Double bridge: July 6, 2024

A regular schedule In-person and online play is available five days a week at the Buffalo Bridge Center, with special games on weekends. The cost of face-to-face play is $8 for members and $11 for non-members. Semi-annual memberships are now accepted for $40. For more information, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-424-0014.

The Bridge Center also hosts a social game in its classroom on Tuesday mornings during the regular 10:30 a.m. game. Players can play at their own pace and style. The fee is $5 to cover expenses.

Tuesday, 10:30 For players with less than 1,600 points. Simultaneous play for players with less than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10:00.

Wednesdays at 10:30am. Open to all players. Simultaneous play for players with less than 99 points if there are enough tables.

Thursdays, 10:30 Updated to now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous play for players with less than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free class at 10:00.

Friday, 10:30am 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 less than 750 points.

Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. Delaware Wednesday game for players under 2,000 points. For more information on this game, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email [email protected].

More access to virtual games Bridge Base Online is offered by the Airport Bridge Club, which currently does not host face-to-face games. It has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge Collective, where most games cost $3.50. For more information, click here.

The Airport Club also continues to be part of the Alliance Bridge Club, which offers more than a dozen games each day. Anyone who has played at the Airport Club is automatically a member. For more information, visit alliancebridgeclub.com or call Airport Club Manager Bill Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.

East Aurora Bridge Club The game begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Attendance is typically three or four tables. For more information, email manager Dave Larcom at [email protected].

Niagara Bridges Center in St. Catharines, Ontario, offers a mix of online and in-person play at its Tremont Square club, across from the Pen Centre shopping mall near Glendale Avenue.

Head-to-head matches open to all players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also a 499ers (under 500) head-to-head match at 1 p.m. on Mondays, a beginners’ match with mini-lesson at 6 p.m. on Mondays, matches for 199ers and under 750s at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, a 299ers match at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays, a 999ers match at 1 p.m. on Thursdays and a 299ers match at 9 a.m. on Fridays with pre-registration required.

The club also hosts several virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for the 499ers at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays, a Swiss team contest at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays (pre-registration required), alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m. on Thursdays. For more information, click here.

Face to face game in non-sanctioned clubs is offered at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.

Rochester Summer Sectional – Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Rochester. Today, Saturday, July 6 and Sunday, July 7. For more information, click this link.

Buffalo Summer Sofa – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14. For more information, click this link.

North American Bridge Championships (NABC) – Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front Street West, Toronto, ON. Thursday, July 18 to Sunday, July 28. For more information, click here.

Finger Lakes Region – Louis Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, August 5 through Saturday, August 10. For more information, click this link.

Pittsburgh Roni Regional – Masonic Center North, 3579 Cemetery Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, August 27 through Saturday, August 31. For more information, click this link.

Buffalo Fall Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, September 6 through Sunday, September 8.

Buffalo Bridge Center.

Western New York Unit 116.

The Airport Bridge Club, which is still on hiatus, does not have a website. For more information, call 716-603-6943.

Duplicate Bridge Base Online Scores

Week of June 24 to 30

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday Night – 0-750 online game. (Tie) Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 58.33%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 56.94%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday Morning – Game 0-1,600. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 61.61%; Joe Miranda and Fred Hirsch, 59.23%; Betty Metz and Paul Zittel, 58.04%; Maryann Szafran and Judy Zeckhauser, 57.74%; east-west, Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 63.99%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 61.31%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.04%; Ginger Maiman and Marcia Wright, 53.27%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday Morning – Open game. Terry Fraas and Betty Metz, 58.52%; Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 55.93%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Sue Neubecker, 54.44%; (tied) Jay Levy and Jay Costello, Sharon Benz and Martha Welte, 54.07%; Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 53.33%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 52.59%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – Game 0-2,000. Joyce Greenspan and Brian Fleming, 62.52%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 57.76%; Maryann Szafran and Betty Metz, 55.44%; Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn, 55.41%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday Morning – Open game. Judy Padgug and Fred Yellen, 61.98%; Linda Burroughsford and Jim Gullo, 54.69%; Sharon Benz and Bob Padgug, 54.17%.

East Aurora Bridge Club Wednesday Morning – Open game. Kathy Donnelly and Maureen Cancilla, 58.18%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 57.76%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 55.56%; Joanne LaFay and Bert Feasley, 55.44%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 50.58%; Donna Starnes and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 50%.

Delaware Wednesday night – 0-2,000 online games. North-south, Fenghong Chen and Jichong Chai, 62.96%; Ron and Richard Bailer, 56.48%; Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 50.93%; east-west, Linda Dent and Jane Palmer, 58.80%; Beth Simpson and Bruce Wachsman, 53.24%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 52.78%.

Amherst Senior Center Monday Afternoon – North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 56.2%; Edna and Ron Fill, 55.9%; east-west, Judie Bailey and Shirley Cassety, 72%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 62%.

Amherst Senior Center, Friday afternoon – North-South, Tim Hartnett and David Young, 68%; (tied) Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, Jill and Bruce Brown, 59%; east-west, Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 65%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 61%.

The duplicate bridge column is compiled weekly by reporter Dale Anderson. The print version ceased appearing on Saturdays in The Buffalo 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” and type in the current Saturday date, and you should see a link to buffalonews.com, the Buffalo News website. You can also find it on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/

The deadline for submitting scores and reviews is Tuesday night. Email [email protected] or [email protected]. The office phone number is 716-849-4420.

A master of golden lifeDale Anderson has accumulated over 2,970 master points in his career. He occasionally writes here about his quest for the next measure of success, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures.