Less than two weeks away is the Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament, which will be held from Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28, in the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1. For more details, click this link.
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Lessons are starting up soon at the Buffalo Bridge Center, beginning at
2 p.m. Thursday, May 2, with a seven-week series on bridge systems.
Registration required. Call 716-424-0014 and leave your name and contact
information.
There’s a spring theme for the next special game at the Bridge Center on Sunday, April 14. Play starts at 12:30 p.m. with refreshments at noon. Players are asked to bring a refreshment to share. For a partner, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
The Bridge Center offers
a regular lineup of in-person and online games five days a week with special
games on the weekends. 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, 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
Rochester Spring Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Today, 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 April 1 to April 7
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Maria Schory and Mike Meltzer, 63.89%; Joyce Frayer and Ruth
Nawotniak, 60.56%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 53.89%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Dennis Daly and Brian Fleming, 61.89%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 58.91%; Paul Zittel and Joe Miranda, 57.74%; Paula Rosen and Jim
McClure, 52.81%; east-west, Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 57.35%; Agi
Maisel and Pat Haynes, 53.29 %.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 66.07%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg,
55.36%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 52.38%; Chris Urbanek and Jay Levy, 50.60%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1,750 game online. Richard McGowan and Jim McClure, 61.11%;
Cynthia Tashjian and Karen Dearing, 44.44%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 68.94%;
Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn, 64.48%; Terry Fraas and Sue Neubecker, 56.74%;
Sandi England and Walt Olszewski, 56.44%; Pat Haynes and David Schott, 54.80%;
Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 48.89%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Donna Steffan and Bob Padgug, 63.69%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
63.10%; (tie) Judy Padgug and Jim Gullo, Terry Fraas and Sharon Benz, 50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Home Style Pairs. Linda and Paul Zittel, 2.5 wins; (Tie) Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, Barbara Booi and Joe Miranda, 1.5 wins.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 73.15%;
Jim Hassett and Terry Camp, 58.33%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 52.78%; Joyce
Greenspan and Larry Abate, 50%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and Bill Rogers, 67%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 53%;
east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 59%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 53%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 64%; (tie) Shirley Cassety and George Mayers,
Ellen Lochead and Ruth Nawotniak, 52%; east-west, Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen,
67%; Elaine Wegrzyn and Gus Alfano, 56%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – (Tie)
Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, Kay Brinkman and Fritz Schweiger, 62.5%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to March 31, 2024
0-5 Points – John Brennan, 2.45; Alice Cooley, 1.07;
Cathy Hetzler, 0.72; Elaine Rinfrette, 0.66.
5-20 Points – Anthony Girasole, 4.38; Joan Nigrelli, 1.84;
Barbara Kaye, 1.53; Dennis Daly, 1.19; Bill Duax, 1.05; Zakie Nohra, 0.42.
20-50 Points – Molly Morris, 6.97; Ilene Rothman, 6.89;
Brian Fleming, 3.52; Gini Sicignano, 2.17; Helen Scott, 1.53; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 0.72; Donna Starnes, 0.65; Peggy Stock, 0.64; Peggy Mead, 0.60.
50-100 Points – Jo Ann Smith, 2.04; Susan Cardamone, 1.69;
Maureen Cancilla, 1.55; Howard Epstein, 1.19; Mike Meachan, 0.69; Elaine Idzik,
0.31.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 6.89; Betty DeFeo, 2.02;
Tom England, 1.54.
200-300 Points – David Whitt, 7.08; Laurie Foster, 3.32;
Maria Amlani, 1.41; Ethan Xie, 1.07; John Fiegl, 0.58; (tie) Barbara Scott and
John Scott, 0.44.
300-500 Points – Joanne Nover, 18.62; Pat Haynes, 16.42;
David Schott, 15.44; Ruth Nawotniak, 6.63; Margaret Zhou, 5.79; Agi Maisel, 3.61;
Jim McClure, 2.88; Linda Milch, 2. 69; Judy Zeckhauser, 1.40; Sandy Scheff,
0.53.
500-1,000 Points – Larry Himelein, 26.35; Paul Zittel, 14.75;
Linda Zittel, 13.91; Joyce Frayer, 11.98; Ed Morgan, 8.23; Ed Drozen, 6.95; Joe
Miranda, 6.67; Larry Abate, 6.54; Ruth Wurster, 5.68; Sharon Wilcox, 5.30.
1,000-1,500 Points – Mary Ball, 15.28; Betty Metz, 14.01; Kamil
Bishara, 11.65; Terry Fraas, 11.11; Sue Neubecker, 10.21; (tie) Marilyn
Wortzman, Jim Easton, 10.08; Howard Foster, 9.20; Bob Kaprove, 5.99; Vic
Bergsten, 3.54.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 16.92; Paula Kotowski, 11.99;
David Colligan, 8.47; Tova Reinhorn, 6.36; Joyce Greenspan, 5.49; Walt
Olszewski, 5.32; Gay Simpson, 4.32; Judy Kaprove, 3.71; Sandi England, 3.56;
Nancy Wolstoncroft, 1.75.
2,500-3,500 Points – Fred Yellen, 28.92; Linda Burroughsford, 7.63;
Dale Anderson, 2.36; Art Morth, 1.69; Pat Rasmus, 0.84.
3,500-5,000 Points – Donna Steffan, 24.98; John Ziemer, 21.65;
Mike Ryan, 19.18; Judy Graf, 19.10; Davis Heussler, 16 even; Jim Gullo, 9.55; Martha
Welte, 7.54; Barbara Libby, 1.15; Ken Meier, 0.64.
Over 5,000 Points –Bud Seidenberg, 23.31; Jay Costello, 21.34;
Chris Urbanek, 19.27; Jay Levy, 13.51; Sharon Benz, 13.51; Saleh Fetouh, 1.97;
Kathy Pollock, 0.81.
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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