News and notes for the Buffalo area duplicate bridge community are compiled by former Buffalo News reporter Dale Anderson and appear weekly here at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/, usually by midweek.
The Niagara Winter Sectional Tournament continues
today, Saturday, Feb. 14, with pairs games at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the Holiday
Inn & Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines,
Ont. It concludes with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15. For more
info, click this link.
Next special game
at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, is the
Valentine Game on Sunday, Feb. 22. Refreshments at noon, game at 12:30 p.m. $8
members, $12 non-members. Bring a snack to share. Dressing in red is
encouraged. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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 club’s website at https://buffalobridgecenter.godaddysites.com/
or call 716-424-0014. Fee for games is $8 for members and $12 for non-members.
Membership is $80 annually.
The club hosts a supervised play session for players
who want experience and advice to improve their games from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Mondays, which has been a great success. All are welcome. No pre-registration
needed. Also popular is the club’s social bridge game just for fun at 10 a.m.
on Tuesdays. Signup needed for this one. Call Ruth Nawotniak at 716-949-7574 or
email at ruth2250@outlook.com.
The Bridge Center is closed whenever Buffalo
public schools are closed due to the weather. However, if Buffalo schools merely
revert to remote learning, then the Bridge Center will be open. Furthermore, in the unlikely event that bad winter weather will return during Presidents Day week, Monday,
Feb. 16, to Friday, Feb. 20, when Buffalo schools are on winter break, members
will be notified by email if the club will be closed.
Other ACBL sanctioned clubs:
Bridge Club of East Aurora games are at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior
Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Contact is Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
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. Website is bridgewebs.com/Niagara.
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. Website is bridgewebs.com/niagaraonthelake.
Non-sanctioned clubs:
Tonawanda Senior Center, 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays; Amherst Senior Center, 12:30
p.m. Mondays and Fridays.
Upcoming
tournaments
Niagara Winter Sectional – Holiday
Inn & Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines,
Ont. Today, Saturday, Feb. 14, and Sunday, Feb. 15. For more info, click
this link.
Niagara BCON Sectional –
Bridge Centre of Niagara, 2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday,
March 14, and Sunday, March 15. For more info, click this link.
Rochester Non-Life Master Sectional –
Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Friday, March 27, and
Saturday, March 28.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton
Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 31, to
Sunday, April 5. For more info, click this link.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo
Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. Friday, April 10, to Sunday, April 12. For info,
click this link.
Rochester Spring Sectional –
Gates Community Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Gates. Saturday, April 18, and
Sunday, April 19. For more info, click this link.
Finger Lakes Regional – Seasons
on Keuka Lake, 110 Mace St., Penn Yan. Monday, June 8, to Friday, June 12. For
more info, click this link.
District 5 Sectional Tournament at the
Clubs (StaC) – Participating local clubs. Monday, June
8, to Sunday, June 14. For more info, click this link.
Cleveland All American Regional – Embassy
Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Road, Independence, Ohio. June 23 to June 28.
For more info, click this link.
Buffalo Summer Sectional –
Location TBA. Friday, July 10, to Sunday, July 12.
Oakville Summer Regional –
St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre, 1280 Dundas St. West, Oakville, Ont. Tuesday,
July 21, to Sunday, July 26. For more info, click this link.
Rochester Summer Sectional –
Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Rochester. Saturday, July 25, and
Sunday, July 26.
Scores
from ACBL Live for Clubs
Week
of Feb. 2 to Feb. 8
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-900 game online. Fay Greenholtz and partner, 71.30%; Fran Holmes and Leslie
Deich, 55.56%; Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 51.85%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce
Frayer, 50.93%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,600 game. Ruth Nawotniak and Julie Mitchell, 61.65%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 59.76%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 57.35%; Joanne Nover and
David Schott, 56.93%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning
– Open game. Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 55%; (tie) John Ziemer and Mike
Ryan, Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 52%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning
– 0-2,000 game. Julie Mitchell and Brian Fleming, 63.14%; Joyce Greenspan and Paul
Zittel, 59.16%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.81%; Bill and Nathan Kross,
50.92%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 50.18%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning
– Open game. (Tie) John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, 62.50%; Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan, 54.17%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday afternoon
– Open game. North-south, %.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday
morning – Open game. Sandi England and Ruth Wurster, 67.36%;
Wilson McClaren and Bob Mampe, 56.94%; Joyce Greenspan and Nancy Kessler, 52.78%;
Joanne LaFay and Bert Feasley, 50.69%.
Non-sanctioned
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon –
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 61%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 58%; Angela
Curtis and Dan Blatz, 56%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon –
North-south, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 57%; Paul Orosz and Fritz
Schweiger, 54%; east-west, Julie Mitchell and Walt Olszewski, 61%; Mary and Jim
Atwood, 58%.
Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan.
1, 2026, to Jan. 31, 2026
0-5 Points – Karl
Bauer, 2 even; Art Ziller, 0.37; (tie) Walter Balon, Ellen Balon, 0.26.
5-20 Points – Frank
Dluhy, 2.81; Maureen Piasecki, 2.68; Linda Marsh, 0.93; Susan Mann Dolce, 0.74;
Ann Bonte, 0.72; Amy Licata, 0.43.
20-50 Points – Julie
Mitchell, 3.50; Gini Sicignano, 1.04; Devon Marlette, 0.56.
50-100 Points – Molly
Morris, 4.15; Mary Berlow, 0.72; Susan Burns, 0.25.
100-200 Points – Brian
Fleming, 3.10; (tie) Ilene Rothman, Carol Licata, 1.19; Maureen Cancilla, 0.74;
Dennis Daly, 0.43.
200-300 Points – None.
300-500 Points – Joanne
Nover, 3.33; David Schott, 2.85; Agi Maisel, 1.42; Ruth Nowatniak, 1.25; Carl
Hasselback, 0.51.
500-1,000 Points – Jo
Nasoff-Finton, 6.96; Joyce Frayer, 5.51; Linda Zittel, 3.93; Wilson McClaren,
3.73; (tie) Gordon Crone, Mary Terrana, 2.04; Andrei Reinhorn, 2.01; (tie)
Paula Rosen, Jim McClure, 1.98; Ed Drozen, 0.75.
1,000-1,500 Points – Mary
Ball, 5.51; Paul Zittel, 5.25; Bert Feasley, 3.92; Betty Metz, 3.85; (tie) Jim
Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 1.80; Judie Bailey, 1.17; Terry Fraas, 1.11; Larry
Abate, 1.05.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky
Regan, 6.39; David Colligan, 5.02; Howard Foster, 4.85; Kamil Bishara, 3.73; Tova
Reinhorn, 2.75; Nancy Kessler, 1.77; Paula Kotowski, 1.54; Judy Kaprove, 1.44;
Joyce Greenspan, 1.35; Walt Olszewski, 1.23.
2,500-3,500 Points – Dale
Anderson, 1.99.
3,500-5,000 Points – Donna
Steffan, 5.46; Judy Graf, 3.23; John Ziemer, 2.43; Martha Welte, 2.36; Linda
Burroughsford, 1.66.
More than 5,000 Points – Bud
Seidenberg, 6.17; Jay Costello, 6.11; Davis Heussler, 5.61; Kathy Pollock,
5.42; Mike Ryan, 4.84; Chris Urbanek, 4.19; Jay Levy, 3.36; Saleh Fetouh, 3.29.
Dale Anderson has
compiled notes on duplicate bridge activities locally since he began playing in
competition more than 20 years ago. A Gold Life Master, he reached a
career milestone, 3,000 master points, at the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament
last September. You can call or text him at 716-860-2305 or send an email to dahotwings@aol.com.
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