Duplicate Bridge: March 1, 2025

 

Spring still seems far away, but the Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament is right around the corner. It’s coming up Friday, March 28, to Sunday, March 30, in the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190. For more info, click this link.

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When it isn’t hosting tournaments, the Buffalo Bridge Center offers a regular schedule of in-person and online games five days a week, with special games on the weekends, usually one each month. 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.

In case of heavy snow, the club does what the Buffalo Public Schools do. If the schools close, the club will be closed.

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 a mix 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. As of March 1, there also will be a game for 99ers at 1 p.m. Saturday. It will be preceded by a mini-lesson at noon.

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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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. The game at the Tonawanda Senior Center, which has been on hiatus during the month of February, will resume on Wednesday, March 5.

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Tournament calendar

2025

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., Buffalo. Friday, March 28, to Sunday, March 30. For more info, click this link.

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.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Western New York Unit 116.

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 Feb. 17 to Feb. 23

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game online. Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 65.28%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 56.94%; Candace Graser and Cynthia Tashjian, 52.78%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 77.78%; Ilene Rothman and Carol Licata, 57.41%; Mary Ball and Pat Wolcott, 53.70%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 52.78%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 50.79%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 63%; (tie) Linda Burroughsford and Ed Morgan, Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. (Tie) Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 57.14%; Dan Gerstman and Brian Meyer, 54.76%; Donna Steffan and Linda Burroughsford, 53.57%; Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan, 52.38%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Jan and Carl Hasselback, 56%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 54%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 53%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 52%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Steve Carr and Bill Bushnell, 70.24%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55.95%; Leona Garrett and Francis Wallis, 52.78%; Bill Rich and Richard McGowan, 51.19%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 61%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 56%; Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen, 64%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 62%.

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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 2,980 master points. One of his New Year’s resolutions for 2025 is to write more regularly about his bridge adventures here. 

Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 22, 2025

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 games on the weekends, usually one each month. 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.

In case of heavy snow, the club does what the Buffalo Public Schools do. If the schools close, the club will be closed.

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.

• • •

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.

• • •

The Bridge Centre of Niagara (BCON) 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.

BCON also has begun an affiliation with 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.

• • •

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. The game at the Tonawanda Senior Center is on hiatus for the month of February.

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Tournament calendar

2025

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., Buffalo. Friday, March 28, to Sunday, March 30. For more info, click this link.

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.

• • •

Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Western New York Unit 116.

The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.

• • •

Duplicate scores from ACBL Live for Clubs

Week of Feb. 10 to Feb. 16

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game online. Jim and Michael Hassett, 66.67%; Cindy Cagno and Janice Windwer, 55.56%; Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 53.47%; Cynthia Tashjian and Karen Dearing, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 63.60%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 62.35%; Jeannine Dupuis and Gini Sicignano, 47.35%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.50%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 49.54%; David Whitt and Anthony Girasole, 46.41%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 57%; Terry Fraas and Tova Reinhorn, 53%; Joanne Nover and Joyce Greenspan, 52%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Barbara Landree and Anthony Girasole, 63.75%; Betty Metz and Julie Mitchell, 57.50%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Martha Welte and Larry Abate, 57%; John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 56%; Tova Reinhorn and Judy Graf, 52%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Bert Feasley and Dave Larcom, 58%; Kathy Donnelly and Maureen Piasecki, 55%; Sandi England and Paul Zittel, 53%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 52%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 57.78%; Lynda Kuehn and Michelle Feeney, 57.22%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 54.44%; Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 53.89%; Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 53.33%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 64%; Shirley Cassidy and George Mayers, 50%; east-west, Connie Wilson and Miriam Regnet, 63%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 48%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Jill and Bruce Brown, 61%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 53%; east-west, Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 57%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 52%.

• • •

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.

• • •

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.

Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 15, 2025

 

A Valentine Game is on tap Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190. Snacks to share at noon, game at 12:30 p.m. Dressing in red encouraged. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.

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Congratulations to Jay Levy, who earned the most master points among Buffalo area players at the Niagara Sectional Tournament Feb. 7 to 9 in St. Catharines, Ont. He collected 15.96 points and was fourth overall.

• • •

The Buffalo Bridge Center offers a regular schedule of in-person and online games five days a week, with special games on the weekends, usually one each month. 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.

In case of heavy snow, the club does what the Buffalo Public Schools do. If the schools close, the club will be closed.

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.

• • •

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.

• • •

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.

• • •

The Bridge Centre of Niagara (BCON) 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.

BCON also has begun an affiliation with 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.

• • •

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. The game at the Tonawanda Senior Center is on hiatus for the month of February.

• • •

Tournament calendar

2025

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., Buffalo. Friday, March 28, to Sunday, March 30. For more info, click this link.

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.

• • •

Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Western New York Unit 116.

The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.

• • •

Duplicate scores from ACBL Live for Clubs

Week of Feb. 3 to Feb. 9

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game online. Joyce Frayer and Ruth Nawotniak, 58.89%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 57.22%; Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 56.11%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 55%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 54.44%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Barbara Landree and Anthony Girasole, 63.49%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 58.33%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 54.76%; east-west, Gini Sicignano and Pat Wolcott, 58.33%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 57.54%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.14$; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamon, 55.16%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 63%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 57%; Linda Burroughsford and Barbara Landree, 52%; Joanne Nover and David Whitt, 48%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Pat Haynes and David Schott, 62.43%; Betty Metz and Brian Fleming, 56.10%; Joyce Frayer and John Eckis, 54.24%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.38%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 64%; Martha Welte and Larry Abate, 51%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 50%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Kathy Donnelly and Emily Torcheff, 57.74%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 56.14%; Sandi England and Walt Olszewski, 53.38%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 52%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 65%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 64.44$; Sandi England and Paul Zittel, 60%; Michelle Feeney and Lynda Kuehn, 56.67%; Jim Lanzo and Bill Rich, 50.56%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 62.1%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.8%; east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 58.8%; Connie Wilson and Miriam Regnet, 58.3%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Rolene Pozarny, 59%; Pawan Matta and Raj Puri, 53%; east-west, Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen, 61%; Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 55%.

• • •

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.

• • •

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.

Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 8, 2025

 

Continuing today, Saturday, Feb. 8, is the Niagara Winter Sectional Tournament in the Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Pairs games begin at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. It concludes Sunday, Feb. 9, with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. For more info, click this link.

• • •

A new series of lessons has started at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190. Sessions on competitive bidding open today, Saturday, Feb. 8, and lessons for beginners start during the week of Feb. 11. For more information, call Ruth Nawotniak at 716-949-7574 or email ruth2250@outlook.com.

Next special event at the Bridge Center is the Valentine Game on Sunday, Feb. 16. Bring bites to share at noon. Game starts at 12:30 p.m. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.

The Bridge Center offers a regular schedule of in-person and online games five days a week, with special games on the weekends, usually one each month. 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.

In case of heavy snow, the club does what the Buffalo Public Schools do. If the schools close, the club will be closed.

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 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.

BCON also has begun an affiliation with 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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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. The game at the Tonawanda Senior Center is on hiatus for the month of February.

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Tournament calendar

2025

Niagara Winter Sectional – Holiday Inn & Suites, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Today, Saturday, Feb. 8, and Sunday, Feb. 9. For more info, click this link.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., Buffalo. Friday, March 28, to Sunday, March 30. For more info, click this link.

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.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Western New York Unit 116.

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 Jan. 27 to Feb. 2

ACBL Affiliated Clubs

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game online. Joyce Frayer and Ruth Nawotniak, 62.96%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 56.48%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 52.78%; Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, 51.85%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 63.49%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 56.35%; Betty Metz and Ruth Nawotniak, 53.97%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 53.57%; east-west, Marcia Wright and Ginger Maiman, 61.90%; John Brennan and Anthony Girasole, 58.73%; Carole Licata and Ilene Rothman, 56.35%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 54.76%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 65.63%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 56.25%; Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Joanne Nover and David Whitt, 55%; Paula Kotowski and Walt Olszewski, 53.13%; Barbara Landree and Anthony Girasole, 51.88%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 69.05%; Linda Burroughsford and Judy Graf, 55.95%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 54.17%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 53.57%; Mary Ball and Pat Wolcott, 50.60%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 62.50%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 57.41%; Jan and Carl Hasselback, 55.56%; Joyce Greenspan and Ruth Wurster, 54.63%; Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, 52.78%; Pepe Justicia-Linde and Maureen Piasecki, 46.76%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. North-south, Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 67.51%; Deborah Zimmermann and Tom Karnowski, 63.12%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 53.70%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.24%; east-west, Joan Becker and Randy Forrest, 62.50%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 61.38%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 58.33%; Jackmen Chong and Pat Fung, 54.48%; Lynda Kuehn and Michelle Feeney, 51.70%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 66%; Edna and Ron Fill, 65%; east-west, Jill and Bruce Brown, 64%; Connie Wilson and Miriam Regnet, 62%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday afternoon – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 63%; Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen, 60%; east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 60%; Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 58%.

Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 62.5%; Anne Dunlop and Harvey Lichtblau, 53.1%.

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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 2,980 master points. One of his New Year’s resolutions for 2025 is to write more regularly about his bridge adventures here.