Two regional
tournaments are on the schedule locally during the next few weeks. First up is the
Halloween themed Buffalo Spooktacular Regional from Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Sunday,
Oct. 29, in the M Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, next door to the Walden
Galleria. For more info, click
this link. That’s followed by the Niagara Falls Regional from Tuesday, Nov.
7, to Sunday, Nov. 12, in the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. For more info on that one, click this link.
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The
Buffalo Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst 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, which apparently is on
hiatus until the snow flies. 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 was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games three years ago. 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. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.
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), and an open game at 7
p.m. Thursdays. 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, has affiliated with a new groups of clubs on Bridge Base
Online, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge Collective, where most games are $3.
For more info, click this link. The
Airport Club also continues to be part of the Alliance 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
District 5 North American
Pairs Final – Erie
Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Today, Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday,
Oct. 1. For info, click this link.
Rochester Fall Sectional
– Gates
Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Rochester. Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday,
Oct. 8. For more info, click this link.
Pittsburgh Fall Sectional
– Greater
Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Fri., Oct. 20, to
Sunday, Oct. 22.
Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional – M
Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 29. For
more info, click this link.
Niagara Falls Regional – Holiday Inn, 327 Ontario St., St.
Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For more info, click
this link.
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Bridge club websites:
Click names for links.
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 Sept. 18 to Sept. 24
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening – 0-750
game. Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 67.22%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.67%;
Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 58.89%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein,
57.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Whitt, 66.01%; Joe Miranda and
Richard McGowan, 60.71%; Jini and John Rubenstein, 58.42%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 54.47%; Jeannine Dupuis and Gini Sicignano, 53.44%; east-west,
Anthony Girasole and Jim Mansour, 61.55%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman,
59.57%; Maryann Szafran and Henry Chudy, 59.07%; Larry Himelein and David
Schott, 54.49%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 66.20%; Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 57.87%; (tie) Davis Heussler and Kamil Bishara, Gay Simpson and Martha Welte, 50.93%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 48.15%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-1,600
game. Sue Neubecker and Wilson McClaren, 63.05%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim
Easton, 58.39%; Linda Milch and Richard McGowan, 54.55%; Joanne Nover and David
Whitt, 54.07%; Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 53.58%; Betty Metz and Audrey
Ray, 52.11%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning – Open
game. Kathy Pollock and Chongmin Zhang, 66.67%; (3-way tie) Judy Padgug and
Fred Yellen, Judy Graf and Scott Elwood, Sharon Benz and John Marvin, 53.24%;
(tie) Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 52.31%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday
afternoon – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 79.17%; Judy Graf and John Ziemer,
57.81%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 52.78%; Gay Simpson and Martha Welte,
51.85%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike Silverman, 48.44%; Sue Neubecker and Jo
Nasoff-Finton, 47.40%.
Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 58.33%; (tie) Joan and
Bob Ciszak, Joanne LaFay and Barbara Booi, 52.08%; (tie) Linda and Paul Zittel,
Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday
evening – 0-2,000
game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59.72%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 56.94%;
Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 54.17%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon – North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 65%; Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 59%; east-west,
Bill Westley and Dan Blatz, 69%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Jo Nasoff-Finton, 56%.
Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon – North-south,
Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 57%; Edna and Ron Fill, 56%; east-west, Bill
Rogers and Bill Westley, 69%; Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 60%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed and
Mike Rupp, 61.3%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 50%.
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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 a career total of 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.
