Canadian Bridge Federation Multi-Level Events

Multi-level events run by the CBF are:

• CNTC - The Canadian National Team Championships.  There are two separate events: Flight A is open to all, Flight B is open to all players nder 1500 ACBL masterpoints on September 1 of the year the event begins.  Qualifying at the club level begins in September and club qualifying games can be run until early January.  The next stage is the Zone Final, held in the spring.  The top teams from the Zone Final are invited to play in the National Final, held at the annual CBF Bridge Week.  The winner is normally Canada's representative at the next World Championship.
• COPC - The Canadian Open Pairs Championship.  This is a pairs event with club qualification leading directly to the National Final at CBF Bridge Week.   The COPC National Final is a four-session event which begins after the semifinals of the major team events have ended.
• CWTC - This event has no club level: the first level of qualification is the Zone Final in the spring.  The top teams from the Zone Final are eligible to compete in the National Final at CBF Bridge Week.  The winner is normally Canada's representative in women's teams at the next World Championship.

It should be noted that to participate at the National Final or Zone Finals of these events, one must be a paid up member of the CBF.  This usually is included with ACBL membership but can be paid separately.  Some events have provisions for entering the national finals without qualifying by paying a buy-in fee to the CBF.  Check the CBF website for full details.

There are other events that the CBF runs each year, including a Spring and a Fall Rookie-Master game, an extensive Junior program, several side events at CBF Bridge Week without qualification requirements: a Seniors Teams Championship, a Canadian IMP Pairs Championship, and a fund-raising Regional following Bridge Week.  The CBF also publishes the bilingual magazine Bridge Canada, a CBF web page, and has a very active charity program.

Here are the happy winners!

The winners scored 60.42% to top the field (except for a few ineligible pairs due to a surplus of masters).  Second overall and leading the North-South field was Heather Garrison and Donna-Faye Madhosingh with 58.52%.  The hand records for the game were miscopied by the CBF resulting in Boards 23-30 not appearing on the sheet, but the missing page can be viewed online here.

The B.C. Zone Finals of the CNTC, and part of the split-site CWTC Zone Final, was played recently at the Vancouver Bridge Centre.

Canadian National Team Championships B.C. Zone Final (February 16-17)

Ten teams played, five in Flight A and five more in Flight B.  Two days of tough competition produced these winners:

CNTC Flight A (5 teams, 3 qualify to the National Final, one with a CBF subsidy)

1. Doug & Sandra Fraser, Mike Hargreaves, Gord McOrmond


2. Aidan Ballantyne, Jim McAvoy, Katrin Litwin, Mike Dorn Wiss
3. Larry Pocock, Martin Henneberger, Les Fouks, Nick Stock
4. Brad Bart, Michael Yuen, Susan Peters, Julie Smith

CNTC Flight B (5 teams, 2 qualify to the National Final, one with a CBF subsidy -- a third team may be invited)

1. Samuel Lai, Kam Tang, David Hu, Tao Feng, John Chen, Jack Lee



2. Andrew Nalos, Andrew Lee, Ken Ramsay, Zoran Peca
3. Curtis Wright, Micheal Dickie, William & Debbie Wastle, Mihail Vitchev, David de Kezel
4. Long Xie, Eric Pan, Baixiang Liu, Roy Li, Kai Zhou

Canadian Women's Team Championships B.C. Zone Final (Vancouver heat) (February 3)

Eight teams played in the Vancouver event on Super Bowl Sunday.  Over five hours of tough competition produced these winners:

CWTC (8 teams, 1 qualifies to the National Final, one or two more may also be invited)

1. Angela Fenton, Patti Adams, Marguerite Chiarenza, Samantha Nystrom
2. June Pocock, Kathy Adachi, Julie Smith, Susan Peters
3. Anne Smith, Sima Sadri, Marlene Powell, Myra Johnston
4. Cathy Miller, Tomie Yamanouchi, Gail Heuchert, Christa Mead

Five more teams played in the simultaneous Victoria version of the event.  The winners of each event earned an automatic qualification to the National Final.

In all these events, teams may add or change players before the National Final.  Check the event conditions at the CBF webpage for full details.  The National Finals of the CWTC and CNTC will be held in Montreal-Dorval, May 24-31.  The CBF Co-ordinator will get in touch with teams interested in continuing with complete CBF subsidy information (CNTC winners also received an info package at the end of the game).  Bonne chance à Montréal!