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.
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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.
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.
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