March 2025
As the newly-elected President of the CBF, I am honoured and excited to announce and welcome our three new Directors at Large: Marc-André Fourcaudot, Ginger Grant, Mike Hargreaves. These new Directors will greatly assist our Board in accomplishing our goals.
We look forward to serving our members. Please check our Website regularly to find out more about what CBF has to offer. We welcome your suggestions.
December 2024
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!. As another year comes to an end, your CBF Board of Directors would like to wish you Happy Holidays and all the best for 2025! As part of our mission, the CBF Board of Directors have been busy working hard throughout the year to reengage our members, promote bridge in Canada and provide the competitive forum required to choose the best of the best to represent Canada on the world stage. It has been a challenge, but we are listening and will continue to work tirelessly to improve and evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of our members in the post-pandemic bridge world.
The Board intends to provide periodic updates to keep you informed of various items of interest to the members.
December 2024 / The CBF Needs You! The CBF Board of Directors is made up of six Zone Directors and three newly created Director at Large positions. We are currently looking for individuals to fill the position of Director at Large as well as the position for Director of Zone 1 (Atlantic).
The CBF faces many challenges. Your support as a member of the board or by serving on a committee will enable us to meet these challenges and improve the membership experience. If you are interested in joining the board or serving on a committee, please email your interest and experience to the CBF Executive Assistant, Catherine Kinsella. catherine@cbf.ca.
Please read on for more details and the job description.
Congratulations to the winners of the Championship events at the Niagara Falls CBC. Here are the gold medalists from the championship events:
CSTC: Nader Hanna, John Rayner, Vince Oddy, Roy Dalton, Doug Baxter, David Lindop
CNTC-A: Jason Feldman, Darren Wolpert, Fred Gitelman, Mark Caplan, Daniel Lavee, Jacob Freeman
CNTC-B: Roger Chu, Jim Wu, Yimei Cao, Fan Yang
CNTC-C: Simon-Pierre Goulet, Charles Faille, Frédéric Bélanger, Francis Savaria
CWTC: Kismet Fung, Susan Culham, Louise Berthiaume, Sondra Blank
CMTC: Nicholas Gartaganis, Judith Gartaganis, Sondra Blank, Marc-André Fourcaudot, Louise Berthiaume, Kamel Fergani
COPC: Jiawei Luo - Fengming Chen
CIPC: Marielle Brentnall, Raymond Hornby
Continue reading to see all the medalists from these events.
Jan. 29 to Feb. 8, 2024. All matches are on BBO at 1:00 and 3:00 pm est. Check BBO Vugraph to Kibitz World Class players.
Qualification: Jan.29 to Feb. 1
Quarterfinals: Feb. 5,
Semi/Finals: Feb. 7,8
Sponsored By: Canada and Poland. Website Link: Transatlantic Senior's Cup
The final issue of 2025 is now available.. You can access the magazine from the top menu or by clicking the red tab on the left side of this page.
This issue features articles from our Canadian Open, Senior, and Mixed teams at the World Championships, an article on the ABCs of playing team games, news from Newfoundland, answers from the experts to the latest Bidding Contest, and much more.
Due to increased costs post Covid, the CBF needs to increase membership dues. Effective July 1, 2023 the CBF annual membership will increase from $20 to $25: $25 for one year, $65 for 3 years.
Please ensure you renew your membership and continue to support Canadian Bridge. To join the CBF or renew your membership, click here to get to Members/Join the CBF.
Canada has 3 teams at the World Youth Championships in Veldhoven, Netherlands July 31st to August 7th: Under 16, Under 21, Under 26. Please click on the following links to see the schedule and the results.
The CBF has a youth program and a Junior Fund to help cover some of the expenses of the participants in world championships. A special THANK YOU to everyone who donated to the Junior Fund to help support and encourage our young teams.
The latest episode of the Sorry Partner Podcast features Eric Kokish. He will discuss what it's like being a world class bridge coach and what it feels like sitting at the table while people are playing the convention named after you! You can listen on sorrypartner.com or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher etc.
We have just received the very sad news that Eric Kokish has passed away, the day after the podcast aired. He was one of Canada's great bridge players and theorists. He is in the ACBL and CBF Hall of Fame.
