The Buffalo Summer Sectional Tournament begins with pairs games at 10 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. Friday, July 12, in the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190. More pairs games at the same times next Saturday, July 13, concluding with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 14. 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. Today, 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 24 to June 30
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. (Tie) Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, Mary Terrana and Gordon
Crone, 58.33%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 56.94%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 61.61%; Joe Miranda and Fred
Hirsch, 59.23%; Betty Metz and Paul Zittel, 58.04%; Maryann Szafran and Judy
Zeckhauser, 57.74%; east-west, Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 63.99%; Mary Ball and
Joyce Frayer, 61.31%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.04%; Ginger Maiman
and Marcia Wright, 53.27%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Terry Fraas and Betty Metz, 58.52%; Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 55.93%; Jo
Nasoff-Finton and Sue Neubecker, 54.44%; (tie) Jay Levy and Jay Costello,
Sharon Benz and Martha Welte, 54.07%; Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 53.33%;
Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 52.59%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Joyce Greenspan and Brian Fleming, 62.52%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
57.76%; Maryann Szafran and Betty Metz, 55.44%; Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn,
55.41%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Judy Padgug and Fred Yellen, 61.98%; Linda Burroughsford and Jim Gullo,
54.69%; Sharon Benz and Bob Padgug, 54.17%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Kathy Donnelly and Maureen Cancilla, 58.18%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 57.76%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 55.56%; Joanne LaFay and Bert Feasley, 55.44%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 50.58%; Donna Starnes and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. North-south, Fenghong Chen and Jichong
Chai, 62.96%; Ron and Richard Bailer, 56.48%; Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani,
50.93%; east-west, Linda Dent and Jane Palmer, 58.80%; Beth Simpson and Bruce
Wachsman, 53.24%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 52.78%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 56.2%; Edna and Ron Fill, 55.9%; east-west, Judie
Bailey and Shirley Cassety, 72%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 62%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Tim Hartnett and David Young, 68%; (tie) Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, Jill
and Bruce Brown, 59%; east-west, Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 65%; Carol
Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 61%.
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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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