The party game on Sunday, March 16, at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190, has a St. Patrick's Day theme. Wear green and bring a snack to share at noon. Game starts at 12:30. Next party game is Sunday, April 27. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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Coming up in two weeks at the Bridge Center is the Buffalo Spring
Sectional Tournament, which runs Friday, March 28, to Sunday, March 30. Players
are reminded of the new 10 a.m. start times. Previous sectionals started at
10:30. 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 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.
Winter should be over any
day now, but you never know. 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 in-person games at its club in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre
shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.
Games open to all players are
offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also a game for
499ers (players with fewer than 500 points) at 1 p.m. Monday, 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 is 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 had been on hiatus during the month of February, has now
resumed.
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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 March 3 to March 9
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 69.44%; Carolyn Sue Adams and
partner, 61.81%; (tie) Fran Holmes and Leslie Deich, Betsy and Jim Greno, 51.39%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 59.54%; Dennis Daly and
Brian Fleming, 55.63%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55.16%; east-west, Mary
Ball and Pat Wolcott, 54.23%; Linda Milch and Linda Zittel, 46.88%; Gini
Sicignano and Joyce Frayer, 46.71%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 61%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 59%; Jim Easton
and Davis Heussler, 51%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 60%; Julie
Mitchell and Betty Metz, 56.75%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 56.25%; (tie)
Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, Joann Nover and Bonnie Clement, 45%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Donna Steffan and Jay Levy, 58.93%; (tie) Jay Costello and Bud
Seidenberg, Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, 57.14%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn,
52.38%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. (Tie) Maureen Piasecki and Pepe Justicia-Linde, Joyce Greenspan and Joe Miranda, 65%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 57.50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Ellen Panageas and Cheryl Lui, 65%; Sue
Manning and Sam Khayatt, 61.11%; Radny Wischmeier and David Johnson, 55.56%;
Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.89%; Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 52.78%; Gary
Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 52.22%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – Mary
and Jim Atwood, 63%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59%; Judie Bailey and Paul
Orosz, 58%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 57%; Rolene Pozarny and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 55%; east-west,
Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 65%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 63%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Ed and Mike Rupp, 61.2%;
(tie) Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 55%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2025, to Feb. 28, 2025
0-5 Points – Maureen Piasecki, 2.60; Julie Mitchell,
2.04; John Brennan, 0.52; John Eckis, 0.48; Jeanette Bockstahler, 0.33.
5-20 Points – Jeannine Dupuis, 0.57.
20-50 Points – Anthony Girasole, 3.85; Zakie Nohra, 3.12;
Dennis Daly, 1.77; Molly Norris, 1.16; Gini Sicignano, 1.06; Michel Dupuis,
0.26.
50-100 Points – Brian Fleming, 2.89; Ilene Rothman, 2.06;
Pepe Justicia-Linde, 1.53; Susan Cardamone, 0.70; Jo Ann Smith, 0.58; Donna
Starnes, 0.51; Elaine Idzik, 0.47.
100-200 Points – Carol Licata, 2.06; Mike Meacham, 0.49.
200-300 Points – None.
300-500 Points – Audrey Ray, 6.80; Joanne Nover, 5.71;
David Schott, 4.11; David Whitt, 3.65; Carl Hasselback, 3.20; Pat Haynes, 3.01;
Linda Milch, 2.33; Maryann Szafran, 1.50; Judy Zeckhauser, 1.09; Sandy Scheff,
0.97.
500-1,000 Points – Jo Nasoff-Finton, 8.87; Linda Zittel,
6.68; Andrei Reinhorn, 5.22; Mary Terrana, 4.34; Gordon Crone, 4.03; Sharon
Wilcox, 3.21; Jan Hasselback, 3.20; Joyce Frayer, 3.06; Barbara Landree, 2.84;
Sushil Amlani, 2.53.
1,000-1,500 Points – Howard Foster, 6.35; Paul Zittel, 6.16;
Betty Metz, 5.74; Mary Ball, 4.52; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 3.27;
Vic Bergsten, 2.44; Larry Abate, 2.22; Joanne LaFay, 2.19; Ed Morgan, 1.82.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 8.87; Joyce Greenspan, 5.94;
Tova Reinhorn, 5.44; Paula Kotowski, 5.23; Walt Olszewski, 2.20; Sandi England,
1.81; Kamil Bishara, 1.67; Judy Kaprove, 1.53; Rajat Basu, 1.25; Nancy Kessler,
1.16.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 6.34; Dale Anderson, 5.05;
Fred Yellen, 1.43; Art Morth, 0.67.
3,500-5,000 Points – Jim Gullo, 16.27; John Ziemer, 5.36; Davis
Heussler, 4.67; Judy Graf, 4.17; Martha Welte, 3.68; Donna Steffan, 2.19; Brian
Meyer, 0.60.
More than 5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 7.36; Jay Costello, 4.02; Bud
Seidenberg, 3.49; Jay Levy, 1.80; Chris Urbanek, 0.83; 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 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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