The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, is holding a party game today, Saturday, Oct. 18. Fun in autumn is the theme. Bring refreshments to share at noon. Game starts at 12:30 p.m. For partnerships and info, call Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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Congratulations
to Pat Haynes, the Buffalo area player who earned the most silver points in the
District 5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC), played at local
participating bridge clubs during the week of Oct. 6 to Oct. 12. She won 3.45
points and was 50th overall.
Also collecting silver were Paul Zittel, 3.03; Paula
Kotowski, 2.92; Agi Maisel, 2.70; Ed Morgan, 2.48; Susan Mann Dolce and Susan
Burns, both with 2.25; and Walt Olszewski, 2.07. In all, 330 players from
Western New York, Western Pennsylvania and Northeastern Ohio won silver points.
Leaders were Steve and Barbara Grzegorzewski of Meadville, Pa., with 16.44 and
14.79 points, respectively.
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The Bridge Center’s virtual games on
Bridge Base Online are back. Monday's game is just for players with fewer than
900 points. The Delaware Wednesday game on Wednesday is for players with less
than 2,000. Both games start at 7 p.m.
A new series of lessons in basic bridge strategies is
in progress at the Bridge Center’s clubrooms. Wednesday lessons begin at 2:30
p.m. Saturday classes start at 10 a.m. For more info, call 716-424-0014 and
leave a message.
The Bridge Center also has started a course of
supervised play at 11 a.m. on Mondays for players who know the basics and want
to step up their skills in the game. Each hand is discussed after it is played.
Mini lessons may be given on some of the topics and there will be possibilities
to play for master points. To come, text Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189.
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. Call 716-424-0014 to register.
The Bridge Center offers a regular schedule of
in-person and online games with party games once a month on weekends. Next
party game is Nov. 22. 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.
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 900
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, 9:30 a.m. New 99er game.
Thursday, 1 p.m. 999er game.
Friday, 1 p.m. Open and 499er games.
Saturday, 6:30 p.m. New open game. Arrive by 6 p.m. if
you need a partner.
Fees are $9 Canadian for members, $12 Canadian for
non-members. $9 Canadian for all players in the 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 Club 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 $6 Canadian for members, $8 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
CANCELED: 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.
2026
Toronto Winter Non-Life Master Regional – Sheraton
Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Jan. 3, and
Sunday, Jan. 4. For more info, click this link.
Toronto Winter Sectional – Sheraton
Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Jan. 3, and
Sunday, Jan. 4. For more info, click this link.
Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy
Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 7,
to Sunday, Jan. 11. For info, click this link.
Niagara Winter Sectional –
Holiday Inn & Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St.
Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 13, to Sunday, Feb. 15. For more info, click this
link.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton
Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 31, to
Sunday, April 5.
Buffalo Spring Sectional –
Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. Friday, April 10, to Sunday, April 12.
For 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 Sept. 29 to Oct. 5
ACBL
Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-900
game online. Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 64.81%; Nancy Craige and Claudie
Doffing, 59.26%; Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 56.33%; Gary Keenan and Michel
Dupuis, 52.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 56.85%; Maryann Szafran and Betty
Metz, 56.25%; Ruth Nawotniak and Jo Nasoff-Finton, 54.46%; Barbara Landree and
Anthony Girasole, 53.57%; east-west, Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 58.93%; Maria
and Sushil Amlani, 54.76%; Larry Himelein and Davis Schott, 52.98%; (tie)
Adrian Figliotti and Audrey Ray, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 49.40%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open
game. Judy Gray and Jim Gullo, 55%; (tie) Paula Kotowski and Ed Morgan, Mike
Ryan and John Ziemer, 52.50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. North-south, (tie) Adrian Figliotti and Paul Zittel, Joyce Greenspan and
Audrey Ray, 54.67%; Pay Haynes and David Whitt, 51.71%; east-west, Paula
Kotowski and Walt Olszewski, 73.78%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 51.33%; Betty
Metz and Judie Bailey, 50.67%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 58%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
56%; Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 51%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Open game. Linda Zittel and Joanne LaFay,
58.80%; Jan and Carl Hasselback, 57.30%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 55.21%;
Paul Zittel and Jim Lanzo, 54.17%; Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 50.52%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Randy Wischmeier and Dave Johnson,
70.14%; Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 56.25%; Gene Giorgini and Jim Lanzo, 55.56%;
Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 52.78%.
Other
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 55%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Jo
Nasoff-Finton, 53%; east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 58%; Ron Helfman and Bob
Kaprove, 57%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Paul Orosz, 59%; Julie Mitchell and Walt Olszewski, 57%;
east-west, Shrikant Joshi and Ron Helfman, 62%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz
Schweiger, 59%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday
afternoon – (Tie) Susan and Harvey Lichtblau,
Lynda Pettit and Kay Brinkman, 62.5%.
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Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan.
1, 2025, to Sept. 30, 2025
0-5 Points – Julie Mitchell, 9.66; Joan Warren, 1.80;
Maureen Piasecki, 1.58.
5-20 Points – Mike Rupp, 5.16; Fran Holmes, 3.83; Devon
Marlette, 1.80; David Taylor, 0.63.
20-50 Points – Dennis Daly, 3.91; Maxine Johnson, 2.57; Karen
Dearing, 1.57; Maureen Saab, 1.34.
50-100 Points – Brian Fleming, 25.42; Mike Metzger, 13.42;
Amy Habib, 11.88; Gary Keenan, 11.76; Cynthia Tashjian, 9.26; Candace Graser,
8.32; John Houghtaling, 8.24; Ilene Rothman 4.73; Carole Sedita, 4.29; Elaine
Idzik, 4 even.
100-200 Points – Maria Schory, 15.88; Fran Schmidt, 12.20;
Jim Hassett, 11.21; Jim Greno, 4.90; Carol Licata, 4.50; Betsy Greno, 4.27; Joan
Ciszak, 0.42.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 53.26; Laura Houghtaling,
8.24; Patty Porter, 1.55.
300-500 Points – Pat Haynes, 9.51; David Schott, 7.03;
Kusum Phadke, 6.14; Bob Ciszak, 5.05; Ruth Nawotniak, 1.60; Agi Maisel, 0.85;
Eugene Giorgini, 0.48; Joanne Nover, 0.36.
500-1,000 Points – (Tie) Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 60.19;
Martha Townson, 24.32; Sushil Amlani, 22.06; Ed Harman, 17.96; Richard McGowan,
12.46; Joyce Frayer, 9.66; Diana Smith, 6.62; Phyllis Wilkinson, 3.36; Brian
Block, 2.52.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 90.84; Vic Bergsten, 55.45;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 13.38; 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, 13.96; Pinky Regan, 7.92;
Rajat Basu, 3.04; (tie) Paula Kotowski, Nancy Kessler, 2.03; Martin Pieterse,
1.12; Sandi England, 0.98; John Bava, 0.20.
2,500-3,500 Points – Art Morth, 2.07; Elaine Kurasiewicz,
1.90; Linda Burroughsford, 0.84.
3,500-5,000 Points – Chongmin Zhang, 14.81; Martha Welte,
8.42; Barbara Libby, 5.28; Ken Meier, 3.36; Davis Heussler, 0.84; Mike
Silverman, 0.23.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 86.70; Dian Petrov, 34.27;
Jay Levy, 28.42.
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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 reached a career milestone, 3,000 master points, at the Buffalo
Fall Sectional Tournament last month. That’s one of the entries in his blog
about his bridge adventures here.
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