The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1, will
hold its annual meeting at noon on Saturday, Jan. 20. An open game follows,
which is free for Bridge Center members.
The Bridge Center offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games. As of Jan. 1, fee for
face-to-face games is $8 for members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75
per year. For more info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-
424-0014.
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, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with less than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.
The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, 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. Today, Saturday, Jan. 6,
and Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this link.
Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional – Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Today, Saturday, Jan. 6, and Sunday,
Jan. 7. For more info, click this link.
Toronto January Sectional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Today, Saturday, Jan. 6, and 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 – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. 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 Dec. 25 to Dec. 31
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Christmas Day – Open game. Tova Reinhorn and Barbara Libby, 66.67%; Laurie and Howard Foster, 64.58%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 63.75%; Linda Zittel and Betty Metz, 56.35%;
Paul Zittel and Jim Lanzo, 53.71%; Sue Neubecker and Dennis Daly, 51.57%; Paula
Rosen and Jim McClure, 50.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 63%; Judy Graf and Kamil Bishara, 54%; Sharon Benz and Sue Neubecker, 51%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox,
69.05%; (tie) Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim
Easton, 61.11%; Betty Metz and Judie Bailey, 53.97%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 59.52%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
58.33%; Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 51.79%; Donna Steffan and John Ziemer,
50 %.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 60%; Joanne LaFay and John Fiegl, 59%; Pat and Dick Rasmus, 49%.
Delaware Wednesday
evening – 0-2,000
game online. (Tie) Lynn and Jon Clemmons, Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 65.28%;
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59.03%; Jim Lanzo and Madhav Deshmakh, 53.47%; Jeff
Bender and Henry Chudy, 52.08%; Maria Schory and Terry Camp, 50%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 57.3%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 56.6%; east-west, Raj Puri and Shrikant Joshi, 67%; Bill Rogers and Bill Westley, 61%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Joanne
Biondo and Ron Fill, 62.5%; (tie) Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, Rose
Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 56.3%.
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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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