Category News & Updates

CBF Update – December 2024

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.

Online Team League 2024-2025

We will once again play our Online Team League on BBO.
There will be 2 divisions if there are sufficient entries: Open and B (under 2,000 points as of Sept. 2024 ACBL report). Please join us for the 2024/25 seasion of the CBF Team League and read all about this frendly competition on the Online Team League page (under Events).
The registration deadline for the 2024-2025 season is September 30, 2024.
There will be a zoom training session on Monday, September 30 at 8:00 p.m. Est. to review team game strategy and BBO set-up for team games.
The Round Robin schedule begins the week of October 13 and runs until December 31, 2024. Playoffs will be scheduled for January/February 2025.
REGISTER HERE

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Canadian Championships!

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.

The Great Canadian Bidding Contest: September 2024 Problems

In the June 2024 issue of Bridge Canada, you can review the last set of problems, along with the answers and comments of the expert panel. The whole panel were tightly bunched with scores in the high forties, but Mike Hargreaves (49) and David Turner (48) nipped the rest of the panel. Welcome Ben Zaidenberg to our June panel! Ben, a former representative of Canada when a Junior, is returning to more active playing. Ashot Harutyunyan had the best reader score for June.
Play along! Email your answers to the September problems by August 11th to Neil Kimelman (editor@cbf.ca). Have fun!

2024 Summer NABC in Toronto, July 18-28

Metro Toronto Convention Centre
You are entitled to the Maple Leaf Discount at the 2024 Toronto NABC! NABC Schedule and Fees

  • $14 off the entry fee per daytime session
  • $4 off for evening events

Open to members who purchase entries through Entry Express and who satisfy all requirements:
1. Current resident of Canada.
2. Current ACBL member.
3. Current CBF member - As of June 15, 2024.
Entry Express: If you are new to using Entry Express, there is an FAQ HERE: how to purchase entries, how the discount applies, and answers to a large number of questions you may have. Access to Entry Express.

March 2025 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.
In this issue, read articles of interest to everyone, including these articles: 'Very bad bids very occasionally lead to Very good results', 'Immediate raises of major-suit opening bids', the IBPA files, the article featuring the responses and comments of the panel of experts to the problems of the last Bidding Contest, and more.

Membership Rate Increase

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.