The Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament continues today, Saturday, Sept. 7, in the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, with pairs games at 10 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. and concludes with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8. For more info, click this link.
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Congratulations to Saleh Fetouh, who won the most master
points among Buffalo players in the Roni Regional Tournament in Pittsburgh Aug.
27 to Aug. 31. He captured 32.18 points and was 23rd overall. Other local
players doing well in Pittsburgh included partners Linda Burroughsford and
Davis Heussler, who each had 8.41.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center offers a regular schedule of
in-person and online games five days a week, with special games on the
weekends. Next special game is the Fall into Fall party on Sunday, Sept. 22,
with refreshments at noon and a game at 12:30 p.m. For partnerships, call Pat
Haynes at 716-202-1150 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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.
Don’t want to clean up the house for
kitchen bridge? 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 $5. 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
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Today, Saturday, Sept. 7, and Sunday, Sept. 8. For more
info, click this link.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie,
Pa. Next Saturday, Sept. 14, and Sunday, Sept. 15. For more info, click this link.
Kitchener Local Sectional – Grand River Bridge Club, 2481 Kingsway
Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. For more info,
click this link.
District 5 NAP Final – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie,
Pa. Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6. For more info, click this link.
Rochester October Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, Oct. 19, and Sunday, Oct. 20. For more info, click
this link.
Buffalo Spooktacular Regional
– Main-Transit Fire Hall,
6777 Main St., Amherst. Monday, Oct. 21, to Friday, Oct. 25. Also Saturday,
Oct. 26, online for District 5 players only. For more info, click this link.
Oakville Fall Regional – St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre, 1280
Dundas St. West, Oakville, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov. 10. For more
info, click this link.
Niagara Sectional – NOTL Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane,
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 15, to Sunday, Nov. 17.
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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 Aug. 26 to Sept. 1
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 61.11%; Laura and John
Houghtaling, 59.26%; Jim and Michael Hassett, 56.48%; Carol Licata and Larry
Himelein, 55.56%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 48.15%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Maryann Szafran and Betty Metz, 63.69%; Paula Rosen and Jim
McClure, 60.71%; Julie Mitchell and Pat Wolcott, 53.57%; Fred Hirsh and Joe
Miranda, 53.27%; east-west, Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 58.04%; Sue
Neubecker and David Schott, 57.44%; Joyce Greenspan and Ruth Wurster, 54.46%;
Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 52.96%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 50.30%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Fred Yellen and John Ziemer, 59.90%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Sharon Benz,
58.69%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 54.69%; Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Linda Milch and Richard McGowan, 65.46%; Larry Himelein and David Schott,
55.68%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 54.14%; Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon,
53.54%; Nancy Kessler and Paula Kotowski, 52.56%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Kathy Pollock and Sharon Benz, 56%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 55%;
Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 52%; Howard Foster and Fred Yellen, 50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Linda Zittel, 62.50%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 55.36%; Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 51.79%; Jan and Carl Hasselback, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Jim Lanzo and Madhav Deshmukh, 66.67%;
Jeff Bender and Henry Chudy, 55.56%; Ed Harman and bob Ciszak, 47.22%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 54.7%; Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 51.6%; east-west,
Shirley Cassety and Ron Helfman, 57.5%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westerley, 55%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and David Young, 58%; (tie) Edna and Ron Fill, Mike and Ed
Rupp, 57%; east-west, Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 68%; Ron Helfman and Shrikant
Joshi, 64%.
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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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