HAPPY HOLIDAYS!. As another year comes to an end, your CBF Board of Directors would like to wish you Happy Holidays and all the best for 2025!
As part of our mission, the CBF Board of Directors have been busy working hard throughout the year to reengage our members, promote bridge in Canada and provide the competitive forum required to choose the best of the best to represent Canada on the world stage. It has been a challenge, but we are listening and will continue to work tirelessly to improve and evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of our members in the post-pandemic bridge world.
The Board intends to provide periodic updates to keep you informed of various items of interest to the members. Continue reading for the latest update.
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Last chance! The CBF games on BBO for the remainder of the year will serve as qualifiers for the CNTC and COPC.
Teams: Monday, Dec. 16, 8:00 p.m EST
Pairs: Saturday, Dec. 21, 1:15 p.m EST.
Continue reading to see all dates for pairs and teams qualifying games and how to register on BBO.
You can also qualify at your COPC/CNTC sanctioned club game (extra MPs) to ensure you are eligible to play in the Canadian Team Championship (CNTC -A, B, C) or COPC. No qualification is required for the other team events (CWTC, CSTC, CMTC), but you are all welcome to take part in these matches scheduled between September and December 2024.
Monthly Canada-Wide Game on BBO (under Events)
List of qualifiers – As of Nov. 30, 2024.
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Get to know Bridge Canada, the online magazine of the CBF. You can access the magazine through the top menu or the red tab on the left side of this page.
In this issue, read articles on the state of bridge, featuring news of interest to all bridge players. Also, reports on interesting hands at the World Games and the latest CBCs, and much more.
As West, you hold: ♠32 ♥AQ2 ♦AKQ2 ♣J752. Both vul, the bidding starts off Pass by North, 1♠ by partner, Pass by South. What do you bid as West? To read more go to page 21 of this new issue.
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Four panelists scored perfect 50s in the last Great Canadian Bidding Contest: Keith Balcombe, Ray Hornby, David Grainger and Zygmunt Marcinski! Ashot Harutyunyan was the reader with the top score, closely followed by Sheldon Spier.
Continue reading to see the new set of problems. Play along and email your answers to the June problems by May 11^th to Neil Kimelman (editor@cbf.ca). Have fun!
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