Spring Has Sprung, that’s the theme for the party game on Sunday, May 18, at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190. The game, which starts at 12:30 p.m., is also a Unit Championship game, which means extra master points to the top players. Players are invited to bring refreshments to share at noon. For partnerships, call Pat Haynes 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com. Next special game will be the annual ACBL Longest Day celebration on Sunday, June 22, with two games and extra features for players.
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The extra point bonanza
continues at the Buffalo Bridge Center from Monday, May 19, to Friday, May 23,
with ACBL Grass Roots games. There's more to come on the week of May 26,
when it’s all Club Championship games.
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Notices already are showing up via email for the Finger
Lakes Regional Tournament, which is happening Monday, June 9, through Friday,
June 13, in the Louis Wolk Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave.,
Rochester (actually Brighton). The tournament continues virtually on Saturday,
June 14, on Bridge Base Online. 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.
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 May 5 to May 11
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening – 0-750
game online. Anna Yates and Jane Palmer, 56.94%; Fran Holmes and Leslie Deich,
54.17%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 51.39%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.54%; Paula Rosen and
Maryann Szafran, 55.95%; Ruth Nawotniak and Paul Zittel, 54.76%; east-west,
Sharon Wilcox and Pat Haynes, 63.89%; Betty Metz and John Brennan, 57.14$;
Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 51.98%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 66.07%; Martha Welte and Howard Foster,
60.12%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 55.95%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf,
52.38%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Paula Kotowski and Walt Olszewski, 63.75%;
(tie) Larry Himelein and David Schott, Mary Ball and Pat Wolcott, 56.25%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 64.29%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara,
52.98%; Martha Welte and Larry Abate, 51.79%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 50%;
Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan, 48.81%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Sandi England and Allen Beroza, 61.11%; Jan and Carl Hasselback, 56.25%; Joyce Greenspan and Paula Kotowski, 55.56%; Mary Terrana and Ruth Wurster, 54.86%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 65.48%;
Lane Byl and Henry Salmin, 59.52%; Barbara Santry and Dianne Simon, 59.13%;
Steve Pollard and Ken Ferrell, 55.16%; Randy Wischmeier and Dave Johnson,
54.37%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 52.38%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 51.98%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 66%; Edna and Ron Fill, 51%; east-west,
Connie Wilson and Miriam Regnet, 59%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 58%.
Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon – North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 64%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Paul Orosz, 60%;
east-west, David Young and Tim Hartnett, 58%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz
Schweiger, 55%.
Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – Midge Coates and Rob
Buchanan, 65.6%; Judy White and Fritz Schweiger, 50%.
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Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play
Jan. 1, 2025, to April 30, 2025
0-5 Points – Joan Warren, 1.80; Maureen Piasecki, 1.58.
5-20 Points – Mike Rupp, 2.60; Fran Holmes, 2.56; Devon
Marlette, 1.80; David Taylor, 0.63.
20-50 Points – Michel Dupuis, 8.25; Dennis Daly, 3.35;
Maxine Johnson, 2.57; Karen Dearing, 1.57%.
50-100 Points – Amy Habib, 11.88; Brian Fleming, 9.23; Gary
Keenan, 9.21; Mike Metzger, 7.89; Cynthia Tashjian, 7.69; John Houghtaling, 6.86;
Candace Graser, 6.75; (tie) Carole Sedita, Ilene Rothman 4.29; Susan Burns, 3.87.
100-200 Points – Maria Schory, 9.99; Fran Schmidt, 9.48;
Jim Hassett, 7.33; Jim Greno, 4.68; Betsy Greno, 4.05; Carol Licata, 3.37; Joan
Ciszak, 0.42.
200-300 Points – Maria Amlani, 20.73; Laura Houghtaling, 6.86;
Patty Porter, 1.55.
300-500 Points – David Schott, 3.57; Kusum Phadke, 3.02;
Pat Haynes, 2.55; Bob Ciszak, 2.08; Ruth Nawotniak, 1.60; Joanne Nover, 0.36.
500-1,000 Points – (Tie) Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 28.26; Martha
Townson, 10.20; Richard McGowan, 9.74; Sushil Amlani, 8.03; Joyce Frayer, 7.62;
Ed Harman, 4.48; Phyllis Wilkinson, 3.36; Diana Smith, 1.99; Jeff Bender, 0.73.
1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Lanzo, 37.14; Vic Bergsten, 31.81;
Bill Rich, 10.97; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 9.88; Mary Ball, 2.53;
Paul Zittel, 2.38; Bert Feasley, 1.44.
1,500-2,500 Points –. Walt Olszewski, 9.53; (tie) Paula
Kotowski, Nancy Kessler, 2.03; Rajat Basu, 1.55; Martin Pieterse, 1.12; Sandi
England, 0.98; John Bava, 0.20.
2,500-3,500 Points – Elaine Kurasiewicz, 1.90; Linda
Burroughsford, 1.16; Art Morth, 0.84.
3,500-5,000 Points – Chongmin Zhang, 6.14; Ken Meier, 3.36;
Martha Welte, 2.55; Barbara Libby, 1.09; Davis Heussler, 0.84; Mike Silverman,
0.23.
More than 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 58.84; Jay Levy, 9.63; Dian
Petrov, 3.57.
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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 2,990 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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