🏆 Congratulations to our Canadian Juniors! 2026 Summer Youth North American Bridge Championships Every Canadian youth who attended brought home at least one trophy! We are incredibly proud of: Wilson Hall, Casper Gu, Rudy Cheng,Annie Zhang, Nina Ke, Zachariah Willie…
Canada has 3 teams at the World Youth Championships in Veldhoven, Netherlands July 31st to August 7th: Under 16, Under 21, Under 26. Please click on the following links to see the schedule and the results.
The CBF has a youth program and a Junior Fund to help cover some of the expenses of the participants in world championships. A special THANK YOU to everyone who donated to the Junior Fund to help support and encourage our young teams.
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.
Now that we moved past the worst of COVID and with the 2023 Junior World Championships on the horizon in August of 2023 we are working on our Junior program.
The first step is to identify players who are interested in participating in our Junior program and taking part in mentoring programs and practice sessions.
We will coordinate online practice sessions, try to find partners for those who need them and introduce them to various programs within the CBF that may be of benefit to them.
There are several groups, ranging from under 16 to under 31 years old. If you are interested in the program, please send an email to juniors@cbf.ca with the required details.
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.
Recognizing that the future of our game depends on attracting young players, more and more effort is being spent to introduce bridge at schools and attract young players to our great game. The CBF, through its Junior Program, plays a leading role in that effort.
