SPRING 2006 TION CANADIENNE DE BRIDGE FÉDÉRA DE LA Saying Goodbye Mark Molson Duncan Phillips Irene Hodgson TION :: ORGANE OFFICIEL Canada says goodbye to some of bridge’s brightest lights. See page 23. BRIDGE FEDERA Also Barry Harper Wins the 2005 Richmond Trophy Reports by Peter Morse, Martine Lacroix, Nicolas L’Ecuyer and Roy TION OF THE CANADIAN Hughes. Complete results page 30. PUBLICA WELCOME TO BRIDGE : ARTICLES INTERMEDIATE & NOVICE PLAYERS New! for pages 15-18 ARTICLES POUR DÉBUTANTS ET INTERMÉDIAIRES OFFICIAL BIENVENUE DANS LE MONDE DU : bridge CANADIAN BRIDGE FEDERATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2006 Conseil des directeurs de la Fédération canadienne de bridge Zone I Mike Hartop [email protected] President 281 Ammon Rd., Ammon NB E1G 3N7 506-384-7272 APRIL 2006 • VOL. 36, N0. 1 Zone II Jean Castonguay [email protected] 136 Ave. Du Manoir Ville de Léry QC J6N 3N7 450-692-4974 BRIDGE CANADA EDITOR Jude Goodwin Zone III Nader Hanna [email protected] 8-41449 Government Road 7 Bradenton Drive Squamish, BC Willowdale, ON M2H 1Y4 416-756-9065 CANADA V0N 3G0 (604) 898-1013 phone/fax Zone IV Francis Gaudino [email protected] [email protected] Vice-President 1727 Murray Ave. Thunder Bay ON P7E 5A9 807-623-1334 SECTION FRANÇAISE Martine Lacroix 3471, Ste-Catherine Est Zone V Position Vacant [email protected] Montreal QC See page 6 CANADA H1W 2E3 (514) 680-0791 Zone VI Peter Morse [email protected] [email protected] 5570 Woodpecker Place North Vancouver, BC V7R 4P2 604-988-3927 CANADIAN BRIDGE CBF Executive FEDERATION INC. Assistant Jan Anderson [email protected] (details at right) EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT JAN ANDERSON Charity Marilyn White [email protected] 2719 East Jolly Place 182 Bowood Ave., Regina SK S4V 0X8 Toronto ON M4N 1Y6 416-322-5464 [email protected] Junior John Carruthers [email protected] CBF HOTLINE Manager 65 Tiago Avenue 306 761 1677 Toronto ON M4B 2A2 416-752-7034 FAX: 306 789 4919 Webmasters English Jude Goodwin [email protected] Français Gérard Côté [email protected] Ex-officio George Retek (ACBL D1 Director) [email protected] 514-937-9907 NEXT MAGAZINE AUGUST 2006 Dick Anderson (ACBL D18 Director) Deadline :: 01 JUL 06 [email protected] 306-761-1311 AD RATES Jonathan Steinberg (ACBL D2 Director) Full page $500 [email protected] 416-733-9941 Half page $300 Quarter page $175 Board of Director Listings as of January 1, 2006 Business Card $100 10% DISCOUNT if 3 issues paid in advance. Canada 2 bridgeCanada PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE President’s message : Le mot du président If, like me, you’ve played Vous avez peut-être joué au bridge for many years without bridge pendant des années, knowing much about the comme moi, sans vraiment Canadian Bridge Federation, connaître le rôle de la let me encourage you to take a Fédération canadienne de more active role in Canadian bridge. Je vous encourage à Bridge events. It is only with participer activement aux your help and support that we activités organisées par la can raise the profile of fédération canadienne. Avec Canadian Bridge in World votre aide et votre soutien Events. It is only through nous pourrons développer le promoting the CBF and bridge canadien dans les compétitions internationales. encouraging your bridge playing Mike Hartop, President friends to "join the club" that we can continue our ambitious program of Ce n’est qu’en faisant la promotion de la FCB et support and sponsorship of Canadian en encourageant vos amis bridgeurs à adhérer à Bridge at international events. We have la fédération que nous pourrons réaliser notre an exciting program now for sending ambitieux programme de support et de teams and pairs to world events commanditaire du bridge canadien international. including schools and university teams Ce programme consiste à envoyer des équipes as well as Open, Women, Junior and et des paires représenter le Canada au niveau Senior teams. international, que ce soit des équipes scolaires ou universitaires, des équipes d’hommes, de femmes, de juniors ou de seniors. Every year your CBF Board reviews its mandate and mission to maintain the Chaque année, le c.a. de la FCB reconsidère son balance between our support of elite mandat et sa mission. Où est l’équilibre entre bridge, through the organization of notre soutien à l’élite canadienne, qui se fait via events to select our representatives to l’organisation des épreuves de sélection des international events, and our joueurs qui nous représenteront au niveau responsibilities to the regular club international, et notre responsabilité envers les members. membres réguliers? I am starting my first term in this office Pour commencer ce premier mandat, j’aimerais by recognizing the work of previous exprimer toute ma reconnaissance à mes Presidents and am grateful for all the prédécesseurs dont je suis fier de suivre advice I received by example. I hope l’exemple. J’espère que je serai digne de la that I can fulfill the trust you have placed confiance que vous me témoignez et je vous in me and invite dialogue with you. invite à me faire part de vos commentaires. I learned long ago that we can't please Je sais qu’on ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde all of the people all of the time but that is tout le temps, mais ce n’est pas une raison de ne not a reason to not try please most of pas essayer de le faire. the people for most of the time. Encouragez le bridge canadien. Devenez Support Canadian Bridge. Join the CBF membre de la FCB et participez à nos activités. and participate in CBF events. BON BRIDGE ENJOY YOUR BRIDGE April 2006 3 FEDERATION NEWS JUNIOR MATTERS CBF Board HIGHLIGHTS from the meetings in Mississauga The CBF will send teams to the 2006 World during Bridge Week, February 2006 Youth, 2006 World Schools and 2006 World University Team Championships (see page MEMBERSHIP 19). The 2007 Canadian Junior Trials will be held in Montreal at the August Regional. Effective 1 July 2006, CBF membership will Over the next year, the CBF hopes to set up increase to $12 a year ($8 a year for Canadian Junior Mini-Tourneys on BBO students and first time members). which will be followed by a mini-lesson. The plan is to provide juniors from all over BRIDGE CANADA MAGAZINE Canada with the opportunity to meet and play bridge and thus develop new Four new pages will be added to our friendships and partnerships. magazine - two English, two French - with articles designed to appeal to CANADIAN BRIDGE WEEK Intermediate/Newcomer players. CBF will pay up to $100 a page for these articles. The CBF Board confirmed that it will always try to have Bridge Week during the last STAC week of May or first week of June no matter what the date of the WBF event. As well, Commencing with the 2007 CBF STaC, future Bridge Weeks will be stand-alone sanction fees will increase to $9 per table to events. cover the increase in ACBL fees for STaCs. See page 22 for top masterpoint winners in 2007 Bridge Week - Winnipeg, MB, 26 May the 2006 STaC. - 2 June 2007. CBF INTERNATIONAL FUND REGIONAL 2008 Bridge Week - Quebec City, QC either 24-31 May or 31 May - 7 June. The Montreal has been selected as the site of CBF is investigating having Bridge Week in the 2007 CBF Regional. (Feb 26 - Mar 4, Penticton, BC in 2009 and in Moncton, NB 2007). The 2008 CBF Regional will be in in 2010. Victoria, BC March 24 - 30, 2008. For 2009 we will explore possible sites in the Niagara Commencing with Bridge Week 2007 entry area, St. Catharines, London or Hamilton. fees will be increased to: COPC & CIPC - For 2010 we will explore possible sites in $20 per player per session. CSTC - $220 Zone V. per team per day (includes $100 IF Surtax). CNTC-A, CNTC-B, and CWTC entry fees SCREENS will be based on budgeted expenses but will not be less than $80 per team per session. The CBF will proceed with the plan to have CNTC-A and CWTC will continue to have IF 60 new screens in place by Bridge Week surtaxes added. 2007. ELECTIONS MISSION STATEMENT Mike Hartop - President The CBF Board of Directors has decided to Francis Gaudino - Vice-President create a Mission Statement for the Janice Anderson - Executive Federation. Secretary/Treasurer Canada 4 bridgeCanada FEDERATION NEWS the cbf OFFICE reports Executive Assistant Jan Anderson Mississauga Board Meetings, February 2006 CSTC CWTC The CBF Board spent time reviewing the Zone team allotments in the CWTC have CSTC format and drop-in policy. Beginning been reduced: Zone I - 2; Zone II - 4; Zone with the 2007 CSTC National Final the III - 4; Zone IV - 2; Zone V - 2; Zone VI - 2 following will apply: for a total of 16. With a maximum of 16 • Drop-ins of new teams will be allowed only teams there will no longer be the possibility on the first two qualifying days - no new of a Quarter Finals. National Final will teams are allowed to drop into the Semi- always be a 5 day event. Final or Final. • 5th and 6th players who have pre- COPC registered may join their Senior team at any point at which they have been eliminated 2007 Club Qualifying Round will take place from their other Bridge Week event. Sept. 1 - Dec. 31, 2006. The 2007 & 2008 • A Senior team that only has 3 available winners will be offered opportunity to attend players on Day 1 (or Day 2 if a drop-in 2009 Open European Championship.