The Buffalo
Spring Sectional Tournament has been
moved to the Buffalo Bridge Center, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road,
Amherst. Silver master points will be awarded at 65% of the usual rate. Dates are
Friday, April 1, to Sunday, April 3. For more info, click this link.
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Face-to-face
games in the Buffalo bridge clubs may
become more frequent now that Omicron variant restrictions are being lifted.
The Buffalo Bridge Center has in-person open games at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and
10:30 a.m. Friday. Attendance is ranging from three to five tables.
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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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In person games
are back at the Bridge Centre of
Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., at 1 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, now that
Ontario has relaxed Covid-19 restrictions. Proof of vaccination and
mask-wearing required. The club’s other regularly scheduled games continue on
Bridge Base Online.
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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.
Available on Bridge
Base Online are the Buffalo Bridge Center’s 0-750 master point limit game at 7
p.m. Mondays, a 1,200-point master point limit game at noon Tuesday, a
1,500-point game at noon Thursdays and the Delaware Wednesday game at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, which is limited to 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 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
Rochester Spring
Sectional – Moose Lodge, 5375 W.
Henrietta Road, West Henrietta. Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27. For
more info, click this link.
NEW LOCATION:
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo
Bridge Center, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Friday, April
1, to Sunday, April 3. For more info, click this link.
Toronto Easter
Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123
Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 12, to Sunday, April 17. For info,
click this link.
Ithaca Sectional
– Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N.
Triphammer Road, Ithaca. Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15.
Cleveland All
American Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 24, to
Monday, May 30. 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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Duplicate
scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of Feb. 28 to March 6
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750
game. Michael and Jim Hassett, 60.83%; David Schott and Terry Camp, 55.83%; Carol
Licata and Stephane Ronget, 54.44%; (tie) Jo Ann Smith and Maria Schory, Carol
Roth and Patty Porter, 53.33%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,200 game. Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover, 68.57%; Janie Polk and Bill
Noltee, 61.90%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 60.72%; Laura and John
Houghtaling, 55%; David Schott and John Marvin, 54.29%; David Taylor and Jim
Greno, 50.24%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 60.42%; Howard Foster and Davis
Heussler, 56.25%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 53.13%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,500 game. North-south, Laura and John Houghtaling, 56.97%; Wendy Zimman-Smith
and David Zhang, 56.50%; Rajat Basu and John Bava, 53.70%; (tie) Rivona
Ehrenreich and Judith Babat, Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 52.38%; east-west,
Larry Himelein and David Schott, 57.48%; Jim Hassett and Bill Noltee, 56.25%;
Carol Roth and Patty Porter, 52.93%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 50.89%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. Judy Padgug and Jim Gullo, 59.52%; (tie) Sharon Benz and John
Sinclair, Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 54.17%; Donna Steffan and Bob
Padgug, 52.98%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Linda
and Paul Zittel, 63%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 60%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 55%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Beena Deshmukh
and Bill Rich, 64.44%; Madhav Deshmukh and Sushil Amlani, 61.67%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.22%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 53.33%; Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 50%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Thursday – Jill and Bruce
Brown, 60%; Joe Huber and Ron Canestro, 58%; Marian Morber and George Mayers,
54%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday – North-south, Mike and
Ed Rupp, 69%; Edna and Ron Fill, 52%; east-west, Elaine Wegrzyn and Gus Alfano,
56%; Vincent LoJacono and John Steele, 53%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2022, to Feb. 28, 2022
5-20 Points – Mary Luce, 3.15; Molly Morris, 1.05; Karen Dearing,
0.82; Michel Dupuis, 0.52.
20-50 Points – Jo Ann Smith, 5.81; Maria Schory, 5.31; Howard
Epstein, 4.04; Fred Schweiger, 3.79; Peggy Mead, 3.45; Jose Justicia-Linde,
3.15; Mary Ellen Cotter, 3.09.
50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 9.53; Jennifer Epstein, 5.91; Betsy and
Jim Greno, 5.38; Candace Graser, 4.29; Cynthia Tashjian, 4.11; Amy Habib, 4.08.
100-200 Points – Judith McDermid, 11.99; David Schott, 11.71; Joanne
Nover, 6.95; Maria Amlani, 5.77; Joan Ciszak, 3.71; Janet Desmon, 3.33.
200-300 Points – Audrey Ray, 11.68; Carol Roth, 9.58; Bob Ciszak, 6.16;
Pat Haynes, 5.08; Margaret Zhou, 4.83; Patty Porter, 3.35.
300-500 Points – Martha Townson, 28.61; Violet Makhija, 27.72; Jasbeer
Makhija, 27.47; Larry Himelein, 18.51; Bonnie Clement, 12.56; Barbara Landree,
3.51.
500-1,000 Points
– Vic Bergsten, 37.61; Jim Lanzo, 36.69;
Amita Arora, 27.66; Marilyn Wortzman, 24.31; Joyce Frayer, 12.70; Sushil
Amlami, 11.33; Bill Rich, 10.73; Richard McGowan, 9.32; Mary Ball, 8.21; Paul
Zittel, 6.76.
1,000-1,500
Points – Jim Easton, 24.31; John
Bava, 8.97; Sandi England, 7.26; Judy Kaprove, 7.04; Rajat Basu, 4.08; Joyce
Greenspan, 3.30.
1,500-2,500
Points – Gene Finton, 29.23; Gay
Simpson, 20.06; Pinky Regan, 13.08; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 5.66.
2,500-3,500
Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte,
117.08; Ken Meier, 37.42; Allen Beroza, 10.75; Davis Heussler, 9.53; Dale
Anderson, 7.30; Fred Yellen, 5.45.
3,500-5,000
Points – Mike Ryan, 17.82; John
Ziemer, 17.11; Judy Graf, 11.84; Judy Padgug, 9.79; Donna Steffan, 7.65; Barbara
Libby, 2.41.
Over 5,000 Points
– Jay Costello, 13.29; Saleh Fetouh, 9.82;
Chris Urbanek, 7.27; John Sinclair, 6.98; Sharon Benz, 4.97; Bud Seidenberg, 4.86.
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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 has
reached 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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