The Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, has started 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.
A regular schedule of
in-person and online games can be found five days a week at the Bridge Center
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 open to 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, games for 199ers
and players with fewer than 750 points 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 with pre-registration required.
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.
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Tournament calendar
2024
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 ACBL 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.
Pittsburgh Roni Regional – Masonic Center North, 3579 Cemetery Lane,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 27, to Saturday, Aug. 31. For more info, click
this link.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, Sept. 6, to Sunday, Sept. 8.
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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 May 6 to May 12
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, 68.06%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce
Frayer, 54.17%; Beth Whelan and Terry Camp, 51.39%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Brian Fleming and Dennis Daly, 57.14%; Joanne Nover and
David Schott, 55.56%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 53.17%; Joyce Greenspan
and Linda Zittel, 50.79%; east-west, Pat Haynes and Judy Zeckhauser, 62.70%;
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 60.32%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone,
53.97%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 53.17%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 52.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 64.58%; John Ziemer and Allen Beroza,
61.46%; Donna Steffan and Jay Levy, 53.13%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1,750 game online. Richard McGowan and Jim McClure, 61.11%;
Amy Habib and Jane Constantine, 59.72%; Susan Levy and Bill Noltee, 55.56%; Rajat
Basu and John Bava, 51.39%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. North-south, Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 62.50%; (tie) Joanne
Nover and Sue Neubecker, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 58.75%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Donna Steffan and Bob Padgug, 59.52%; (3-way tie) Saleh Fetouh and Bud
Seidenberg, Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 53.57%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 62%; Jan and Carl Hasselback, 58%; Joanne LaFay and Linda Zittel, 53%; Sandi England and Paul Zittel, 51%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 67.36%;
Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 54.17%; Wanda Moorman and Donna Rait, 50.69%; Sushil
Amlani and Walt Olszewski, 50%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – Shirley
Magee and George Mayers, 56%; (tie) Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, Jill and
Bruce Brown, 54%; east-west, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 59%; Violet and
Jasbeer Makhija, 56%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 65%; Tim Hartnett and David Young, 56%;
east-west, Shrikant Joshi and Raj Puri, 66%; Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 57%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Dolores Bowker and Paul
Morgante, 66.3%; Lynda Pettit and Kay Brinkman, 56.3%; Judy White and Fritz
Schweiger, 50%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2024, to April 30, 2024
0-5 Points – Michael Rupp, 4.94; Maxine Seller, 0.59.
5-20 Points – Devon Marlette, 2.67; Fran Holmes, 1.97; Marie
Aaron, 0.90; David Taylor, 0.45; Jeannine Dupuis, 0.16.
20-50 Points – Brian Fleming, 5.66; Ilene Rothman, 5.51;
Maxine Johnson, 4.08; Kathleen Voigt, 3.32; Michel Dupuis, 2.86; Donna Starnes,
1.32; Karen Dearing, 1.13; Phyllis Stasiowski, 0.71.
50-100 Points – Maria Schory, 17.76; John Houghtaling, 9.64;
Howard Epstein, 6.35; Cynthia Tashjian, 6.17; Mary Ellen Cotter, 5.38; Gary
Keenan, 5.35; Mike Metzger, 5.32; Candace Graser, 4.86; Susan Burns, 4.72; Elaine
Idzik, 4.29.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 12.84; Jim Hassett, 8.35; Fran
Schmidt, 7.09; Jim Greno, 5.71; Betsy Greno, 5.26; Judith McDermid, 4.75; Joan
Ciszak, 3.12; Susan Levy, 2.28; Janet Desmon, 1.99; Bill Noltee, 1.97.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 23.36; Laura Houghtaling, 9.64;
Patty Porter, 1.68.
300-500 Points –Pat Haynes, 11.40; Bob Ciszak, 8.64; Kusum
Phadke, 7.25; Margaret Zhou, 5.08; Joanne Nover, 4 even; Jim McClure, 3.93; Ruth
Nawotniak, 3.43; David Schott, 3.39.
500-1,000 Points – Martha Townson, 34.78; Terry Hamovitch, 24.76;
Bram Hamovitch, 23.44; Sushil Amlani, 15.27; Ed Harman, 12.41; Joyce Frayer, 11.36;
Larry Himelein, 9.71; (tie) Jasbeer Makhija, Violet Makhija, 9.03; Richard
McGowan, 8.72.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 73.35; Vic Bergsten, 18.90;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 6.25; Mary Ball, 4.63; Ed Rupp, 0.68; Bert
Feasley, 0.67; Bob Kaprove, 0.56.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 42.96; John Bava, 26.97;
Walt Olszewski, 8.25; Rajat Basu, 4.78; Pinky Regan, 3.41; Sandi England, 2.72;
Joyce Greenspan, 1.58; Paula Kotowski, 0.99; Nancy Kessler, 0.42.
2,500-3,500 Points – Art Morth, 9.13; Linda Burroughsford,
7.74; Dale Anderson, 0.98; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 0.33; Mike Silverman, 0.32; Bill
Rushmore, 0.28.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 10.14; Judy Padgug, 9.81;
Ken Meier, 2.67; Barbara Libby, 2.38; Martha Welte, 0.28.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 58.38; Jay Levy, 10.70.
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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 2,970 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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