News and notes for the Buffalo area duplicate bridge community are continuing to appear weekly right here at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/, usually by midweek. They are no longer carried on the Buffalo News website.
It’s a big week at
the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, beginning today,
Saturday, Dec. 6, with the annual Western New York Unit 116 meeting, luncheon
and game. Meeting is at 11 a.m., lunch at 11:30, open pairs game at 12:30 p.m.
Fee is $10, lunch included. Preregistration requested. Prepayment not required.
Email larab1016@verizon.net
or jbava@roadrunner.com.
The club is participating in the District 5 Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs (StaC), which is taking place from Monday, Dec. 8, to
Sunday, Dec. 14. Since it’s a sectional, players can win silver master points
at the club’s regularly scheduled games.
One of those StaC games is the Bridge Center’s monthly
party game, set for next Saturday, Dec. 13. Snacks at noon. Game at 12:30 p.m.
Bring munchies to share. For partnerships and info, call Pat Haynes at
716-472-5189 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
We got email this
week for the Rock and Roll Regional Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio, from
Wednesday, Jan. 7, to Sunday, Jan. 11, and the package for those staying at the
tournament venue, the Embassy Suites Hotel. 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., in
suburban Independence, includes two free drinks per night at the bar and a gift
bag at check-in. Deadline to sign up for a discounted room is Monday, Dec. 15.
Visit https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/acblattendeesjanuary2026/
or call 216-986-9900. For more info on the tournament itself, click this link.
The Buffalo Bridge Center
offers a regular schedule of in-person and online games Monday through Friday
with party games once a month on weekends. For more info, visit the Buffalo
Bridge Center website or call 716-424-0014. Fee for games is $8 for members and
$12 for non-members.
Other ACBL sanctioned clubs:
Contact for the Bridge Club of East Aurora is Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
Games are at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King
St., East Aurora.
The Bridge Centre of Niagara (BCON) in St. Catharines,
Ont., offers face-to-face games six days a week at its club in Tremont Square
opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue. Website is bridgewebs.com/Niagara.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Bridge Club plays in the
Community Centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Anderson Lane off Mississauga
Street on the western end of the village. Open games are at 1 p.m. Tuesdays and
Fridays. Website is bridgewebs.com/niagaraonthelake.
Non-sanctioned clubs:
Tonawanda Senior Center, 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays; Amherst Senior Center, 12:30
p.m. Mondays and Fridays.
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Scores
from ACBL Live for Clubs
Week
of Nov. 24 to Nov. 30
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 67.50%; Pat Haynes and Maryann Szafran, 60%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 61%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 58%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning
– Open game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 65%; Chris Urbanek and Linda
Burroughsford, 60%; Judy Graf and Ed Morgan, 50%; Joyce Frayer and Mary Ball,
48%.
Non-sanctioned
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon –
North-south, Judie Bailey and Paul Orosz, 61%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 51%;
east-west, (tie) Angela Curtis and Shirley Cassety, Mary and Jim Atwood, 60%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 62.5%; Judy White and Fritz Schweiger, 58.3%.
Dale Anderson fell
in love with this wonderful game as a teen and compiled the local duplicate
bridge notes column in The Buffalo News every week for more than 20 years. He's
a Gold Life Master and reached a career milestone, 3,000 master points, at the
Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament in September.
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