Duplicate Bridge: July 30, 2022

 

You can’t miss it. Walk into the Boulevard Mall, 1227 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst, through the entrance next to TGIFriday’s, and the Buffalo Bridge Center’s new clubroom is right at the end of the corridor, where it meets the main concourse.

The club hosts a pair of games there at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday – one for novices with 99 master points or less and another for players with fewer than 1,200 points. A free lesson with director Chris Urbanek is offered at 10 a.m.

On Thursdays, there also are two games at 10:30 a.m. – one for 99ers and another for more experienced players with fewer than 1,600 points. A free lesson is offered at 10.

In addition, the club holds two open in-person games for all players – at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Friday. For more info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-280-6114.

There also will be a special game to officially celebrate the opening of the new club on Sunday, Aug. 14.

The Bridge Center continues to offer a game on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Mondays for players with fewer than 750 points. It also hosts the Delaware Wednesday game online at 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

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Western New York Unit 116 will hold its summer outing next Saturday, Aug. 6, at the home of the Lockport Dupliclub in the Dale Association, 33 Ontario St., Lockport. Enter via the parking lot in the rear. Lunch at noon, game at 1 p.m. Vaccinations required. Pre-register by calling or texting John Bava at 908-256-6466 or emailing him at JBava@roadrunner.com.

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Players at the Amherst Senior Center have voted to eliminate their Thursday afternoon game and play on Monday and Friday afternoons instead.

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The East Aurora Bridge Club has been holding face-to-face games nearly two years. Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more info, email director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.

The Bridge Centre of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., has in-person games at 1 p.m. Wednesdays (open to all players) and Thursdays (players with fewer than 499 points). The club’s other regularly scheduled games continue on Bridge Base Online. For more info, click here.

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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 Non-Life Master Sectional – Temple B’Rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave., Rochester. Wednesday, Aug. 10, and Thursday, Aug. 11. For more info, click this link.

Niagara 499er Summer Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 19, to Sunday, Aug. 21. For info, click this link.

Roni Regional – Masonic Center North, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh. Friday, Sept. 2, to Sunday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 16, to Sunday, Sept. 18.

Rochester Fall Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Gates. Saturday, Oct. 1, and Sunday, Oct. 2. For more info, click this link.

Niagara Regional Tournament – Holiday Inn and Suites, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 8, to Sunday, Nov. 13. For info, click this link.

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Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Bridge Club Meridian.

Western New York Unit 116.

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 July 18 to July 24

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 59.72%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 58.33%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 54.17%; Tammy Tempfer and Michael Metzger, 53.47%; (tie) Mary Holes and Leslie Deich, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,200 game. North-south, Linda and John Houghtaling, 60.42%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.63%; Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover, 58.04%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 55.06%; east-west, Bill Rich and Jim Hassett, 65.18%; Amita Arora and Jim Lanzo, 57.44%; Hannah Weinberg and Judith Babat, 57.14%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 50.89%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,600 game. Audrey Ray and Carol Roth, 61.90%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 59.05%; Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon, 57.62%; Jim Hassett and John Bava, 56.19%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 55.24%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Bill Feasley and Paul Zittel, 60.42%; Linda Zittel and Bert Feasley, 56.25%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 54.17%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 67.36%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 65.28%; Madhav Deshmukh and Sushil Amlani, 57.64%; Jim Hassett and Terry Camp, 52.78%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Edna and Ron Fill, 54%; Marian Morber and George Mayers, 53%; east-west, Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 60%; Nina Doran and Dan Blatz, 59%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Jill and Bruce Brown, 64%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 62%; east-west, Fritz Schweiger and Joanne Zavarella, 61%; Elaine Wegrzyn and Gus Alfano, 55%.

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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 career total of more than 2,900 master points. Still playing exclusively online these days, he hasn’t encountered as much drama for his bridge blog as there was in face-to-face competition, but he occasionally writes about his quest for the next measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.