...I
would like to ask each of our players to be aware of the
need to be considerate of other players. Sometimes it seems we forget
that not all players are at the same level and unconsciously make
remarks that although unintentional are hurtful. Even some of those
looks and shrugs are insulting. We play a game that needs people, so I
would ask that we do what we can to make others enjoy playing bridge
before there are too few left at the table....
Sue Neubecker - Unit 116 President
• • •
Calling
all bridge students! Is your bridge teacher the best? Do you wish you
could thank them in some way? How about an award? Those are always nice!
Go to the American Bridge Teachers' Association website for more information about the ABTA Teacher of the Year award, which is sponsored by Master Point Press, the Bridge Publisher.
This award is given to teachers who make a difference in
their bridge community and in the lives of their students. Make sure
that your teacher is eligible and show them how much you appreciate the work they put in to teaching you!
All teachers up for the award are nominated by students just like you.
The deadline to nominate is set in early
2014 and the ceremony to present the award will be at the ABTA's annual
convention, held in Las Vegas this year.
‘Like’ the ABTA Teacher of the Year on Facebook and check the ABTAhome website to keep up to date on the latest in bridge teacher news.
• • •
WNY
Unit 116 Winter Sectional
January
3,4,5, 2014
M&Transit Fire Hall
6777 Main Street - Buffalo NY 14221
Friday 1/3 -
Pairs
10:30 am Single session stratified A/B/C
pairs
2:30 pm* Single session stratified A/B/C
pairs
*Note New Time for PM Session (Lunch will be available for purchase)
Saturday 1/4
- Pairs
10:30 am Single session stratified A/B/C
pairs
2:30 pm* Single session stratified A/B/C
pairs
*Note New Time for PM Session (Lunch will be available for purchase)
Sunday 1/5 -
Swiss Teams
10:30 am Stratified A/B/C (with short break)
Stratum "A" - 2000+
Stratum "B" - 500 to 2000
Stratum "C" - 0 to 500
Pairs and teams stratified by average masterpoints
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:
Chair:
Betty
Metz
716-773-7398 bettymetz@roadrunner.com
Chair: Sue
Neubecker
716-876-2630
suebobneu@roadrunner.com
LINK
• • •
Congratulations
to the new Unit 116 Life Masters Manju Ceylony and Shakeel
Ahmad who made
it to the Finals of Flight C GNT in Atlanta.
LINK
• • •
Buffalo NLM (0-500)
"Silver Point" Sectional Tournament
August 9-11, 2013
Bridge Center of Buffalo
RESULTS
Pictures and comments from “out-of-towner” players:
“Good Morning- Congrats to our team for coming in 2nd in the afternoon
Swiss Team Game! Thank you for a great day! “
“Betty-
as always the Buffalo Bridge Center has the best hospitality of any of
the tournaments I have attended. Thank you! The
fresh
doughnuts in the morning got us going. Pizza, fresh fruit and fresh
vegetables gave us the energy for the afternoon. Everyone loved the
variety of homemade cookies! You have some excellent bakers
in
your group. “
“Again a great time was had by all!”
• • •
Bridge
Trumps Alzheimer’s:
• • •
Check the Duplicate Bridge
column in The Buffalo News each Saturday for weekly game results and
other announcements. Unfortunately, space there is limited,
but additional results, more complete
announcements and other information can be
found in the weekly Internet version of the column at www.buffalonews.com.
For quickest results, search the words "duplicate bridge" and
Saturday's date. For the latest information and detailed game
results directly from the clubs, check the web sites of clubs in Western
New York.
...
Welcome
to the Western New York Unit 116 website. Our unit of over
450
dedicated bridge players is part of the American Contract Bridge
League’s District Five. Geographically, we encompass the
counties
of Erie and Niagara, at the eastern end of Lake Erie and western end of
Lake Ontario, in New York State. We often have players from
across the Canadian border playing at our clubs.
Our goal is to
promote bridge and support local bridge clubs.
We have six open, active clubs. We host three sectionals each year –
January,
April/May, and September – as well as a Non-Life Master sectional in
the summer. The District Five Regional is held at the end of
October and famously titled “Spooktacular”. Numerous unit
games
are held throughout the year.
We publish a
bi-monthly newsletter,
Bridge Buff,
for and about its members. It regularly includes extensive
interviews with several members, an interesting bridge hands and
analysis, and perhaps a good recipe enjoyed at a Unit game.
The "Bridge Buff" issues were retrieved
(thank you
Kathy Pollock and Alex Kowal) starting
with issues back in the past. You can read old and
current issues to see where
we
were and where we are going as a bridge community. There was a gap in
publishing from March to October 2007, when the bridge community was
torn apart by controversy and the Buff was on hold.
Help preserve the bridge history of Unit 116 by downloading the files
and saving them - you will never know when and who from the future
generations will read them.
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