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Get your qualification for CNTC & COPC (Canadian Open Pairs Championship) 2023

We are adding additional online qualifying games in February so that everyone can get their qualifier for CNTC A, B & C and the Canadian Open Pairs Championship COPC to be played at the Canadian Bridge Championships in Niagara Falls, ON May 10th to 19th.
Dates: Sunday 12th, Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th, Saturday 18th. All games will be played on BBO. Search for CBF under Virtual Clubs and will be $5 US for 999er games and $6 US for Open games. Continue reading for the times and more information.

The Great Canadian Bidding Contest: April Problems

Congratulations Earle Fergusson, top reader for February with a score of 49. Way to go Earle! Two panelists had perfect scores of 50, David Grainger and Mike Hargreaves.
Continue reading to play along. Email your answers to the April problems to Neil Kimelman (editor@cbf.ca), by March 15th. Have fun!

December Issue of Bridge Canada is Online

Get to know Bridge Canada, the online magazine of the CBF. You can access the magazine through the top menu or the red tab on the left side of this page.
What would you do, holding: ♠Q AK72 AJ8 AK1032, after RHO's double (asking for a spade lead)? Your last bid was 3NT. Continue reading to see the bidding sequence, and go to the IBPA Article in this issue of Bridge Canada to see what happended.
The magazine contains interesting and informative articles written by Canadian experts on topics of interest to players of all levels, experts' answers and analysis to the last Great Canadian Bidding Contest, and much more.

The Great Canadian Bidding Contest: February Problems

Congratulations Congrats to Ashot Harutyunyan, top reader
for December, and winner of $100 for having the best
combined October-December score. A close 2nd was
Sheldon Spiers, who gets $50 in Xmas shopping money.
The top panelist, with a perfect score, was Dan Jaco The top panelist with a perfect score was Dan Jacob.
It is easy to enter. Continue reading to play along. Email your answers to the February problems to Neil Kimelman (editor@cbf.ca), by January 15th. Have fun!

October 22 issue of Bridge Canada is online

Get to know Bridge Canada, the online magazine of the CBF. You can access the magazine through the top menu or the red tab on the left side of this page.
What does 3 means in this sequence?
1♠-2/2-3/3. Find out on page 8 of this issue of Bridge Canada.
Whatever your level, you will find informative and interesting articles.

World Bridge Championships — Junior and Open

The 7th World Transnational Youth Championships are taking place August 7-14th in Salsamaggiore Terme, Italy. 7th World Youth Transnational Championships.
Congratulations to our Canadian players in the Youth Championships - Jacob Freeman (Under 26) and Darwin Li (Under 16) - both Gold medal winners! You can see their pictures on the podium in Thursday Bulletin. Darwin Li has won a second Gold medal in the U16 Open Teams. His partner was a 13 year old from India who he has played with for just one month! Bruce Zhu has won gold in the U26 teams beating Jacob Freeman's team in the final.
The 16th World Bridge Series will be taking place August 19th - September 3rd in Wroclaw, Poland. This is an Open event which means that anyone can enter. Canada will have teams in the Open, Mixed, and Womens' events. You can follow their progress on the WBF website: 16th World Bridge Series.

Day of Bridge Benefitting Alzheimer Societies in Canada – 2025

Day of Bridge games can be held online or at in person clubs this year. Any virtual games held on BBO June 18 and June 19 will be considered “Longest Day” games and will support the Alzheimer Society.
Clubs that have returned to face-to-face play can choose a day June 19 through June 26 to hold a Day of Bridge game. Money raised and sanction fees collected will be sent to provincial Alzheimer Societies.
Many players may want to make special donations to the Alzheimer Society and these can be done in different ways.

Erin Berry Fund Application

We are currently accepting applications for Erin Berry Fund Grants, until June 30th.
The Erin Berry Fund disburses a portion of the fund each year to assist junior players with the expenses associated with attending bridge events. To read more about the Erin Berry fund, go to our Erin Berry page.
For more information please contact us at canbridge@rogers.com.