Face-to-face
games continue to be 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.
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
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 28 to April 3
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Carol Licata and Stephane Ronget, 66.11%; Linda Milch and Paula
Rosen, 59.44%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 56.67%; Michel Dupuis and Gary
Keenan, 55.56%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 55%; Jo Ann Smith and Maria Schory, 54.44%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,200 game. Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon, 60.95%; (tie) Sriram Datla and
Kusum Phadke, David Schott and John Marvin, 55.71%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
54.29%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 53.33%; Laura and John Houghtaling,
51.90%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Davis Heussler and Ten-Pao Lee, 65.28%; Saleh Fetouh and Jay
Costello, 57.64%; Judy Padgug and Jim Gullo, 54.86%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Thursday morning –
0-1,500 game. North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.11%; Martha Townson
and Jim Lanzo, 58.89%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 56.67%; Natalie Abramson
and Judy Katz, 55.28%; Janie Polk and Judith Bailey, 51.94%; east-west, Rajat
Basu and John Bava, 63.89%; Sriram Datla and Kusum Phadke, 60%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.72%; Carol Roth and Audrey Ray, 56.94%; Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 51.11%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Pat
and Dick Rasmus, 64.58%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 55.21%; Joe Miranda and Joe
Rooney, 51.40%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 61.53%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 60%; Bill Feasley
and Paul Zittel, 59.44%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 58.33%; Beena Deshmukh and
Bill Rich, 53.75%.
Tournament
Buffalo Spring
Sectional Friday morning – North-south,
A: Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 61.03%; Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, 58.21%;
Saleh Fetouh and Stan Kozlowski, 56.92%; B: Margie Spence and Jill Miller,
56.03%; Mary Miller and David Waterman, 55%; Miriam Kerbel and Ruth
Falkenstein, 50.64%; C: Bonnie Clement and Joanne Nover, 47.56%; east-west, A:
Jay Levy and Fred Yellen, 67.69%; Kathy Pollock and Roger Woodin, 58.46%; Davis
Heussler and Kamil Bishara, 57.44%; Sharon Benz and Ten-Pao Lee, 55.13%; Bud
Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 52.82%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Barbara Libby,
51.41%; B: Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 51.28%; Ken Salter and David Schott,
50.38%; Betty Metz and Barbara Landree, 48.08; C: (tie) Maria and Sushil
Amlani, Barbara McIver and Stephen Snell, 47.31%.
Buffalo Spring
Sectional Friday afternoon – North-south,
A: Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 57.56%; B: David Schott and Ken Salter, 56.03%;
Barbara Landree and Betty Metz, 55%; C: Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 51.67%;
east-west, A: Pat Rasmus and Paul Zittel, 61.79%; Kathy Pollock and Roger
Woodin, 59.62%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 57.82%; Art Morth and Bill
Rushmore, 57.44%; Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 56.92%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and
Barbara Libby, 56.67%; B/C: Mac Beckwith and David Latart, 51.67%.
Buffalo Spring
Sectional Saturday morning – North-south,
A: Zheng Zhang and Kole Meng, 60.64%; Jay Levy and Bud Seidenberg, 59.49%; B: Rajat
Basu and Larry Abate, 58.59%; Mary Miller and David Waterman, 52.95%; Ken
Salter and Ten-Pao Lee, 52.82%; C: Joanne Nover and Laurie Foster, 47.69%;
east-west, A: Dorin Toma and Gabriel Tatar, 56.92%; Chris Urbanek and Sharon
Benz, 56.67%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 56.41%; B: Linda and Paul
Zittel, 55.77%; Donna Pottle and John Marvin, 52.95%; C: Ruth Nawotniak and
Joyce Frayer, 51.92%.
Buffalo Spring Sectional
Saturday afternoon – North-south, A:
Zheng Zhang and Kole Meng, 70.19%; Bert Hargeshimer and Ten-Pao Lee, 55.45%;
Jay Levy and Bud Seidenberg, 55.29%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 54.81%;
Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 52.24%; B: Doug Spiker and Lewis Rothberg, 51.92%; Denise
Slattery and John Bava, 50%; C: Roxann Roberts and Alistair Cormack, 46.63%;
east-west, A: Dorin Toma and Gabriel Tatar, 64.90%; Saleh Fetouh and Jay
Costello, 62.34%; Kathy Pollock and Bill Rushmore, 59.62%; B: Linda and Paul
Zittel, 57.21%; Miriam Kerbel and Ruth Falkenstein, 54.97%; C: Sharon Wilcox
and David Whitt, 52.56%.
Buffalo Spring
Sectional Sunday – Swiss teams. A: Sally
Hill, David Hunt, Roger Woodin and Robert Cannizzaro, 132 victory points;
Barbara Libby, Sandi England, Jay Levy and Ten-Pao Lee, 130 vps; Judy Padgug,
Kathy Pollock, Davis Heussler and Bill Rushmore, 120 vps; Lynn Ackerman, Mary
Miller, Dick Wilson and David Waterman, 119 vps; Chris Urbanek, Bud Seidenberg,
Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 113 vps; B/C; Gay Simpson, Miriam Kerbel, Ruth
Falkenstein and Ken Salter, 72 vps.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Thursday – North-south, Jill
and Bruce Brown, 52.2%; Joe Huber and Ron Canestro, 52.1%; east-west, Alicia
Kolipinski and Shirley Cassety, 61%; Joshi Shrikant and Raj Puri, 52%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday – North-south, Bobbi
and Joe Huber, 53%; Rolene Pozarny and June Feuerstein, 52%; east-west, Jill
and Bruce Brown, 59%; Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 55%.
Tonawanda Senior
Center Wednesday – Ed and Mike Rupp,
59.7%; Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 55.5%.
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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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