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The ACBL has not yet extended
its recommendation 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 next
weekend, 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 it’s 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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Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan.
1, 2020, to April 30, 2020
0-5 Points –
Carol Licata, 2.32; Linda Henschel, 2.29.
5-20 Points –
Fred Schweiger, 7.33; Gini Sicignano, 5.11; Marcia Turley, 2.95; Jose
Justicia-Linde, 2.35.
20-50 Points –
David Schott, 7.43; Stephane Ronget, 5.81; Maria Amlani, 4.11; Gail Pitterman,
3.80.
50-100 Points –
Rose Ann Grimaldi, 11.29; Larry Himelein, 11.01; Joanne Nover, 8.47; Betty
DeFeo, 5.42.
100-200 Points –
Vic Bergsten, 14.86; Bonnie Clement, 13.91; Terry Hamovitch, 13.77; Henry
Porter, 13.21; Richard Davidson, 11.65; Bram Hamovitch, 11.26.
200-300 Points – Jim
Lanzo, 14.92; Margaret Zhou, 10.37; Jasbeer Makhija, 8.67; Ruth Nawotniak,
7.85; Laurie Foster, 7.47.
300-500 Points –
Larry Abate, 45.26; Pawan Matta, 16.62; Joyce Frayer, 14.38; Violet Makhija,
9.23; Christine Malarkey, 8.97.
500-1000 Points –
Ten-Pao Lee, 35.70; Ed Morgan, 33.48; Bob Sommerstein, 32.73; (tie) Jim Easton,
Marilyn Wortzman, 24.30; Mary Ball, 24.21; John Bava, 21.54.
1000-1500 Points –
Joyce Greenspan, 31.91; Gay Simpson, 29.90; Sandi England, 27.04; Joanne LaFay,
26.97; Howard Foster, 19.26.
1500-2500 Points – Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 72.31; (tie) Martha Welte, John Welte, 67.23; Linda
Burroughsford, 37.50; Davis Heussler, 33.51; Walt Olszewski, 30.65.
2500-3500 Points – David
Millward, 51.34; Allen Beroza, 43.63; Dale Anderson, 38.41; Fred Yellen, 37.67;
Mike Silverman, 34.67; Ken Meier, 31.19.
3500-5000 Points –
Mike Ryan, 50.35; John Ziemer, 43.41; Barbara Libby, 42 even; Sharon Benz,
41.49; Christy Kellogg, 29.42.
5000-7500 Points – Alan
Greer, 100.85; Saleh Fetouh, 34.57; Bert Hargeshimer, 31.31; Judi Marshall,
22.37; Jay Costello, 21.79.
Over 7500 Points –
Bud Seidenberg, 40.62; Jay Levy, 32.36; Chris Urbanek, 17.88.
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