Canceled because
of Covid-19 is the Buffalo Regional
Tournament, which had been scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 5, to Sunday, Oct. 10, in
the Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Western New York Unit 116
hopes to be able to hold its next two events face-to-face – the annual meeting
Dec. 4 and the Winter Sectional on Jan. 21 to 23. Both are planned for the
Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games for quite some time now, the only ACBL sanctioned club in
the area to hold live competition. Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the
Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Players must wear masks.
For more info, email director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
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In the meantime, players can earn ACBL master points in a variety of
games sponsored by local clubs on Bridge Base Online. Info can be found at acbl.org or bridgebase.com.
The Rust Belt
Bridge Group, which invites players
from Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh to play on Bridge Base Online, has
novice games at 9:45 a.m. Monday to Saturday, with open games at 9:50. To visit
the group’s homepage, click this link. For
other info, call Dian Petrov at 688-1226 or email dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
The Airport
Bridge Club is linked on Bridge
Base Online 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.
The Buffalo
Bridge Center, formerly the Bridge Center of Buffalo, offers games at least three days a week – Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday – on Bridge Base Online. Open games often are added to the
games for beginning players on BBO at 7 p.m. Monday and noon on Tuesday and
Thursday. Winners in the open games, which begin a few minutes after the novice
games, receive larger point rewards since they are based on the total table
count from both sections. For more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website, call 691-6201
or email acting club manager Terry Fraas at tmfraas@gmail.com.
The Delaware
Wednesday Club plays under auspices
of the Buffalo Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For
info, call Ed Harman at 480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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Tournament
calendar
2021
CANCELED: Buffalo
Regional – Millennium Hotel,
2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Tuesday, Oct. 5, to Sunday, Oct. 10.
CANCELED:
Niagara Falls Regional – Crowne
Plaza Hotel, 5685 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 9, to Sunday,
Nov. 14.
CANCELED: Unit
255 Sectional –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, Nov. 15.
District 5 Winter
STaC – Local clubs, if face-to-face
play has resumed. Monday, Dec. 6, to Sunday, Dec. 12.
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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 stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.
These days you can
find it in two places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current
Saturday date and that should bring up a link to it on buffalonews.com, the Buffalo News website. Another place to find it
is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/
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
playing online these days and has a career total of more than 2,885 master
points. Online play doesn’t provide as much drama for his bridge blog as
face-to-face competition, but he still writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures here.
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Duplicate
scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of Sept. 20 to Sept. 26
Buffalo Bridge
Center Monday evening – 0-750
game. North-south, Amy Habib and Jane Constantine, 61.38%; Bonnie Clement and
David Schott, 56.88%; Jim and Michael Hassett, 56.15%; Jeannine Dupuis and Gary
Keenan, 52.25%; east-west, Ruth Nawotniak and Audrey Ray, 70.04%; Cynthia
Tashjian and Candace Graser, 56.88; Ann Thompson and Fran Schmidt, 49.14%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Tuesday afternoon – 999er
game. North-south, Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 71.36%; Jane Mitchell and
Linda Henschel, 58.41%; David Schott and Bill Noltee, 57.73%; Jane Constantine
and Amy Habib, 55.68%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 53.18%; east-west, Beena
Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 67.05%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 58.41%; Jane
Maloney and Morris Streich, 56.14%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 52.73%;
Rose Ann Grimaldi and Betty DeFeo, 52.05%; Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 50.68%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Thursday afternoon – 299ers.
North-south, Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon, 62.93%; Ann Thompson and Fran
Schmidt, 57.14%; Judy Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes, 54.42%; east-west, Rose Ann
Grimaldi and Betty DeFeo, 57.82%; Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Noltee, 55.78%; Carol
Roth and Audrey Ray, 53.74%; Jane Constantine and Jane Mitchell, 52.72%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Thursday afternoon – Open
Game. Tova Reinhorn and Agi Maisel, 68.85%; Amita Arora and Martha Townson,
63.69%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 54.76%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.17%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Saturday afternoon – Mary
Ball and Joyce Frayer, 64.88%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 60.71%;
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.74%; Amy Habib and Jane Constantine,
54.17%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Joe
Rooney and Joe Miranda, 62.50% (tie) Bill Feasley and Paul Zittel, Joan and Bob
Ciszak, 55%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – (Tie) Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 63.89%; Jan O’Mara and Bill Rich, 61.94%; Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 60.42%; Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 58.06%; Amita Arora
and Martha Townson, 52.78%.
