Friday, March 1, 2024

Duplicate Bridge: March 2, 2024



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.

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 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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