OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE CBF | AUGUST 2013 The Road to Bali CANADIAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Fun in Mexico PLAYOFF STORIES Meet ... Did you know? TWO NEW FEATURES IN BRIDGE CANADA 28 contents 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees .............................................................................................................................. 8 Saying Goodbye ................................................................................................................................................................ 13-14 Mike Betts and Fay Teal Mexico Calling 911 ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 By Judith and Nicholas Gartaganis Fun in Mexico ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 By Sylvia Caley Road to Bail ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 By Judith and Nicholas Gartaganis A Tale of 2 Grand Slams .............................................................................................................................................. 38 by Neil Kimelman 2 Bridge Canada www.cbf.ca 8 18 49 FROM THE CBF OFFICE THE LONGEST DAY Meeting notices, membership By Kathie McNab .......................... 43 incentives, Board of Directors. .............................................................. 6 WINNERS PRINCIPLES OF PLAY 2013 Canadian Bridge Sylvia Caley continues her Championship Winners coverage of the convention card ........................................................... 26 .............................................................45 NEW MAGAZINE THE TOY FEATURES by Michael Yuen ............................ 49 Meet ... ........................................... 48 DADDY Did you know? ......................... 15 by George Retak ..........................40 Bridge Canada www.cbf.ca 3 s of this issue I have taken over the AUGUST 2013 • VOL. 43, NO. 2 responsibility for A the overall content BRIDGE CANADA MANAGING EDITOR of Bridge Canada, Neil Kimelman the publication issued by the CBF [email protected] for all Canadian bridge players. Jude Goodwin will continue her fine work in the layout, BRIDGE CANADA FRENCH EDITORS organization and formatting of the Francine and Denis Cimon final content. [email protected] I look forward to this challenge. I have ideas for some different types Neil Kimelman - Editor PRODUCTION EDITOR of information that might be of Jude Goodwin interest to CBF members, who in the near future, will be the only ones [email protected] who will have access to this publication. CANADIAN BRIDGE FEDERATION INC. Your feedback is important to me. Tell me what you like, what you don’t, and make any suggestions for improvements. Email me at www.cbf.ca [email protected]. EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Neil Kimelman Managing Editor, CBF Bridge Canada Janice Anderson 2719 East Jolly Place Regina SK S4V 0X8 stay [email protected] connected CBF HOTLINE 306 761 1677 Facebook.com/Canadian.Bridge.Federation FAX: 306 789 4919 [email protected] NEXT MAGAZINE e WINTER 2013 1 306 761 1677 Deadline : November 1, 2013 p AD RATES w www.cbf.ca Full page $ 500 | Half page $ 300 Quarter page $ 175 | Business Card $ 100 CANADIAN BRIDGE FEDERATION MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of 10% DISCOUNT if 3 issues paid in advance. the Canadian Bridge Federation is to promote bridge within Canada and protect and advance the national interests of Canadian bridge, including the selection and support of Canadian bridge teams and players for international bridge competition. 4 Bridge Canada www.cbf.ca letter from the president If you did not attend this year’s Canadian Bridge Championships (CBC), held in Toronto in late May, you missed a good 8-day party. Participants greatly appreciated the hospitality and enjoyed the nice hotel and the friendly welcoming service by the hotel staff. Not only did we crown our national champions in several events, but we also celebrated the induction of three distinguished Canadians into the CBF Hall of Fame. I am also pleased to report that, unlike the previous year, this year we did not have any unpleasant incidents of misconduct or unacceptable behaviour. This is largely due to the CBF emphasizing and strictly enforcing its Zero Tolerance policy as part of our continuing efforts to provide a pleasant playing environment for all participants at our events. One area of disappointment was the low participation in Flight C of the Canadian National Team Championship in which only three teams competed. The CNTC-C was created in 2012 to provide an opportunity for players with fewer than 1,000 masterpoints to win a national championship. I hope that you start planning to join us at next year’s CBC 3 – 10 May 2014 in Calgary. Nader Hanna 2014 CNTC-A Winners The CBF Board of Directors has decided to fund the winners of the 2014 CNTC-A National Final to represent Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bridge Event which is planned for Glasgow, Scotland 8-13 September 2014. This decision was made because 2014 is the Open World Championships in which all events are Transnational and the number of entries from any country is unlimited. The Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship is restricted to one team from each member country of the British Commonwealth. Bridge Canada www.cbf.ca 5 2013 CBF Board of Directors: Jerry Mamer - Zone 5, Kathie Macnab - Zone 1, Nader Hanna - Zone 3, CBF President, Jean ATTENTION CLUB MANAGERS Castonguay - Zone 2, Neil Kimelman - Zone 4 and Peter Morse - Zone 6. Packages containing information and sanction applications for all CBF events were mailed out to all club managers of Canadian bridge clubs in August. SUPPORT THE CBF Please make sure to apply for sanctions if your club wishes to hold any CBF games. On-line sanction Are you a member of the CBF? applications for CNTC, COPC and Rookie-Master You can check your CBF status through My ACBL games are available on the CBF website (left hand on www.acbl.org. If you did not include CBF dues menu - under application forms). This fall will see the with your ACBL dues you can still become a paid-up gradual transition from the Regina office, where Janice member of the CBF by completing the form at the Anderson resides to the new office in Maple, ON where bottom of this page. Ina Demme works. As a result of this transition, COPC and CNTC sanction applications will be processed by Time to renew your ACBL Ina Demme ([email protected]). The fall Erin Berry RM Game will still be handled by Janice Anderson ([email protected]). membership? Don’t forget to include the CBF Beginning in January of 2014, all sanction applications dues with your ACBL renewal! will be handled by Ina Demme. C.B.F. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM (Please print clearly to ensure you receive your mailings) NAME: ACBL PLAYER NUMBER (if you have one): MAILING ADDRESS: EMAIL ADDRESS: PHONE NUMBER: FEE ENCLOSED: $22.00 ($13 for Junior members) DATE: Make cheques payable to CBF | MAIL TO : Canadian Bridge Federation 2719 Jolly Place Regina SK S4V 0X8 1 Pietro Drive Maple, ON L6A 3J4 (after May 1, 2014) 6 Bridge Canada www.cbf.ca CBF Board OF DirectorS CANADIAN BRIDGE FEDeration The CBF Board of Directors meetings were held May 22 - 24, 2013 in Toronto, ON. Some of the items covered have been written up separately in this issue of Bridge BOARD OF DIRECTORS Canada. Some other points of interest are: ZONE I Kathie Macnab [email protected] The CBF Board of Directors and the membership at 5 Wren Street Halifax, NS B3M 2R1 902-443-4676 the AGM passed the new CBF Bylaw #1. In conjunction with this, the Board examined what other measures are ZONE II required for the transition to the new Federal “Not for Jean Castonguay [email protected] Profit” Act. We hope to have met all requirements by 136 Ave. Du Manoir Ville de Léry, QC J6N 3N7 450-692-4974 the end of 2013. ZONE III & CBF PRESIDENT Formed a committee to look into expanding and Nader Hanna [email protected] developing our website. The committee members are 53 York Road Nader Hanna, Kathy Macnab and Jerry Mamer. Toronto, ON M2L 1H7 416-756-9065 Passed a motion that playing directors will be allowed ZONE IV Neil Kimelman [email protected] to place in the overall results in the CBF STAC. The next 110 260 Fairhaven Road STAC is 17-23 February 2014 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 1C9 204-487-2390 Nader Hanna was elected as CBF President for the 2013 ZONE V – 2014 year. Jerry Mamer [email protected] 151 Nordstrom Road Saskatoon, SK S7K 6P9 306-688-3951 Peter Morse was elected as the CBF Vice President for the 2013 – 2014 year. ZONE VI & CBF VICE PRESIDENT Peter Morse [email protected] 5570 Woodpecker Place CALL FOR NOMINATIONS N. Vancouver, BC V7R 4P2 604-988-3927 The terms of office for the CBF Zone Directors in CHARITY Zones II and V expire on December 31, 2013. The Gim Ong [email protected] 32 Sandusky Drive CBF is currently accepting nominations for these Winnipeg, MB R3T 5W4 204-775-5114 positions. (Term of office will be January 1, 2014 until December 31, 2016) JUNIOR MANAGER Bryan Maksymetz [email protected] Any person interested in running for one of these positions should notify the CBF office in writing of EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS their intent to seek election. To run for election a Janice Anderson [email protected] person must be a paid-up CBF member and must 2719 East Jolly Place reside in the Zone in which he/she is