Pairs games next Friday, March 28, mark the beginning of the Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament in the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 of the I-190. Start time for the morning session has been moved ahead half an hour to 10 a.m. Afternoon play begins at 2:15 p.m. Next Saturday, March 29, also has pairs games at 10 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. 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. 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 10 to March 16
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 57.41%; (tie) Maria Schory and Mike
Metzger, Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 56.48%; (tie) Cynthia Tashjian and
Candace Graser, Laura and John Houghtaling, 54.63%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Ruth Nawotniak and Paul Zittel, 58.13%; Joanne Nove and
David Schott, 56.25%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 53.75%; east-west, Judy
Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes, 58.13%; Brian Fleming and Dennis Daly, 48.13%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 61.90%; (tie) Howard Foster and Davis
Heussler, Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 57.14%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 50%;
Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan, 47.62%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 60%; Pat
Haynes and David Schott, 58.75%; Joanne Nover and Joyce Greenspan, 55%; Julie
Mitchell and Betty Metz, 48.75%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 60.42%; (tie) Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan,
Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 58.33%; Davis Heussler and Jim Gullo, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday
afternoon – Open
game. North-south, Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 61.43%; Terry Fraas and
Cathy Majewski, 57.50%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.86%; Judy Graf and
John Ziemer, 51.79%; east-west, Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, 60.84%; Judie
Bailey and Dennis Daly, 55.84%; Barbara Landree and Paul Zittel, 53.34%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Linda Zittel and Bert Feasley, 66.31%; Sandi England and Paul Zittel,
59.79%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 54.17%; Maureen Piasecki and Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 49.48%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 71.67%;
Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 63.33%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton,
51.67%; Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 50.56%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – Karen
Synor and George Mayers, 61%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 58%; Ellen
Lochead and Joan Stankiewicz, 55%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 61.3%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 60.8%; east-west,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 64%; Ellen Lochead and Elaine Wegrzyn, 54%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Edna
Fill, 62.5%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 58.7%; Susan Lichtblau and Kay Brinkman, 57.5%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2025, to Feb. 28, 2025
0-5 Points – Joan Warren, 1.80; Maureen Piasecki,
1.13.
5-20 Points – Devon Marlette, 1.16; Fran Holmes, 0.73;
David Taylor, 0.18.
20-50 Points – Michel Dupuis, 4.67; Karen Dearing, 1.57%;
Dennis Daly, 0.84; Maxine Johnson, 0.17.
50-100 Points – Amy Habib, 7.11; Gary Keenan, 4.67; Mike
Metzger, 3.81; Brian Fleming, 3.72; John Houghtaling, 3.33; Kathleen Voigt,
3.10; Elaine Idzik, 3.08; 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; Jim Greno, 2.58; Betsy Greno, 2.40; Carol Licata, 1.44.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 8.30; Laura Houghtaling,
3.33
300-500 Points – Kusum Phadke, 2.68; David Schott, 2.22;
Pat Haynes, 1.78; Ruth Nawotniak, 1.60; Bob Ciszak, 1.39; Joanne Nover, 0.36.
500-1,000 Points – Sushil Amlani, 6.80; Martha Townson,
5.13; Joyce Frayer, 4.91; Richard McGowan, 3.81; Ed Harman, 3.31; Phyllis
Wilkinson, 2.14; Diana Smith, 1.99; (tie) Jeff Bender, Henry Chudy, 0.34.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 17.33; Vic Bergsten, 14.53;
Bill Rich, 7.51; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 5.87; Mary Ball, 2.19;
Paul Zittel, 1.26; Bert Feasley, 0.32.
1,500-2,500 Points –. Walt Olszewski, 4.03; (tie) Paula Kotowski,
Nancy Kessler, 1.67; Sandi England, 0.98; Rajat Basu, 0.43; John Bava, 0.20.
2,500-3,500 Points – Elaine Kurasiewicz, 1.20; Linda
Burroughsford, 0.84; Art Morth, 0.70.
3,500-5,000 Points – Ken Meier, 3.36; Barbara Libby, 1.09;
Davis Heussler, 0.84; Mike Silverman, 0.23.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 48.66; Dian Petrov, 1.97;
Jay Levy, 0.84.
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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.
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