The District 5 Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) runs
from Monday, Dec. 5, to Sunday, Dec. 11, offering silver master points for
winners in face-to-face games at participating clubs. STaC games will be played
Tuesday through Friday at the Buffalo Bridge Center. All games start at 10:30
a.m.
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Western New York
Unit 116 is holding its annual
meeting and game today, Saturday, Dec. 3, in the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777
Main St., Amherst. Meeting starts at 11 a.m., with lunch at noon and a
stratified pairs game at 1 p.m. Proof of Covid-19 vaccination required. Cost is
$15. Sign-up in advance recommended. Call Barbara Libby at 716-836-8303 or
email bplibby1@verizon.net.
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The Buffalo
Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall
in Amherst holds a pair of face-to-face games 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. Free lesson 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.
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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Face-to-face play
has resumed at the Tonawanda Senior
Center on Wednesdays. In face-to-face play at the Amherst Senior Center,
players have voted to stop playing their Thursday afternoon game and are
playing 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
moved more of its online game schedule to in-person games at its club in
Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.
Face-to-face games,
both open and 499er, are played at 1 p.m. Monday. Wednesday has an open game face-to-face
at 1 p.m. and a 299er game in-person at 7 p.m., pre-registration required. The
in-person game at 1 p.m. Thursday is expanded to include players with up to 750
master points. The club’s other regularly scheduled games, including a Tuesday
night Swiss teams match, 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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The Lockport
Duplicate Club is no longer playing.
Face-to-face games in the Dale Center had resumed earlier this year but were
lightly attended.
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Tournament
calendar
2022
District 5 Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) –
Face-to-face at participating local clubs. Monday, Dec. 5, to Sunday, Dec. 11.
2023
Cleveland Rock ‘n
Roll Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel,
5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 4, to Sunday,
Jan. 8. For info, click this link.
Toronto 0-750 NLM
Winter Regional – Sheraton Hotel, 123
Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 8. For info,
click this link.
Toronto
January Sectional – Sheraton Hotel,
123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 8. For info,
click this link.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Sheraton Buffalo
Bridge Center, Boulevard Mall, 1227 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. Friday, Jan.
20, to Sunday, Jan. 22.
St.
Catharines Sectional Tournament –
Holiday Inn and Suites, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 10,
to Sunday, Feb. 12.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Sheraton
Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, March 31, to Sunday,
April 2.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Hotel, 123
Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 4, to Sunday, April 9.
Cleveland
All American Regional – Embassy
Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 23,
to Monday, May 29.
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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 Nov. 21 to Nov. 27
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. Janet Stuart and Terry Camp, 72.22%; Cynthia Tashjian and Candace
Graser, 55.56%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 53.33%; Ruth Nawotniak and
Gary Keenan, 51.67%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 51.11%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,200 game. Zaza Nohra and John Marvin, 65.63%; Linda Milch and Judith Babat,
62.50%; Pat Haynes and Judy Zeckhauser, 55.21%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim
Easton, 53.13%; Henry Chudy and David Schott, 45.83%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 56%; Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 55%;
Mike Ryan and Fred Yellen, 53%; Chris Urbanek and Sharon Benz, 51%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Donna Steffan and Davis Heussler, 62.50%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 56.25%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 52.08%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Jim Lanzo and Ed Harman, 61.11%; (tie) Bill Rich and Terry Camp, Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 54.17%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 50%.
Other clubs
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – (Tie) Ed and Mike Rupp, Al Miller and Paul Morgante, 60%.
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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 primarily 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.
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