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The 2005 World Bridge Championships, comprises the Bermuda
Bowl, Venice Cup, Seniors Bowl and Transnational Open Teams
competitions.
Our Teams
CANADA has a team entered in each of the three events.
VENICE CUP
John Gowdy NPC, Beverley Kraft,
Joan Eaton, Dianna Gordon, barbara Clinton, Francine Cimon,
Linda Lee
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here for Canada's Championship Page with links to schedule of
play and results
BERMUDA BOWL
Michael Gamble NPC, George Mittelman, Arno Hobart, John Carruthers,
Joseph Silver, Boris Baran, Allan Graves, Eric Kokish, COACH.
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here for Canada's Championship Page with links to schedule of
play and results
SENIOR CUP
Marc LaChappelle NPC, Michael Cummings, David Lindop, John Bowman,
Bill Bowman, Pierre Daigneault, Stephen Brown, David T. Willis
COACH.
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here for Canada's Championship Page with links to schedule of
play and results
About the events
(source: WBF Offical Championship Page)
The Bermuda Bowl is the symbol of world supremacy
at bridge. It is awarded to the winner of the open teams competition
between the representatives of the WBF geographical zones. Since
its inauguration in 1950, the competition has been played 36
times. The United States of America were victorious 17 times,
while their European rival, Italy, prevailed 13 times. The other
titles were won by France (twice), Great Britain, Brazil, Iceland
and The Netherlands.
The Venice Cup is awarded to the winner of
the zonal competition for women players. It was established
in 1974 and since then only four countries have won it. The
United States of America leads the race with 9 titles, while
Europe follows with five successes achieved by Great Britain
(twice), Germany (twice) and The Netherlands.
The Seniors Bowl is a new competition for
senior players (56 years of age or older). Representative teams
from all zones are invited to participate. The winners at the
inaugural event, which took place in 2001 in Paris, France,
were the United States of America, who kept the title in the
second event, held in 2003 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
The World Transnational Open Teams Championship
came into being in 1997 in Hammamet, Tunisia. It is contested
by teams nominated by the NBOs without nationality or other
restrictions. The first winners were the team led by Leandro
Burgay of Italy, while in the second edition the title went
to the USA team captained by Rose Meltzer. In Monte Carlo, Monaco
2003, the winning team was Lavazza which comprised Italian players.
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