Just around the corner is the Toronto Easter Regional Tournament,
which will be held from Tuesday, March 26, to Easter Sunday, March 31, in the Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. For more info, click this link.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center,
60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games five days a week with special
games on the weekends. 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.
The Bridge Center is starting a
social game in its lessons room on Tuesday mornings during the regular 10:30
a.m. game. Players can go at their own speed and style. Fee is $5 to cover
expenses.
In-person games:
Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 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 99 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, 10 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.750 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 begins play 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 fewer 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. Games at the Tonawanda Senior
Center will be on hiatus for the entire month of February.
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Tournament calendar
2024
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31. For more info, click this
link.
Rochester Spring Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14. For more info, click
this link.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28. For more info,
click this link.
Cleveland All-American
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to
Monday, May 27. For more info, click this link.
Niagara Sectional 0-750
Tournament –
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, May 31, to Sunday, June 2. For more info, click this link.
Toronto 0-500 Sectional
Tournament – Leaside
Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, June 8, and
Sunday, June 9. For more info, click this link.
District 5 STaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –
Participating sanctioned clubs. Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16.
Unit 112 Intermediate/Novice
Sectional – Temple B'Rith
Kodesh and Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Friday,
June 14, and Saturday, June 15.
Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7. For more info, click
this link.
Buffalo Summer Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, July 12, to Sunday, July 14.
North American Bridge
Championships (NABC) –
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front St. West, Toronto,
Ont. Thursday, July 18, to Sunday, July 28. For more info, click this link.
Finger Lakes Regional – Louis Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 5, to Saturday, Aug. 10. 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 March 4 to March 10
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. North-south, Wilma Ziegman and Glen Quintal, 66.20%; Kathryn
Bernard and Kathy Lee, 62.04%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 52.78%;
Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 50.46%; east-west, Margaret Zhou and Joyce
Frayer, 60.65%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 57.87%; Diana Smith and David
Schott, 52.31%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 49.54%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 63.33%; Linda Zittel and
Joyce Greensapn, 57.78%; Ruth Nawotniak and Paul Zittel, 53.33%; Joanne Nover
and David Schott, 50.55%; east-west, Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 60.48%; Betty
Metz and John Bfennan, 56.19%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 52.38%; Carol Licata
and Ilene Rothman, 49.52%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 60.71%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 57.94%; Sue Neubecker and Chris Urbanek, 51.86%; Betty Metz and Barbara Landree, 50.99%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Betty Metz and Sue Neubecker, 58.33%; Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen, 56.94%; Joanne Nover and David Whitt, 55.56%; Sharon Wilcox and Joyce Greenspan, 54.17%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Sharon Benz and Terry Fraas, 55.21%; (tie) Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo,
Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 53.13%; John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 52.08%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday
afternoon – Open
game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 60.26%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara,
58.98%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 56.73%; Judy Graf and John
Ziemer, 53.52%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 52.89%; (3-way tie) Kathy
Pollock and Sue Neubecker, Pat Haynes and David Whitt, Larry Abate and Dave
Larcom, 50.96%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 65%; Bert Feasley and Dave Larcom, 57.50%; Pat and
Dick Rasmus, 55%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. North-south, Sue Manning and Sam
Khayatt, 63.89%; Jim Lanzo and Walt Olszewski, 62.15%; Dana Turner and Bruce
Wachsman, 53.82%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 49.31%; east-west, Betty Mintz and
Stanley Tuhrim, 59.72%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 57.64%; Laura and Howard
Twersky, 55.90%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 53.82%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – Shirley
Cassety and George Mayers, 64%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 59%; Bill Rogers and Bill
Westley, 56%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 66%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 57%; east-west, Pat
Truell and Pat McAllester, 56%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 54%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Rose
Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 63.9%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 58.3%; Midge Coates and Rob
Buchanan, 54.2%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to Feb. 29, 2024
0-5 Points – Michael Rupp, 4.74; Maxine Seller, 0.59.
5-20 Points – Fran Holmes, 1.41; Devon Marlette, 0.99;
Marie Aaron, 0.90.
20-50 Points – Ilene Rothman, 4.60; Brian Fleming, 3.93;
Kathleen Voigt, 2.99; Maxine Johnson, 2.35; Michel Dupuis, 1.74; Karen Dearing,
0.55; Phyllis Stasiowski, 0.39.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 8.60; John Houghtaling, 5.68;
Cynthia Tashjian, 4.26; Candace Graser, 3.92; Gary Keenan, 3.20; Elaine Idzik,
3.02; (tie) Anne Slater, Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.99; Mike Metzger, 2.93; Amy Habib,
2.81.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 10.44; Jim Hassett, 4.41; Joan
Ciszak, 2.20; Janet Desmon, 1.99; Fran Schmidt, 1.98; Susan Levy, 1.96; (tie)
Jim Greno, Betsy Greno, 1.89; Bill Noltee, 1.40.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 15.86; Laura Houghtaling, 5.88;
Patty Porter, 1.12.
300-500 Points – Kusum Phadke, 6.81; Pat Haynes, 6.74; Bob
Ciszak, 6.32; Margaret Zhou, 4.04; Joanne Nover, 3.38; Jim McClure, 2.65; Ruth
Nawotniak, 1.38; David Schott, 1.15.
500-1,000 Points – Martha Townson, 18.07; Sushil Amlani, 10.66;
Ed Harman, 10.05; Larry Himelein, 8.22; (tie) Violet Makhija, Jasbeer Makhija, 8.02;
Bonnie Clement, 7.24; Joyce Frayer, 7.21; Richard McGowan, 4.38; Henry Chudy,
2.74.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 45.24; Vic Bergsten, 13.07;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 5.93; Mary Ball, 3.57.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 29.01; John Bava, 18.13; Walt
Olszewski, 4.62; Rajat Basu, 2.90; Pinky Regan, 1.70; Joyce Greenspan, 0.89; Sandi
England, 0.83; (tie) Paula Kotowski, Nancy Kessler, 0.42.
2,500-3,500 Points – Art Morth, 6.03; Linda Burroughsford,
1.69; Dale Anderson, 0.48; Bill Rushmore, 0.28.
3,500-5,000 Points – Judy Padgug, 8.80; Davis Heussler, 3.38;
Ken Meier, 2.09.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 25.63; Jay Levy, 0.56.
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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 more than 2,960 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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