Jim Donaldson Trophy

Jim Donaldson Trophy

The COPC is our national pairs championship. Participants must be paid up members in good standing of the CBF. In addition, each player must have earned a qualification. A player qualifies as an individual, therefore a player may participate in the COPC with any other qualified player.

Players qualify through club COPC qualifying games (September 1 – December 31) or by participating in other designated CBF events (The CBF is holding several qualifying sessions on RealBridge – last on March 20th and April 10th.) as outlined in the Conditions of Contest. Any player registered for a Championship Team event is automatically qualified for the COPC.

New this year: COPC-B for players 0-2500 MP.

The COPC will be played online on RealBridge on April 25-26, 2 sessions each day.

  • Day 1: All qualified pairs play a large-field qualifying session; approximately the top 50% advance.
  • Day 2: Finals to determine Canada’s Open Pairs Champions

Pre-Registration required

Click Here  Information on the 2026 CBC: Conditions of Contest, Dates, Venue, Schedule, Teams, Results and more

The Jim Donaldson Trophy is awarded to the winning pair plus a cash prize for the winning pair and the pair in 2nd place. Jim Donaldson, a British Columbia player who tragically died of cancer in his forties, was a true sportsman, gracious opponent and fiercely ethical. In Allan Graves’ words “he was undoubtedly one of the top ten Canadian talents of all time.”

COPC WINNERS

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2025 1. Fengming Chen – Marie Duval
2. David Lindop – Doug Baxter
3. Kole Meng – Terry Du
2024 1. Xiaojing Deng – Jeffrey Smith
2. Michael Gamble – Jason Feldman
3. Julie Smith – Judy Harris
2023 1. Jiawei Luo – Fengming Chen
2. David McLellan – Cliff Campbell
3. Lino D’Souza – Terrence Rego
2022 1. Terry Du – Kole Meng
2. Robert Kuz – Stephen Mackay
3. Neil Kimelman – Paul Thurston
2019 11. David Caplan – Mark Caplan
2. Sheldon Spier – Michael Ainsley
2018 1. Marc Lachapelle – Xavier Combey
2. Terry Du – Kole Meng
2017 1. Jurek Czyzowicz – Dan Jacob
2. Stephen Cooper – Boris Baran
2016 1. Ken Scholes – Peter Harold
2. Morrie Kleinplatz – Stephan Cooper
2015 1. Jurek Czyzowicz – Dan Jacob
2. Brad Bart – Neil Kimelman
2014 1. Piotr Klimowicz – Dan Jacob
2. Charles Martineau – Andre Chartrand
2013 1. Jordan Cohen – Stephen Cooper
2. Bryan Maksymetz – Gray McMullin
2012 1. Lino D’Souza – Uday Maitra
2. Fred Hoffer – Don Piafsky
2011 1. David Smith – Doran Flock
2. Daniel Korbel – Danny Miles
2010 1. Naveed Ather – Lino D’Souza
2. Daniel Lavee – Samantha Nystrom
2009 1. Bob Todd – Douglas Fisher
2. Michael Yuen – Maurice De La Salle
2008 1. Cameron Doner – Bradley Bart
2. Judith Gartaganis – Nicholas Gartaganis
2007 1. Kamel Fergani – Pierre Daigneault
2. Thomas Gandolfo – Maurice De La Salle
2006 1. Rashid Khan – Bradley Bart
2. Jerry Richardson – William Koski
2005 1. Waldemar Frukacz – Pierre Daigneault
2. Ken Scholes – Peter Herold
2004 1. Jurek Czyzowicz – Darren Wolpert
2. Stephen Cooper – Jordan Cohen
2003 1. John Rayner – John Duquette
2. Carole Berry – John Gillespie
2002 1. David McLellan – William Treble
2. Charles Roberts – Glenn Cossey
2001 1. Jean Castonguay – Andre Chartrand
2. Barbara Saltsman – Nancy Koffler
2000 1. David McLellan – William Treble
2. Gloria Silverman – Andy Altay
1999 1. Dan Jacob – Lawrence Hicks
2. Paul Janicki – Detlef Ladewig
1998 1. Douglas Heron & Alex Heron Jr.
2. Ken Scholes – Peter Herold
1997 1. Michael Betts – Randy Bennett
2. Felipe Hernandez – Michael Neagu
1996 1. Dave Willis – John Valliant
2. Nicolas L’Ecuyer – Darren Wolpert
1995 1. Jim Reigle -Pierre Treuil
1994 1. Dick Anderson – Peter Basarsky
1993 1. Pierre Treuil – John Zaluski
1992 1. Pierre Treuil – John Zaluski
1991 1. Michael Cafferata – Ken Warren
1990 1. Katie Thorpe – John Carruthers
1989 1. Ron Borg – Michael Strebinger
1988 1. John Valliant – David Willis
1987 1. Maurice de la Salle – Mark Chalfin
1986 1. Gary Whiteman – Ken Warren
1985 1. Boris Baran – Mark Molson