News and notes for the Buffalo area duplicate bridge community appear weekly here at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/, usually by midweek.
Next party game
at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the northbound
I-190, is next Saturday, Oct. 17, and it has an Autumn theme. Bring snacks to
share at noon. Game at 12:30 p.m. Need a partner for the party game? The club
has started using a Google form to help players match up. To find it, go to BBC
website and click on Announcements. There you’ll see who’s looking for a
partner, fill out a form and add your name to the list. For more info, contact
Julie Mitchell by calling 845-978-9480 or emailing jkmitchell070121@gmail.com.
There’s a regular lineup of
in-person games at the Bridge Center from Tuesday through Friday with party
games once a month on weekends, usually on Sundays, except during football
season. Next party game is Saturday, Oct. 17. 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.
A new 10-week series of bridge lessons the Bridge
Center, an introduction to Basic Bridge, began Thursday, Oct. 1, from 1 to 3
p.m. For more info, call or text Ruth Nawotniak at 716-949-7574.
Linda Burroughsford will lead the next round of
lessons at the Bridge Center, starting in November. The topic: The two-over-one
bidding system, including the forcing 1 No Trump, rebids and Bergen raises. The
course begins Monday, Nov. 2, and continues most Mondays from 12:30 to 3 p.m.
Cost is $175. For info and sign-up, call or text Linda at 289-241-4449 or email
her at burroughsford@icloud.com.
An online game for players with fewer than 900 master
points is hosted by the Bridge Center at 7 p.m. Monday on RealBridge. For more
info, including a player guide, visit realbridge.online.
In addition, the club hosts a supervised play session
for players who want to gain some experience and get some advice to improve
their game. It’s from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Mondays and it’s 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 at 10
a.m. on Tuesdays, which is just for fun. 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.
The Bridge Centre of Niagara
(BCON) in St. Catharines, Ont., offers face-to-face games five days a week and
Saturday nights at its club in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping
plaza off Glendale Avenue. Website is bridgewebs.com/Niagara.
BCON has a series of bidding workshops at 9:30 a.m. on
Wednesdays with Doug Dolbear that are aimed at intermediate and advancing
players. Cost in Canadian funds is $30 each. Maximum of 12 students per
session. For more info and registration, email dougdolbear@gmail.com.
Other ACBL sanctioned clubs: Bridge
Club of East Aurora holds an open game 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 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
Rochester Fall Sectional – Gates
Community Center, 1605 Buffalo Road (Route 33), Rochester. Today, Saturday, Oct.
10, and Sunday, Oct. 11. For more info, click this link.
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.
Finger Lakes Sectional –
Cornell Cooperative Extension, 480 N. Main St., Canandaigua. Saturday, Nov. 7,
and Sunday, Nov. 8. For more info, click this link.
District 5 Sectional Tournament at the
Clubs (STaC) – Participating bridge clubs. (No local
clubs yet.) Monday, Dec. 7, to Sunday, Dec. 13.
Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional –
Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday,
Jan. 6, 2027, to Sunday, Jan. 10, 2017. For more info, click this link.
Toronto Non-Life Master Regional –
Sheraton Centre Toronto, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 8,
2027, to Sunday, Jan. 10, 2027. For more info, click this link.
Toronto New Year’s Sectional –
Sheraton Centre Toronto, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 8,
2027, to Sunday, Jan. 10, 2027. For more info, click this link.
Niagara Winter Sectional
– Holiday Inn and Suites, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb.
19, 2027, to Sunday, Feb. 21, 2027.
Toronto Easter Regional –
Sheraton Centre Toronto, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 23,
2027, to Sunday, March 28, 2027. For more info, click this link.
Scores
from ACBL Live for Clubs
Week
of Sept. 28 to Oct. 4
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-900
game online. Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, 60%; Laura and John Houghtaling,
56.25%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Ruth Nawotniak and Richard McGowan, 72.57%; Barbara Landree
and Paul Zittel, 54.14%; Audrey Ray and Ed Morgan, 50.89% Joanne Nover and
Larry Himelein, 48.01%; east-west, Julie Mitchell and Mike Meacham, 63.44%; Agi
Maisel and Dennis Daly, 55.70%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 55.65%; Linda Milch
and Susan Cardamone, 51.86%; Kathy Pyjas and Jennifer Nassivera, 51.24%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 59.38%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Fred
Yellen, 56.25%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 54.17%; Judy Graf and Bud
Seidenberg, 53.13%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-2,000 game. North-south, Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 57.14%; Audrey Ray
and Adrian Figliotti, 55.95%; Paula Rosen and Linda Milch, 52.78%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.59%; east-west, Larry Himelein and David Schott,
61.11%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 55.56%; Paula Kotowski and Walt
Olszewski, 49.60%; Julie Mitchell and Brian Fleming, 49.21%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 62%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
59%; Mike Ryan and Jim Gullo, 53%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Sandi England, 66.07%; Paula Kotowski and Ed Morgan, 64.88%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 54.76%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 50%.
Non-sanctioned
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
(Tie) Paul Orosz and Judie Bailey, Bruce and Jill Brown, 58.04%; (tie) George
Mayers and Karen Synor, Rich Kayton and Cindy Darone, 52.79%; east-west, Jim
Cook and Gus Alfano, 60%; Will Brick and Dan Blatz, 59%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Paul Orosz and Nels Larson, 64%; Bruce and Jill Brown, 56%; east-west, Rich
Kayton and Ted Kotlarz, 59%; Ruth Nawotniak and Julie Mitchell, 56%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 55%; Lynda Pettit and Ann Dunlop, 52.5%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 51.25%.
Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan.
1, 2026, to Sept. 30, 2026
Players with 0 – 5 master points – Alex
Ivanov, 1.87; Jane Arnold, 1.65; Kathy Pyjas, 0.58; Mike Segal, 0.32; Barbara
Burns, 0.20.
5 – 20 – Susan Mann Dolce,
6.59; Maureen Piasecki, 4.50; Amy Licata, 4.20; Ann Bonte, 1.97; Joan Warren,
1.68; John Brennan, 0.93; Pat Wolcott, 0.75; Amber Dixon, 0.72.
20 – 50 – Julie
Mitchell, 33.31; Bill Kross, 7.90; Gini Sicignano, 4.83; Devon Marlette, 3.57;
Anthony Girasole, 3.44.
50 – 100 –
Molly Morris, 9.81; Susan Burns, 5.62; Susan Cardamone, 5.38; Mary Berlow,
4.94; Elaine Idzik, 1.71; Frank Riordan, 1.05; Anne Slater, 0.91; Kathleen
Voigt, 0.56; (tie) Cherry Searle, Nancy Deneen, 0.55; Pepe Justicia-Linde,
0.53; Jo Ann Smith, 0.35.
100 – 200 –
Brian Fleming, 19.19; Mike Meacham, 11.95; Ilene Rothman, 9.77; Carol Licata,
8.88; Dennis Daly, 8.61; Maureen Cancilla, 6.30; Pam Righter, 4.77; Candace
Graser, 4.45; Donna Starnes, 2.51; Joan Ciszak, 1.62; Amy Habib, 1.05; Cynthia
Tashjian, 0.26.
200 – 300 – Betty
DeFeo, 5.69.
300 – 500 – David
Schott, 35.45; Joanne Nover, 30.51; Ruth Nawotniak, 17.62; Agi Maisel, 13.11;
Maryann Szafran, 11.43; Audrey Ray, 11.42; Carl Hasselback, 8.98; Linda Milch,
7.41; David Whitt, 6.03; Maria Amlani, 5.07; Judy Zeckhauser, 2.96; Eugene
Giorgini, 0.84.
500 – 1,000 – Larry
Himelein, 50.43; Jo Nasoff-Finton, 47.09; Linda Zittel, 27.86; Joyce Frayer,
27,83; Pat Haynes, 22.79; Mary Terrana, 19.20; Gordon Crone, 18.18; Andrei
Reinhorn, 16.39; Sushil Amlani, 13.41; Paula Rosen, 13.25; Jim McClure, 12.73;
Ruth Wurster, 12.46; Richard McGowan, 9.62; Wilson McClaren, 9.03; Jan
Hasselback, 8.98; Sharon Wilcox, 8.66; Donna Pottle, 7.74; (tie) Bram
Hamovitch, Terry Hamovitch, 7.10; Dave Larcom, 6.33; Barbara Landree, 5.16;
Brian Universal, 3.45; Dan Clark, 3.41; Ed Harman, 2.61; Diana Smith, 2.24;
Florence Boyd, 2.20; Ed Drozen, 1.70.
1,000 – 1,500 –
Paul Zittel, 35.18; Bert Feasley, 30.85; Mary Ball, 24.10; (tie) Jim Easton,
Marilyn Wortzman, 20.41; Joanne LaFay, 19.17; Larry Abate, 14.80; Ed Morgan,
13.98; Betty Metz, 13.29; Adrian Figliotti, 11.43; Terry Fraas, 8.70; Judie
Bailey, 7.84; Vic Bergsten, 6.63; Cathy Majewski, 1.66.
1,500 – 2,500 –
Paula Kotowski, 41.48; Kamil Bishara, 38.22; Howard Foster, 27.15; Tova
Reinhorn, 20.56; Nancy Kessler, 17.51; Walt Olszewski, 16.84; Sandi England,
15.19; Joyce Greenspan, 14.23; David Colligan, 14.06; Jim Lanzo, 8.99; Rajat
Basu, 7.30; Bill Finkelstein, 6.63; Judy Kaprove, 5.44; (tie) Barbara Pieterse,
Martin Pieterse, 4.19; Sue Bergman, 1.69; John Bava, 0.43.
2,500 – 3,500 –
Dale Anderson, 20.05; Fred Yellen, 7.04; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 1.38.
3,500 – 5,000 – Judy
Graf, 38.06; John Ziemer, 35.84; Martha Welte, 32.10; Donna Steffan, 31.07;
Linda Burroughsford, 28.89; Chongmin Zhang, 3.94; Allen Beroza, 2.70; Barbara
Libby, 1.03; Mike Silverman, 0.44.
Over 5,000 –
Mike Ryan, 55.77; Bud Seidenberg, 43.21; Davis Heussler, 41.75; Chris Urbanek,
41.37; Jay Costello, 40.32; Saleh Fetouh, 14.17; Jay Levy, 9.93; Kathy Pollock,
8.99; Dan Gerstman, 4.64; Glenn Milgrim, 1.80.
A Gold Life Master with more than 3,000
master points, Dale Anderson has compiled
notes on duplicate bridge activities locally since he began playing in
competition more than 20 years ago. He also comments on his bridge adventures
on his pages here at blogger.com. You can call or text him at 716-860-2305. Email
is dahotwings@aol.com.
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