda Zittel, 18.58; Joyce Frayer, 15.92; Jo Nasoff-Finton, 12.60; Sharon
Wilcox, 10.37; Mary Terrana, 10.18; Paula Rosen, 10/16; Jim McClure, 8.73; Gordon
Crone, 7.75.
1,000-1,500 Points – Paul Zittel, 24.67; Mary Ball, 22.39; Howard
Foster, 20.24; Betty Metz, 18.46; Terry Fraas, 14.22; Jim Easton, 13.21;
Marilyn Wortzman, 12.08; Ed Morgan, 10.49; Joanne LaFay, 8.83; Bert Feasley,
7.81.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 26.19; Joyce Greenspan, 18.83;
Kamil Bishara, 18.38; Paula Kotowski, 17.56; Tova Reinhorn, 14.81; Sandi
England, 9.63; David Colligan, 7.92; Walt Olszewski, 5.91; Judy Kaprove, 5.30; Rajat
Basu, 3.23.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 17.14; Dale Anderson,
10.31; Fred Yellen, 1.43; Art Morth, 0.67; Pat Rasmus, 0.51.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 30.04; John Ziemer, 24.99;
Jim Gullo, 24.27; Judy Graf, 18.48; Donna Steffan, 16.90; Martha Welte, 14.10; Allen
Beroza, 1.35; Chongmin Zhang, 0.74; Brian Meyer, 0.60.
More than 5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 30.95; Chris Urbanek, 26.62; Jay
Costello, 22.67; Bud Seidenberg, 21.80; Jay Levy, 8.60; Dan Gerstman, 0.60.
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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 2,990 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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