During our Canadian Bridge Championships in Niagara Falls, we will be holding the first Hall of Fame ceremony since the pandemic.
We will be inducting Jurek Czyzowicz and Dan Jacob.
We hope that those of you in Niagara Falls for the CBC & Regional will attend the Hall of Fame ceremony.
The ceremony will take place in the Elizabeth room with Master of Ceremonies Nader Hanna.
Thank you also to our Hall of Fame committee and Chair Katie Thorpe!
The Annual General Membership meeting will take place 8:00am EST May 14 in Niagara Falls at the CBC. Please plan to attend! Coffee, tea and pastries will be provided.
The 2023 CBC will be held LIVE at Niagara Falls Falls Ontario, May 9-19 at the Crowne Plaza Fallsview.
Continue reading for the list of events, update on vaccination and more information. Follow the championships all along.
During the CBCs we also have a full slate of Regional events May 12-19 including Gold Rush events every day. Regional events are open to all Canadian and US players. Regional Schedule: click here
The Canadian Bridge Federation (CBF) is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects the interests of Canadian bridge players. The CBF is seeking an Executive Assistant to perform a variety of administrative duties to support the CBF's Board of Directors.
The Executive Assistant manages the day-to-day office operations of the CBF and is the primary liaison person for the organization. Accordingly, the Executive Assistant handles communication with members and other organizations involved with bridge in Canada.
Read on to see a list of key responsibilities, requirements and skills. If you interested in this job opportunity, contact Freddie Mykytyshyn at zone4@cbf.ca.
Interested in free practice some sessions? RealBridge has just announced a Junior Festival. This is a free online international tournament for all juniors under 26. Come play in this tourney , and you’ll play against juniors from all over the world (hence the crazy start time for Under 16s!).
U16 - Sunday, March 12, at approx. 5:00 am EST - IMP Pairs - 18-20 boards
U26 - Sunday, March 12, at approx. 2:00 pm EST - Teams, 24-28 boards
*While there is no U21 tourney per se, U21s can play in the U26 event.
Please email Andy Stark before March 5 to indicate your interest or if you have any questions.
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.
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!
Jurek was inducted in 2023 (elected in 2021) and sadly left us late in 2021. He won several Canadian Championships events and proudly represented us internationally.
Dan Jacob of Vancouver has had a successful career over many years with high-lights throughout, at the lev.
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.
