Two weeks away is the Buffalo Summer Sectional Tournament, which will be held Friday, July 12, to Sunday, July 14, in the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190. For more info, For more info, click this link.
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A regular
schedule of in-person and online games
can be found five days a week at the Buffalo Bridge Center with special games
on the weekends. Fee for face-to-face games is $8 for members and $11 for
non-members. Half-year memberships are now being accepted for $40. For more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-424-0014.
The Bridge Center also hosts 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, 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
Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Next 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. For more info, click
this link.
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 June 17 to June 23
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 61.11%; Jennifer and Howard
Epstein, 59.72%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 589.33%; Candace Graser and
Cynthia Tashjian, 57.64%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Linda Zittel and Betty Metz, 67.26%; Paul Zittel and Dave
Larcom, 56.80%; Ruth Nawotniak and Richard McGowan, 50.15%; Joanne Nover and
Brian Fleming, 49.83%; east-west, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 66.63%;
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.47%; Judy Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes,
54.08%; Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 53.51%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone,
48.93%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. North-south, Linda Burroughsford and Jay Levy, 57.44%; Donna Steffan and
Judy Padgug, 56.55%; Sharon Benz and Judy Graf, 54.76%; Joyce Frayer and Mary
Ball, 49.40%; east-west, Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 57.14%; Fred Yellen
and Ben Reischer, 55.06%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 54.17%; Chris Urbanek and
Kamil Bishara, 51.19%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. North-south, Maryann Szafran and Jim McClure, 58.75%; Linda Milch and
Richard McGowan, 52.50%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.88%;
east-west, Betty Metz and Paul Zittel, 60.63%; Larry Himelein and David Schott,
59.38%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Ben Reischer, 58%; Linda Burroughsford and Rajarshi
Roy, 55%; (tie) Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, Judy Graf and Bob Padgug, 52%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday morning
– Open game. North-south,
Jay Levy and Bud Seidenberg, 66.37%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 55.95%;
Joanne Nover and David Schott, 55.95%; Barbara Landree and Betty Metz, 51.49%;
east-west, Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 57.44%; David Colligan and Davis
Heussler, 55.95%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 54.46%; Donna Steffan and Fred
Yellen, 52.68%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday
afternoon – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Fred Yellen, 54.91%; Art Morth and Jim Lanzo, 54.73%;
Chongmin Zhang and Bert Feasley, 54.46%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 54.28%;
Martha Welte and Joyce Frayer, 54%; Rajarshi Roy and Jeff Bender, 53.58%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. North-south, Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 61.11%; Ross Maddock and Bruce Wachsman, 58.68%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 57.99%; Gwen Davey and Bernard Boucher, 54.17%; east-west, Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 67.71%; Linda Cloaninger and Tim Anderson, 56.25%; Christine Haedt and Melanie Haddad, 55.56%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.47%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 62.9%; Shrikant Joshi and Ron Helfman, 56.9%;
east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 59.8%; Pat Radtke and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 54.3%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 57.8%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 55%; east-west,
Mary and Jim Atwood, 66.8%; Shirley Cassety and Jeff Peters, 58.7%.
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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.
