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 party 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.
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
Finger Lakes Regional – Louis Wolk Jewish Community Center, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, June 9, to Saturday, June 14. For more info,
click this link.
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. For more info, click this link.
Niagara 499er Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Center, 14
Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Aug. 15, to Sunday, Aug. 17.
For more info, click this link.
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. For more info,
click this link.
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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 April 21 to April 27
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 73.61%; Gary Keenan and Michel
Dupuis, 56.25%; Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 53.47%; Candace Graser and
Cynthia Tashjian, 51.39%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, (tie) Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 55.16%; Barbara Landree and Paul Zittel, 50%; east-west, Joyce
Greenspan and Andre Reinhorn, 59.92%; Agi Maisel and Bonnie Clement, 55.16%;
Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 48.81%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Jay Levy, 66.20%; Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 56.48%;
Judy Graf and Ed Morgan, 55.56%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 49.54%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Joyce Greenspan and Paul Zittel, 63.49%; (tie)
Joanne Nover and Julie Mitchell, Larry Abate and Rajat Basu, 54.63%; Larry
Himelein and David Schott, 51.59%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 65%; Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, 54%;
Linda Burroughsford and Donna Steffan, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday
afternoon – Open
game. North-south, (tie) Judy Graf and John Ziemer, Chris Urbanek and Kamil
Bishara, 64.29%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 51.79%; east-west, Davis Heussler
and David Colligan, 60.42%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 50.60%; Julie Mitchell
and Brian Fleming, 50.30%; Pat Haynes and David Schott, 49.70%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Ruth Wurster and Bert Feasley, 58.93%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 57.74%;
(tie) Pat Rasmus and Alex Ivanov, Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 50.60%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 65.28%;
Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 58.33%; Ed Harman and Randy Forrest, 56.48%; (tie)
Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, Bill Rich and Richard McGowan, 55.56%; (tie) Sue
Manning and Sam Khayatt, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 50%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 69%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 64%; east-west,
Joan Stankiewicz and Ellen Lochead, 60%; Elaine Wegrzyn and James Cook, 57%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Paul Orosz, 57%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 54%; east-west,
Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 61%; Julie Mitchell and Bill Rogers, 55%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Midge Coates and Rob
Buchanan, 62.5%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 53.7%; Ann Dunlop and Paul
Morgante, 51.2%.
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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.
