January 2001 OLYMPIAD SILVER! WORLD OLYMPIAD 2000 SILVER MEDALISTS • WOMEN’S TEAMS (left to right) Beverly Kraft, Martine Lacroix, Dianna Gordon, Francine Simon, Katie Thorpe, Rhoda Habert, Jim Green NPC IN THIS ISSUE: Olympiad Tales and more from Maastricht Facts and Information for Juniors How to Apply for a Charity Donation from the CBFCF Test Your (CNTC) Bridge from Ray Lee Behind the Scenes with CBF Archivist Madeline Conrad Man about Universe II from Bernard Marcoux Columns from Kokish/Kraft, Manley, Makarewicz Happy 2001 and a full 2001 Calendar of Events FROM THE CBF OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CANADIANOFFICIAL PUBLICATION CANADIENNE DE BRIDGE • ORGANE OFFICIEL DE LA FÉDÉRATION BRIDGE FEDERATION CANADIAN BRIDGE FEDERATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2000 Conseil des directeurs de la Fédération canadienne de bridge, 2000 Zone I Mary Moulton Apt. 202 - 3055 Olivet Street, Halifax, NS B3L 3Z8 902-455-9631 [email protected] Zone II Doug Heron 1238 Willowdale Ave., Ottawa, ON K1H 7S3 613-731-6740 (h) 613-523-8785 (f) [email protected] Zone III Ray Lee Vice 331 Douglas Ave, Toronto, ON M5M 1H2 416-781-9327 (h) 416- 781-1831 (f) President [email protected] 416-781-0351 (MPP-work) Zone IV Bill Treble 3 - 1050 Moncton Ave., Winnipeg, MB R2K 1Z1 204-669-1458 (h) [email protected] Zone V Nicholas Gartaganis President 1816 Braeside Place S.W. Calgary, AB T2W 0Z5 403-253-2767 (h) [email protected] Zone VI Jennifer Ballantyne 101 - 4590 Earles St., Vancouver, BC V5R 6A2 604-438-3095 (h) [email protected] Ex-officio George Retek (ACBL D1 Director) [email protected] 514-937-9907 (w) 514-931-2205 (f) Jonathan Steinberg (ACBL D2 Director) [email protected] 416-977-2050 (h & f) Dick Anderson (ACBL D18 Director) [email protected] 306-761-1311 (h) Charity Marilyn White 182 Bowood Ave., Toronto, ON M4N 1Y6 416-322-5464 [email protected] CBF Jan Anderson Coordinator 2719 East Jolly Place Regina, SK S4V 0X8 306-761-1677 (p) 306-789-4919 (f) Exec. Sec. [email protected] Treasurer Editors Jude Goodwin-Hanson Gen. Del. Garibaldi Highlands, BC V0N 1T0 604-898-1013 (p) 604-898-1023 (F) [email protected] Martine Lacroix 671, rue Murdock, Chicoutimi, QC, G7H 3Y8 418-543-0876 [email protected] Archivist Madeline J. Conrad [email protected] 902-462-3112 2♠♥♦♣ bridge Canada PRESIDENT’S CORNER The WBF passed a special motion in Maastricht from Nicholas Gartaganis to allow WBF Zones the chance to regain their 2003 qualification spots based on perfor- International Competition mance at the 2002 World Championships in By now most Canadians are aware of the silver Montreal. Nevertheless, the current WBF regu- medal performance of our Women’s team at lations remain an ongoing threat to Canada’s the Olympiad held in Maastricht last year. It is opportunity to participate in future internation- an exceptional result that still brings a sense of al events. The ACBL Board of Directors has pride and it should inspire us all. Playing for been petitioned to support the CBF’s efforts to Canada were Rhoda Habert, Beverly Kraft, introduce appropriate amendments. Francine Cimon, Martine Lacroix, Katie Thorpe and Dianna Gordon with Jim Green as NPC. Another related change supported by the CBF is the establishment of an independent gov- In the Senior’s event, Canada’s representatives erning body for WBF Zone II of which Canada finished 8th in a field of twenty-four teams. is a member. Currently, the ACBL acts as both During the round robin portion of the event, the governing body of Zone II and the US the team defeated both the USA and Sweden, administrative body. With the establishment teams that eventually finished first and third of the United States Bridge Federation for the respectively. Playing for Canada were Peter purpose of accessing funds from the US Schwartz, Ralph Cohen, Andre Laliberte, Fred Olympic Committee, it is time for this arrange- Hoffer and Jon Robinson. ment to change. The calibre of international competition con- Junior Team Trials tinues to rise. Our Maastricht Open team Congratulations to Erin Anderson, Ian Boyd, knows this only too well as they were unsuc- Josh Heller and Vincent Demuy, winners of the cessful in qualifying for the playoffs. Playing Junior Team Trials in Kingston this past August. for Canada were Robert Lebi, Nader Hanna, In exciting fashion the team came from Drew Cannell, John Carruthers, George behind, posting a last quarter score of 59 – 36 Mittelman and Eric Kokish with Martin Kirr as to prevail by 5 IMPs. (see page 15) NPC. CBF Board Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup Leo Weniger, chairperson for the highly suc- Qualification Rules cessful Bridge Week 2000 held in Halifax, has The final standing of Canada’s Open team had retired from the CBF Board. Leo’s contributions the unfortunate consequence of triggering a will be missed. Mary Moulton, who was an World Bridge Federation (WBF) regulation, the integral member of the Halifax organizing net impact of which precludes Canada’s par- committee, is the new Zone I representative ticipation in the next two Bermuda Bowls and brings a fresh perspective to the Board. (2001 and 2003). Unlike the Olympiad, where each country is entitled to one representative, CBF - ACBL Relations the Bermuda Bowl and the Venice Cup allow a The CBF continues to work with the ACBL to limited number of teams from each of the resolve outstanding issues. To demonstrate its eight WBF Zones. Canada’s Venice Cup good faith, the ACBL flew Jan Anderson to opportunities are not impacted because of Memphis for face-to-face discussions with her the fine performance of Canada’s Women’s counterparts at ACBL headquarters. Jan has Team. ☞ (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) JANUARY 2001♠♥♦♣ 3 ☞ (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3) served as the CBF Executive Secretary and Test your bridgeÉ Treasurer for many years and knows more about the organization than all past and present By Ray Lee Directors combined! Here’s a trio of problems from the recent Canadian National Team Championships: Amounts Owed to the CBF one each to test your skill in bidding, on The CBF Board has passed a motion stating that any members owing money to the CBF will not defense, and on opening lead. be allowed to participate at Bridge Week and other CBF-sponsored events until all outstanding 1: You are West, vul. vs. not (naturally). amounts are paid. South deals and passes, and it’s your call with: ♠ A ♥ 8 7 ♦8 ♣ A K J 10 8 7 5 4 3 CBF Liaison to the Canadian Olympic Committee 2: You are West again: George Retek has been appointed as the CBF North (Dummy) ♠ 8 3 Liaison to the Canadian Olympic Association ♥ A Q 6 2 (COA). He has been working to ensure that the ♦ 7 6 3 CBF will be in a position to be recognized by ♣ A J 7 5 the COA should bridge achieve status as an West (You) Olympic sport. As a result of his efforts the ♠ --- Executive Committee of the COA has recom- ♥ J 10 8 5 3 mended to its Board of Directors that the CBF be ♦ 10 8 4 accepted as a Class E member. Class E includes ♣ K Q 10 4 3 those sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee which are not yet on the North South ♣ ♠ program of the Pan American or Olympic games. 1 2 2NT 3♦ 3♠ 4NT DEBRIEFING 5♥ 6♠ Canada sent three teams the Olympiad in Maastricht. Our Open team placed 11th in the Round Robin, fail- You lead the ♣K, which declarer ducks in ing to make it into the next level. Our Senior Team dummy. Partner plays the ♣2 (standard placed 8th with a score of 383 (first was the USA carding) and declarer the ♣6. How do team with 435.25) and by now you know of the you continue? Women’s Team and their Silver Medal. This was not Canada’s first time on the medalist podium at a World 3: Yet again you are West: what do you Team Olympiad. At the 3rd World Team Olympiad lead on this hand? in Deauville, France the Canadian Open Team placed 3rd. The members were: C B Elliott, W J Crissey, E R ♠ A J 9 6 5 ♥ A 6 ♦ 9 8 5 ♣ A 10 3 Murray, S R Kehela, G Charney, and P E Sheardown. At Neither vulnerable the 4th World Team Olympiad in Miami Beach, West North East South Florida, USA our Open team placed 3rd again with B -- -1♥ Gowdy ,W J Crissey, E R Murray, S R Kehela, G Charney, 1♠ 2♦ 3♠ * pass and D R Phillips. At the 10th Women's World Team pass 4♥ all pass Olympiad in Rhodes, Greece the Canadian Women’s Team placed 3rd with D Gordon, S Reus, B Kraft, F * preemptive Cimon, R Habert, and B J Saltsman. Solutions on page 14 4♠♥♦♣ bridge Canada TALES FROM MAASTRICHT OLYMPIAD SILVER North-South vulnerable by Eric Kokish & Beverly Kraft West dealer North Both Canadian teams were expected to sur- ♠ J vive the round robin stage of the World Teams ♥ A6 Olympiad and reach the knockout phase. The ♦ QJ754 Open team fared particularly badly and fin- ♣ KJ974 ished in the second half of its qualifying West East bracket, but the Women's team (Jim Green, ♠ 109874 ♠ A npc: Francine Cimon-Martine Lacroix, Katie ♥ 932 ♥ KQ874 Thorpe-Dianna Gordon, Rhoda Habert-Beverly ♦ 83 ♦ AK102 Kraft) came home with the silver medal, bow- ♣ Q53 ♣ A86 ing in the 96-board final to the USA 144-176 South despite winning four of the six segments.