Saturday, November 4, 2023

Duplicate Bridge: Nov. 4, 2023

 


The Niagara Falls Regional Tournament opens Tuesday, Nov. 7 in the Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont., and continues through Sunday, Nov. 12. Games are held daily at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. For more info, click this link.

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Congratulations to Dian Petrov, who collected the most master points among Buffalo area players at the Buffalo Spooktacular Regional Tournament Oct. 24 to Oct. 29 in the M Hotel in Cheektowaga. He won 42.94 points and was tenth overall.

Other local master point leaders included Mike Ryan, 22.22; Gay Simpson, 21.66; John Ziemer, 21.37; Glenn Milgrim, 19.33; Saleh Fetouh, 18.66; Kathy Pollock, 18.51; Judy Gray, 17.81; Jim Gullo, 17.59; and Davis Heussler, 15.72.

Also Linda Burroughsford, 14.39; Bud Seidenberg, 14.12; Howard Foster, 14.04; Bill Rushmore, 11.97; Jay Levy, 11.79; Mary Terrana, 11.78; Sandi England, 11.47; Fred Yellen, 10.89; Mike Silverman, 10.66; Ed Morgan, 10.51; and Ruth Wurster, 10.29.

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The Buffalo Bridge Center is offering a regular lineup of in-person games in its new location – 60 Dingens St. in South Buffalo, not far from Exit 1 on the I-190 expressway.

The sign out front says, "Family Help Center." The club entrance is on the right side of the building, off the parking lot, third door toward the back. 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, 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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More access to virtual games on Bridge Base Online is being offered by the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge Collective, where most games are $3.50. 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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The East Aurora Bridge Club was the first local club to return to face-to-face games more than 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., is closed Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12, for the regional tournament but otherwise 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. on 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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Tournament calendar

2023

Niagara Falls Regional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For more info, click this link.

2024

Cleveland Rock & Roll Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to Sunday, Jan. 7.

Toronto Non-Life-Master Regional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this link.

Toronto January Sectional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this link.

Niagara Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb. 11. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Location TBA. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.

Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday, May 27.

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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 Oct. 23 to Oct. 29

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game online. %. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 62.96%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.11%; Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, 52.78%; Jim and Michael Hassett, 51.85%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Home-style pairs. Maureen Cancilla and Peggy Mead, 3 wins; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 2 wins.  

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 63.89%; Joyce Bess and Terry Camp, 62.96%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 50.93%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 65%; Edna and Ron Fill, 56%; east-west, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Burns, 66%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 63%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Jill and Bruce Brown, 59.9%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 59.6%; east-west, Karen Synor, 61%; Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 60%.

Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Paul Morgante, 66.3%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 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 a career total of just over 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.

 

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