Fun in the Autumn is the theme of the next party game at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190, on Sunday, Oct. 13. Bring refreshments to share at noon. Game starts at 12:30 p.m. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1150 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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Just around the corner is the Buffalo Spooktacular Regional Tournament from Monday, Oct. 21, to Friday, Oct. 25, in Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. For more info, click this link.
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Lessons for beginners are being held
at the Buffalo Bridge Center. Classes are 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.
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. 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 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
District 5 NAP Final – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Today, 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 Sept. 23 to Sept. 29
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Maryann Szafran and Betty Metz, 62.30%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 55.95%; Judy Babat and Susan Levy, 55.56%; Gini Sicignano and Jeannine Dupuis, 54.37%; east-west, Larry Himelein and Richard McGowan, 59.52%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 53.97%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.19%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 62.50%; Betty Metz and Tova Reinhorn, 61.11%;
Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 56.02%; Linda Burroughsford and Frank
Grzegorzewski, 50.46%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning – 0-2,000
game. Joyce Greenspan and Larry Himelein, 63.69%; Paula Rosen and Linda Milch,
61.90%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 52.98%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton,
49.40%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 63%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 59%;
Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 48%; Linda Burroughsford and Frank
Grzegorzewski, 46%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 62.50%; Sandi England and Larry Abate, 60.42%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 53.13%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Ilene Rothman and Carol Licata, 62.04%;
(3-way tie) Jeff Bender and Henry Chudy, Bill Rich and Richard McGowan, Michel
Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 56.48%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 58%; Jill Brown and Bill Westley, 54%;
east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 55%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 53%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Mike and Ed Rupp, 65%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 64%; east-west, Mary
and Jim Atwood, 74%; Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 58%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Lynda Pettit and Kay
Brinkman, 59.7%; (tie) Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, Rose Bochiechio and Edna
Fill, 52.5%.
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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.
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