The Toronto Easter Regional Tournament continues today, Saturday, March 30, and concludes 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. Today, Saturday March 30, and 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 18 to March 24
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. (Tie) Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, Carolyn Sue Adams and
Maria Schory, 61.81%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 56.94%; Bonnie Clement and David
Schott, 55.56%; Jim and Michael Hassett, 54.86%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce
Frayer, 54.17%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Linda Zittel and Betty Metz, 62.70%; Ruth Nawotniak and Paul
Zittel, 61.51%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 57.54%; Gini Sicignano and
Joan Nigrelli, 49.21%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 62.70%; Agi
Maisel and Pat Haynes, 55.56%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 52.78%;
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 50.79%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 58.93%; Judy Graf and Chris Urbanek, 58.33%; Jay Levy and Jay Costello, 57.74%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1,750 game online. (Tie) Jeannie Sedwick and John Bava, Laura
and John Houghtaling, 65.28%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 58.33%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Betty Metz and Paula Rosen, 61.11%;
Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 56.94%; (tie) Pat Haynes and David Schott,
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 47.22%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Howard Foster and Davis Heussler, 60.42%; Jay Costello and Bud
Seidenberg, 58.33%; Kamil Bishara and Chris Urbanek, 57.29%; Donna Steffan and
John Ziemer, 48.96%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 68%; Sandi England and Ruth Wurster, 59%; Pepe Justicia-Linde and Dave Larcom, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. North-south, Madhav Deshmukh and Sushil
Amlani, 60.42%; Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 53.47%; Tessa McIntyre and Bruce
Wachsman, 52.08%; Louise Blankenship and John Templin, 51.04%; east-west, Ed
Harman and Bob Ciszak, 53.98%; Donna Rait and Wanda Moorman, 56.25%; Henry
Chudy and Jeff Bender, 55.56%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 54.17%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – Elaine
Wegrzyn and Jim Cook, 62%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 55%; Jill and
Bruce Brown, 53%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 65%; (tie) Ed and Mike Rupp, Rolene Pozarny
and Joan Stankiewicz, 52%; east-west, Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 69%; Ruth
Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 62%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Susan
and Harvey Lichtblau, 67.5%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 55%.
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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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