Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Canadian Championships

Congratulations to the winners of all the events:
CNTC A – Jason Feldman, Daniel Miles, Daniel Lavee, Jacob Freeman, Jeff Smith, Frédéric Pollack
. CNTC B – Sheila Xu, Mingqiang Bao, Lai Qing Luo, Mingmin Zhu, Kelvin Shu, Jerry Lan
. CNTC C – Charles Faille, Frederick Faille, Francis Savaria, Dominique Béland
. CWTC – Yuan Chen, Lisa Chen, Weijun Chen, Xia Hong, Rose Hou, Jingyuan Gong
. CMTC – Barry Senensky, Barbara Shnier, Marielle Decelles-Brentnall, Bob Kuz
. CSTC – Dan Jacob, Piotr Klimowicz, Michel Lorber, Zygmunt Marcinski, David Turner, Roy Hughes
. COPC – Fengming Chen – Marie Duval
All winners and medalists of the CBC 2025.
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Helen Shields National Champion 2025

Congratulations to Boyd Wells and Margie Hutt from Truro DBC, National Winners of the 2025 Helen Shields Rookie-Master. They scored 72,74%, followed by Barbara Willey – Vicki McBurney (Carling DBC) and Elizabeth Grover – Lorraine Boisvert (Bridge Manitoba).
Continue reading to see the winners by zone.
Report Helen Shields 2025.
The CBF holds two Rookie-Master games each year: Helen Shields (spring) and Erin Berry (fall). Bridge clubs can register by completing the form for this event, under the Club Managers menu.
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Message from the President – Shelley Burns

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.
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Bridge Canada : March 2025 Issue is Online

March 2025 issue of Bridge Canada is now available.. 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.
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The Great Canadian Bidding Contest: June 2025 Problems

You can review the last set of problems in the March 2025 issue of Bridge Canada, along with the answers and comments of the expert panel. David Grainger was the top panelist, with a perfect score of 50. Congrats to Rasim Sari and Mihai Radu, 1-2 in reader scores..
It is easy to enter the Contest. Email your answers for the June problems to Neil Kimmelman (editor@cbf.ca) by May 9th. The panellists’ answers and comments will be published in the June issue of Bridge Canada. Have fun!
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2025 Canadian Hall of Fame Induction & Lifetime Achievement Award

The Hall of Fame committee has elected Gloria Bart and Joan Eaton as the 2025 inductees into the Canadian Bridge Hall of Fame. Gloria and Joan are top players who had an outstanding record of success for more than three decades, in Canada and at at the international level.

And the CBF Board of Directors have elected to award the CBF Lifetime Achievement Award to Neil Kimelman in recognition of his long and outstanding service to Canadian bridge and the CBF for over 45 years.

The induction ceremony for the Hall of Fame and the Lifetime Achievement Award will take place in Toronto, during the Canadian Championships, on Thursday April 17 at 7:00 pm. Continue reading for more information..
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CBF Update – 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. Continue reading for the latest update.
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