The Rochester Summer Sectional Tournament takes place today, Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20, in the Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Gates. More info at this link.
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Congratulations
to Kathy Pollock, who collected the most master points at the Buffalo Summer
Sectional Tournament July 11 to July 13 at the Buffalo Bridge Center. She
earned 14.13. Runner-up was Mike Ryan with 13.37.
Other top point-winners included Saleh Fetouh, 12.05;
Jay Costello, 12.03; Chris Urbanek, 11.38; Bud Seidenberg, 10.39; Davis
Heussler, 10.28; Chongmin Zhang, 10.08; Judy Graf, 9.66; John Ziemer, 8.98; and
Mike Silverman, 7.20.
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Next party game
at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, is
Sunday, July 27,
The Bridge Center offers a
regular schedule of in-person and online games Monday through Friday with party
games once a month on weekends. 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
Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates Recreation
Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Gates. Today, Saturday, July 19, and Sunday,
July 20. 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 July 7 to July 13
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 67.59%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce
Frayer, 58.33%; Carol Licata and Howard Wolfish, 55.56%; Deborah Elston and Jim
Hassett, 52.78%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Brian Fleming and Dennis Daly, 64.29%; Adrian Figliotti and
Paul Zittel, 58.63%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 53.57%; Judy Zeckhauser
and Joe Miranda, 51.49%; Jini and John Rubenstein, 49.40%; east-west, Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 60.12%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 57.44%; Betty Metz
and Barbara Landree, 53.87%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.19%; Julie
Mitchell and John Brennan, 50.89%; Hannah Weinberg and Judy Babat, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Martha Welte and Howard Foster, 64.88%; Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 59.52%;
Mary Ball and Jay Levy, 54.17%; Tova Reinhorn and John Sinclair, 50.60%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Betty Metz and Judie Bailey, 57.14%; Jo
Nasoff-Finton and Adrian Figliotti, 53.17%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei
Reinhorn, 52.38%; Paula Rosen and Linda Milch, 50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Bert Feasley and Paul Zittel, 59.72%; Linda Zittel and Joanne LaFay, 56.02%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 51.39%; Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, 50.46%; Jan and Carl Hasselback, 50%.
Buffalo Summer Sectional Friday morning – A: Barbara Libby and Mike Silverman, 63.03%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Martha Welte, 60.02%; Kathy Pollock and Bill Rushmore, 59.68%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 58.84%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 58.49%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 58.02%; B: Jim Lanzo and Walt Olszewski, 55.83%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 55.01%; C: Agi Maisel and Bonnie Clement, 49.05%.
Buffalo Summer Sectional
Friday afternoon – A: Judy Graf and Mike Ryan,
65.77%; Jay Cosello and Bud Seidenberg, 61.19%; Davis Heussler and David
Colligan, 59.19%; John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 56.61%; Jay Levy and Saleh
Fetouh, 55.14%; B: Sushil Amlani and Rajat Basu, 51.70%; C: Mary Ball and Joyce
Frayer, 51.43%.
Buffalo Summer Sectional
Saturday morning – A: Kathy Pollock and Chongmin
Zhang, 63.37%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 62.82%; Howard Foster
and Mike Ryan, 61.98%; Saleh Fetouh and Ranald Davidson, 61.80%; Chris Urbanek
and Kamil Bishara, 60.42%; Mike Silverman and Martin Pieterse, 57.05%; B/C:
Larry Himelein and David Schott, 53.04%;
Buffalo Summer Sectional
Saturday afternoon – Kathy Pollock and Chongmin
Zhang, 59.66%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 59.13%; Judy Graf and John
Ziemer, 58.81%; Saleh Fetouh and Ranald Davidson, 58.27%; Donna Steffan and Jay
Costello, 57.61%; Martha Welte and Joyce Greenspan, 56.23%; B/C: Judie Bailey
and Dennis Daly, 53.57%; Ilene Rothman and Carol Licata, 48.37%.
Buffalo Summer Sectional
Sunday – Swiss Teams. A: Saleh Fetouh, Bud
Seidenberg, Chris Urbanek and Jay Costello, 184 victory points; Howard Foster,
Fred Yellen, Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 163 vps; Jay Levy, Donna Steffan, Linda
Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 128 vps; B/C: Terry Fraas, Ed Morgan, Mary
Ball and Joyce Frayer, 106 vps.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Connie Wilson and Miriam Regnet, 61.2%; Judie Bailey and Paul Orosz, 57.4%;
east-west, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Shirley Cassety, 74.4%; Mary and Jim Atwood,
51.4%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 58.5%; Judy White and Fritz Schweiger, 55%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 52.5%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025
0-5 Points – Joan Warren, 1.80; Maureen Piasecki, 1.58;
Julie Mitchell, 0.72.
5-20 Points – Mike Rupp, 5.16; Fran Holmes, 3.17; 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 – Brian Fleming, 12.65; Amy Habib, 11.88; (tie)
Mike Metzger, Gary Keenan, 10.68; Cynthia Tashjian, 8.99; John Houghtaling, 8.24;
Candace Graser, 8.05; Ilene Rothman 4.73; Carole Sedita, 4.29; Elaine Idzik, 4
even.
100-200 Points – Maria Schory, 12.78; Fran Schmidt, 11.05;
Jim Hassett, 9.53; Jim Greno, 4.90; Betsy Greno, 4.27; Carol Licata, 4.16; Joan
Ciszak, 0.42.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 32.84; Laura Houghtaling, 8.24;
Patty Porter, 1.55.
300-500 Points – David Schott, 5,81; Kusum Phadke, 5.44; Pat
Haynes, 5.40; Bob Ciszak, 2.87; Ruth Nawotniak, 1.60; Agi Maisel, 0.68; Joanne
Nover, 0.36.
500-1,000 Points – (Tie) Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 37.83;
Martha Townson, 19.05; Sushil Amlani, 13.60; Ed Harman, 11.59; Richard McGowan,
11.31; Joyce Frayer, 9.21; Phyllis Wilkinson, 3.36; Brian Block, 2.52; Diana
Smith, 2.36.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 63.90; Vic Bergsten, 44.27;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 12.59; Bill Rich, 12.38; Mary Ball, 3,32; Paul
Zittel, 2.93; Bert Feasley, 1.99; Larry Abate, 0.35.
1,500-2,500 Points –. Walt Olszewski, 12.32; 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, 8.42;
Barbara Libby, 4.64; Ken Meier, 3.36; Davis Heussler, 0.84; Mike Silverman,
0.23.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 80.48; Dian Petrov, 24.68;
Jay Levy, 15.31.
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The Duplicate Bridge column has been compiled weekly by Buffalo News
Staff Reporter Dale Anderson for more than 20 years. 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, beginning at
5:30 p.m. Fridays. Another place to find it anytime 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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