How badly has Covid-19 depressed attendance at tournaments? Consider the Rock & Roll Regional in Cleveland this week.
On the first day, Wednesday, the only results posted on the ACBL website are for an afternoon open pairs game with 12 tables. Two years ago, opening day saw more than 50 tables in several games.
In compliance with current ACBL rules, all players must provide
proof of vaccination and wear masks in the playing area.
Still on the
calendar, pandemic permitting, is the Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament,
scheduled for Friday, Jan. 21, to Sunday, Jan. 23, in the social hall of the
Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. For more info, click this link.
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Face-to-face
games in the bridge clubs have closed
down because of Covid again. The Bridge Center of Buffalo has moved its game at
noon Thursday back to Bridge Base Online. Master point limit is 1,500. For the
moment, the club is continuing its other face-to-face games – a 999er game at
noon Tuesday, an open game at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and an open game at 10:30
a.m. Friday. Attendance is ranging from three to five tables.
Continuing on Bridge
Base Online are the club’s 0-750 master point game at 7 p.m. Mondays and the
Delaware Wednesday game at 7 p.m. Wednesday for players with fewer than 2,000
points. For more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website, call 716-691-6201
or email acting club manager Terry Fraas at tmfraas@gmail.com.
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The Bridge Centre
of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont.,
has stopped holding its in-person games on Wednesdays and Thursdays due to
Covid-19. All of the club’s games are back on Bridge Base Online.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games for more than a year. Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in
the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Players must wear
masks. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more info, email
director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
Also back to
in-person play is the Lockport Duplicate Club. Games begin at 1 p.m. Saturdays
in the Dale Center, 33 Ontario St., Lockport. For info, call Dian Petrov at
716-668-1226.
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Players who
aren’t comfortable with face-to-face
play or who are not vaccinated 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 716-688-1226 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 716-603-6943.
The Delaware
Wednesday Club plays on Bridge Base
Online under auspices of the Buffalo Bridge Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For
info, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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Tournament
calendar
2022
Cleveland Rock
and Roll Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Today, Saturday, Jan. 8,
and Sunday, Jan. 9. For more info, click this link.
Buffalo Winter
Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall,
6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 21, to Sunday, Jan. 23. For more info,
click this link.
St. Catharines
Sectional – Holiday Inn & Suites
Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb.
11, to Sunday, Feb. 13. For info, click this link.
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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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A Gold Life
Master, Dale Anderson is celebrating
the new year by reaching a career total of 2,900 master points. Playing
exclusively online these days 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 Dec. 27 to Jan. 2
Buffalo Bridge
Center Monday evening – 0-750
game. David Schott and Larry Himelein, 62.78%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija,
61.11%; Susanne Kissane and Krishna Tadepalli, 58.89%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce
Frayer, 56.11%; Paula Rosen and Linda Milch, 53.33%; Jo Ann Smith and Maria
Schory, 51.67%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Wednesday morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek, 67%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 58%; Carol Bedell and Sue
Neubecker, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Thursday morning – 0-1,500
game. Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn, 61%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 60.50%;
Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 59%; Denise Slattery and John Bava, 58.50%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.50%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 53.50%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Friday morning – Open game.
Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 61.46%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 63.13%;
Judy Padgug and John Sinclair, 50%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Joan
and Bob Ciszak, 67.50%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 57.50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Gabe Tannenbaum and Bill Rich, 72.22%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 66.11%; Carol Licata and Stephane Ronget, 55.56%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 53.89%; Fran Schmidt and Terry Camp, 51.67%.
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