The Buffalo
Spring Sectional Tournament is two
weeks away – Friday, April 1, to Sunday, April 3, in the Buffalo Bridge Center,
3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Silver master points will be awarded
at 65% of the usual rate. For more info, click this link.
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Face-to-face
games in the Buffalo bridge clubs may
become more frequent now that Omicron variant restrictions are being lifted.
The Buffalo Bridge Center has in-person open games at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and
10:30 a.m. Friday. Attendance is ranging from three to five tables.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games for more than a year. Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in
the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Players must wear
masks. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more info, email
director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
Also back to
in-person play is the Lockport Duplicate Club. Games begin at 1 p.m. Saturdays
in the Dale Center, 33 Ontario St., Lockport. For info, call Dian Petrov at
716-668-1226.
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In person games
are back at the Bridge Centre of
Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., at 1 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, now that
Ontario has relaxed Covid-19 restrictions. Proof of vaccination and
mask-wearing required. The club’s other regularly scheduled games continue on
Bridge Base Online.
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Players who
aren’t comfortable with face-to-face
play or who are not vaccinated can earn ACBL master points in a variety of
games sponsored by local clubs on Bridge Base Online. Info can be found at acbl.org or bridgebase.com.
Available on Bridge
Base Online are the Buffalo Bridge Center’s 0-750 master point limit game at 7
p.m. Mondays, a 1,200-point master point limit game at noon Tuesday, a
1,500-point game at noon Thursdays and the Delaware Wednesday game at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, which is limited to players with fewer than 2,000 points. For more
info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website, call 716-691-6201 or email acting club manager Terry
Fraas at tmfraas@gmail.com.
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The Rust Belt
Bridge Group, which invites players
from Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh to play on Bridge Base Online, has
novice games at 9:45 a.m. Monday to Saturday, with open games at 9:50. To visit
the group’s homepage, click this link. For
other info, call Dian Petrov at 716-688-1226 or email dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
The Airport
Bridge Club is linked on Bridge
Base Online with the Alliance Bridge Club, the ACBL’s largest bridge club,
which offers more than a dozen games every day. Anyone who has played at the
Airport Club is automatically a member. For more info, visit alliancebridgeclub.com or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at
716-603-6943.
The Delaware
Wednesday Club plays on Bridge Base
Online under auspices of the Buffalo Bridge Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For
info, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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Tournament
calendar
2022
Rochester Spring
Sectional – Moose Lodge, 5375 W.
Henrietta Road, West Henrietta. Next Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27.
For more info, click this link.
NEW LOCATION:
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo
Bridge Center, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Friday, April
1, to Sunday, April 3. For more info, click this link.
Toronto Easter
Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre,
123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 12, to Sunday, April 17. For
info, click this link.
Ithaca Sectional
– Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N.
Triphammer Road, Ithaca. Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15.
Cleveland All
American Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 24, to
Monday, May 30. For info, click this link.
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Bridge
club websites:
Click
names for links.
The
Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
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Duplicate
scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of March 7 to March 13
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. North-south, Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 62.50%; Mary Holmes
and Leslie Deich, 56.02%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 54.63%; east-west, Violet
and Jasbeer Makhija, 62.04%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 56.48%; Jo Ann
Smith and Maria Schory, 53.70%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,200 game. North-south, Susan Cardamone and Linda Milch, 60.32%; Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 58.73%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 50%; east-west,
Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 61.11%; Richard McGowan and Jim McClure, 59.92%;
David Schott and John Marvin, 51.59%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 60.12%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg,
57.74%; Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 52.38%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
51.79%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,500 game. North-south, Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 62.59%; Agi Maisel and
Tova Reinhorn, 60.88%; Pat Haynes and Judy Zeckhauser, 53.06%; east-west, Joanne
Nover and Janet Desmon, 61.90%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 55.44%; Laura
and John Houghtaling, 52.72%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. Chris Urbanek and Sharon Benz, 62%; Judy Padgug and John Ziemer,
59%; Donna Steffan and John Sinclair, 51%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Pat
Haynes and Joe Miranda, 58.33%; (tie) Maureen Piasecki and Joe Rooney, Linda
and Paul Zittel, 54.17%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – North-south, Jennifer
and Howard Epstein, 58.33; Seema Bhagwat and Beena Deshmukh, 56.48%; Ed Harman
and Bill Rich, 56.02%; east-west, Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 70.83%;
Madhav Deshmukh and Jim Lanzo, 56.48%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 55.09%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Thursday – Edna and Ron Fill,
64%; Alicia Kolipinski and Shirley Cassety, 53%; Joshi Shrikant and Raj Puri,
51%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday – North-south, Shirley
Cassety and George Mayers, 65%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 62%; east-west, Joan
Stankiewicz and Anne O’Connor, 58%; Edna and Ron Fill, 56%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Overall Play
Jan. 1, 2022, to Feb. 28, 2022
5-20 Points – Mary Luce, 3.15; Molly Morris, 1.05; Karen Dearing, 0.82;
Michel Dupuis, 0.52.
20-50 Points – Fred Schweiger, 6.82: Jo Ann Smith, 5.81; Maria
Schory, 5.31; Howard Epstein, 4.04; Peggy Mead, 3.45; Jose Justicia-Linde,
3.15; Mary Ellen Cotter, 3.09.
50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 9.53; Jennifer Epstein, 5.91; Betsy and
Jim Greno, 5.38; Candace Graser, 4.29; Cynthia Tashjian, 4.11; Amy Habib, 4.08.
100-200 Points – Judith McDermid, 11.99; David Schott, 11.71; Joanne
Nover, 6.95; Maria Amlani, 5.77; Joan Ciszak, 4.66; Janet Desmon, 3.33.
200-300 Points – Audrey Ray, 11.68; Carol Roth, 9.58; Pat Haynes, 8.54;
Bob Ciszak, 7.11; Margaret Zhou, 5.95; Patty Porter, 3.35.
300-500 Points – Violet Makhija, 27.72; Jasbeer Makhija, 27.47; Martha
Townson, 18.43; Larry Himelein, 18.51; Bonnie Clement, 12.56; Barbara Landree, 9.43.
500-1,000 Points
– Vic Bergsten, 42.88; Jim Lanzo, 37.83;
Amita Arora, 27.66; Marilyn Wortzman, 24.31; Joyce Frayer, 13.82; Paul Zittel, 13.37;
Sushil Amlami, 11.33; Bill Rich, 10.73; Linda Zittel, 10.33; Betty Metz, 9.76.
1,000-1,500
Points – Jim Easton, 24.31; John
Bava, 11.47; Sandi England, 7.79; Judy Kaprove, 7.04; Howard Foster, 5.20; Sue
Neubecker, 4.55; Rajat Basu, 4.50; Kamil Bishara, 4.08.
1,500-2,500
Points –Gene Finton, 29.23; Gay
Simpson, 21.01; Pinky Regan, 13.08; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 5.66.
2,500-3,500
Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte,
117.08; Ken Meier, 37.42; Davis Heussler, 30.04; Allen Beroza, 10.75; Fred
Yellen, 10.74; Dale Anderson, 7.30.
3,500-5,000
Points – John Ziemer, 22.38; Mike
Ryan, 20.42; Judy Graf, 13.54; Judy Padgug, 13.09; Donna Steffan, 10.80;
Barbara Libby, 8.57.
Over 5,000 Points
– Saleh Fetouh, 50.13; Dian Petrov,
31; Jay Costello, 21.15; Chris Urbanek, 16.31; Bud Seidenberg, 9.26; Sharon
Benz, 9.12; John Sinclair, 8.07.
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The
Duplicate Bridge column is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.
These days you can
find it in two places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current
Saturday date and that should bring up a link to it on buffalonews.com, the Buffalo News website. Another place to find it
is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/
Deadline for submission
of scores and notices is Tuesday night. Email danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is 716-849-4420.
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A Gold Life
Master, Dale Anderson has reached
a career total of 2,900 master points. Playing exclusively online these days
doesn’t provide as much drama for his bridge blog as face-to-face competition,
but he still writes about his quest for the next measure of achievement,
Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.
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