Spring into Spring is the theme for the party game Sunday at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190. 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 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.
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 14 to April 20
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. (Tie) Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, Bonnie Clement and David
Schott, 62.04%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 54.63%; Cynthia Tashjian and Candace
Graser, 50.93%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Mary Ball and Pat Wolcott, 66.11%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim
Easton, 64.45%; Brian Fleming and Dennis Daly, 63.33%; Ruth Nawotniak and Betty
Metz, 53.33%; east-west, Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 58.10%; Agi
Maisel and Bonnie Clement, 56.67%; (tie) Joyce Frayer and Anthony Girasole,
Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 47.14%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Martha Welte and Howard Foster, 70.83%; Donna Steffan and Davis Heussler,
54.17%; (3-way tie) Jay Costello and Kamil Bishara, Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan,
Judy Gray and Mike Ryan, 46.88%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Paul Zittel and Joyce Greenspan, 64.81%; Ellen
and Walter Baton, 62.03%; Maryann Szafran and Betty Metz 56.35%; Pat Haynes and
David Schott, 54.63%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 50.92%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Bert Feasley and Davis Heussler, 61.31%; Linda Burroughsford and Jim Gullo,
58.93%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 57.74%; Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, 52.98%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Joanne LaFay and Barbara Booi, 66.67%; (tie) Joan and Bob Ciszak, Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 55.21%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 52.08%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Paul Zittel and Bert Feasley, 62.50%; (tie)
Rosemary Benedict and Jack Miller, Randy Wischmeier and David Johnson, 56.48%;
Lauri Laufman and Sam Khayatt, 56.02%; (tie) Steve Glazer and Andy Plumridge,
Betsy and Jim Greno, 54.63%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 53.70%; Walt Olszewski
and Jim Lanzo, 52.31%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 51.85%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 58%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 55%; east-west, Nancy
Wolstoncroft and Paul Orosz, 54%; Angela Curtis and Shirley Cassety, 53%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues
Jan. 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025
0-5 Points – Julie Mitchell, 6.64; Maureen Piasecki, 4.32;
Joan Warren, 1.80; John Brennan, 0.52; John Eckis, 0.48; (tie) Linda Marsh, Arthur
Ziller, 0.40; Jeanette Bockstahler, 0.33.
5-20 Points – Fran Holmes, 1.89; Mike Rupp, 1.39: Devon
Marlette, 1.16; Jeannine Dupuis, 0.57; David Taylor, 0.18.
20-50 Points – Michel Dupuis, 6.67; Dennis Daly, 6.26; Zakie
Nohra, 5.86; Anthony Girasole, 3.85; Molly Morris, 3.42; Karen Dearing, 1.57%; Gini
Sicignano, 1.24; Maxine Johnson, 0.62.
50-100 Points – Brian Fleming, 12.47; Amy Habib, 9.93; Gary
Keenan, 7.37; Ilene Rothman, 6.80; Mike Metzger, 6.10; John Houghtaling, 5.26; Cynthia
Tashjian, 4.46; Carole Sedita, 4.02; Susan Burns, 3.60; Elaine Idzik, 3.55.
100-200 Points – Maria Schory, 8.20; Fran Schmidt, 6.43; Carol
Licata, 6.23; Jim Hassett, 4.74; Mike Meacham, 3.29; Jim Greno, 3.07; Betty DeFeo,
2.98; Betsy Greno, 2.89.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 17.80; Laura Houghtaling, 5.26;
Ethan Xie, 2.40; Patty Porter, 1.28; (tie) Barbara and John Scott, 1.13.
300-500 Points – Audrey Ray, 12.94; David Schott, 12.40;
Joanne Nover, 10.64; Pat Haynes, 9.08; Ruth Nawotniak, 4.85; Linda Milch, 3.80;
David Whitt, 3.65; Carl Hasselback, 3.20; Kusum Phadke, 3.02; Maryann Szafran, 2.70.
500-1,000 Points – (Tie) Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 22.14; Linda
Zittel, 17.69; Joyce Frayer, 15.08; Sushil Amlani, 13.64; Martha Townson, 12.43;
Jo Nasoff-Finton, 9.92; Mary Terrana, 9.45; Andrei Reinhorn, 8.98; Gordon
Crone, 8.50.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 32.78; Vic Bergsten, 26.85; Howard
Foster, 18.51; Jim Easton, 16.56; Paul Zittel, 16.36; Marilyn Wortzman, 16.25; Mary
Ball, 12.93; Terry Fraas, 10.48; Larry Abate, 8.86; Bill Rich, 8.44.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 19.30; Kamil Bishara, 15.79;
Paula Kotowski, 15.02; Rajat Basu, 14.01; Tova Reinhorn, 10.71; Walt Olszewski,
10.36; Joyce Greenspan, 9.85; David Colligan, 8.29; Sandi England, 7.60; Judy
Kaprove, 4.69.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 31.71; Dale Anderson,
6.57; Fred Yellen, 4.38; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 3.90; Art Morth, 3.36.
3,500-5,000 Points – Davis Heussler, 44.36; Jim Gullo, 20.47;
John Ziemer, 16.11; Judy Graf, 15.07; Donna Steffan, 12.44; Martha Welte, 10.66;
Chongmin Zhang, 7.30; Bill Rushmore, 5.23; Ken Meier, 3.36; Barbara Libby, 1.09.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 302.53; Chris Urbanek, 42.48;
Jay Levy, 39.07; Glenn Milgrim, 31.21; Bud Seidenberg, 28.01; Jay Costello, 25.90;
Mike Ryan, 23.99; Kathy Pollock, 18.89; Dian Petrov, 4.63; Dan Gerstman, 0.60.
• • •
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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