The ACBL Longest Day will be celebrated at Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, on Sunday, June 22, with games at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., with 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.
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Congratulations
to Saleh Fetouh, who earned the most master points among Buffalo area players
at the Finger Lakes Regional Tournament from June 9 to June 14 in Rochester. He
won 28.58 points and was 26th overall. Other local players doing well in
Rochester included Kamil Bishara and Dian Petrov, both with 27.56 points; Davis
Heussler, 25.63; Kathy Pollock and Chingmin Zhang, both with 20.02; and David
Colligan, 11.26.
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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
party games are July 27 and Aug. 10. 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
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 9 to June 15
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Jim Hassett and Terry Camp, 58.33%; Bob and Mike Rupp, 52.78%;
(tie) Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, 50.93%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Maryann Szafran and Betty Metz, 58.50%; Larry Himelein and
David Schott, 58.33%; Jini and John Rubenstein, 51.50%; east-west, Adrian
Figliotti and Audrey Ray, 56.67%; Gini Sicignano and Pat Wolcott, 55%; Ilene
Rothman and Joyce Frayer, 53.33%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 63%; Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan, 56%; Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 51%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Joanne Nover and Larry Himelein, 61.62%; Betty
Metz and Paul Zittel, 59.69%; Adrian Figliotti and Sam Austin, 57%; Maryann
Szafran and Richard McGowan, 56.11%; Ilene Rothman and Carol Licata, 56.11%;
Marily Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.10%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 70%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara,
67%; Donna Steffan and John Sinclair, 56%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Jan and Carl Hasselback, 56.25%; Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, 55.21%; Linda Zittel and Joanne LaFay, 54.17%; (tie) Sandi England and Paul Zittel, Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 53.13%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. (Tie) Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, Mark
Nehs and Christopher Swain, 63.33%; Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 56.67%;
Mike and Jim Hassett, 55%; Deborah Zimmerman and Tom Karnowski, 53.33%; Ed
Harman and Bill Rich, 51.67%; Eugene Georgini and Jim Lanzo, 50.56%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Judie Bailey and Paul Orosz, 61%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%;
east-west Jack Cukierman and Mel Mesnekoff, 62%; David Young and Tim Hartnett,
55%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 54%; James
Cook and Gus Alfano, 53%; east-west, Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 68%;
Mary and Jim Atwood, 64%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – JoAnne Biondo and Ron
Fill, 66.2%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 56.2%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau,
48.7%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2025, to May 31, 2025
0-5 Points – Joan Warren, 1.80; Maureen Piasecki,
1.58.
5-20 Points – Mike Rupp, 3.96; Fran Holmes, 2.90; Devon
Marlette, 1.80; David Taylor, 0.63.
20-50 Points – Michel Dupuis, 9.08; Dennis Daly, 3.75;
Maxine Johnson, 2.57; Karen Dearing, 1.57%; Maureen Saab, 1.34.
50-100 Points – Amy Habib, 11.88; Brian Fleming, 11.06;
Gary Keenan, 10.04; Mike Metzger, 9.59; Cynthia Tashjian, 8.25; John
Houghtaling, 7.82; Candace Graser, 7.31; Ilene Rothman 4.73; Carole Sedita, 4.29;
Susan Burns, 3.87.
100-200 Points – Maria Schory, 11.69; Fran Schmidt, 10.78;
Jim Hassett, 7.54; Jim Greno, 4.68; Betsy Greno, 4.05; Carol Licata, 3.37; Joan
Ciszak, 0.42.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 27.35; Laura Houghtaling, 7.82;
Patty Porter, 1.55.
300-500 Points – David Schott, 4.63; Pat Haynes, 3.51; Kusum
Phadke, 3.02; Bob Ciszak, 2.87; Ruth Nawotniak, 1.60; Joanne Nover, 0.36.
500-1,000 Points – (Tie) Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 35.04;
Martha Townson, 16.67; Richard McGowan, 11.04; Sushil Amlani, 9.73; Ed Harman,
8.43; Joyce Frayer, 7.96; Phyllis Wilkinson, 3.36; Brian Block, 2.52; Diana
Smith, 2.36.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 52.88; Vic Bergsten, 41.14;
Bill Rich, 11.74; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 11.63; Paul Zittel, 2.93;
Mary Ball, 2.87; Bert Feasley, 1.99; Larry Abate, 0.53.
1,500-2,500 Points –. Walt Olszewski, 11.84; Rajat Basu, 2.50;
(tie) Paula Kotowski, Nancy Kessler, 2.03; Martin Pieterse, 1.12; Sandi
England, 0.98; John Bava, 0.20.
2,500-3,500 Points – Elaine Kurasiewicz, 1.90; Art Morth,
1.65; Linda Burroughsford, 0.84.
3,500-5,000 Points – Chongmin Zhang, 8.70; Martha Welte, 6.58;
Barbara Libby, 4.64; Ken Meier, 3.36; Davis Heussler, 0.84; Mike Silverman,
0.23.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 58.84; Jay Levy, 9.63; Dian
Petrov, 12.82.
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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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