The Buffalo
Spring Sectional Tournament opens
Friday, April 1, with pairs games at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the Buffalo
Bridge Center, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Pairs games
continue at the same times next Saturday. The tournament concludes with Swiss teams
at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Silver master points will be awarded at 65% of the usual
rate. For more info, click this link.
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Face-to-face
games in the Buffalo bridge clubs are
still being played on a limited basis at local bridge clubs. 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.
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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
CANCELED: Rochester
Spring Sectional – Moose Lodge, 5375
W. Henrietta Road, West Henrietta. Today, Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March
27.
NEW LOCATION:
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo
Bridge Center, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Next Friday,
April 1, to Sunday, April 3. For more info, click this link.
CANCELED: Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 12, to Sunday, April
17.
CANCELED: 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.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Spring Sectional – 0-750 Tournament.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane. Friday, June 3, to
Sunday, June 5. For info, click this link.
Toronto Summer
Regional – Delta Hotels by Marriott
Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, July 5, to Sunday, July
10. 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 March 14 to March 21
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. North-south, Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 68.06%; Larry Himelein
and David Schott, 58.80%; Paula Rosen and Linda Milch, 54.17%; east-west, Janet
Stuart and partner, 60.19%; Jane Harrington and David Taylor, 52.31%; Betsy and
Jim Greno, 50.46%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,200 game. North-south, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 59.05%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55.71%; Pamela Lombardo and Richard McGowan, 50.95%;
east-west, Sharon Wilcox and Audrey Ray, 59.05%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
58.57%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 56.67%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 59%; Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 54%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,500 game. North-south, Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn, 62.24%; Denise
Slattery and John Bava, 53.08%; Carol Roth and Audrey Ray, 52.36%; Jennifer
Epstein and Cynthia Tashjian, 51.36%; east-west, Amita Arora and Isaac Stone, 64.63%;
Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 64.29%; Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon, 62.93%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning –
Open game. Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, 68.06%; Christy Kellogg and Stan
Kozlowski, 63.43%; Bert Hargeshimer and Alex Kowal, 55.56%; Judy Graf and Mike
Ryan, 52.78%.
Bridge Club of
East Aurora Wednesday morning – Peggy
Meade and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 67.50%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 62.50%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – Amita Arora and
Jim Lanzo, 63.33%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 61.11%; Mary Ball and Joyce
Frayer, 57.78%; Jan O’Mara and Walt Olszewski, 54.44%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Thursday – North-south, Jill
and Bruce Brown, 59%; Marian Morber and George Mayers, 55%; east-west, Alicia
Kolipinski and Shirley Cassety, 69%; Joshi Shrikant and Raj Puri, 59%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday – North-south, Edna and
Ron Fill, 56%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 54%; east-west, Ellen Lochead
and Bill Westley, 57%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 54%.
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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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