The Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament continues with pairs games at 10 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. today, Saturday, March 29, in the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190. The tournament concludes with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday. For more info, click this link.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center 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
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St.,
Buffalo. Today, Saturday, March 29, anhd 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 March 17 to March 23
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. (Tie) Laura and John Houghtaling, Terry Camp and Noah Hutchinson,
59.26%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 58.33%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan,
52.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, (tie) Joanne Nover and David Schott, Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 64.06%; east-west, Mary Terrana and Ruth Wurster, 53.13%; Pat
Haynes and Maryann Szafran, 53.13%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 52.50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Mike Ryan, 61.46%; Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan, 57.29%;
Martha Welte and Howard Foster, 53.13%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Joanne Nover and Joyce Greenspan, 58.75%; Pat
Haynes and David Schott, 52.50%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 51.25%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 61.31%; Judy Graf and Mike Rayn, 55.36%;
Cathy Majewski and Terry Fraas, 51.79%; (tie) Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
Martha Welte and Larry Abate, 51.19%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 63.10%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 54.76%; Sandi England and Joyce Greenspan, 51.79%; Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 51.19%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 68.06%;
Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 54.86%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 54.17%;
Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 52.08%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – Bill
Rogers and Jim Atwood, 60%; Ellen Lochead and Joan Stankiewicz, 59%; (tie) Edna
and Ron Fill, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 48%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Mike and Ed Rupp, 61%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 53%; east-west, Karen Synor and
Jeff Peters, 59%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 57%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Judy White and Fritz
Schweiger, 62.5%; Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 53.7%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan. 1, 2025, to Feb. 28, 2025
0-5 Points – Maureen Piasecki, 3.73; Julie Mitchell,
2.04; Joan Warren, 1.80; John Brennan, 0.52; John Eckis, 0.48.
5-20 Points – Devon Marlette, 1.16; Fran Holmes, 0.73; Jeannine
Dupuis, 0.57; David Taylor, 0.18.
20-50 Points – Michel Dupuis, 4.93; Anthony Girasole,
3.85; Zakie Nohra, 3.83; Molly Morris, 2.74; Dennis Daly, 2.61; Karen Dearing,
1.57%; Gini Sicignano, 1.06; Maxine Johnson, 0.17.
50-100 Points – Amy Habib, 7.11; Brian Fleming, 6.61; Gary
Keenan, 4.67; Ilene Rothman, 4.07; Mike Metzger, 3.81; Elaine Idzik, 3.55; John
Houghtaling, 3.33; Kathleen Voigt, 3.10; Anne Slater, 2.93; Susan Burns, 2.72;
Cynthia Tashjian, 2.61.
100-200 Points – Maria Schory, 5.91; Fran Schmidt, 5.11;
Jim Hassett, 3.69; Carol Licata, 3.50; Jim Greno, 2.58; Betsy Greno, 2.40; Mike
Meacham, 0.49.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 8.30; Laura Houghtaling,
3.33; Ethan Xie, 0.80.
300-500 Points – Audrey Ray, 11.56; David Schott, 6.33;
Joanne Nover, 6.07; Pat Haynes, 4.79; David Whitt, 3.65; Carl Hasselback, 3.20;
Kusum Phadke, 2.68; Ruth Nawotniak, 2.43; Linda Milch, 2.33; Maryann Szafran,
1.50.
500-1,000 Points – Sushil Amlani, 9.33; Jo Nasoff-Finton,
8.87; Joyce Frayer, 7.97; Linda Zittel, 6.68; Andrei Reinhorn, 5.22; Martha
Townson, 5.13; Mary Terrana, 5.34; Gordon Crone, 4.03; Richard McGowan, 3.81;
Ed Harman, 3.31.
1,000-1,500 Points – Vic Bergsten, 17.42; Jim Lanzo, 17.33; (tie)
Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 9.14; Bill Rich, 7.51; Paul Zittel, 7.42; Mary
Ball, 6.71; Howard Foster, 6.35; Betty Metz, 5.74; Larry Abate, 2.22.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 8.87; Paula Kotowski, 8.34; Walt
Olszewski, 6.23; Joyce Greenspan, 5.94; Tova Reinhorn, 5.44; Rajat Basu, 3.51; Nancy
Kessler, 2.83; Sandi England, 2.79; Kamil Bishara, 1.67; Judy Kaprove, 1.53.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 26.02; Dale Anderson,
5.05; Fred Yellen, 1.43; Art Morth, 1.37. Elaine Kurasiewicz, 1.20.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 19.20; Jim Gullo, 16.27;
John Ziemer, 6.20; Judy Graf, 4.17; Martha Welte, 3.68; Ken Meier, 3.36; Donna
Steffan, 2.19; Barbara Libby, 1.09; Brian Meyer, 0.60; Mike Silverman, 0.23.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 271.47; Chris Urbanek,
21.81; Jay Levy, 20.43; Mike Ryan, 8.20; Jay Costello, 4.02; Bud Seidenberg,
3.49; Dian Petrov, 1.97; 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.
