Profiles celebrating members of the Canadian Bridge Hall of Fame and their contributions to bridge in Canada.
The Hall of Fame committee has elected Sandra and Doug Fraser as the 2026 inductees to the Canadian Bridge Hall of Fame. Both Sandra and Doug are ACBL Grand Life Masters, and WBF World Masters who represented Canada on many occasions in world championships.
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place in Penticton, BC during the 2026 Canadian Championships (June 15 - 21).
Joan won 7 Canadian Championships and 4 North American championships. She is a WBF World International Master who represented Canada nine times in world championships.
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Gloria represented Canada nine times in world championships, winning bronze medals at the 1988 Bridge Olympiad-Women’s Teams and the 1989 Venice Cup.
* Read - Gloria Silverman Bart
* All Hall of Fame Members
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..
Michael Roche – Hall of Fame 2024 Michael (b.1951) started playing duplicate and rubber bridge in Toronto in the late 60’s. He has multiple wins in Canada’s Open and Senior events scanning 4 decades, the latest in his Hall of…
During our Canadian Bridge Championships in Niagara Falls, we will be holding the first Hall of Fame ceremony since the pandemic.
We will be inducting Jurek Czyzowicz and Dan Jacob.
We hope that those of you in Niagara Falls for the CBC & Regional will attend the Hall of Fame ceremony.
The ceremony will take place in the Elizabeth room with Master of Ceremonies Nader Hanna.
Thank you also to our Hall of Fame committee and Chair Katie Thorpe!
Jurek was inducted in 2023 (elected in 2021) and sadly left us late in 2021. He won several Canadian Championships events and proudly represented us internationally.
Dan Jacob of Vancouver has had a successful career over many years with high-lights throughout, at the lev.
Sharyn Reus – Hall of Fame 2018 The first time Sharyn represented Canada was at the 1972 Olympiad Teams in Miami finishing 7th. At this time, she had been playing for just three years. She has won 10 Canadian Women’s…
