The District 5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) will offer silver master points in all games at participating clubs in ACBL Unit 116 from Monday, Oct. 6, to Sunday, Oct. 12. For more info, click this link.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center’s virtual games
on Bridge Base Online are scheduled to return this coming week. Monday's game
is limited to players with fewer than 900 points. The Delaware Wednesday game
on Wednesday is for players with less than 2,000. Both games start at 7 p.m.
This past week has seen the start of a new series of
10 lessons in basic bridge strategies at the Bridge Center’s clubrooms, 60
Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190. Wednesday lessons begin at 2:30 p.m.
Saturday classes start at 10 a.m. For more info, call 716-424-0014 and leave a
message.
The Bridge Center also has started a course of
supervised play at 11 a.m. on Mondays for players who know the basics and want
to step up their skills in the game. Each hand is discussed after it is played.
Mini lessons may be given on some of the topics and there will be possibilities
to play for master points. To come, text Pat Haynes at 716-472-5189.
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. Call 716-424-0014 to register.
The Bridge Center offers a regular schedule of
in-person and online games with party games once a month on weekends. Next
party game is Saturday, Oct. 18. For more info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center
website or call 716-424-0014. Fee for games is $8 for members and $12 for
non-members.
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 900 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 (BCON) in St. Catharines, Ont.,
offers face-to-face games five days a week at its club in Tremont Square
opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue:
Mondays, 1 p.m. Open and 499er
(fewer than 499 master points) games.
Mondays, 6 p.m. Beginner game,
fewer than 50 master points. Register at mon-eve@bcon.club.
Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Open game.
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. 499er game. Register
at wed-eve@bcon.club.
Thursday, 9:30 a.m. New 99er
game.
Thursday, 1 p.m. 999er game.
Friday, 1 p.m. Open and 499er
games.
Saturday, 6:30 p.m. New open
game. Arrive by 6 p.m. if you need a partner.
Fees are $9 Canadian for members,
$12 Canadian for non-members. $9 Canadian for all players for Monday beginner
game. Membership is $65 Canadian for a year, beginning April 1. For more
information, visit bridgewebs.com/Niagara.
The club has just cut back to a
single virtual game on Bridge Base Online, the one for players with fewer than
750 points at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Turnout for the other one, an open game at 7
p.m. Thursdays, had gotten too small. For more info, click here.
For online play, BCON recommends
going to the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge Collective, which appears as “SE
Carolina” on Bridge Base Online. Games run throughout the day. A full lineup of
games can be seen at SE Carolina On-line Bridge.
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The Niagara-on-the-Lake Bridge
Club plays in the
Community Centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Anderson Lane off Mississauga
Street on the western end of the village. Open games are at 1 p.m. Tuesdays and
Fridays. Fee is $6 Canadian for members, $8 Canadian for non-members. Annual
membership is $20 Canadian. For more information, visit bridgewebs.com/niagaraonthelake.
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Face-to-face play in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center at 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays and at the Amherst
Senior Center at 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays.
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Tournament calendar
2025
District 5 StaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –
All games at participating clubs. Monday, Oct. 6, to Sunday, Oct. 12. For more
info, click this link.
CANCELED: Buffalo Regional – Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave.,
Cheektowaga. Tuesday, Oct. 21, to Sunday, Oct. 26.
Niagara Regional – Holiday Inn & Suites, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 11, to Sunday, Nov. 16. 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 ACBL Live for Clubs
Week of Sept. 22 to Sept. 28
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Ruth Wurster and Joe Miranda, 58.33%; Pat Haynes and Maryann Szafran, 57.50%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 53.33%; east-west, Betty Metz and Barbara Landree, 57.50%; Brian Fleming and Dennis Daly, 55%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 52.08%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg 56%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 55%;
Howard Foster and Davis Heussler, 51%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Paula Rosen and Richard McGowan, 54.76%; (tie)
Larry Himelein and David Schott, Barbara Landree and Anthony Girasole, 53.97%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 61.46%; Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 52.06%; Mike
Ryan and Howard Foster, 51.04%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday
afternoon – Chris
Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 72.92%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 70.83%; Linda Burroughsford
and Davis Heussler, 62.04%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 51.56%; Tova and
Andrei Reinhonr, 48.96%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Joanne LaFay and Bert Feasley, 65.28%; Maureen Piasecki and Ruth Wurster,
54.86%; Sandi England and Walt Olszewski, 53.47%; (tie) Dan Clark and Dave
Larcom, Jan and Carl Hasselback, 52.08%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 56%; Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 53%;
east-west, Jill and Bruce Brown, 58%; David Young and Tim Hartnett, 54%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Bobbi and Joe Huber, 62%; Nancy Wolstoncroft
and Paul Orosz, 57%; east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 60%; Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe,
55%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Ann Dunlop and Patricia Sexton, 59.7%; Susan Lichtblau and Kathy Bourque, 58.3%; Mike and Bob Rupp, 55.5%.
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The Duplicate Bridge column has been compiled weekly by Buffalo News
Staff Reporter Dale Anderson for more than 20 years. 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, beginning at
5:30 p.m. Fridays. Another place to find it anytime 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 reached a career milestone, 3,000 master points, at the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament last month. That’s one of the entries in his blog about his bridge adventures here.
