The annual Western New York Unit 116 picnic lunch and bridge game is set for Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Buffalo Bridge Center. Center, 60 Dingens St. off Exit 1 of the I-190. A Weidner's chicken barbecue lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by the game at 12:30 p.m. Cost is $10 for unit members, $15 for non-members. Pre-registration is required. Call or text John Bava at 908-256-6466 or email him at jbava@roadrunner.com.
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THIS JUST IN: The Buffalo Bridge Center reports on Sunday, Aug. 3, that the much-delayed paving of its parking lot is now scheduled to take place on Thursday, Aug. 7, and Friday, Aug. 8. The club will not be holding its regular games those days.
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The Buffalo Bridge Center
offers a regular schedule of in-person and online
games Monday through Friday with party games once a month on weekends. Next
party game is Sunday, Aug. 10. 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, 9:30 a.m. New 99er
game.
Thursday, 1 p.m. 999er game.
Friday, 1 p.m. Open and 499er
games.
Saturday, 6:30 p.m. New open
game. Arrive by 6 p.m. if you need a partner.
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
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. For more info, click this link.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie,
Pa. Saturday, Sept. 6, and Sunday, Sept. 7. For more info, click this link.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St.,
Buffalo. Friday, Sept. 12, to Sunday, Sept 14. For more info, click this link.
CANCELED: 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 July 21 to July 27
ACBL Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600 game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 60.18%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 58.67%; Barbara Landree and Paul Zittel, 52.87%; Anthony Girasole and Allen Perez, 51.66%; Maryann Szafran and Betty Metz, 51.38%; east-west, Linda Zittel and Susan Cardamone, 59.23%; Adrian Figliotti and Joyce Frayer, 57.73%; Brian Fleming and Dennis Daly, 51.98%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 50.15%; Jini and John Rubenstein, 50.13%.
Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning – Open
game. Martha Welte and Howard Foster, 57.74%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer,
57.14%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 52.38%; Tova Reinhorn and Betty Metz,
50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-2,000 game. Larry Himelein and David Schott, 62.70%; Betty
Metz and Audrey Ray, 61.90%; Marily Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.14%; Joanne
Nover and Bonnie Clement, 54.76%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning – Open
game. Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 57.29%; (tie) Donna Steffan and John Sinclair,
Judy Zeckhauser and Mike Ryan, 55.21%; Terry Fraas and Ed Morgan, 50%.
Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday
afternoon – Open
game. Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 61.11%; Donna Steffan and Jay Costello,
60.65%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 59.72%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 56.48%;
Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 56.02%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 55.09%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning – Open
game. North-south, Bert Feasley and Paul Zittel, 62.50%; Donna Starnes and Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 52%; (tie) Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, Maureen Piasecki and
Wilson McClaren, 50%; east-west, Ruth Wurster and Joe Miranda, 57.50%; Joanne
LaFay and Linda Zittel, 55.50%; (tie) Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, Jan and Carl
Hasselback, 54%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game online. Eugene Georgini and Jim Lanzo, 67.50%;
Andrea and Steve Macheel, 53.75%; (tie) Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, Ed
Harman and Bob Ciszak, 47.50%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon – North-south,
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 63%; Judie Bailey and Paul Orosz, 61%; east-west,
Mary and Jim Atwood, 70%; Bob Kaprove and Ron Helfman, 57%.
Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday afternoon – Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 63.9%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 61.1%; (tie) Mike and Bob Rupp, Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 54.2%.
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The Duplicate Bridge column has been compiled weekly by Buffalo News
Staff Reporter Dale Anderson for more than 20 years. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The News 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, beginning at
5:30 p.m. Fridays. Another place to find it anytime 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.
