The Buffalo Summer
Sectional Tournament continues today, Saturday, July 11, at the Buffalo
Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., with pairs games at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The
tournament wraps up with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 12. For more info,
click this link.
Summer fun
is the theme of the next party game at the Buffalo Bridge Center on Sunday,
July 19. It’s also a unit championship game, rewarding winners with extra
master points. Refreshments at noon, game at 12:30 p.m. $8 members, $12
non-members. Bring a snack to share. For partnerships, Julie Mitchell is the
contact. Call 845-978-9480 or email jkmitchell070121@gmail.com.
Whatever happened to
face-to-face evening games? They've disappeared, but there's interest in bringing them back if enough
players are available. Twenty or 30 years ago, there used to be games almost
every evening of the week in the Buffalo area. Email me at dahotwings@aol.com
and I’ll pass your message along to people who are trying to organize one.
A new round of lessons is
under way at the Buffalo Bridge Center. A class on competitive bidding,
covering things like overcalls, pre-emptive bids and doubles, continues Wednesdays
at 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. through Aug. 26. For more info, text 716-984-3570. On Thursday
from 1 to 3 p.m., there’s another class on popular bidding conventions. It runs
through Aug. 27. For that one, text 716-949-7574 for info.
The Buffalo Bridge Center has a regular lineup of
in-person games Tuesday through Friday with party games once a month on
weekends, usually on Sundays. 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.
Online games hosted by the Bridge Center at 7 p.m.
Monday and Wednesday have been transferred from Bridge Base Online to a new
platform, RealBridge. For more info, including a player guide, visit realbridge.online.
The Wednesday game, Delaware Wednesday, has been inactive since mid-March.
In addition, the club hosts a supervised play session
for players who want experience and advice to improve their game from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on Mondays, which has been a great success. Small games now have been
added to the session. All are welcome. No pre-registration is required, but
things work out better if those interested in supervised play get in touch with
Julie Mitchell by calling 845-978-9480 or emailing jkmitchell070121@gmail.com.
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 has started its mentoring program
again. Experienced players who want to share their knowledge with novices are
encouraged to sign up. So should new players who want to pick up tips from the
masters. Call Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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: Games
are held at 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays in the Amherst Senior Center and at
12:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Tonawanda Senior Center.
Upcoming
tournaments
Buffalo Summer Sectional – Buffalo
Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. Today, Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July
12. For more info, click this link.
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
Community Center, 1605 Buffalo Road (Route 33), Rochester. Saturday, July 25,
and Sunday, July 26.
Niagara 0-750 Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, Aug. 14, to Sunday, Aug. 16. For more info, click this link.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie
Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Aug. 29, and Sunday, Aug. 30.
For more info, click this link.
Toronto Labor Day Sectional – St.
Volodymyr Cultural Centre, 1280 Dundas St. West, Oakville, Ont. Saturday, Sept.
5, to Monday, Sept. 7. For more info, click this link.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional –
Doubletree Meadowlands Racetrack and Casino, 340 Racetrack Road, Washington,
Pa. Monday, Sept. 14, to Sunday, Sept. 20. For more info, click this link.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Buffalo
Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. Friday, Sept. 25, to Sunday, Sept. 27. For
more info, click this link.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Gates
Community Center, 1605 Buffalo Road (Route 33), Rochester. Saturday, Oct. 10,
and Sunday, Oct. 11.
Niagara Open Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, Nov. 6, to Sunday, Nov. 8. For more info, click this link.
Scores
from ACBL Live for Clubs
Week
of June 29 to July 5
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-900
game online. Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 67.50%; (tie) Jim and Michael
Hassett, Richard McGowan and Fran Schmidt, 52.50%; Susan Mann Dolce and Jim
Hildebrand, 51.25%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-South, Joanne Nover and Larry Himelein, 59.13%; Bonnie Clement and
David Schott, 55.56%; Judy Zeckhauser and Jim McClure, 53.97%; Jini and John
Rubenstein, 50%; east-west, Marily Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.33%; Ruth
Nawotniak and Richard McGowan, 57.54%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 55.16%;
Maray Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.57%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 61.81%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil
Bishara, 58.33%; Martha Welte and Howard Foster, 50.59%; Mike Ryan and John
Ziemer, 49.31%; (tie) Ed Morgan and Andrei Reinhorn, Donna Steffan and Judy
Graf, 48.61%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-2,000 game. Paula Kotowski and Walt Olszewski, 62.70%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 56.35%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 55.56%; Maryann Szafran and Jim
McClure, 54.76%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 51.89%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, 61.46%; Martha Welte and Larry Abate,
59.38%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 58.33%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil
Bishara, 54.63%; Davis Heussler and Howard Foster, 54.17%; Linda Burroughsford
and Judy Graf, 51.56%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 63.54%; Sandi England and Dave Larcom, 60.42%; Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski, 57.29%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 47.92%.
Non-sanctioned
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Paul Orosz and Ron Helfman, 62%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%;
east-west, Pat Radtke and Nels Larson, 62%; Angela Curtis and Dan Blatz, 55%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Mike and Bob Rupp, 63.8%; Lynda Pettit and Ann Dunlop, 54.1%.
Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan.
1, 2026, to June 30, 2026
0-5 Points – Karl
Bauer, 2 even; Jane Arnold, 1.25; Art Ziller, 0.74; Barbara Burns, 0.20; Mike
Segal, 0.10.
5-20 Points – Frank
Dluhy, 7.57; Susan Mann Dolce, 5.10; Maureen Piasecki, 4.50; Linda Marsh, 3.60;
Amy Licata, 3.27; Joan Warren, 1.68; Ann Bonte, 1.49; Amber Dixon, 0.72; John
Brennan, 0.65.
20-50 Points – Julie
Mitchell, 19.61; Bill Kross, 4.86; Gini Sicignano, 4.64; Devon Marlette, 3.40;
Anthony Girasole, 1.85.
50-100 Points – Molly
Morris, 9.81; Mary Berlow, 4.60; Susan Burns, 4.15; Susan Cardamone, 4.03;
Elaine Idzik, 1.71; (tie) Anne Slater, Kathleen Voigt, 0.56; (tie) Cherry
Searle, Nancy Deneen, 0.55; Fran Riordan, 0.53.
100-200 Points – Brian
Fleming, 15.05; (tie) Ilene Rothman, Carol Licata, 8.10; Dennis Daly, 5.38; Candace
Graser, 4.45; Mike Meacham, 3.57; Pam Righter, 2.98; Donna Starnes, 2.19; Maureen
Cancilla, 1.63; Amy Habib, 1.05.
200-300 Points – Betty
DeFeo, 3.68.
300-500 Points – David
Schott, 25.86; Joanne Nover, 19.94; Agi Maisel, 7.20; Ruth Nowatniak, 6.61; David
Whitt, 6.03; Maryann Szafran, 4.96; Linda Milch, 4.78; Carl Hasselback, 4.67; Audrey
Ray, 2.91; Judy Zeckhauser, 2.48.
500-1,000 Points – Larry
Himelein, 38.65; Jo Nasoff-Finton, 35.17; Joyce Frayer, 17.37; Pat Haynes, 15.17;
Linda Zittel, 12.63; Paula Rosen, 10.82; Jim McClure, 9.83; Andrei Reinhorn,
9.45; Wilson McClaren, 9.03; Sharon Wilcox, 8.66.
1,000-1,500 Points – Bert
Feasley, 24.23; Paul Zittel, 20.16; Mary Ball, 16.34; Tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn
Wortzman, 14.92; Joanne LaFay, 12.33; Terry Fraas, 7.10; Betty Metz, 5.76; Judie
Bailey, 4.96.
1,500-2,500 Points – Paula
Kotowski, 31.61; Pinky Regan, 25.50; Kamil Bishara, 18.15; Howard Foster, 12.94;
Walt Olszewski, 12.39; Tova Reinhorn, 11.16; Nancy Kessler, 10:31; Sandi
England, 10.10; David Colligan, 9.76; Joyce Greenspan, 8.61.
2,500-3,500 Points – Dale
Anderson, 13.77; Fred Yellen, 2.99.
3,500-5,000 Points – Judy
Graf, 24.35; Donna Steffan, 23.18; Linda Burroughsford, 20.15; John Ziemer, 18.65;
Martha Welte, 13.39; Chongmin Zhang, 3.94; Allen Beroza, 2.70.
More than 5,000 Points – Davis
Heussler, 27.10; Bud Seidenberg, 26.06; Mike Ryan, 25.45; Jay Costello, 24.90; Chris
Urbanek, 17.25; Saleh Fetouh, 12.90; Kathy Pollock, 6.33; Jay Levy, 4.20; (tie)
Glenn Milgrim, Dian Petrov, 1.80.
A Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson has
compiled notes on duplicate bridge activities locally since he began playing in
competition more than 20 years ago. 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. Email is dahotwings@aol.com.
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