Hello Canadian Bridge Players,
Maple Leaf Games
I am extremely happy to see that our Canadian Clubs and players are excited about our Maple Leaf game initiative. These Friday evening games are a way that we can build community between Canadians and with our friends in other countries, as well as financially helping our Canadian Clubs.
Given the enthusiasm that we have seen, we are offering 3 different games each Friday – 499er, Mid Flight and Top Flight. I encourage players to show up early so that they can socialize with their table mates and partner before the game starts!
I am encouraged by the offers of support by individuals and Club managers through the responses received to our Registration Survey. Thank you to the many Club Managers, Teachers and individuals who have promoted our Maple Leaf games.
Fall Team League
The CBF plans to increase our communication and engagement with Clubs and members to let you know of upcoming events. We want to involve your developing players, and we hope that you will encourage them to play in our Fall Team League. We plan to offer Open, <4,000 MP, <1,500 MP and <299 MP brackets so that there will be a grouping that will be comfortable for all levels of players. We plan to offer cash prizes and Masterpoints too!
We are excited to offer our Maple Leaf games and Team League on RealBridge. It’s as easy as clicking on a link to play, and it really feels like you are there in person. We want to make it as flexible as possible, so we will offer Saturdays 12:00 ET and Thursdays 8:00 ET as weekly Team League options for all divisions, but will allow makeups at other times as required
Signup deadline is the end of September, and round robin play will be October to December. Finals will be held in January.
Canadian Championships and online Round Robin
We will run Open, Seniors, Mixed and Women’s Team championships (watch for qualification games at your Club and online games offered by the CBF), as well as B Teams and C Teams.
The Round Robins will be held in January and February, and the playoffs of our Canadian Championships will be held in Penticton June 15-21, 2026.
We have decided to run our Canadian Open Pairs online, on RealBridge so that there is more opportunity for players to play. It will be a 2 day qualifying event some time in the Spring 2026. Watch our website for more details.
Spring online Fundraiser and February 23, 2026 Celebrity online game
Please save February 23, 2026 to participate in our online Celebrity game where we invite top players to be auctioned off as Celebrity players. Already we have several International players who have committed to being in our auction.
We need your help in inviting people to participate in our fundraiser. They can be top players, teachers, or someone who wants to donate something for our cause of fostering Bridge in Canada.
This is going to be a super fun event, and you will be able to bid on one of your favourite Celebrity players!
AGM
Please mark your calendars for our online AGM September 16 at 7:30, to be held on Zoom.
Watch for details on our website.
Update
We have been extremely busy at the CBF. I heartily welcome our newest Zone 5 Director Lois Matton and our new Executive Administrator Sondra Blank. We have already spent many hours together working on new initiatives, and I know that both will be invaluable members of our team. Catherine Kinsella will continue as our Executive Administrator and will work with Sondra over the next few months.
I would also like to thank Marc-André for his valuable contributions to the CBF during his time as Director at Large.
Sincerely,
Shelley Burns
CBF President (president@cbf.ca)
I am extremely happy to see that our Canadian Clubs and players are excited about our Maple Leaf game initiative, a way that we can build community between Canadians and with our friends in other countries, as well as financially helping our Canadian Clubs. We invite you to participate in the AGM on September 16 (online), in the Fall Online Team League, which will feature categories for various levels of players, in the Canadian Team Championships, whose round robin will take place online in January and February, and in a Fundraising event in the spring featuring an online game with bridge celebrities. We welcome Lois Matton (Zone 5) and Sondra Blank (Executive Director). Enjoy reading!