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Last
weekend's “Buffalo United” tournament on Bridge Base Online served as an
online substitute for the Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament, which has been
canceled due to the pandemic. In keeping with the actual tournament schedule,
pairs games were played Friday and Saturday mornings and afternoons, with a
Swiss pairs game Sunday.
Leading point winner was
Saleh Fetouh with 4.06. Others doing well included Martha and John Welte, both
with 3.81; David Hemmer, 3.59; Bud Seidenberg, 2.75; Rajarshi Roy, 2.21; Violet
Makhija, 2.07; and Barbara Libby, 2.03. For complete results, visit unit116.com.
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The ACBL continues to
recommend that all club games and tournaments through May 25 be
canceled or postponed due to Covid-19, but locally it’s likely to be much
longer than that. All clubs in the Buffalo area are closed until further
notice.
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Until then, players are
turning to virtual games on the internet. The ACBL has joined
with Bridge Base Online to provide club games awarding master points while giving
support to home clubs. Home clubs provide the online directors.
Buffalo players can take
part in the BBO games under the banner of "Buffalo Hot Wings" every
day at 2:15 and 7:15 p.m., although games may be canceled if not enough players
sign up. Fee is $5. For more info, visit bridgecenterofbuffalo.com
and bridgebase.com.
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Unit 116 also has
canceled 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 in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main
St., Amherst, and the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament Sept. 11 to 13 at the
same location.
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The Saturday Duplicate
Bridge column is on hiatus in the print edition of The
Buffalo News until clubs resume regular play, but is alive and well online. The
syndicated Daily Bridge Club column by Frank Stewart will continue to appear.
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Tournament
calendar
2020
CANCELED: Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods
Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 19, to Monday, May 25. For info, click
this link.
2020 Canadian Bridge
Championships – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5685 Falls St.,
Niagara Falls, Ont. Saturday, May 30, to Sunday, June 7. Regionally rated. For
info, click this link.
CANCELED: Syracuse
Sectional – Syracuse Contract Duplicate Bridge Club,
501 Edgerton St., Minoa. Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14.
District 5 Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs (STAC) – Local clubs. Monday,
June 15, to Sunday, June 21.
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: Hamilton
Sectional – Royal Canadian Legion, 435 Limeridge Road
East, Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19.
CANCELED: 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.
During this hiatus, it
can be found by Googling “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.
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Now a Gold Life Master,
Dale Anderson has a career total of more than 2,700 master points and is
playing online while he waits for the clubs to reopen. 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
Weekend
of April 23 to April 25
Buffalo United Tournament
Friday morning – Bud Seidenberg and Jay Levy, 64.09%;
David Hemmer and Saleh Fetouh, 59.89%; Jim Lanzo and Rajarshi Roy, 57.61%;
Selina Volpatti and Dale Anderson, 56.48%; Martha and John Welte, 55.91%.
Buffalo United Tournament
Friday afternoon – Bob Sommerstein and Larry Abate, 64.85%;
Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 59.18%; Claire Gareleck and Gay Simpson,
54.42%.
Buffalo United Tournament
Saturday morning – North-south, Martha and John Welte,
61.43%; Terry Fraas and Cathy Majewski, 55.24%; Pat Haynes and Terry Camp,
51.90%; east-west, David Hemmer and Saleh Fetouh, 56.67%; Bill Rushmore and Art
Morth, 56.19%; Jasbeer and Violet Makhija, 51.43%; Carol Bedell and Rajat Basu,
49.05%.
Buffalo United Tournament
Saturday afternoon – North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija,
64.88%; Rajarshi Roy and partner, 58.33%; (tie) Gay Simpson and partner, Jan
O’Mara and Walt Olszewski, 51.79%; east-west, Barbara Libby and Ken Meier,
66.37%; Saleh Fetouh and Bud Seidenberg, 56.55%; Vera Carpenter and partner,
52.38%; Kurt Dasher and David Hemmer, 50.89%.
Buffalo United Tournament
Sunday – Swiss pairs. Martha and John Welte, 52.54 points;
David Hemmer and Saleh Fetouh, 39.54; Barbara Libby and Sandi England, 37.35;
Ed Morgan and John Bava, 15.32; Jim Lanzo and Rajarshi Roy, 14.95.
