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CANADIAN TEAMS’ RECOGNITION
Several trophies are awarded to teams representing Canada in specific world championship team events.
The Percy Sheardown Trophy
The Percy Sheardown Trophy is awarded to the open team representing Canada in the Bermuda Bowl. Percy Sheardown, a member of the ACBL and CBF Hall of Fame, was the first great Canadian bridge player and was Canada’s first Life Master in 1948.
| 2023 | Katie Thorpe (NPC) – Mark Caplan – Jason Feldman – Fred Gitelman – Piotr Klimowicz – Daniel Lavee – Darren Wolpert |
| 2022 | Jeff Blond (NPC) – Kamel Fergani – Marc-André Fourcaudot – Nicolas L’Écuyer – Zygmunt Marcinski – Frédéric Pollack |
| 2019 | David T. Willis (NPC) – Kamel Fergani – Marc-André Fourcaudot – Nicholas Gartaganis – Zygmunt Marcinski |
| 2017 | No Canadian team |
| 2015 | Rock Shi Yan (NPC) – Daniel Miles – Jeffrey Smith – Daniel Korbel – Darren Wolpert – David Sabourin – Shan Huang |
| 2013 | Hazel Wolpert (NPC) – Judith Gartaganis – Nicholas Gartaganis – Darren Wolpert – Daniel Korbel – Jeff Smith – Paul Thurston |
| 2011 | John Carruthers (NPC) – John Rayner – Michael Roche – David Lindop – Doug Baxter – Mike Hargreaves – James McAvoy |
| 2009 | No Canadian team |
| 2007 | Nader Hanna (NPC) – Waldermar Frukacz – Piotr Klimowicz – Jeffrey Smith – John Zaluski – Kamel Fergani – Nicolas L’Ecuyer |
| 2005 | Michael Gamble (NPC) – John Carruthers – Arno Hobart – George Mittelman – Joseph Silver – Boris Baran – Allan Graves |
| 2003 | Nader Hanna (NPC) – Kamel Fergani – Nicolas L’Ecuyer – Darren Wolpert – Jurek Czyzowicz – Gavin Wolpert – Vincent Demuy |
| 2001 | No Canadian team |
| 1999 | Irving Litvack (NPC) – Mike Hargreaves – Gordon McOrmond – Allan Graves – Bryan Maksymetz – Joseph Silver – Fred Gitelman |
| 1997 | George Mittleman (NPC) – Nader Hanna – Doug Fraser – Michael Roche – Jim Green – Paul Thurston – Rick Delogu |
| 1995 | Irving Litvack (NPC) – Joseph Silver – Fred Gitelman – Markland Molson – Eric Kokish – George Mittelman – Boris Baran WON SILVER MEDAL |
| 1993 | No Canadian team |
| 1991 | Dave Kent (NPC) – Doug Heron – Ed Zaluski – Mike Betts – David Willis – Randy Bennett – John Valliant |
| 1989 | Marc Stein (NPC) – André Laliberté – Jacques Laliberté – Raymond Fortin – Kamel Fergani – Maurice Larochelle – Jean Bernier |
| 1987 | George Mittelman (NPC) – Harmon Edgar – Michael Schoenborn – Arno Hobart – Greg Carroll – David Turner – Martin Kirr |
| 1985 | John Carruthers (NPC) – Drew Cannell – Gordon Campbell – Bryan Maksymetz – Mike Chomyn – Doran Flock – Subhash Gupta |
Eric R Murray Trophy
The Eric R. Murray Trophy is awarded to the team representing Canada in the Open Teams competition at the World Bridge Games (formerly World Team Olympiad). Eric Murray, a member of the ACBL and CBF Hall of Fame, is one of the all time greats and is the mastermind behind the creation of the CBF.
| 2016 | Marc-André Fourcaudot (NPC) – Kamel Fergani – Frédéric Pollack – Judith Gartaganis – Nicholas Gartaganis – Nicolas L’Ecuyer – Zygmunt Marcinski |
| 2012 | Nicholas Gartaganis (NPC) – Nicolas L’Ecuyer – Vincent Demuy – Leslie Amoils – Darren Wolpert – Danny Miles – Daniel Korbel |
| 2008 | David T. Willis (NPC) – Nicolas L’Ecuyer – Kamel Fergani – Marc-Andre Fourcaudot – Vincent Demuy – Robert Lebi – Dan Jacob |
| 2004 | Paul Thurston (NPC) – Ray Jotcham – Lewis Richardson – James Priebe – Stephen Mackay – David Lindop – Michael Cummings |
| 2000 | Martin Kirr (NPC) – Robert Lebi – Nader Hanna – Drew Cannell – John Carruthers – Eric Kokish – George Mittelman |
| 1996 | John Gowdy (NPC) – Joseph Silver – Eric Kokish – Mark Molson – Boris Baran – Fred Gitelman – George Mittelman |
| 1992 | George Mittelman (NPC) – Ed Bridson – David Lindop – Geoff Hampson – John Gowdy – Mark Molson – Boris Baran |
| 1988 | Marc Stein (NPC) – Boris Baran – John Carruthers – John Guoba – Sami Kehela – Mark Molson – Eric Murray |
| 1984 | Steve Aarons (NPC) – John Guoba – George Mittelman – Allan Graves – Mark Molson – Boris Baran – John Carruthers |
| 1980 | G. Charney (NPC) – Allan Graves – Sami Kehela – Eric Kokish – George Mittelman – Eric Murray – Peter Nagy |
| 1976 | W. Lebovic (NPC) – Bruce Gowdy – Karen Allison – Franco Bandoni – Don Cowan – Eric Murray – Sami Kehela |
| 1972 | A. Lando (NPC) – Gerry Charney – Bill Crissey – Bruce Gowdy – Sami Kehela – Eric Murray – Duncan Phillips WON BRONZE MEDAL |
| 1968 | A. Lando (NPC) – Eric Murray – Sammy Kehela – Bruce Elliot – Percy Sheardown – Gerald Charney – William Crissey WON BRONZE MEDAL |
| 1964 | A. Lando (NPC) – Ralph Cohen – R. Forbes – Am Gold – Jack Howell – Sami Kehela – Eric Murray |
| 1960 | N. M. Burns (NPC) – Eric Murray – Sami Kehela – Percy Sheardown – C.B. Elliott – Harry Bork – Bruce Gowdy |
Mary Paul Trophy
The Mary Paul Trophy is awarded to the women team representing Canada in the Venice Cup. Mary Paul, a member of the CBF Hall of Fame, is one of Canada’s top female players.
| 2023 | Marc-André Fourcaudot (NPC) – Louise Berthiaume – Sondra Blank – Brenda Bryant – Susan Culham – Kismet Fung – Pamela Nisbet – Kamel Fergani (Coach) |
| 2022 | David T. Willis (NPC) – Brenda Bryant – Karen Cumpstone – Joan Eaton – Judy Harris – Pamela Nisbet – Julie Smith |
| 2019 | Gray McMullin (NPC) – Sondra Blank – Brenda Bryant – Pamela Nisbet – Julie Smith – Hazel Wolpert |
| 2017 | Steve Mackay (NPC) – Brenda Bryant – Pamela Nisbet – Hazel Wolpert – Linda Wynston – Lorna McDonald – Rhonda Foster |
| 2015 | Nicholas Gartaganis (NPC) – Isabelle Brisebois – Sandra Fraser – Kismet Fung – Francine Cimon – Samantha Nystrom – Judith Gartaganis |
| 2013 | John Carruthers (NPC) – Francine Cimon – Joan Eaton – Karen Cumpstone – Ina Demme – Katie Thorpe – Sylvia Summers-Caley |
| 2011 | Nader Hanna (NPC) – Joan Eaton – Karen Cumpstone – Katrin Litwin – Sandra Fraser – Diana Gordon – Sharyn Reus |
| 2009 | Michael Yuen (NPC) – Pamela Nisbet – Karen Cumpstone – Susan Culham – Kismet Fung – Joan Eaton – Barbara Clinton |
| 2007 | Ray Lee (NPC) – Sylvia Caley – Julie Fajgelzon – Isabelle Smith – Pamela Nisbet – Linda Lee – Francine Cimon |
| 2005 | John Gowdy (NPC) – Francine Cimon – Linda Lee – Beverly Kraft – Dianna Gordon – Barbara Clinton – Joan Eaton |
| 2003 | John Carruthers (NPC) – Brenda Bryant – Francine Cimon – Barbara Clinton – Joan Eaton – Dianna Gordon – Beverly Kraft |
| 2001 | Ralph Cohen (NPC) – Dianna Gordon – Katie Thorpe – Francine Cimon – Martine Lacroix – Ina Demme – Sharyn Reus |
| 1999 | George Mittelman (NPC) – Dianna Gordon – Sheri Winestock – Beverly Kraft – Sharyn Reus – Francine Cimon – Barbara Saltsman |
| 1997 | George Holland (NPC) – Sharyn Reus – Dianna Gordon – Beverly Kraft – Rhoda Habert – Francine Cimon – Mary Paul |
| 1995 | Michael Roche (NPC) – Gloria Silverman – Barbara Clinton – Joan Eaton – Roisin O’Hara – Katie Thorpe – Mary Paul |
| 1993 | Marc Stein (NPC) – Rhoda Habert – Beverly Kraft – Dianna Gordon – Sharyn Reus – Francine Cimon – Barbara Saltsman |
| 1991 | John Carruthers (NPC) – Katie Thorpe – Dianna Gordon – Francine Cimon – Gloria Silverman – Sharyn Reus – Mary Paul |
| 1989 | John Carruthers (NPC) – Dianna Gordon – Sharyn Reus – Mary Paul – Francine Cimon – Gloria Silverman – Katie Thorpe WON BRONZE MEDAL |
Aaron Goodman Trophy
The Aaron Goodman Trophy is awarded to the team representing Canada in the Women Teams competition at the World Bridge Games (formerly World Team Olympiad).
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| 2016 | Nader Hanna (NPC) – Katie Thorpe – Ina Demme – Joan Eaton – Karen Cumpstone – Lesley Thomson – Sondra Blank |
| 2012 | Nader Hanna (NPC) – Ina Demme – Hazel Wolpert – Linda Wynston – Lesley Thomson – Debbie Bennett – Pamela Nisbet |
| 2008 | John Rayner (NPC) – Pamela Nisbet – Karen Cumpstone – Pascale Gaudreault – Martine Lacroix – Susan Culham – Kismet Fung |
| 2004 | John Rayner (NPC) – Ina Demme – Hazel Wolpert – Irene Hodgson – Linda Lee – Katie Thorpe – Shelagh Paulsson |
| 2000 | Jim Green (NPC) – Dianna Gordon – Katie Thorpe – Beverly Kraft – Rhoda Habert – Francine Cimon – Martine Lacroix WON SILVER MEDAL |
| 1996 | George Holland (NPC) – Sharyn Reus – Dianna Gordon – Beverly Kokish – Barbara Saltsman – Rhoda Haber – Francine Cimon WON BRONZE MEDAL |
| 1992 | John Carruthers (NPC) – Shelagh Paulsson – Gloria Silverman, Sharyn Reus – Dianna Gordon – Mary Paul – Francine Cimon |
| 1988 | George Mittelman (NPC) – Francine Cimon – Dianna Gordon – Mary Paul – Sharyn Reus – Gloria Silverman – Katie Thorpe WON BRONZE MEDAL |
| 1984 | Eric Kokish (NPC) – Dianna Gordon – May Paul – Katie Thorpe – Sharyn Kokish – Francine Cimon – Sandra Fraser |
| 1980 | Georges Hania (NPC) – Karen Allison – Pamela Bridson – Francine Cimon – Dianna Gordon – Sharyn Kokish – Mary Paul |
| 1976 | Peter Nagy (NPC) – Dianna Gordon – Irene Hodsdon – Sydney Isaacs – Marilyn Pearce – Sharyn Kokish – Francine Cimon |
| 1972 | Aaron Goodman (NPC) – Jackie Begin – Moselle Berger – Irene Hodgson – Mary Paul – Sharyn Linkovsky – Barbara Saltsman |
| 1968 | Wolf Lebovic (NPC) – Mary Bowden – Vi Broad – Louise Mark – Maureen O’Brien – Mary Paul – Jackie Begin |
| 1964 | Wolf Lebovic (NPC) – Cecile Fisher – Louise Mark – Joyce Philips – Frances Pielsticker – Mimi Roncarelli – Helen Smith |
John Carruthers Trophy
The John Carruthers Trophy honours the teams that represent Canada at the World Youth Team Championships. John Carruthers, a member of the CBF Hall of Fame, has been one of Canada’s top players for many years and has represented Canada internationally both as a player and as a NPC on numerous occasions.
| 2023 | U26 Teams | Jacob Freeman – Connor Havens – Victor Lamoureux – Olivia Laufer – Darwin Li – Martin Zhao – Bryan Maksymetz (NPC) |
| U21 Teams | Quan Chen – Ziyu (Max) Cheng – Cindy He – Garrett Liu – Jasmine Xiont – Katherine Yang – Bryan Maksymetz (NPC) | |
| U16 Teams | Eric Lu – Vera Qian – Terry Xiao – Honjar Xing – Honwell Xing – Michelle Yang -Michael Yang (NPC) – Bryan Maksymetz (Coach) | |
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| 2018 | Junior Team: | Bryan Maksymetz (NPC) – Spencer MacDonald – Darien Cozart – Kaiti (Timothy) Jiang – Xu Yang – Sam McIlwain – Xiangchen Zhu |
| Youngsters Team: | Nader Hanna (NPC) – Olivia Laufer – Albena-Maria Vassileva – Bo Han (Bruce) Zhu – Jacob Freeman – Victor Lamoureux – Jasmine Xiong | |
| Kids Team: | Nader Hanna (NPC) – Cindy He – Ziyu (Max) Cheng – Hao Zhen (John) Dong – Martin Zhao | |
| 2016 | Junior Team: | Bryan Maksymetz (NPC) – Armin Askari – Spencer MacDonald – Darien Cozart – Jeffrey Tsang – Xinyu (Bob) Feng – Victor Lamoureux |
| Kids Team: | Nader Hanna (NPC) – Olivia Laufer – Albena-Maria Vassileva – Cindy He – Jasmine Xiong – Hao Zhen (John) Dong – Bo Han (Bruce) Zhu | |
| 2014 | Junior Team: | Nader Hanna (NPC) – Shan Huang – Tom Walsh – Jeffrey Tsang – Ethan Macaulay – Darien Cozart – Jordan Tessarolo |
| Youngsters Team: | Bryan Maksymetz (NPC) – Jessie Hebbert – Jordan Hebbert – Xu Yang – Xinyu (Bob) Feng – Spencer MacDonald – Victor Lamoureux | |
| 2012 | Junior Team: | David Sabourin (NPC) – Christopher Chalcraft – Gordon Zind – Shan Huang – Aled Iaboni – Jeffrey Tsang – Tom Walsh |
| Youngsters Team: | Bryan Maksymetz (NPC) – Jessie Hebbert – Jordan Hebbert – Allen Yu – Armin Askari – Xinyu (Bob) Feng – Spencer MacDonald | |
| 2010 | Junior Team: | John Carruthers & Katie Thorpe (NPCs) – Daniel Lavee – Alex Zhou – Samantha Nystrom – Anton Blagov – Gordon Zind |
| Youngsters Team: | Andy Stark (NPC) – Aled Iaboni – Ethan Macaulay – Malcolm McColl – Geoff Webb – Manlin Luo – Shan Huang | |
| 2008 | Under-28 Team: | Michael Yuen (NPC) – Erin Anderson – David Grainger – Yang Li -Matthew Mason – David Sabourin – Kai Zhou |
| Junior Team: | Nader Hanna (NPC) – Anton Blagov – James Dulmage – Charles Halasi – Daniel Lavee – Samantha Nystrom – Scott Rosom | |
| Youngsters Team: | Bryan Maksymetz (NPC) – Aled Iaboni – Ethan Macaulay – John Maguire – Malcolm McColl – Tristan Wood – Gordon Zind | |
| 2006 | Junior Team: | John Carruthers (NPC) – Erin Anderson – Charles Halasi – Daniel Korbel -Susan Korbel – Matthew Mason – Samantha Nystrom |
| Youngsters Team: | John Carruthers (NPC) – Anton Blagov – Aled Iaboni – Ethan Macaulay – Hershel Macaulay – Malcolm McColl | |
| 2005 | Junior Team: | Jonathan Steinberg (NPC) – Vincent Demuy – Gavin Wolpert – David Grainger – Daniel Lavee – Tim Capes – Charles Halasi |
| 2003 | Junior Team: | Martin Hunter (NPC) – Gavin Wolpert – Vincent Demuy – David Grainger – Daniel Lavee – Ian Boyd – Charles Halasi |
| 2001 | Junior Team: | Les Amiols (NPC) – Erin Anderson – Ian Boyd – Josh Heller – Vincent Demuy – Gavin Wolpert – David Grainger |
| 1999 | Canada 1: | John Steinberg (NPC) – Darren Wolpert – Ben Zeidenberg – Mike Nadler – David Halasi – David Grainger – David Brower |
| Canada 2: | Eric Sutherland (NPC) – Josh Heller – Ian Boyd – Erin Anderson – Colin Lee – Craig Barkhouse – Gavin Wolpert | |
| 1997 | Canada Red: | Fred Gitelman & Sherry Winestock (NPCs) – Jeff Blond – David Levy – Frederic Pollack – Mike Roberts – Eric Sutherland – Darren Wolpert |
| Canada White: | John Gowdy (NPC) – David Halasi – Colin Lee – Danny Nadler – Mike Nadler – Barry Piafsky – Ben Zeidenberg | |
| 1995 | Junior Team: | John Carruthers (NPC) – Frederic Plack – Darrell Kovacz – David Levy – Jeff Blond – Eric Sutherland – Mike Roberts WON BRONZE MEDAL |
| 1993 | Junior Team: | John Carruthers (NPC) – Geoff Hampson – Bronia Gmach – Eric Sutherland – Mike Roberts – Jeffrey Blond – Nicholas L’Ecuyer |
| 1991 | Junior Team: | John Carruthers (NPC) – Mark Caplan – Eric Sutherland – Fred Gitelman – Geoff Hampson – Bronia Gmach – Mike Roberts WON SILVER MEDAL |