Next special game
at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, is the
Erin go Braugh party on Sunday, March 10. Bring refreshments to share at noon
before the game at 12:30 p.m. For partners, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or
email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
The Bridge Center also 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.
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, 11 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.001 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 were on hiatus for the entire month of February. Play there resumes this coming week.
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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 Feb. 19 to Feb. 25
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Sue Sullivan and Terry Camp, 65.05%; Ilene Rothman and Carol
Licata, 64.12%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 59.49%; Violet and Jasbeer
Makhija, 54.40%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 51.16%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein,
50.46%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Pat Wolcott and Joe Miranda, 63.46%; Laurie and Howard
Foster, 55.15%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 54.43%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 53%; Sharon Wilcox and Ruth Wurster, 51.71%; east-west, Margaret
Zhou and Ed Morgan, 59.10%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 57.77%; Linda
Zittel and Mary Terrana, 53.27%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 52.17%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda Burroughsford and Jay Levy, 65.74%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 55.56%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 55.09%; Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 52.78%; Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1001 game online. Laura and John Houghtaling, 68.52%; (tie)
Phyllis Stasiowski and Terry Camp, Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon, 54.63%; Joyce
Greenspan and Brian Fleming, 53.70%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Sharon Wilcox and Joyce Greenspan,
60.58%; Terry Fraas and Tova Reinhorn, 57.68%; Pat Haynes and David Schott,
56.71%; Sandi England and Ruth Wurster, 56.33%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie
Clement, 52.10%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 60.12%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 59.52%;
John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 57.74%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 67%; John Fiegl and Dave Larcom, 52%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 49%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 70.14%;
Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 60.76%; Donna Rait and Wanda Moorman, 56.94%;
Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 51.74%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 49.65%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, (Tie) Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 62.85%; east-west, (3-way tie) Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, David Young and Tim Hartnett, 54.76%.
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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 2,950 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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