Next party game
at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190, is scheduled
for Sunday, April 27, with a theme: Spring into Spring. Players are invited to
bring refreshments to share at noon. Game starts at 12:30 p.m. For
partnerships, call Pat Haynes 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.
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The Toronto Easter Regional Tournament continues with pairs games at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. today,
Saturday, April 19, in the Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West, in downtown
Toronto. It concludes with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 20. 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. 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.
Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. 499er game. Register
at wed-eve@bcon.club.
Thursdays, 1 p.m. 999er game.
Fridays, 1 p.m. Open and 499er
games.
Saturdays, 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
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Today, Saturday, April 19, and 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 April 7 to April 13
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 61.81%; Mary Pennell and Janet
Stuart, 56.25%; Maria Schory and Mike Meltzer, 55.56%; Jim and Michael Hassett,
53.47%; Linda Goldbert and Jo Ann Allen, 51.39%; Candace Graser and Cynthia
Tashjian, 50.69%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Ruth Nawotniak and Paul Zittel, 64.38%; Paula Rosen and
Maryann Szafran, 51.25%; east-west, Mary Ball and Terry Fraas, 61.25%; Ginger
Maiman and Marcia Wright, 54.38%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Betty Metz and Andrei Reinhorn, 58.33%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
57.14%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 54.17%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 66.67%; Pat
Haynes and David Schott, 54.17%; Betty Metz and Maryann Szafran, 52.78%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 58%; Judy Graf and Linda Burroughsford, 55%;
Davis Heussler and Jim Easton, 54%; Kamil Bishara and Chris Urbanek, 53%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Linda Zittel and Joanne LaFay, 61.46%; Sandi England and Walt Olszewski, 58.33%; Bert Feasley and Paul Zittel, 57.29%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Frederick and Charles Faille, 70.24%;
Debbie and Bill Nash, 59.52%; Linda Newsome and Jason Carter, 55.56%; Jim
Hassett and Terry Camp, 53.17%; (tie) Jim Lanzo and Bill Rich, Randy Wischmeier
and David Johnson, 52.78%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Joan Stankiewicz and Ellen Lochead, 67%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 53%; east-west,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Shirley Cassety, 63%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 63%; Edna and Ron Fill, 51%; east-west, Pat
Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 57%; Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 56%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Rose Bochiechio and Edna
Fill, 68.7%; Susan Lichtblau and Kay Brinkman, 53.7%; Anne Dunlop and Kathy
Bourque, 50%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025
0-5 Points – Joan Warren, 1.80; Maureen Piasecki,
1.13.
5-20 Points – Fran Holmes, 1.84; Mike Rupp, 1.39; Devon
Marlette, 1.16; David Taylor, 0.18.
20-50 Points – Michel Dupuis, 6.41; Karen Dearing, 1.57%;
Dennis Daly, 1.33; Maxine Johnson, 0.62.
50-100 Points – Amy Habib, 9.93; Gary Keenan, 7.37; Mike
Metzger, 6.10; Brian Fleming, 5.86; John Houghtaling, 5.26; Cynthia Tashjian, 4.46;
Carole Sedita, 4.02; Susan Burns, 3.60; Candace Graser, 3.52; Kathleen Voigt,
3.10.
100-200 Points – Maria Schory, 8.20; Fran Schmidt, 6.43;
Jim Hassett, 4.74; Jim Greno, 3.07; Betsy Greno, 2.89; Carol Licata, 2.16.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 16.67; Laura Houghtaling, 5.26;
Patty Porter, 1.28.
300-500 Points – Kusum Phadke, 3.02; Pat Haynes, 2.55; David
Schott, 2.22; Bob Ciszak, 1.66; Ruth Nawotniak, 1.60; Joanne Nover, 0.36.
500-1,000 Points – (Tie) Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 18.93; Sushil
Amlani, 8.03; Martha Townson, 7.96; Joyce Frayer, 7.62; Richard McGowan, 5.73;
Ed Harman, 3.58; Phyllis Wilkinson, 3.36; Diana Smith, 1.99; Jeff Bender, Henry
Chudy, 0.73.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 28.31; Vic Bergsten, 23.24;
Bill Rich, 8.44; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 8.37; Mary Ball, 2.53;
Paul Zittel, 1.26; Bert Feasley, 0.32.
1,500-2,500 Points –. Walt Olszewski, 6.83; (tie) Paula
Kotowski, Nancy Kessler, 2.03; Rajat Basu, 1.55; Sandi England, 0.98; John
Bava, 0.20.
2,500-3,500 Points – Elaine Kurasiewicz, 1.90; Linda
Burroughsford, 0.84; Art Morth, 0.70.
3,500-5,000 Points – Ken Meier, 3.36; Martha Welte, 2.55;
Chongmin Zhang, 1.95; Barbara Libby, 1.09; Davis Heussler, 0.84; Mike
Silverman, 0.23.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 49.14; Dian Petrov, 1.97;
Jay Levy, 7.25.
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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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