2025 Junior Trials

The 2025 Junior Trials will be held December 28 – 30.
The Trials will be played online (on RealBridge) to cater to out-of-Ontario players.
Players in the Greater Toronto Area are to bring a device (such as a laptop or iPad – not a phone) and meet at the Mississauga-Oakville Bridge Center. The $10 registration fee covers three days of bridge play. Times will be determined at a later date. Lunch, drinks and snacks will be provided.
Deadline to register for the Trials: December 1, 2024. Link to register.
The CBF is planning to send two teams to the 2025 World Championships next summer. If you have any questions please email Andy Stark at juniors@cbf.ca.
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2025 Canadian Bridge Championships

It’s time to register for the team events of the 2025 Canadian Bridge Championships.
The round robin stage of all team events will be played online in January and February 2025.
The Round robin stage for all team events at the 2025 Canadian Bridge Championships will be played online in January and February 2025. Click here to register.
The knockout stage (Finals) will be played live in Toronto from April 14 to 20 in conjuction with the Toronto Easter Regional.
Continue reading to see all the details on registration and play dates for all stages, and much more.
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CBF Online (BBO) CNTC / COPC Qualifiers

The CBF games on BBO for the remainder of the year will serve as qualifiers for the CNTC and COPC.
Next game: Sunday, December 1, 2:00 p.m EST – Teams
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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)
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16th World Bridge Games: Congratulations to Dan Jacob and Piotr Klimowicz and to the Jacob senior team

Congratulations to Dan Jacob and Piotr Klimowicz, who won the gold medal in the Senior Pairs at the 16th World Bridge Games. Congratulations also to the Jacob senior team for their 5-8 ranking in their category. Quite an achievement!
In 2024, 16th World Bridge Games were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 22 to November 3. We are proud of all the Canadians who took part in these games, and who competed among the best in the world!
World Bridge Federation – Results.
Read on to see mo information.
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2024 Erin Berry National Results

Congratulations to Rich Grieman and Mark Cherry from Regina Bridge Club who scored the highest result in the Erin Berry Master-Novice game, with 70.46%. They were closely followed by Wendy Dooley and Nancy Nicowski from Mississauga Oakville Bridge Club, who scored 70.12%.
Continue reading to see the top 25 Canada-Wide, and the winners by zone and bridge clubs.
The CBF holds two Rookie-Master games each year: Helen Shields (spring) and Erin Berry (fall). Bridge clubs can register by completing the form for this event, under the Club Managers menu.
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Online Team League 2024-2025

We will once again play our Online Team League on BBO.
There will be 2 divisions if there are sufficient entries: Open and B (under 2,000 points as of Sept. 2024 ACBL report). Please join us for the 2024/25 seasion of the CBF Team League and read all about this frendly competition on the Online Team League page (under Events).
The registration deadline for the 2024-2025 season is September 30, 2024.
There will be a zoom training session on Monday, September 30 at 8:00 p.m. Est. to review team game strategy and BBO set-up for team games.
The Round Robin schedule begins the week of October 13 and runs until December 31, 2024. Playoffs will be scheduled for January/February 2025.
REGISTER HERE
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Bridge Canada – September 2024 Issue is Online

September Issue of Bridge Canada is now available online. You’ll enjoy seeing photos of the medal winners from the recent Canadian Bridge Championships, and reading reports from these championships. You’ll also enjoy reading various articles, as well as the answers and comments from the expert panel to the Canadian Bidding Contest.
Read on to see a declarer play problem in a 6♠ contract and discover the solution in this issue of the magazine.
You can access the magazine of the CBF through the top menu or the red tab on the left side of this page.
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The Great Canadian Bidding Contest – December 2024 Problems

You can review the last set of problems in the September 2024 issue of Bridge Canada, along with the answers and comments of the expert panel. For the last set of problems, Keith Balcombe and Danny Miles tied for the top panelist score of 47, followed closely by Ray Hornby with 46. Sheldon Spiers, back from a short hiatus, topped the readers, followed by Fred Lerner.
Join in the fun and enter your bids for the March 2024 problems by November 12th, by sending your choices to editor@cbf.ca.
Scoring and expert responses will be included in the December issue of Bridge Canada. Have fun!
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