Lifetime Achievement Award – 2025
Neil Kimelman has served the Canadian Bridge Community for almost 50 years, including:
- Twelve years (2010 – 2021) serving on the Canadian Bridge Federation Board of Directors, including two terms as the CBF President.
- Thirteen years (2013 – present) as the Managing Editor of the Bridge Canada, the official CBF Publication (2016-2017 and 2020-2021).
- Thirteen years (1977-1989) as an ACBL Unit 181 (Southern Manitoba) Board member.
- Writer of three critically acclaimed bridge books: Improve Your Bidding Judgement ; The Thin Red Line ; The Right Bid at the Right Time..
- Forty two years as a prodigious contributor of articles to a variety of Bridge Publications.
- Bridge mentor and teacher.
- Regular participant in CBF Championships with many top finishes including 2017 CNTC A win.