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.
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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
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.
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. 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%.
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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.
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