The Bridge Center of Buffalo will hold an official grand opening
celebration with an open house Saturday, Dec. 9, at its new location, 60
Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1. Refreshments at noon. Free game at 12:30
p.m. For more info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-
424-0014. Games at
the new location began Oct. 31.
The Bridge Center also offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games.
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 if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.
Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables.
Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.
Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716- 424-0014.
Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:
Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.
Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. 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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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., 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
2024
Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this link.
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.
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 Nov. 20 to Nov. 26
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening – 0-750
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.67%; Carol Licata and Larry
Himelein, 60.42%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 56.67%; Fran Schmidt and
Richard McGowan, 55.69%; Michael and Jim Hassett, 51.57%; Jennifer and Howard
Epstein, 50.14%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 65%; Bonnie Clement and Larry
Himelein, 60.63%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 55.63%; Joanne Nover and
David Schott, 48.13%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 64.38%; Joyce
Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 51.25%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 49.38%;
Judy Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes, 48.13%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. (Tie) Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, Sue Neubecker and Betty Metz, 55%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 54%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 62.22%; (3-way tie) Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, Jim Lanzo and Paul Zittel, Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 56.11%; (tie) Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 52.78; Joyce Bess and Terry Camp, 52.22%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 56.4%; Edna and Ron Fill, 56.1%; east-west,
Mary and Jim Atwood, 63%; Jack Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 57%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 70.6%; Judy White and Paul Morgante, 58.7%; Midge and Rob Buchanan, 51.6%.
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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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