The Toronto Easter Regional Tournament begins with five divisions of pairs games at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, in the Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West, in downtown Toronto. It continues through Easter Sunday, April 20. For more info, click this link.
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Congratulations to Saleh Fetouh and Jay Levy, who tied
for first among master point winners at the Rochester Spring Sectional
Tournament on April 5 and 6. They collected 14.63 points.
Other Buffalo area players doing
well in Rochester included Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, tied for third with 11.34
points; and Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, both with 8.25 points.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center,
60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, offers a
regular schedule of in-person and online games five days a week, with special party
games on the weekends, usually one each month. Next party game is
Sunday, April 27. 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. Membership is $80.
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 (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, 1 p.m. 999er game.
Friday, 1 p.m. Open and 499er
games.
Saturday, 1 p.m. New 99er game
with mini lesson at noon.
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
Centre 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 $5 Canadian for members, $7 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
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 15, to Sunday, April 20. For more info, click this
link.
Finger Lakes Regional – Louis Wolk Jewish Community Center, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Tuesday, June 9, to Sunday, June 14.
Cleveland All-American
Regional – Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, June 24, to Sunday, June
29. For more info, click this link.
South Western Ontario Regional
– St. George Banquet
Hall, 665 King St. North, Waterloo, Ont. Tuesday, July 1, to Sunday, July 6.
For more info, click this link.
Buffalo Summer Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St.,
Buffalo. Friday, July 11, to Sunday, July 13.
Niagara 499er Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14
Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 15, to Sunday, Aug. 17.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional
– Greater Pittsburgh
Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday, Aug. 27, to
Monday, Sept. 1.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie,
Pa. Saturday, Sept. 6, and Sunday, Sept. 7.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St.,
Buffalo. Friday, Sept. 12, to Sunday, Sept 14.
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.
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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 March 31 to April 6
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Laura and John Houghtaling, 55.56%; Fran Schmidt and Richard
McGowan, 52.78%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 51.39%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Pat Haynes and Maryann Szafran, 64.38%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 51.88%; Dennis Daly and Brian Fleming, 50.63%; east-west, Joyce
Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 59.38%; Mary Ball and Pat Wolcott, 58.13%;
Ginger Maiman and Marcia Wright, 57.50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Mike Ryan and Andrei Reinhorn, 60.71%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, 56.55%; Martha Welte and Howard Foster, 55.95%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Julie Mitchell and Brian Fleming, 58.75%;
Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.50%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 52.50%;
Maryann Szafran and Judy Zeckhauser, 51.25%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Martha Welte and Larry Abate, 57.50%; (tie) Mike Ryan and Jim Gullo, Tova
Reinhorn and Judy Graf, 52.50%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Sandi England and Joyce Greenspan, 62.50%; Barb Booi and Dave Larcom, 52.50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Lynda Keuhn and Michelle Feeney,
62.04%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 56.48%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan,
55.56%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 51.85%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 60%; Cindy Darone and Fran Samol, 49%;
east-west, Connie Wilson and Miriam Regnet, 59%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 56%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%;
east-west, Pawan Matta and Raj Puri, 57%; Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 53%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Midge Coates and Rob
Buchanan, 56.2%; (tie) Anne Dunlop and Paul Morgante, Rose Bochiechio and Edna
Fill, 53.1%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025
0-5 Points – Julie Mitchell, 3.72; Maureen Piasecki, 3.19;
John Brennan, 0.52; John Eckis, 0.48; (tie) Linda Marsh and Arthur Ziller,
0.40; Jeanette Bockstahler, 0.33.
5-20 Points – Jeannine Dupuis, 0.57.
20-50 Points – Zakie Nohra, 5.15; Dennis Daly, 4.93; Anthony
Girasole, 3.85; Molly Morris, 1.84; Gini Sicignano, 1.24; Michel Dupuis, 0.26.
50-100 Points – Brian Fleming, 4.36; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 2.12;
Ilene Rothman, 2.06; Susan Cardamone, 1.44; Donna Starnes, 0.97; Jo Ann Smith,
0.58; Elaine Idzik, 0.47.
100-200 Points – Betty DeFeo, 2.98; Carol Licata, 2.06;
Mike Meacham, 1.61.
200-300 Points – Ethan Xie, 1.60.
300-500 Points – Joanne Nover, 8.21; David Schott, 7.47; Audrey
Ray, 6.80; Pat Haynes, 6.53; Linda Milch, 3.80; David Whitt, 3.65; Carl
Hasselback, 3.20; Maryann Szafran, 2.70; Judy Zeckhauser, 2.55; Ruth Nawotniak,
2.02.
500-1,000 Points – Linda Zittel, 11.16; Jo Nasoff-Finton, 9.92;
Mary Terrana, 8.19; Gordon Crone, 7.24; Sharon Wilcox, 6.57; Andrei Reinhorn, 6.30;
Joyce Frayer, 4.78; Barbara Landree, 4.47; (tie) Terry Hamovitch, Bram
Hamovitch, 3.21.
1,000-1,500 Points – Paul Zittel, 12.01; Howard Foster, 8.88; Terry
Fraas, 7.33; Jim Easton, 7.30; Marilyn Wortzman, 6.99; Mary Ball, 6.59; Betty
Metz, 6.46; Ed Morgan, 5.87; Joanne LaFay, 3.24; Vic Bergsten, 3.16.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 19.30; Joyce Greenspan, 8.57;
Kamil Bishara, 8.18; Paula Kotowski, 7.02; Tova Reinhorn, 6.52; Sandi England, 4.70;
Judy Kaprove, 4.69; Walt Olszewski, 2.20; Rajat Basu, 1.24; Nancy Kessler, 1.16.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 6.70; Dale Anderson, 6.19;
Fred Yellen, 1.43; Art Morth, 0.67.
3,500-5,000 Points – Jim Gullo, 20.47; Davis Heussler, 9.46; John
Ziemer, 9.03; Judy Graf, 7.51; Donna Steffan, 6.77; Martha Welte, 4.55; Brian
Meyer, 0.60.
More than 5,000 Points – Jay Costello, 13.96; Mike Ryan, 12.20; Bud Seidenberg, 10.77; Chris Urbanek, 8.39; Jay Levy, 4 even; Dan Gerstman, 0.60.
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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 five years ago this weekend 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 2,980 master points. One of his New Year’s resolutions for 2025 is to write more regularly about his bridge adventures here.
