Two tournaments
are coming up next week at the Crowne
Plaza Fallsview Hotel, 5685 Fallsview Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. The 2023
Canadian Bridge Championships start Tuesday, May 9, and continue through
Friday, May 19. Simultaneously, there will be a regional tournament from
Friday, May 12, to Friday, May 19, with Super Gold Rush events every day.
The Canadian Bridge
Championship games are limited to Canadian Bridge Federation members. The
regional games are open to all U.S. and Canadian players. For more details on
both tournaments, visit cbf.ca.
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The Bridge Center
of Buffalo in the Boulevard Mall,
Amherst, will hold a party game Sunday, May 21, with refreshments at 11:30
a.m., game at noon. Donated snacks appreciated. Pop and wine available. For
partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
The Bridge Center has
begun a 10-week series of review lessons on Mondays with instructions by Fred
Yellen, Mike Ryan and Chris Urbanek. Lessons are all at 2 p.m., some of them on
Mondays, most of them on Wednesdays, and continue through June 28. Fee is $15
per session. Pre-registration required. Sign up at the club or call
716-280-6114.
“Kathy’s Snowbird
Game” is the latest addition to the schedule at the Bridge Center. Designed to accommodate those who are out of
town, it’s a Bridge Base Online game on Wednesday mornings for players with
fewer than 750 master points. Starting time is 11 a.m. and Kathy Pollack is
director.
Those who have not
played face-to-face at the Bridge Center during the past three years will need
to click on the Competitive line on the Bridge Base Online website, then go to
All Tourneys in the lower left of the page and search for Buffalo. It will be listed
by 9:30 a.m. Those who have never played at the bridge center should call Kathy
Pollack at 716-310-4199 or email BridgeKat@gmail.com to be added to the list of eligible players.
The Bridge Center is
continuing to play its open game face-to-face on Wednesdays and, because the
online game is included in the calculations, the face-to-face contest will
award additional master points.
The club offers
other face-to-face games at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for players with fewer than
1,200 points and at 10:30 a.m. Thursday for players with fewer than 1,600
points.
The club also holds
two in-person games every week that are open to all players – at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Friday. The open game on Friday is by pre-registration
only. Players should call 716-280-6114 and leave a message, email Donna Steffan
at wsteffan@aol.com or sign up at the club. In-person open games also are
held occasionally on Saturdays and Sundays.
Other virtual games
hosted by the Bridge Center are offered at 7 p.m. Mondays for players with
fewer than 750 points. It also directs the Delaware Wednesday game online at 7
p.m. Wednesdays. For more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website or call
716-280-6114.
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Face-to-face play
in non-sanctioned clubs is offered at
the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst Senior
Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games more than two years. Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in
the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Attendance is
generally three or four tables. For more info, email director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
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The Bridge Centre
of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., offers
a mix of online games and in-person games at its club in Tremont Square
opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.
Face-to-face games,
both open and 499er, are played at 1 p.m. Monday. Wednesday has an open game
face-to-face at 1 p.m. The in-person game at 1 p.m. Thursday is expanded to
include players with up to 750 master points. The club’s other regularly
scheduled games, including a Tuesday night Swiss teams match, continue on Bridge
Base Online. For more info, click here.
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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. It’s
limited to players with fewer than 2,000 master points. For info, call Ed
Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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Tournament
calendar
2023
Canadian Bridge
Championships (Regional Tournament) – Crowne
Plaza Hotel, 5685 Fallsview Ave, Niagara Falls., Ont. Friday, May 12, to
Friday, May 19. For more info, click this link.
Cleveland
All American Regional – Embassy
Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 23,
to Monday, May 29. For info, click this link.
Niagara
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 2,
to Sunday, June 4. For players with fewer than 750 master points.
Rochester
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Temple
B’Rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave., Rochester. Wednesday, June 7, and Thursday,
June 8. For players with fewer than 750 master points.
District
5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – Participating local clubs in Western New York, Western Pennsylvania
and Northeastern Ohio. Monday, June 12, to Sunday, June 18.
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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 April 24 to April 30
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Ruth Nawotniak and Joyce Frayer, 63.33%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 58.33%;
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 55%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 54.44%;
Candace Graser and Cynthia Tashjian, 51.67%; Phyllis Stasiowski and Terry Camp,
51.11%; (tie) Karen Dearing and Michael Metzger, Jim and Michael Hassett, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,600 game. North-south, (Tie) Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55.95%; Joanne Nover and Ilene Rothman, 54.37%; Violet
Makhija and Laurie Foster, 50.79%; east-west, Carol Licata and Larry Himelien,
62.70%; Pat Haynes and David Whitt, 55.56%; Henry Chudy and David Schott, 51.19%;
Betty Metz and Sushil Amlani, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-99 game. North-south, Dennis Daly and Bob Hilburger, 69.42%; Anthony Girasole
and Jim Mansour, 65.25%; east-west, Pat Doyle and Martha Cain, 72.19%; Maxine
Seller and Marion Brush, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Chris Urbanek and Fred Yellen, 60.71%; Linda Burroughsford and John
Ziemer, 54.17%; Sharon Benz and Dian Petrov, 52.38%; Sue Neubecker and Wilson
McClaren, 51.79%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
0-750 game. Larry Himelein and David Schott, 63.89%; Maria Amlani and Violet
Makhija, 59.03%; Rivona Ehrenreich and Judith Babat, 57.64%; Audrey Ray and
Carol Licata, 53.47%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 51.39%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,600 game. North-south, Sharon Wilcox and Joyce Greenspan, 56.67%; Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 55.42%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 52.92%; east-west,
Judie Bailey and Betty Metz, 59.58%; John Marvin and Dennis Daly, 50.42%; Pat
Haynes and David Whitt, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning – Open
game. (Tie) Judy Padgug and Fred Yellen, Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, 55.36%;
Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 53.57%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 59%; Pat and Dick Rasmus, 58%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 55%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Madhav
Deshmukh and Jim Lanzo, 62.78%; Ramani Sundaresan and Johnnie Patton, 58.33%;
Violet and Jasbeer Makhijz, 57.22%; Jim Hassett and Terry Camp, 53.89%;
Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 51.67%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 63%; Edna and Ron Fill, 51%; east-west,
Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 59%; Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 52%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 59%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 56%; east-west,
Shrikant Joshi and Ray Puri, 58%; Elaine Wegrzyn and Gus Alfano, 54%.
Tonawanda Senior
Center Wednesday afternoon – Rose
Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 67.5%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 55%.
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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 career total of nearly 2,950 master points and is still playing primarily online these days. That doesn’t afford as much drama for his bridge blog as there was in face-to-face competition, but he occasionally 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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