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| "Still Life with the Ace of Spades," oil painting by California artist Beverly Hackett (1963). |
All of the duplicate bridge clubs in the
Buffalo area are closed until further notice due to the threat of the novel
coronavirus.
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The ACBL has recommended postponement
or cancellation of all club games and tournaments through May 11.
In the meantime, the ACBL has teamed with Bridge Base
Online to provide an 18-board game online every day at 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7
p.m.
Players can earn black points and have the majority of
their table fees go back to their home clubs. Players must have partners and
are advised to sign up quickly with their partners after registration begins
two hours prior to each game. Instructions are available via a link at acbl.org.
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Unit 116 has canceled the Buffalo
Spring Sectional Tournament April 23 to 25, the Non-Life Master Sectional
Tournament May 16 and 17 and the Spring Session of Youth Bridge Lessons. They
will not be rescheduled.
Still on the Unit 116 calendar are the summer picnic
Aug. 2 and the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament Sept. 11 to 13.
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The Saturday Duplicate Bridge column will be on
hiatus until clubs resume regular play. The syndicated Daily Bridge Club column
by Frank Stewart will continue to appear.
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Tournament
calendar
2020
POSTPONED: Rochester Spring Sectional – Webster
Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Today, Saturday, March 28, and
Sunday, March 29. For info, click this link.
CANCELED: Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton
Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday, April 7, to Sunday, April 12. For
more info, click this link.
CANCELED: Rochester Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Strathallan Hotel,
550 East Ave., Rochester. Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18.
CANCELED: Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 24, to Sunday, April 26. For
info, click this link.
Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 19, to
Monday, May 25. For info, click this link.
Syracuse Sectional – Syracuse
Contract Duplicate Bridge Club, 501 Edgerton St., Minoa. Saturday, June 13, and
Sunday, June 14.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Intermediate/Novice Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, June 26, to Sunday, June 28. For info, click this link.
Southwest Ontario Regional – Bingemans
Conference and Convention Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont.
Tuesday, July 7, to Sunday, July 12. For info, click this link.
Rochester Summer Sectional – Webster
Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July
12. For info, click this link.
Hamilton Sectional – Royal
Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 18, and
Sunday, July 19.
Syracuse Regional – Holiday Inn
Syracuse, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 10, to Sunday, Aug.
16. For info, click this link.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge
Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 15,
and Sunday, Aug. 16.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree
Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 1, to
Monday, Sept. 7.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 11, to Sunday, Sept. 13.
St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn
and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont.
Tuesday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Sept. 20.
Rochester Fall Sectional – Saturday,
Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4.
CANCELED: Buffalo Regional – Buffalo
Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 20,
to Sunday, Oct. 25.
Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca
County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive, Seneca Falls. Saturday, Nov. 7, and
Sunday, Nov. 8.
Unit 255 Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, Nov. 15.
2021
Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021,
to Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.
Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, to Sunday, Jan. 24,
2021.
St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn
and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont.
Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, to Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton
Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday, March 30, 2021, to Sunday, April
4, 2021.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 16, 2021, to Sunday, April 18,
2021.
Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy
Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 25, 2021,
to Monday, May 31, 2021.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 4,
2021, to Sunday, June 6, 2021.
Southwest Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference
and Convention Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday,
July 6, 2021, to Sunday, July 11, 2021.
Rochester Regional – RIT Inn and
Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta Road, Henrietta. Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, to
Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge
Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 21,
2021, and Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree
Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 31,
2021, to Monday, Sept. 8, 2021.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge
Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, and Sunday, Sept.
12, 2021.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit
Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, to Sunday, Sept. 19,
2021.
Buffalo Regional – Tuesday, Oct.
19, 2021, to Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021.
St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn
and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont.
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, to Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.
Unit 255 Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, 2021, to Sunday, Nov. 15, 2021.
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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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The Duplicate Bridge column is compiled
weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version normally appears
in the Life & Arts section in the Saturday edition of The Buffalo News.
If it’s not in its usual place, Google “Duplicate
Bridge” plus the current Saturday date, which should bring up a link to it on buffalonews.com, the Buffalo
News website.
Sometimes the online version does not materialize on
the Buffalo News website, at least not in a timely fashion. Worse yet, columns
from previous weeks currently cannot be accessed on the News website. But all
is not lost. They are available in an appendix to Dale Anderson’s bridge blog
at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/
The online version contains unabridged scores and a
longer list of notices. Deadline for submission of scores and notices is
Tuesday night. Email danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com. Office
phone is 716-849-4420.
• • •
Now a Gold Life Master, Dale
Anderson is approaching a career total of 2,700 master points. He blogs about
his quest for the next measure of achievement, Emerald Life Master (3,500
points), and other bridge adventures here.
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Duplicate scores
Week of March 16 to March 22
Week of March 16 to March 22
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club – All games
canceled Monday to Saturday.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – Martha and John Welte, 60.71%;
Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 57.74%; Sharon Benz and Mary Ludwiczak, 53.37%;
Davis Heussler and Kamil Bishara, 50.60%. All other games canceled.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Game
canceled.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Sharon Benz
and Judy Graf, 64.58%; Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 56.25%; (tie) Ken Meier
and Ten-Pao Lee, Sue Neubecker and Saleh Fetouh, 53.13%; Carol Bedell and Betty
Metz, 46.88%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Game
canceled.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday and Saturday – Both games
canceled.
Other
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday and Thursday – Both games
canceled.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – Game
canceled.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Game
canceled.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – Game
canceled.
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