News, announcements and information about CBF events and tournaments in Canada and internationally.
Jan. 29 to Feb. 8, 2024. All matches are on BBO at 1:00 and 3:00 pm est. Check BBO Vugraph to Kibitz World Class players.
Qualification: Jan.29 to Feb. 1
Quarterfinals: Feb. 5,
Semi/Finals: Feb. 7,8
Sponsored By: Canada and Poland. Website Link: Transatlantic Senior's Cup
Congratulations to the winning team of the Online Team Line 2022-2023 - Team Fergani: Kamel Fergani, Marc-André Fourcaudot, Sondra Blank, Nicolas L'écuyer, Zygmunt Marcinski, Michel Lorber, Judith Gartaganis, Nicholas Gartaganis.
The finalist team is Team Kujirai: Eiji Kujirai, Mark Caplan, Barbara Clinton, Vince Oddy, Fred Gitelman, David Lindop, Doug Baxter.
Congratulations to all the teams that participated.
More information on the Online Team League page.
The Canadian Bridge Championships are going on in Niagara Falls. The first event to be completed is the Canadian Senior Teams - CSTC.
The medalists of the CSTC are:
Gold: Nader Hanna, John Rayner, Vince Oddy, Roy Dalton, Doug Baxter, David Lindop
Silver: Dan Jacob, Piotr Klimowicz, Robert Lebi, Les Amoils,
Bronze: Ian Findlay, Gordon Campbell, Paul Janicki, Waldemar Frukacz, Lew Richardson, Eiji Kujirai
Bronze: Nicholas Gartaganis, Michel Lorber, Zygmunt Marcinski, Kamel Fergani
Our next monthly Canada wide virtual BBO game will be held on Saturday May 20
- “CBF 499 Game” $5 for 20 Boards - 1:00pm EDT
- “CBF Open Game” $6 for 24 Boards - 1:15pm EDT
The monthly game is held on the Saturday of the 3rd weekend of the month, and in for CBF members only. Thank you for supporting Canadian Bridge and have fun!
Results of previous games here.
Continue reading for registration instructions.
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!
Registration deadlines are December 15th for CSTC and December 30th for CWTC. Entry fees are $480 for the round robin, that will be played on RealBridge – CSTC RR: January 7 & 8, CWTC RR: January 13 & 14.
The finals will be played in person at the Niagara Falls CBC – CSTC: May 9-10 and CWTC: May 14-15. Convention cards will be published online prior to the event. They may be modified prior to the semi-finals in Niagara Falls.
Read more for important information on these events. REGISTRATION LINK.
We will once again play our Online Team League on BBO.
The registration deadline for the 2023-2024 Online Team League in Septembre 22, 2023
More information will be posted soon.
The 7th World Transnational Youth Championships are taking place August 7-14th in Salsamaggiore Terme, Italy. 7th World Youth Transnational Championships.
Congratulations to our Canadian players in the Youth Championships - Jacob Freeman (Under 26) and Darwin Li (Under 16) - both Gold medal winners! You can see their pictures on the podium in Thursday Bulletin. Darwin Li has won a second Gold medal in the U16 Open Teams. His partner was a 13 year old from India who he has played with for just one month! Bruce Zhu has won gold in the U26 teams beating Jacob Freeman's team in the final.
The 16th World Bridge Series will be taking place August 19th - September 3rd in Wroclaw, Poland. This is an Open event which means that anyone can enter. Canada will have teams in the Open, Mixed, and Womens' events. You can follow their progress on the WBF website: 16th World Bridge Series.
