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The Summer 2020 North
American Bridge Championships July 16 to 26 in
Montreal, featured on the latest cover of Bridge Bulletin, the monthly magazine
that the ACBL sends to its members, is no longer happening, the ACBL website
announced this week. The 2020 Youth NABC and Collegiate Bridge Bowl, also
scheduled for July in Montreal, have been canceled as well.
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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. Expect that recommendation to be
extended to a later date. 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.
The Bridge Center of
Buffalo is taking part in the BBO games 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 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 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 will be on hiatus in the print edition of
The Buffalo News 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
CANCELED: Rochester
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Strathallan Hotel, 550
East Ave., Rochester. Today, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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Unit
116 Master Point Leaders in all venues
Jan.
1, 2020, to March 31, 2020
0-5 Points –
Carol Licata, 2.32; Linda Henschel, 1.24.
5-20 Points –
Fred Schweiger, 7.33; Gini Sicignano, 5.11.
20-50 Points –
David Schott, 7.13; Stephane Ronget, 4.61.
50-100 Points –
Rose Ann Grimaldi, 11.29; Joanne Nover, 10.38.
100-200 Points –
Vic Bergsten, 27.89; Terry Hamovitch, 16.98; Bram Hamovitch, 14.47; Henry
Porter, 14.26.
200-300 Points –
Margaret Zhou, 14.17; Jim Lanzo, 13.57; Laurie Foster, 1.14.
300-500 Points –
Larry Abate, 42.26; Pawan Matta, 16.62; Joyce Frayer, 14.81.
500-1000 Points –
Ten-Pao Lee, 44.61; Bob Sommerstein, 36.60; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman,
34.46; Ed Morgan, 33.61.
1000-1500 Points – David
Colligan, 58.91; Joyce Greenspan, 31.91; Gay Simpson, 28.29; Howard Foster, 27.01;
Joanne LaFay, 26.55; Sandi England, 25.08.
1500-2500 Points – Davis
Heussler, 104.78; Linda Burroughsford, 104.58; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 72.95;
(tie) Martha Welte, John Welte, 71.77.
2500-3500 Points – John
Sinclair, 55.32; Fred Yellen, 53.07; Allen Beroza, 49,80; Mike Silverman, 39.83;
Dale Anderson, 39.54.
3500-5000 Points –
Mike Ryan, 61.01; John Ziemer, 57.90; Sharon Benz, 48.72; Christy Kellogg,
44.45; Barbara Libby, 41.13; Donna Steffan, 35.11.
5000-7500 Points – Saleh
Fetouh, 118.62; Alan Greer, 100.85; Bert Hargeshimer, 46.34; Jay Costello, 39.27;
Judi Marshall, 23.80.
Over 7500 Points –
Bud Seidenberg, 57.18; Chris Urbanek, 51.93; Jay Levy, 33.41.
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