Discover the joys, challenges and socializing of the game of bridge in
an introductory session from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Buffalo
Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall, Amherst, near the TGIFriday’s entrance.
Cost is $10. Light refreshments provided. For info, call 716-280-6114.
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The Buffalo
Bridge Center is extending its
special offer through January for players new to its mall location in the
Boulevard Mall in Amherst – play once in the club’s face-to-face games and get
a free game for a second visit.
The club offers
face-to-face games at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for players with fewer than 1,200
points and at 10:30 a.m. Thursday for players with fewer than 1,600 points. The
club also holds two in-person games open to 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 virtual 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
in non-sanctioned clubs is offered at
the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesdays and at the Amherst Senior Center on
Monday and Friday afternoons. Games currently are in hiatus at the Tonawanda
Senior Center until March 1.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games more than 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., offers
a mix of online games and 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. 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. It’s
limited to players with fewer than 2,000 master points. For info, call Ed
Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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Tournament
calendar
2023
St.
Catharines Sectional Tournament –
Holiday Inn and Suites, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 10,
to Sunday, Feb. 12. For info, click this link.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – 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. For info,
click this link.
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 Jan. 16 to Jan. 22
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750
game. Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 61.11%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein,
59.44%; Joyce Frayer and Ruth Nawotniak, 57.22%; Nancy Counts and Marion Fox, 56.11%;
Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 55.56%; Maria Schory and Terry Camp, 51.11%;
Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 50.56%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-1,400 game. North-south, Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 63.13%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 53.13%; Susan Cardamone and Jim McClure, 48.13%; east-west,
Wilson McClaren and David Whitt, 60.63%; Zaza Nohra and John Marvin, 55%; Mary
Ball and Joyce Frayer, 47.50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-99 game. Jackie Simon and Bill Duax, 61.67%; Sarmishtha and Shyam Kumar, 55%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 56%; Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 52%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,700 game. Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski, 55.56%; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman
and Jim Easton, Pat Haynes and David Schott, 52.78%; (tie) Judy Zeckhauser and
Jim McClure, Zaza Nohra and Sue Neubecker, 50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Barbara Booi, 57%; Maureen Cancilla and Peggy Mead, 53%; Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 52%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Bert
Feasley and Paul Zittel, 61.11%; (tie) Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, Jennifer
and Howard Epstein, 53.70%.
Buffalo Winter
Sectional Tournament Friday morning –
North-south, A: Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 65.03%; Howard Foster and Mike
Ryan, 60.41%; Mike Silverman and Larry Abate, 57.11%; Vera Carpenter and Ken
Salter, 56.59%; B: Denise Slattery and John Bava, 52.43%; C: Joanne Nover and
Bonnie Clement, 48.45%; east-west, A: Saleh Fetouh and Motaz Farag, 72.79%;
Davis Heussler and Dian Petrov, 64.95%; B/C: Nancy Geoca and David Latart,
58.71%.
Buffalo Winter
Sectional Tournament Friday afternoon – North-south,
A: Dian Petrov and Davis Heussler, 76.04%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
57.81%; John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 55.99%; Barbara Libby and Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 53.01%; B: Denise Slattery and John Bava, 47.92%; C: Joanne Nover
and Bonnie Clement, 46.09%; east-west, A: Art Morth and Bill Rushmore, 63.89%;
Saleh Fetouh and Motaz Farag, 63.19%; Kim and Bill Koski, 57.18%; Chris Urbanek
and Kamil Bishara, 49.77%; B/C: David Latart and Nancy Geoca, 48.84%.
Buffalo Winter
Sectional Tournament Saturday morning –
North-south, A: Anu Goodman and John Laufer, 65.38%; Donna Steffan and Jay
Costello, 58.43%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike Silverman, 57.99%; Kim and Bill
Koski, 56.95%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 52.37%; B: Terry Fraas and Cathy
Majewski, 47.49%; C: Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 44.82%; east-west, A:
Fred Yellen and John Ziemer, 64.50%; B/C: Betty Metz and David Whitt, 62.57%.
Buffalo Winter
Sectional Tournament Saturday afternoon – North-south, A: Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, 59.26%; Saleh Fetouh
and Bud Seidenberg, 57.09%; Ina Demme and Bill Kertes, 55%; Chris Urbanek and
Kamil Bishara, 54.26%; B: Terry Fraas and Cathy Majewski, 54.07%; C: Joanne
Nover and Bonnie Clement, 43.54%; east-west, A: (Tie) Gay Simpson and Ken
Salter, Debbie Feldman and Chris Cowan, 58.33%; B/C: Martha Townson and Jim
Lanzo, 58.15%.
Buffalo Winter
Sectional Tournament Sunday – Swiss
teams. A: Debbie Feldman, Chris Cowan, Bill Kertes and Ina Demme, 118 victory
points; Roger Woodin, Sam Maitra, David Hunt and Bob Cannizzaro, 98 vps; Jay
Costello, Saleh Fetouh, Chris Urbanek and Bud Seidenberg, 94 vps; B: Kamil
Bishara, Donna Steffan, Fred Yellen and Sharon Benz, 87 vps; Mike Ryan, Judy
Graf, Jim Gullo and Howard Foster, 82 vps; C: Larry Abate, Sandi England,
Barbara Libby and Martha Welte, 79 vps.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Mike and Ed Rupp, 69%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 53%; east-west, Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 63%; Joan Stankiewicz and Anne O’Connor, 55%.
Tonawanda Senior
Center Wednesday – Ed and Mike Rupp,
57.5%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 52.5%.
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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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