To participate in a Senior event part of the WBF Championships, the player must reach at least the required minimum age specified in the WBF Eligibility Code. This is set to 65 as of January 1st, 2026.CSTC Sam Gold Plaque

NOTE: All players must earn or buy their qualification to participate in the Teams Championship Events: CNTC-A, CSTC, CWTC, CMTC, to become eligible to play in any of these events in Round Robin Stage. Qualifying games are held at sanctioned clubs across Canada during the period September 1st – December 31st. The CBF will hold matches online in the fall of 2025 that will serve as qualifiers [CBF Games – Qualifiers]. A player qualifies as an individual. A team qualification is valid for any national team championship event.

Participants in the CSTC must be paid up members in good standing of the CBF. Teams must pre-register, and pay the entry fee, by the deadline published in the documentation. No club qualification is required.

Upon ratification by the CBF board of directors, the winning team receives a subsidy to represent Canada at that year’s world senior team championship.

Click Here 2026 Canadian Bridge Championships website:

  • Conditions of Contest and Supplemental Conditions of Contest
  • Dates, Venue, Schedule, Teams, Results and more

CSTC WINNERS

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2025 Dan Jacob, Piotr Klimowicz, Michel Lorber, Zygmunt Marcinski
2024 Dan Jacob, Piotr Klimowicz, Gord McOrmond, Mike Hargreaves, John Carruthers, Robert Lebi
2023 Nader Hanna, John Rayner, Vince Oddy, Roy Dalton, Doug Baxter, David Lindop
2022 Robert Kuz, William Treble, Barry Senensky, Jordan Cohen, Stephen Cooper, Morrie Kleinplatz
2021 Kamel Fergani, Zygmunt Marcinski, Gordon Campbell, Nicholas Gartaganis, Jurek Czyzowicz, Dan Jacob
2020 Kamel Fergani, Zygmunt Marcinski, Gordon Campbell, Nicholas Gartaganis
2019 Nader Hanna, John Rayner, John Carruthers, Martin Kirr
2018 Nader Hanna, John Rayner, John Carruthers, Joey Silver, Michael Roche, Michael Hargreaves
2017 David Turner, Fred Lerner, John Gowdy, Michael Schoenborn
2016 John Carruthers, Joey Silver, George Mittelman, Robert Lebi, Pierre Daigneault, Boris Baran
2015 John Carruthers, Joey Silver, Katie Thorpe, Martin Kirr, Michael Roche, John Rayner
2014 Doran Flock, Dave Smith, Michael Schoenborn, Fred Lerner
2013 Robert Lebi, David Lindop, Jurek Czyzowicz, Dan Jacob
2012 Joseph Silver, John Guoba, Martin Kirr, John Carruthers
2011 Boris Baran, Michael Schoenborn, Dan Jacob, Jurek Czyzowicz, Fred Hoffer, Don Piafsky
2010 Eric Murray, John Gowdy, Michael Schoenborn, Boris Baran, Joey Silver, John Carruthers
2009 Arno Hobart, Martin Kirr, Michael Schoenborn, Boris Baran
2008 Bill Bowman , Ed Zaluski, Stephen Brown, John Bowman, Jurek Czyzowicz
2007 John Carruthers, Eric Murray, Don Piafsky, Joseph Silve, Boris Baran , Fred Hoffer
2006 Michael Schleifer, Carole Klein, Richard Lesage, Peter Clark
2005 Michael Cummings, David Lindop, John Bowman, Bill Bowman
2004 Andre Laliberté, Fred Hoffer, Jon Robinson, Don Piafsky
2000 Fred Hoffer, Andre Laliberté, Jonathan Robinson, Peter Schwartz