President’s Message – June 2025

The last few months have been a busy and productive time for our Board as we work on making positive changes.  Our goal is to listen to our members, and to implement financially sound initiatives that will both help grow our membership, and help raise funds to benefit not only our International players, but our Canadian Clubs and Club players.
Read on for what’s happening at the CBF: New Board Members, Canadian Championships, New Initiatives and Events, Online AGM. Shelley Burns
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Canada – Mexico: National Women’s Playoff

Canada – Mexico Women’s Team Playoff is occurring this weekend with the winning team advancing to the 47th World Bridge Team Championships! Best of Luck to Team Canada: Yuan Chen, Lisa hen, Weijun Chen, Xia Hong, Jingyuan Gong, Yimei Cao !
Follow their results: CLICK HERE..
TEAM CANADA WON THE MATCH. CONGRATULATIONS!
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Bridge Canada – June 2025 Issue is Online

June Issue of Bridge Canada is now available online.
A special issue in which you will like to see some photos of the medallists from the recent Canadian Bridge Championships, and read a report from the winners of 3 major events: CNTC Open, CSTC, CMTC. You’ll also enjoy reading the responses and comments from the panel of experts at the Canadian Bidding Contest on the latest set of problems, the IBPA files, and other articles of interest to all.
You can access the magazine of the CBF through the top menu or the red tab on the left side of this page.
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The Great Canadian Bidding Contest – September 2025 Problems

You can review the last set of problems in the June 2025 issue of Bridge Canada, along with the responses and comments from the panel of experts. five panelists tied with 49, for the top score for June: Keith Balcombe, Neil Kimelman, Paul Thurston, David Turner, and Edward Xu.
Enter your bids for the September set of problems by August 7th, by sending your choices to editor@cbf.ca. Scoring and expert responses will be included in the September issue of Bridge Canada. Have fun!
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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, Frédérick 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
Information on the 2025 CBC / Photo Gallery.
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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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