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The ACBL has issued a
lengthy list of "Club Safety Considerations," noting that "the
ACBL believes that it is too soon for resuming activities such as duplicate
bridge, particularly since people over age 55 have more frequent complications,
hospitalizations and a higher death rate than other age groups." Clubs
that want to reopen are advised to put a great many precautionary measures in
place to limit the risk to the players. To read the entire advisory, click here.
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Until face-to-face play
returns, are hosting a wide variety of virtual club games
awarding ACBL master points while giving financial support to home clubs.
Open to all players are
the Support Your Club games on BBO every day at 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.,
which send part of the game fees to a club that players designate. For more
info, visit acbl.org or
bridgebase.com.
Local clubs also share in
the fees from when they offer online games as Virtual Clubs on BBO for players
who are affiliated with them.
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The Airport Bridge Club
has linked up with the Alliance Bridge Club, the ACBL’s largest bridge club,
which offers more than a dozen games every day. Anyone who has played at the
Airport Club is automatically a member. For more info, visit
alliancebridgeclub.com or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at
603-6943.
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The Bridge Center of
Buffalo, Bridge Club Meridian and the Lockport Duplicate
Bridge Club offer games every day under their own names or the banner “Buffalo
Wings.” For the most part, the calendar follows the schedule that the clubs
maintained when they were able to play live games.
For more info, visit the Bridge Center of
Buffalo website,
call director Dian Petrov at 228-2230 or email him at dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
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The Delaware Wednesday
Club has plays at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on Bridge Base Online,
the same time that it had its actual games.
Delaware Wednesday is
invitational and to ensure that it is restricted primarily to club members,
there’s a master point limit of 1,500 on players who want to join. None of the
club members has more than 1,500 points.
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Still lingering on the
Unit 116 calendar is the summer picnic Aug. 2 in the
Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. However, now that the Erie
County Fair (Aug. 12 to 22) has been canceled, the picnic is looking even less
likely to happen.
No longer on the unit
calendar is the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament Sept. 11 to 13, but no formal
announcement has been made.
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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: Syracuse
Sectional – Syracuse Contract Duplicate Bridge Club,
501 Edgerton St., Minoa. Today, Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14.
CANCELED: 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.
CANCELED: 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. For info,
click this link.
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 these days. 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 from Bridge Base
Online
Week of June 1 to June 7
Week of June 1 to June 7
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Monday evening – 99ers. North-south, Tyler
Mu and Michael Passucci, 61.07%; Andrew Jiang and Jennifer Epstein, 58.49%; Amy
Habib and Jane Constantine, 53.78%; east-west, Linda and Bob Weaver, 58.64%; Meena
Rustgi and Phyllis Stasiowski, 57.95%; Sarmishtha and Shyam Kumar, 54.32%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. Pinhui
Miao and Amita Arora, 65.56%; Barbara Hill and Ruth Nawotniak, 60.97%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.31%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning –Chris Urbanek and Sharon
Benz, 55.56%; Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 54.63%; Christy Kellogg and Saleh
Fetouh, 52.78%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo
Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, Mary Ball and
Joyce Frayer, 72.49%; Jim Lanzo and Ed Harman, 52.71%; Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover,
50.53%; east-west, Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, 69.97%; Marge Plumb and Natalie
Abramson, 63.98%; Susan Burns and Amy Habib, 56.35%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Sunday afternoon – Christy Kellogg and
Bert Hargeshimer, 71.30%; Gay Simpson and partner, 58.33%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 58.89%; Amita Arora and Jim
Lanzo, 49.44%; (tie) Gay Simpson and Anne O’Connor; Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 48.89%.
Buffalo Silver Wings Friday
afternoon – Gay Simpson and John Bava, 62.50%; Jim
Lanzo and Rajarshi Roy, 56.94%.
Garret Club Invitational
Monday morning – Carole Sedita and Susan Burns, 67.19%; Linda
Henschel and Martha Cain, 56.25%; (3-way tie) Mary Joyce and Pam Righter, Judy
Reich and Mary Berlow, Amber Dixon and Jane Constantine, 54.17%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge
Tuesday evening – Jim Jeff Bender and Gabe Tannenbaum,
68.29%; Sushil Amlani and Jim Lanzo, 64.81%; Terry Fraas and Rajarshi Roy,
56.71%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge
Saturday afternoon – North-south, Elve Johnston and Miriam
Regnet, 66.67%; Barbara and John Scott, 66.11%; Audrey Ray and Caerol Roth, 53.89%;
Anne O’Connor and Ed Harman, 53.33%.
Twentieth Century Club
Invitational Friday morning – Cherry Searle and Nancy
Deneen, 59.86%; Phyllis Wilkinson and partner, 56.89%; Elaine Idzik and Martha
Townson, 55%.
Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan.
1, 2020, to May 31, 2020
0-5 Points – Nancy
Deneen, 10.97; Linda Henschel, 10.46.
5-20 Points – Martha
Townson, 17.68; Fred Schweiger, 7.33; Gini Sicignano, 5.11; Jane Constantine,
4.65.
20-50 Points –Stephane
Ronget, 11.19; David Schott, 10.32; Maria Amlani, 8.35; Cherry Searle, 5.40.
50-100 Points – Larry
Himelein, 21.67; Joanne Nover, 14.22; Rose Ann Grimaldi, 11.29; Barbara Hill,
8.36.
100-200 Points –Bonnie
Clement, 28.14; Ann Marie Ryan, 19.66; Terry Hamovitch, 15.03; Vic Bergsten,
14.86; Henry Porter, 13.21; Bram Hamovitch, 12.73.
200-300 Points – Jim
Lanzo, 33.30; Jasbeer Makhija, 18.12; Margaret Zhou, 14.39; Ruth Nawotniak, 11.90.
300-500 Points –
Larry Abate, 52.31; Joyce Frayer, 27.12; Violet Makhija, 18.68; Pawan Matta,
16.62; Amita Arora, 14.06; Sushil Amlani, 11.39.
500-1000 Points – Bob
Sommerstein, 41.07; John Bava, 37.23; Ed Morgan, 36.30; Ten-Pao Lee, 35.70; Mary
Ball, 34.61; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 33.19.
1000-1500 Points – Gay
Simpson, 37.05; Sandi England, 34.28; Joyce Greenspan, 31.91; Joanne LaFay, 27.49;
Howard Foster, 19.26.
1500-2500 Points – (Tie)
Martha Welte, John Welte, 116.99; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 72.31; Davis Heussler, 47.19;
Linda Burroughsford, 38.65; Walt Olszewski, 31.40.
2500-3500 Points – David
Millward, 52.02; Allen Beroza, 43.63; Ken Meier, 41.61; Dale Anderson, 41.16; Fred
Yellen, 37.67; Mike Silverman, 34.67.
3500-5000 Points –
Mike Ryan, 50.35; Barbara Libby, 50.32; Sharon Benz, 49.91; John Ziemer, 43.41;
Christy Kellogg, 34.80.
5000-7500 Points –
Alan Greer, 100.85; Saleh Fetouh, 55.42; Bert Hargeshimer, 36.69; Judi
Marshall, 22.37; Jay Costello, 21.79.
Over 7500 Points –
Bud Seidenberg, 62.53; Jay Levy, 33.26; Chris Urbanek, 25.95.
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