Next party game on Sunday, May 18, has a Spring Has Sprung theme 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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Extra master points will be offered at all of the games at the Buffalo Bridge Center during the next three weeks. For the week of May 12, including the party game, it will be Unit Championships. The week of May 19 will bring ACBL Grass Roots games. And finally, there will be Club Championship games on the week of May 26.
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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 28 to May 4
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Candace Graser and Cynthia Tashjian, 60.19%; Fran Schmidt and
Richard McGowan, 55.56%; (tie) Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, Maria Schory and
Mike Metzger, 53.70%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 60.32%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 53.97%; Dennis Daly and Brian Fleming, 52.78%; Barbara Landree and Paul
Zittel, 50.79%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.52%; (tie) Agi
Maisel and Pat Haynes, Betty Metz and Andrei Reinhorn, 58.33%; Mary Terrana and
Ruth Wurster, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Tova Reinhorn and Terry Fraas, 57.14%; Howard Foster and Davis Heussler,
55.95%; Judy Graf and Bud Seidenberg, 52.38%; Donna Steffan and Jay Costello,
51.79%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 64.19%;
Mary Ball and Pat Walcott, 60.78%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 55.63%;
Paula Kozlowski and Walt Olszewski, 50.75%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure,
50.60%; Julie Mitchell and Brian Fleming, 48.75%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Donna Steffan and Davis Heussler, 60.42%; John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten,
56.25%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 54.17%; Martha Welte and Larry Abate, 52.08%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Bert Feasley and Dave Larcom, 65.97%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 56.25%; Pay Haynes and Joe Miranda, 54.17%; Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 50%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 56.25%;
Debbie Zimmerman and Tom Karnowski, 55.56%; Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt,
54.86%; Linda Kuehn and Michelle Feeney, 53.47%; (tie) Betsy and Jim Greno,
Bill Rich and Richard McGowan, 50.69%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and Paul Morgante, 55%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 53%;
east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 58%; Connie Wilson and Miriam Regnet, 56%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Paul Orosz, 61%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 58%;
east-west, Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 62%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 53%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Susan Lichtblau and Kay
Brinkman, 60%; Judy White and Fritz Schweiger, 56.2%; Ann Dunlop and Paul
Morgante, 55%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play
Jan. 1, 2025, to April 30, 2025
0-5 Points – Julie Mitchell, 6.13; Maureen Piasecki,
3.19; (tie) Walter Bacon and Ellen Bacon, 0.59; John Brennan, 0.52; John Eckis,
0.48; (tie) Linda Marsh and Arthur Ziller, 0.40; Jeanette Bockstahler, 0.33.
5-20 Points – Jeannine Dupuis, 0.57.
20-50 Points – Dennis Daly, 6.64; Zakie Nohra, 5.15; Anthony
Girasole, 4.83; Molly Morris, 2.31; Gini Sicignano, 1.24; Michel Dupuis, 0.26.
50-100 Points – Brian Fleming, 7.81; Donna Starnes, 3.70; Susan
Cardamone, 2.38; Ilene Rothman, 2.27; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 2.12; Jo Ann Smith,
0.58; Elaine Idzik, 0.47.
100-200 Points – Betty DeFeo, 3.60; Mike Meacham, 3.10; Carol
Licata, 2.27; Joan Ciszak, 0.64.
200-300 Points – Ethan Xie, 1.60.
300-500 Points – Pat Haynes, 12.01; David Schott, 11.03;
Audrey Ray, 10.39; Joanne Nover, 9.80; Maryann Szafran, 5.40; Linda Milch, 4.74;
David Whitt, 3.65; Ruth Nawotniak, 3.50; Carl Hasselback, 3.20; Judy
Zeckhauser, 2.80.
500-1,000 Points – Linda Zittel, 15.30; Andrei Reinhorn, 14.31;
Jo Nasoff-Finton, 12.60; Mary Terrana, 8.70; Gordon Crone, 7.75; Joyce Frayer, 7.55;
Sharon Wilcox, 6.57; Paula Rosen, 5.82; Dave Larcom, 5.43; Barbara Landree, 5.34.
1,000-1,500 Points – Paul Zittel, 19.12; Howard Foster, 14.82;
Terry Fraas, 11.63; Mary Ball, 11.21; Betty Metz, 11.08; Jim Easton, 10.08;
Marilyn Wortzman, 8.95; Ed Morgan, 7.90; Bert Feasley, 7.81; Judie Bailey,
6.17.
1,500-2,500 Points – Pinky Regan, 22.52; Paula Kotowski, 15.22;
Joyce Greenspan, 14.04; Kamil Bishara, 12.57; Tova Reinhorn, 10.34; Sandi
England, 6.13; Judy Kaprove, 5.30; David Colligan, 4.50; Walt Olszewski, 2.94; Rajat
Basu, 1.75.
2,500-3,500 Points – Linda Burroughsford, 10.22; Dale Anderson,
7.56; Fred Yellen, 1.43; Art Morth, 0.67; Pat Rasmus, 0.51.
3,500-5,000 Points – Jim Gullo, 22.79; Davis Heussler, 19.63; Judy
Graf, 16.50; John Ziemer, 15.01; Donna Steffan, 10.10; Martha Welte, 6.47; Chongmin
Zhang, 0.74; Brian Meyer, 0.60.
More than 5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 19.58; Jay Costello, 15.60; Chris
Urbanek, 13.55; Bud Seidenberg, 11.73; Jay Levy, 5.90; 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 nearly
2,990 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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