The Buffalo
Spring Sectional Tournament continues
today, Saturday, April 2, with pairs games at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the
Buffalo Bridge Center, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. The
tournament concludes with Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. 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 are
still being played on a limited basis at local bridge clubs. 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.
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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
NEW LOCATION:
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo
Bridge Center, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Today, Saturday,
April 2, and Sunday, April 3. For more info, click this link.
CANCELED: Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 12, to Sunday, April
17.
CANCELED: 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.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Spring Sectional – 0-750 Tournament.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane. Friday, June 3, to Sunday,
June 5. For info, click this link.
Toronto Summer
Regional – Delta Hotels by Marriott
Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, July 5, to Sunday, July
10. 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 21 to March 27
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. North-south, Ruth Nawotniak and Joyce Frayer, 60.32%; Carol Licata
and Stephane Ronget, 57.54%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 52.38%; Karen
Dearing and Michael Metzger, 50%; east-west, Violet and Jasbeer Makhijz,
65.08%; Limda Milch and Paula Rosen, 57.94%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan,
57.14%; Amy Habib and Jane Constantine, 53.57%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,200 game. Larry Himelein and David Scott, 60%; (tie) Joanne Nover and Janet
Desmon, Beverly Titzel and John Marvin, 57.62%; (tie) Paula Rosen and Jim
McClure, Susan Cardamone and Linda Milch, 51.90%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Carol Bedell and Gay Simpson, 56.94%; (tie) Kathy Pollock and John
Bava, Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 56.25%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 52.78%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,500 game. North-south, Usha Khurana and Bill Rich, 60.12%; Pat Haynes and
Bonnie Clement, 58.93%; Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn, 53.27% Janie Polk and
Judith Bailey, 51.49%; east-west, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 61.90%;
Denise Slattery and John Bava, 61.61%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 57.14% Linda
Milch and Paula Rosen, 55.36%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. (Tie) Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 60%; Jay
Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 54%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Joanne
LaFay and John Fiegl, 56%; Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 52%; Linda and Paul
Zittel, 51%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Bill
Feasley and Paul Zittel, 60.42%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 59.72%; Violet
and Jasbeer Makhija, 57.64%; Gay Simpson and Vic Bergsten, 53.47%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Friday – North-south, Shirley
Cassety and George Mayers, 57%; Edna and Ron Fill, 54%;; east-west, Pat Truell
and pat McAllester, 61%; (tie) Pat Radtke and Christine Whiting, Marge McMillin
and Bill Westley, 58%.
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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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