There's a party game today, Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190. Refreshments at noon, game at 12:30 p.m. Next party game is Saturday, Dec. 14.
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Western New York Unit 116
of the ACBL holds its annual general meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at
the Buffalo Bridge Center.
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The Bridge Center
offers a regular schedule 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. For more info, visit the
Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-424-0014.
Lessons for beginners are being held at the Buffalo
Bridge Center from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. For
more information, call Ruth Nawotniak at 716-949-7574 or email ruth2250@outlook.com.
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 and Friday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, mentoring
at 1 p.m. Tuesdays (register by 9 p.m. Sunday), a 299er game at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday (pre-registration requested); and a 999er game at 1 p.m. Thursday.
The club currently hosts two virtual
games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for players with fewer than 750 points
at 10 a.m. Tuesdays, 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
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.
District 5 STAC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) – Participating
ACBL-sanctioned clubs. Monday, Dec. 9, to Sunday, Dec. 15.
Toronto Non-Life Master
Regional – Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 3, to Sunday, Jan. 5.
For more info, click this link.
Toronto New Year's Sectional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 3, to Sunday, Jan. 5. For more info, click this link.
Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 8, to Sunday,
Jan. 12. For more info, click this link.
Niagara Sectional – Holiday Inn & Suites, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 7, to Sunday, Feb. 9.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St.,
Buffalo. Friday, March 28, to Sunday, March 30.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 15, to Sunday, April 20. 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 Oct. 21 to Oct. 27
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 59.72%; Maria Schory and Mike
Metzger, 56.94%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 52.78%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Donna Starnes and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 66.40%; Jan and Carl Hasselback, 54.16%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 51.04%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 68.06%; Ed
Harman and Bob Ciszak, 61.11%.
Buffalo Regional Tournament, Oct. 21 to 26
Local master point leaders:
Saleh Fetouh, 58.66 (fifth overall).
Glenn Milgrim, 16.97 (tied for 20th).
Davis Heussler, 15.17 (22nd).
Larry Himelein, 11.07 (31st).
John Ziemer, 10.50 (33rd).
Linda Burroughsford, 10.30 (34th).
Pat Haynes, 9.03 (35th).
Dian Petrov, 8.28 (36th).
Dan Gerstman, 7.88 (tied for 37th).
Brian Meyer, 7.88 (tied for 37th).
Vic Bergsten, 7.20 (42nd).
Sushil Amlani, 7.19 (43rd).
Jim Lanzo, 7.02 (46th).
Joanne Nover, 6.76 (47th).
Mary Ball, 6.65 (48th).
Rajat Basu, 6.16 (50th).
In all, 142 players earned points.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 58.3%; (tie) Shirley Cassety and George Mayers,
Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 57.8%; east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 63%;
Jack Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 58%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 65%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Rolene Pozarny,
58%; east-west, Bobbie and Joe Huber, 60%; Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 54%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 62.5%;
Lynda Pettit and Kay Brinkman, 61.25%; (tie) Judy White and Fritz Schweiger,
Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 55%.
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The Duplicate Bridge column is compiled weekly by Buffalo News
Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped appearing Saturdays in
The 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.
