 Volunteer Hall of Fame
Awards
New Mentoring Program
MP
Achievements 2021
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Hello
Unit 116 Members,We had a very successful Annual Meeting. I would like to thank the entire Board and, in particular, Barb Libby and Sandi England for a job very well done.
When
our planning started, I did not know what to expect regarding
attendance. We had 11 full tables. Of course, it would have been better
to have more people. However, under the circumstances, I think the
attendance was very positive. The results of the Bridge game are posted
on the website.
I was impressed regarding mask wearing and virtually all attendees chose to wear masks.
Congratulations to the individuals who were elected to the Board at the Annual meeting. Joyce Greenspan and Sandi England were elected for 3-year terms and Kathy Pollock and Barb Libby were elected for 2-year terms.
Our planning meeting for 2022 activities is on December 14th, 2021, with both the new and old board.
Our next major event is our Winter Sectional in January. The flyer for this event is included herein.
Thank you for your support of UNIT 116 and stay well.
Best regards,
John Bava
President
Western New York Unit 116 of the ACBL
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Unit 116 Winter Sectional
January 21-23, 2022
PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIRED—ACBL HAS ADVISED THAT MASKS ALSO REQUIRED
Main Transit Fire Hall
6777 Main St. Williamsville,
NY (Buffalo) 14221
Friday 1/21 Pairs
10:30 am Single session stratified A/B/C pairs
Saturday 1/22 Pairs
10:30 am Single session stratified A/B/C pairs
Sunday 1/23 Swiss Teams
10:30 am Stratified A/B/C (with short break)
(Subs will be available for purchase)
Stratum “A” – 2000 + Stratum "B" - 500 to 2000 Stratum "C" - 0 to 500
Pairs and teams stratified by average masterpoints. ENTRY FEE per player per session = $12.00 members/$15.00 unpaid members.All Players MUST be ACBL members.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:
Chair:
John Bava 908-256-6466
jbava@roadrunner.com
Co-chair: Joyce
Greenspan 716-688-4896
joyceg716@roadrunner.com
Partnership: Kathy
Pollock 716-310-4199
bridgekat@gmail.com
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Below is a list of currently available ACBL sanctioned online and F2F games for Unit 116 players.
For information and details,
contact the owner/ manager/contact person.
Airport
Bridge Club/
Alliance Bridge Club
Bill
Finkelstein 716-836-7016 billfink1234@hotmail.com
Web site: https://www.alliancebridgeclub.com
Buffalo Bridge Center/
Delaware
Wednesday Night
Kathy Pollock 716-310-4199 bridgekat@gmail.com
Ed Harman 716-480-1666 eharmon@roadrunner.com
Web site: http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com
Bridge Club
Meridian/
Lockport
Duplicate /
Rust Belt Bridge Group (Online Monday 7 pm Teams, Saturdays 9:50am Pairs)
Dian
Petrov
716-668-1226 dpetrov@roadrunner.com
Web sites: https://tinyurl.com/2fj2hama
or http://meridian.bridgecloud.com
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Face2Face Live bridge (Wednesdays at 10 am)
David Larcom 716-649-9354 dmocral@verizon.net
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Mentoring
In the recent past, Unit 116
has sponsored a very successful mentoring program. We anticipate that
we will continue our program in manner similar to what we have done
previously. The only question involves timing. Stay tuned for updates.
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Youth Bridge Update
During
the fall, winter and spring, Kathy Pollock and Ruth Nawotniak taught
three sets of 8-9 week sessions with each session capped by a youth
tournament on Bridge base for masterpoints. A total of twenty youth
students participated in a small beginner class and a larger
intermediate class. The lessons and the tournaments were held online.
Kathy and Ruth were ably assisted by John Bava, Bert Feasley, Mike Ryan
and Denise Slattery. Thank you all for your help.
At this time there are no plans for the Youth for fall of 2021.
The ACBL Educational Foundation has unveiled BridgeWhiz,
a free online program that teaches young people grades 4 through 12 the
excitement of contract bridge. See page 23 of November’s Bridge
Bulletin.
Slideshows from Kid's Tournament
on November 24, 2019:
Link
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Welcome
to the Western New York Unit 116 website. Our unit of over
350
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”.
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Coming to Unit 116!
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District 5 NAP finals ONLINE ONLY on BBO, Flight A(unlm), B(0-2500), C (0-500NLM), October 2-3, 2021
Results
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Unit 116 Annual Meeting F2F,
December 4, 2021
Main-Transit Firehall
6777 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221
Flyer
Results
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BUFFALO WINTER SECTIONAL F2F,
January 21-23, 2022
Main-Transit Firehall
6777 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221
Flyer
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