Duplicate Bridge: July 8, 2023

 

         Next special game at the Buffalo Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst will be the summer party on Sunday, July 16.

The Bridge Center also offers a regular lineup of face-to-face games and online games. For more info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-280-6114.

In-person games:

Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99 points. Free lesson at 10.

Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points.

Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. For players with fewer than 1,600 points.  Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99 points. Free lesson at 10.

Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all players by pre-registration only. Call 716-280-6114.

Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:

Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with fewer than 750 points.

Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email BridgeKat@gmail.com.

Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.

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The East Aurora Bridge Club has been holding face-to-face games nearly three 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.

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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 for all players are offered at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

The club also hosts several virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m. Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), an open game at 7 p.m. Thursdays, a 299er game at 10 a.m. Fridays and an open game at 1:30 p.m. Fridays. For more info, click here.

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Face-to-face play in non-sanctioned clubs is offered at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.

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The Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games, 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.

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Tournament calendar

2023

South Western Ontario Regional – Bingeman’s Conference Centre, 425 Bingeman’s Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Today, Saturday, July 8, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh Summer Sectional – Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Today, Saturday, July 8, to Sunday, July 9. For more info, click this link.

Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Gates. Today, Saturday, July 8, and Sunday July 9. For more info, click this link.

Finger Lakes Regional – JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 7, to Friday, Aug. 11. For more info, click this link.

Niagara-on-the-Lake Summer Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 18, to Sunday, Aug. 20. Limited to players with fewer than 750 master points. For more info, click this link.

Pittsburgh RONI Regional – Masonic Center North, 3879 Cemetery Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday, Aug. 30, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Labor Day Sectional – Delta Hotels by Marriott-Toronto Airport, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, Sept. 2, to Monday, Sept. 4. For more info, click this link.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Knights of Columbus, 2735 Union Road at William Street, Cheektowaga. Friday, Sept. 8, to Sunday, Sept. 10.

Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17.

District 5 North American Pairs Final – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1. For info, click this link.

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Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Western New York Unit 116.

The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.

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Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of June 26 to July 2

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 62.96%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 58.33%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 57.41%; Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 53.70%; Maria Schary and Michael Metzger, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Ruth Nawotniak and Richard McGowan, 62.78%; Maryann Szafran and John Marvin, 62.50%; Usha Khurana and Joe Miranda, 54.44$; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 53.06%; Betty DeFeo and Phyllis Stasiowski, 49.72%; (tie) Joanne Nover and Laurie Foster, Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 48.89%; east-west, Audrey Ray and David Whitt, 63.06%; Agi Maisel and Pat Hayners, 61.67%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 58.33%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 54.44%; Marcia Wright and Ginger Maiman, 53.33%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 51.11%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 50.56%; Donna and Fred Hirsh, 48.89%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Judy Padgug and Bud Seidenberg, 67.59%; Jay Costello and Jay Levy, 57.87%; Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 54.17%; Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 51.39%; Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski, 49.54%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Betty Metz and Judie Bailey, 66.25%; David Schott and Larry Himelein, 55.63%; Sue Neubecker and Paula Kotowski, 52.50%; east-west, Audrey Ray and David Whitt, 56.25%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 55%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 52.50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 59.38%; Sharon Benz and John Marvin, 58.33%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 55.21%; Donna Steffan and Chris Urbanek, 54.17%.  

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and John Fiegl, 62.50%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 53.57%; Donna Starnes and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 51.79%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 50%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. Maria Schory and Michael Metzger, 62.50%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 54.17%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 51.39%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Freda Brummer and Anita Fink, 59%; Judie Bailey and Angela Curtis, 58%; east-west, Nina Doran and Dan Blatz, 60%; Karen Synor and Bruce Brown, 56%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 56%; Shrikant Joshi and Raj Puri, 53%; east-west, Pat and Bob Radtke, 65%; Nina Doran and Dan Blatz, 63%.

Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 68.8%; Lynda Pettit and Kay Brinkman, 52.1%.

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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 almost 2,950 master points and is playing primarily online these days. That doesn’t afford 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.