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23 CLASSES500 KIDS !John Gillespie & Carole Berry teach kids to play in Ottawa See article page 15

MEXICAN ADVENTURE BRIDGE WEEK RESULTS OFF TO THEWORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRIDGE WEEK 06 ERIN BERRYRECIPIENTS NEW JUNIOR MANAGER CALENDAR OF EVENTS

CBF BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2005-2006 (Left to Right) : Francis Gaudino, Dick Anderson,Jim Priebe, Doug Fraser, Jean Castonguay, Jonathan Steinberg, Mike Hartop, George Retek

Zone I Mike Hartop zone1@cbf.ca281 Ammon Rd., Ammon NB E1G 3N7 506-384-7272

Zone II Jean Castonguay zone2@cbf.ca136 Ave. Du ManoirVille de Léry QC J6N 3N7 450-692-4974

Zone III Jim Priebe zone3@cbf.caVice-President 1510 Birchwood Drive

Mississauga ON L5J 1T4 905-823-6535

Zone IV Francis Gaudino zone4@cbf.ca1727 Murray Ave.Thunder Bay ON P7E 5A9 807-623-1334

807-473-8676

Zone V Joe Kerger zone5@cbf.ca319 Coldspring Cres.Saskatoon, SK S7J 3M9 306-477-2205

Zone VI Douglas Fraser zone6@cbf.caPresident 1044 Belmont Ave.

Victoria BC V8S 3T3 250-595-1466

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Charity Marilyn White charity@cbf.ca182 Bowood Ave., Toronto ON M4N 1Y6 416-322-5464

Archivist Madeline J. Conrad archives@cbf.ca902-462-3112

Junior John Carruthers jrbridge@cbf.caManager 65 Tiago Avenue

Toronto ON M4B 2A2 416-752-7034

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President’s message : Le mot du présidentWe have just completed asuccessful Bridge Week inMontreal. The playing site andlocation were ideal. Thehospitality room was availableto the players every eveningwith beer, wine and cheeseand pizza, all served withoutcharge. A very special thanksare due to the volunteers fromthe Montreal Bridge Leaguewho gave their time to makeBridge Week memorable.

The next Bridge Week will be held inMississauga ON 11-18 Feb 2006. It is earlyin the year due to the 8th WorldChampionships that will be held 9-24 June2006 in Verona Italy. This of course meansthat club qualification and the Zone finals forthe CNTC and CWTC will be much earlierthan in previous years. Future Bridge Weeksare expected to return to normal scheduling(May/June).

We have had two successful CBFInternational Fund Regional Tournamentsin Montreal and Calgary. Mississauga willhost our next one Feb 14-19, 2006. Pleasemake plans to attend, especially if you donot normally participate in Bridge Week.Future tournaments are slated for Montreal(tentative) 26 Feb - 04 Mar 2007 andVictoria 24-28 Mar 2008. Victoria canpromise that spring flowers and cherryblossoms will be in full bloom at that time ofyear!

Since the ACBL revised their Membershipform CBF Membership has decreased. Weare sure that this is not intentional but itmust be addressed! We are working withthe ACBL to improve the renewal form. Wehave added a bilingual insert that explainsthe benefits of renewing CBF membership.Effective 01 July 2005 those who pay CBFdues directly to the CBF will save $13

Bridge Week vient tout justede prendre fin à Montréal. Lesite et la localisation étaientparfaits; les joueurs ont puprofiter de l’hospitalité de laLigue de bridge de Montréalqui a veillé à leur fournir labière, le vin, les fromages etla pizza à volonté tous lessoirs. Un gros merci à tous lesbénévoles qui ont fait deBridge Week un événementinoubliable.

L’an prochain Bridge Week se tiendra àMississauga, Ontario, du 11 au 18 février2006. Cette date précoce est due aux8ièmes Championnats du monde qui aurontlieu du 9 au 24 juin 2006 à Vérone, Italie.Cela signifie évidemment que lesqualifications de club et les finales de zonedu CNTC et CWTC seront beaucoup plustôt que les années précédentes. Nousreviendrons à la programmation habituellel’année suivante.

Nous avons eu deux tournois régionaux auprofit de la CBF, à Montréal et à Calgary, quiont été couronnés de succès. Mississaugasera l’hôte du prochain régional du 14 au 19février 2006. Préparez-vous à vous y rendre.Les prochains tournois sont prévus (datesprovisoires) du 26 février au 4 mars 2007 àMontréal et du 24 au 28 mars 2008 àVictoria. Victoria nous garantit que les fleursprintanières et les cerisiers seront en pleinefloraison à cette époque de l’année !

Depuis que l’ACBL a révisé le formulaire deréabonnement, le nombre de membres de laFCB a diminué. Ce n’est certes pasintentionnel et cela doit être corrigé. Noustravaillons de concert avec l’ACBL pouraméliorer le formulaire. Une insertionbilingue a été ajoutée qui explique lesbénéfices de renouveler votre adhésion à la

Douglas Fraser, President

April 2005 3

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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FEDERATION NEWS

(annual CBF dues reduced from $25 to$12). If you include your CBFmembership with the ACBLmembership the CBF fee is only $9.00.

The CSTC (Canadian Seniors TeamChampionship) has become animportant event during Bridge Week.Winners qualify to the Seniors Bowl inodd years and the Team Olympiad orWorld Championships in even years.This event is open to those who qualifyby age and does not requireprequalification. The CIPC (CanadianImp Pairs Championships) also is opento all. Please make plans to participatein Mississauga.

Lastly it would be appreciated if allUnits would schedule a two-sessionInternational Fund game at allSectionals. This event awards regionallyrated silver points (1.4 x the number ofmaster points) at an additional cost ofonly $1.00 (Cdn) per player persession. This is a win/win situation forplayers and the CBF as the moneygenerated helps our International Fund.

I wish you all a good summer.

President’s message : Le mot du président : continued from page 3

DOUGLAS FRASERPresident, Canadian Bridge Federation : Président, Fédération canadienne de bridge

FCB. De plus, à partir du 1er juillet 2005, ceux quipaient leur cotisation directement à la FCBobtiendront une réduction de 25 $ à 12 $ parannée et si vous payez votre cotisation en mêmetemps que celle de l’ACBL, elle ne s’élèvera qu’à9 $.

Le CSTC (Championnat canadien senior paréquipes) est devenu un élément important deBridge Week. Les gagnants se qualifient pourparticiper à la Coupe Senior qui se tiennentdurant les années impaires et aux Olympiadespar équipes et aux Championnats du monde lesannées paires. Cette compétition est ouverte àceux qui ont atteint l’âge requis et ne requiert pasde qualification préalable. Le CIPC (Championnatcanadien en paires imp) est aussi ouvert à tous.Préparez-vous pour Mississauga.

En dernier lieu, j’apprécierais beaucoup si toutesles unités ajoutaient à leur programme deuxséances pour le Fonds international. Les pointsde maître argent attribués pendant cettecompétition correspondent à ceux d’un régional etne coûtent qu’un dollar canadien par joueur parséance. C’est une situation gagnante autant pourles joueurs que pour la Fédération puisquel’argent ainsi recueilli ira au Fonds international.

Passez un bel été.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONSThe term of office for the CBF Zone Directors in Zones IIIand VI expires on December 31, 2005. The CBF iscurrently accepting nominations for these positions. (Termof office will be 01 January 2006 to 31 December 2008).

Any person interested in running for one of thesepositions should notify the CBF office in writing of his/herintent to seek election. To run for election a person mustbe a paid up CBF member and must reside in the Zonein which they are running for election. Declaration ofcandidacy will be accepted until September 30, 2005. Thedeclaration shall contain the name, address, ACBLnumber and Unit of said candidate and may containbiographical material which is not to exceed 100 words.Voting will be conducted from 15 October to 8 December

2005.

APPEL DE CANDIDATURESLe mandat des Directeurs de zone de la FCB, Zones IIIet VI, arrive à échéance le 31 décembre 2005. La périoded’appel de candidatures pour ces postes est ouverte (ladurée des mandats sera du 1er janvier 2006 jusqu’au 31décembre 2008).

Toute personne intéressée à poser sa candidature doitaviser par écrit la FCB de son intention de se présenter àl’élection du Directeur de zone. Pour être éligible àl’élection, la personne doit être membre en règle de laFCB et doit résider dans la Zone du poste qu’elle sollicite.Les déclarations de candidatures seront acceptéesjusqu’au 30 septembre 2005. La déclaration doit contenirle nom, l’adresse, le numéro d’ACBL ainsi que l’unitéd’origine du candidat, elle peut aussi contenir quelquesnotes biographiques qui ne doivent pas excéder 100mots. Le vote se fera du 15 octobre au 8 décembre 2005.

August 2005 5

TITLE HEREBRIDGE WEEK 2005 : CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

2005 CANADIAN BRIDGE WEEKA GRAND SLAM

The 2005 Canadian Bridge Week which wasrecently held in Montreal, QC from May 28-June 4 was an overwhelming success.

This was, in a great part, due to the expertchairmanship of Jean Castonguay, who onceagain put his heart and soul into making thisevent enjoyable and successful. Thank you toall the Montreal people that helped Jean withvarious tasks.

Financially the tournament cleared $22,178made possible by:

• McGill University New Residence Hallreasonable rent for playing space.

• Montreal Bridge League contributing $1,000to the cost of renting the playing space. (TheMontreal Bridge League held a 299erRegional on the last Friday, Saturday andSunday in the extra space we had rented.)

• Tourisme Montreal grant of $5,75 for hostingthis event in the City of Montreal.

• Donations of all boards, tables and papersupplies by the Montreal Bridge League andVince Oddy Bridge Supplies.

• Excellent participation in all events.

Continued on page 8

COPC CHAMPIONS:Waldemar Frukacz, Pierre Daigneault

CNTC B CHAMPIONS: Marielle Brentnall, Jerry Cohen, Barb Lillie, Robert Neudorf

Above: Jean Castonguay and Hostesses Barbara Hastings (left) and Barb Corcoran.

Below: Head Director Henry Cukoff

CIPC CHAMPIONS:Tom Gandolfo, Bob Crosby

BRIDGE WEEK 2005 : CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

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CANADIAN WOMENS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

GOLD: Francine Cimon, Montreal QC; Linda Lee -Beverly Kraft - Dianna Gordon, Toronto ON; BarbaraClinton, Aurora ON; Joan Eaton, Willowdale ON

SILVER: Rhonda Foster, New Westminster BC; AnnaBoivin, Victoria BC; Pamela Nisbet, Cobourg ON;Samantha Nystrom, Burnaby BC; Marcia Christie,Surrey BC; Heather Peckett, Nepean ON

BRONZE: Sylvia Fay Caley - Juliette Fajgelzon,Montreal QC; Maureen Beyrouti - Martine Lacroix,Saint-Laurent QC

BRONZE: June Pocock, Coquitlam BC; KathyAdachi, Delta BC; Kismet Fung - Susan Culham, Edmonton AB

CANADIAN SENIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

GOLD:Michael Cummings - David Lindop, TorontoON; John Bowman - Bill Bowman, OttawaON

SILVER: Roger Snowling, Hamilton ON; RonaldSutherland, Mississauga ON; Roman Klein, OakvilleON; Gary Westfall, Brampton ON; Gary Bernstein -Bruce Horne, Montreal QC

BRONZE: Jon Robinson, Montreal QC; PeterSchwartz - Fred Hoffer, Cote Saint-Luc QC; DonPiafsky, Toronto ON

BRONZE: Jean Castonguay, Lery QC; RichardAnderson, Regina SK; Alex Fowlie - Stephen Willard,Edmonton AB

CANADIAN IMP PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

GOLD: Thomas Gandolfo - Robert Crosby, Edmonton AB

SILVER: Andre Chartrand, Chateauguay QC;Serge Chevalier, Montreal QC

BRONZE: Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC;Doug Fraser, Victoria BC

4 Roger Dunn, Brossard QC; Suzanne Dussault, Montreal QC

5, 1B, 1C Marlene Pontifex - Sharron Dudeck, Winnipeg MB

6 Neil Kimelman, Winnipeg MB; Karl Gohl, Oakbank MB

2B, 2C Kevin Baldwin - Elaine Paul, Winnipeg MB 3B Richard Soderstrom, Ottawa ON; Ron Zambonini,

Nepean ON 4B Frederick King, Dugald MB; Eurydice Nours,

Richmond BC 5B, 3C Guy Duchesne - Raymond Boyer,

Montreal QC

BRIDGE WEEK CHAMPIONSCANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

GOLD: John Carruthers - Arno Hobart - George Mittelman,Toronto ON; Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; Boris Baran,Cote Saint-Luc QC; Allan Graves, Vancouver BC

SILVER: Judith Gartaganis - Nicholas Gartaganis - GordonCampbell, Calgary AB; Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB

BRONZE: James Galand - Glen Thornborough - SandraFraser, Victoria BC; Doran Flock, Calgary AB; David Smith,Edmonton AB; Michel Lorber, Baie-d’Urfe QC

BRONZE: Michael Hargreaves - James McAvoy - DuncanSmith, Victoria BC; Aidan Ballantyne, Burnaby BC; PeterHerold, Ladysmith BC; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA

CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - FLIGHT B

GOLD: Marielle Brentnall - Jerry Cohen - Barb Lillie - RobertNeudorf, Winnipeg MB

SILVER: Nancy Stewart, North York ON; R CharlesMcLaughlin, Mississauga ON; P Max Vaight - MichaelLancashire - Eric Lewis, Toronto; David Hamer, Brooklin ON

BRONZE: Lesley Thomson - Stephen Foster - PatrickFournier - Melissa Giguere, Toronto ON

BRONZE: Sebastien Lachance, L’Ile-Perrot QC; RichardCollette, Salab-de-Vall QC; Richard Tetreault, Valleyfield QC;Real Laberge, St Lo De Gnzque QC; Claudette Vaillancourt,Coteau-du-Lac QC; Jean-Louis Leroux, Saint-Zotique QC

CANADIAN OPEN PAIRS

GOLD: Waldemar Frukacz, Ottawa ON;Pierre Daigneault, Westmount QC

SILVER: Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA;Peter Herold, Ladysmith BC

BRONZE: Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC;Doug Fraser, Victoria BC

4 William Treble, Winnipeg MB; Thomas Gandolfo, Edmonton5 Neil Kimelman, Winnipeg MB; Karl Gohl, Oakbank MB6 Carole Berry - John Gillespie, Orleans ON7 Claude Garneau, Montreal QC; Charles Martineau,

Brossard QC8 Richard Anderson, Regina SK; Jean Castonguay, Lery QC9 Gavin Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal 10 Dan Jacob, Vancouver ; Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC11 Douglas Fisher - Bob Todd, Winnipeg MB12 Paul Janicki - Ian Findlay, Markham ON13 Doug Baxter, Toronto ON; Nader Hanna, Willowdale ON14 Andre Chartrand, Chateauguay QC; Serge Chevalier,

Montreal QC15 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC16 Dianne Isfeld - Martin Henneberger, Coquitlam BC

Visit www.cbf.ca/BWeek for more results.

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BRIDGE WEEK 2005 : CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

CWTC Story : by Linda Lee

Playing in the Canadian Women’s TeamChampionship this year was a muchdifferent experience for me than lastyear. I had a new partner and a newteam.

This time I was part of a team whichhas been the dominant women’s teamin Canada for 30 years. That’s aremarkable record in any sport. Mypartner, Francine Cimon, is one of theoriginal members of this team and sheis without a doubt one of the very bestwomen bridge players in Canada. ButFrancine and I had never played inperson, we were playing a system thatwas new to both of us, and we hadmore than 80 pages of system notes toremember. How did I feel? Shaking inmy boots!

The round-robin part of the tournamentwas much too exciting. Going into thelast round we had to win a near blitz tohave a chance to qualify for the semi-finals. We compared scores and we haddone it. But now we needed one of theleaders to lose, and fortunately a narrowloss for one of them did put us into theplayoffs. From there this veryexperienced team hit form, and wenever trailed in either of our last twomatches.

I usually warn my partners that I do notoften bid grand slams at teams. Toooften I have come back to compare andfound that our opponents had not evenbid the small slam. This is fine if thegrand makes but not so good when youhave an accident and things don’t workout as planned. However, I may have tostop giving this warning now that I amplaying with Francine. First, she is asuperb dummy player and I know that ifthe grand slam has any play to it,Francine will find the best line. Second,Francine and I are very aggressive

bidders and we just seem to find thosegrands. We won IMPs on this deal in thethird session of the semi-finals when webid a grand slam and our opponentsreached only six. I particularly like theeconomy of our auction.

N

AK2 M

AK1096 L

--- K

KQ862

North South Vulnerable

Francine LindaWest North East South

1M

1N

2K

pass 2N

pass 3K

pass 5L

pass 5M

pass 7K

all pass

I opened 1M

in first chair. Southovercalled 1N

(weak) and Francine bid2K

, suggesting at least five good clubs.I cuebid 2N

and she bid 3K

. Since shehad now denied holding three-cardheart support, I knew we did not have aheart loser. It seemed very likely that wewould have an excellent play for 7K

ifshe had the club ace. My jump to 5L

was Exclusion Blackwood and 5M

showed one keycard outside ofdiamonds. I could now bid the grandslam confidently for a nice pickup.

The whole hand:

N

76 M

8532 L

QJ10975 K

5N

43 N

AK2 M

J4 M

AK1096 L

A82 L

void K

AJ9753 K

KQ862N

QJ10985 M

Q7 L

K643 K

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Hospitality was outstanding. Every nightplayers were provided with a place tomeet and socialize with free beer, wine,and food. Thanks go to our wonderfulhostesses: Barbara Corcoran andBarbara Hastings. Breakfasts in theMcGill New Residence Hall Cafeteria(included in room rental) also providedplayers with a great place to meet andvisit.

Location, Location, Location. Being insuch a wonderful part of Montreal reallymade this an extra special week withlots of good eating places around (manythat allowed you to bring in your ownbeer and wine) players could relax overthe supper breaks.

Thanks must also go to the DirectingStaff: Henry Cukoff, Director in Charge;Jacques Lafrance, Mark Yudin and

Sylvain Descoteaux. Henry personallyreported all the results to ourwebmaster for posting as they came in.

Once again we were able to broadcastthe CNTC-A final on Bridge Base.Thank you to Fred Gitelman and allthose connected with Bridge Base Inc.and to our Montreal operator, DrewCannell.

A big thank you also goes out to all theparticipants in 2005 Canadian BridgeWeek. We hope to see you all again inMississauga in February.

BRIDGE WEEK 2005 : CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Bob Bambrick gets the nod for best hardluck story of the week at the recent BridgeWeek Canadian National tournament. Bobwas a member of the Lesage team in theSenior Teams Championship (RichardLesage, Carole Klein, Michael Schleifer,Larry Friedman, Bob Bambrick, Gerald LaFlamme) when he picked up:

N

Jxx M

10xx L

10x K

Jxxxx

He heard 1K

on his left, double frompartner, and he properly got out as cheaplyas possible with 1M

. Surprise! Partner nowbid 4M

and put down this dummy:

N

QxM

AQJxL

AKQJxxK

x

N

JxxM

10xxL

10xK

Jxxxx

Not bad! Two spades were cashed, then ahigh club, and West led a diamond, hopinghis partner had a red suit ten. Not so. Bobwon the ten of diamonds in hand, led the tenof hearts to pick up king third of trumps onhis left, and scored up his game.

Why hard luck? The board was wiped outbecause of slow play at the other table.

Below: Participants enjoy the Hospitality Room duringBridge Week.

Best Hard Luck Story : by Jim Priebe

2005 CANADIAN BRIDGE WEEK A GRAND SLAM Continued from page 5

See Page 18

August 2005 9

THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

WORLD ZONAL TEAMCHAMPIONSHIPS

Held every odd-numbered year, the WorldZonal Team Championships is contested inthree series, by teams representing the eightWBF geographical zones. In the Open series,contestants have the Bermuda Bowl at stake,while the Women series play for the VeniceCup. The third series, reserved for Seniorplayers, was added in 2001. Canada’s officialentries for the 2005 World Team Champion-ships, which will be held in Estoril, Portugalfrom October 22-November 5, 2005 arepictured at left.

CANADA MEXICO BI-COUNTRY PLAYOFFS

North America, World Bridge Federation Zone2, is allotted 3 teams for the World Zonal TeamChampionships Bermuda Bowl and 3 teamsfor the Venice Cup. Two of these teams comefrom the US. The other is decided through aCanada vs Mexico playoff. Canada’s teams inthese playoffs are the winners of the CNTCand the CWTC at Bridge Week. The playoffswere conducted in June, and Canada wonboth events (see below). As there was noMexican team for the Senior Event, Canada’sSenior team was not required to compete in aplayoff.

BERMUDA BOWL TEAMMichael Gamble, NPC (not shown), GeorgeMittelman, Arno Hobart, John Carruthers, JosephSilver, Boris Baran, Allan Graves.

VENICE CUP TEAMJohn Gowdy, NPC (not shown), Beverley Kraft,Joan Eaton, Dianna Gordon, Barbara Clinton,Francine Cimon, Linda Lee.

SENIOR CUP TEAMDavid T. Willis, NPC (not shown), MichaelCummings, David Lindop, John Bowman, Bill Bowman. Not shown: Pierre Daigneault,Stephen Brown.

Canada vs Mexico : Open Teams32bds 64bds 96bds Final

Canada 95 183 267 337Mexico 79 150 214 238

Canada: Michael Gamble, NPC; John Carruthers, Joseph Silver, George Mittelman, Arno Hobart, Boris Baran, Allan GravesMexico: Captain: Moises Ades; Miguel Reygadas, Magy Mohan, Miriam Rosenberg, Moises Ades,Mauricio Smid.

Canada vs Mexico : Women’s Teams32bds 64bds 96bds Final

Canada 84 152 230 267Mexico 58 100 141 172

Canada: Francine Cimon, Linda Lee, Dianna Gordon, Beverly Kraft, Joan Eaton, Barbara ClintonMexico: Captain: Reiko Ohara; Luisa Grinberg, Nancy Gerson, Nancy Lira, Laura Salinas, Frida Harari,Reiko Ohara.

THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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2006 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSJune 9-24, 2006VERONA, ITALY

If you are planning toparticipate in the 2006 WorldChampionships, no matterwhat the national mix of yourteam, you must be a paid upmember of the CBF andregister with the CBF in thefollowing manner:

1. Send your complete name,ACBL number and address(along with email address) tothe CBF Office (see insidefront cover).

2. List all events you wish toparticipate in and list allpartners and team matesalong with their ACBLnumbers.

3. Confirm you are a paid upCBF member and if you arenot, then submit $12 Canadianto the CBF office to bring yourCBF membership up to date.

Please submit entries to theCBF no later than 15 March2006.

Everything You Wanted to Know AboutTHE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Some might find the varIous world events confusing sohere is a brief summary: The World Zonal Teams (withBermuda Bowl and Venice Cup) are held in odd-numberdyears, the World Championships are held in even-numbered, non-leap years and the World Olympiad Teamsare held every leap year.

Canada has no quota for the 2006 World Championships.We can enter any number of Canadian teams and pairs.The winners of our 2006 CNTC-A, CWTC, CSTC and the2005 COPC will be eligible for funding for the 2006 events.If the teams or pair that win decide to attend the WorldChampionships, they will receive $10,000 per team and$4000 for the pair from the CBF. If they choose not toattend the World Championships they will receive half themoney as a prize and the second place teams and pairswill be offered the other half if they attend the WorldChampionships. Teams and pairs have to be all Canadianto be eligible to play in our National Finals during BridgeWeek.

Other teams and pairs may enter the WorldChampionships without CBF subsidy money. These maybe transnational but all individuals in the world mustregister with their NCBO (National Contract BridgeOrganization) before they can be entered in the WorldChampionships. The NCBO submits a list of people to theWBF for invitation to attend. All entries in the WorldChampionships must be invited by the WBF. Interestedpersons apply to their NCBO (see left sidebar). The NCBOscreens applicants to make sure they meet allrequirements and that they are not suspended or onprobation. Once applicants clear a country’s screening andthe country nominates them for invitation, the WBF usuallyaccepts their entry.

In the case of transnational teams all members mustregister with their own NCBO so that they can be clearedfor invitation. Thus if a USBF player was part of a teamwith a CBF player, each individual would need to submittheir name to their own NCBO, with details.

Our 2006 Bridge Week will determine who is eligible forsubsidy so those championships are very important ifteams or pairs want any financial help for attending theWorld Championships.

HELEN SHIELDS ROOKIEMASTER GAME 2005

NATIONAL WINNERS1. Jean Polischuk &

Dorothy Erickson 70.57%2. Gillian Jagasia &

Robin Stephens 69.09%3. Mary Lou Norman &

Joyce Leeming 68.61%4. Bruce Bryson &

Gene Froc 67.30%5. Dragos Luca &

Arlene Resnick 67.25%

See www.cbf.ca for completeresults.

By Linda Lee

The weather in Mexico City was beautiful —sunny and pleasantly warm in early Julywhen the Canadian Open Team andWomen’s Team arrived to face off againstMexico for the right to play in the WorldChampionships in Estoril Portugal.

The Canadian Women’s team was made upof Beverley Kraft, Joan Eaton, DiannaGordon, Barbara Clinton, Francine Cimonand me. The entire team played well and wewon every set we played, finishing when theMexican ladies resigned after seven rounds.The Open team made it just a bit moreexciting when the Mexicans came back in acouple of sets. Canada led by only 33 impsat the halfway point. The Canadian Openteam finished strongly, though, and wereable to join us in the early celebrations.

Usually Joan Eaton and Barbara Clintonfinish their session ahead of theirteammates. It came as a surprise whenseveral times they finished significantly laterthan the other pair. When I asked Barbarawhat had happened, she said she’d had toplay a lot of especially tough hands.

Barbara found an extra chance on this handwhen she gave her opponent an opportunityto make a mistake.

N

Q J x M

A x L

K x x x x x K

x xN

K x N

x x xM

10 x M

K Q J x xL

Q J 10 L

voidK

A K J x x x K

Q x x x xN

A 10 x x x M

x x x x L

A x x x K

void

Barbara found herself in 4N

after thefollowing auction:

West North East South1K

1L

1M

2N

*pass 3N

4K

passpass 4N

all pass

* fit showing at least 5N

and 4L

10+points

The opening lead was a high club, whichBarbara ruffed. Based on the bidding itseemed unlikely that the N

K was onside, soshe led a spade towards dummy; this wasindeed won by West with the N

K. Westreturned a heart, won in dummy with theace. At this point, assuming that thediamonds split 2-1, Barbara had two losers(a heart and a spade), since she coulddiscard the hearts from her hand ondiamonds. But what if the diamonds split 3-0? If Barbara draws trumps, when heropponents win their diamond trick, they willbe able to cash hearts. If she doesn’t drawtrumps, then her opponents may be able toruff a diamond winner for their fourth trick.

In fact, there is no legitimate way to makethe hand if the diamonds are 3-0 and theopponent who is short in diamonds has thethird trump, which was the actual lie of thecards. But perhaps the opponents could beinduced to help out. Based on the biddingand play so far, Barbara deduced that Eastwas more likely to have the short diamonds.She therefore drew only one more round oftrumps, leaving East with one small spade.Then she led a diamond from dummy. Eastcouldn’t resist making an unexpected trickwith her baby trump. In fact, she had ruffedher partner’s winner and now diamondswere set up while dummy still had a trump todeal with the defenders’ heart winners.

Barbara had realized that if diamonds were2-1, then there was no harm in cashing adiamond honour; if diamonds weren’t 2-1,then it couldn’t hurt to give her opponents achance to make a mistake.

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THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS : MEXICAN ADVENTURE By Linda Lee

My partner Francine and I are veryaggressive bidders. It is not often that wemiss a game. It also turns out that we canbe pretty aggressive in getting to slams too.Sometimes Francine will say after a hand “Ibid a lot” but then I tell her that it works outfine because she plays the dummy so well.On this hand Francine trusted me to play thedummy. The auction began 3K

to me,holding the South hand.

N

Q x x M

10 x x L

K Q x x K

A x x

N

A x M

K Q J 9 x x L

A x x K

K x

It is our style that an overcall in the directseat shows a good hand so I bid 3M

.Francine cuebid 4K

and now I felt that ourside had enough for slam. I bid 4NT. WhenFrancine showed me one ace we were inslam.

While 6NT is the best contract, I can’t thinkof any way to get there and the heart slamhad its chances. I won the ace of clubs andled the M

10, which was ducked. I playedanother heart, won by East, West showingout and signaling with a high spade.

I won the spade return and played for asimple squeeze, running all my trumps andcashing the club ace to reach this position:

N

Q M

– L

KQxx K

–

N

x M

x L

Axx K

–

I led the last trump. West had to come downto three diamonds to hold the N

K so I wasable to discard the N

Q and claim.

This is my favourite type of squeezebecause I don’t need to count anything, justwatch for the N

K. While the play of this handwas not that challenging, it was satisfying tobid and make a slam on a squeeze — goodfor 11 IMPs. The whole hand was:

N

Q x x M

10 x x L

K Q x x K

A x xN

K J x x x N

x x xM

x M

A x xL

J 10 x x x L

xK

x x K

Q J 10 x x xN

A x M

K Q J 9 x x L

A x x K

K x

By the way, after the event, the Mexicanladies told me that they had given me anickname — Mini-splinter. I have no ideawhy.

CBF CHARITABLEFOUNDATION REPORT

The Trustees of the CBF CharitableFoundation met in Montreal on May 26,2005. The following grants were made for2005:

Canadian Feed the Children DomesticProgram - $3500.00

Zone Trustees and Chairperson - $2000.00each to be given to charities within theirZones.

In 2005 and 2006 the CBFCF will continue tofocus on charities that deal with ChildPoverty and with Food Banks. At the 2006CBF Charitable Foundation meeting a newfocal group will be selected for 2007 - 2011.

Marilyn White of Toronto was re-elected tothe position of Chairperson of the CBFCharitable Foundation.

August 2005 13

JUNIOR MANAGERAPPOINTED

John Carruthers, ofToronto, has beenappointed as the new

CBF Junior Manager. John brings a wealth ofexperience to this position. He wasinstrumental in getting Canada involved inJunior Bridge and was the NPC of CanadianJunior Teams in 1991, 1993 and 1995. From1994 to 1996, John represented Zone III onthe CBF Board of Directors and was in chargeof the CBF Junior Program for the Board. Johnwas the driving force behind Canada’s bid tohost the 1997 World Youth TeamChampionship and he served as theChairperson of the event. John has justrecently won his fourth CNTC. Previousvictories were in 1983, 1987 and 1999. TheCBF welcomes John and the experience andexpertise that he brings to the job of JuniorManager.

ATTENTION ALL YOUTH BRIDGE TEACHERS

For just $1.00 a year CDN, the CBF will grantCBF membership to students under the age of19 who are graduates of or enrolled in aSchool Bridge Lesson Series program course.

Teachers can submit to the CBF a list ofstudents which includes: name, address, dateof birth and ACBL number, if applicable, alongwith $1.00 CDN for each student. Perhapslocal clubs or Units, if approached by theteacher, would be willing to pay the $1.00 onbehalf of these students. The CBF promisesthat the lists of Youth members will not begiven out to any other organization orcompany. Each teacher will receive BridgeCanada magazines for all students. The CBFwill use this list of Youth members to helpspread the word about CBF Junior programsand events.

JUNIOR BRIDGE UNIVERSITY BRIDGECHAMPIONSHIP ONLINE

The 2006 University Bridge WorldChampionships will take place in Chinaduring the summer. With a view tosending a Canadian Team, the CBFintends to organize a CanadianUniversity Championship (using theinternet) in the Spring of 2006. At its lastmeeting, the CBF Board of Directorsestablished a program to assistUniversity Bridge Clubs. Students (full orpart time) and lecturers born in 1978 orlater, attending university, college orCEGEP, who are interested inparticipating should contact the CBFhead office as soon as possible (seeinside front cover for contact details).

The CBF is trying to identify and contactany University Bridge Clubs or universitystudents who play bridge. If universityplayers are identified in universities thatdo not have bridge clubs, the CBF willhelp them set up bridge clubs oncampus and will provide them with startup materials for the club (cards, boards,books, teaching materials, papersupplies, etc). Once we have a list ofuniversity bridge players, the CBF willproceed in setting up a CanadianUniversity Team Championship.

Mr. George Retek of Montreal hasagreed to be the CBF official in chargeof the University Bridge Program. Namesand contact information for universityclubs or players should be sent toGeorge Retek or the CBF Office.

JUNIOR BRIDGE

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ERIN BERRY MEMORIAL FUNDThis fund was established in 2001 as atrust fund set up by the late Erin Berry’sfather, Larry Berry. The Trust Account ismeant to help Juniors 19 or youngerwith expenses incurred to attend bridgeevents and develop their bridge skills.The EBMF is used to help subsidizeYouth Category Canadian players whoare members of the CBF, for bridgerelated activities. In no case does anyindividual receive more than 75%subsidy to the bridge activity specifiedin a grant application.

For 2005 The Erin Berry MemorialFund awarded financial assistance tosix youth bridge players to help themattend the Can-At Regional inFredericton, NB. These players were:

Hershel Macaulay, Bedford, NS (17)Ethan Macaulay, Bedford, NS (15)Emily Logan, Moncton, NB (16)J. P. Laszchuk, Riverview, NB (16)Darcy Jones, Steeves, NB (15)Brendan Leblanc, Steeves, NB (14)

These six youths attended theRegional for the purpose of trainingand for selecting a team of four toattend the Canadian Junior Trials whichwill be held September 3- 5, 2005 inToronto at the Toronto GamesSectional.

The Erin Berry Memorial Fund will alsoprovide financial assistance to the fourplayers who attend the 2005 CanadianJunior trials.

To apply for an award from the ErinBerry Youth Memorial Fund, anapplication for funding must besubmitted to the CBF ExecutiveAssistant, Jan Anderson, by 10 May ofeach year. See www.cbf.ca for moreinformation.

ATTENTION: SECTIONALTOURNAMENT COORDINATORSYour players can earn 1.4 times as manyMasterpoints at your next SectionalTournament.

Schedule a one or two session CBFInternational Fund Event at yourtournament for only $1 CDN extra perplayer per session (money submitted toCBF). Masterpoint payout is 1.4 timesmore than a regular sectional event.

EVERYONE WINS!

10th WORLD YOUTHTEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sydney, Australia : Aug 8-17, 2005www.cbf.ca

As you read this magazine, the 2005 CanadianYouth Team will be competing at the 2005 WorldYouth Team Championships in Australia. TheCanadian Team is:

Jonathan Steinberg, NPC; GavinWolpert, Vincent Demuy, Daniel Lavee,David Grainger, Charles Halasi and TimCapes.

Please check the CBF website for up-to-dateinformation and results.

The CBF and our Canadian Youth Team wouldlike to thank the following for the support given tothem:

• Eric Kokish - team coach• ACBL Ontario Unit 166 - $4000 donation• David Cohen and DeakNet ComputerCorporation - donation of one set of team shirts• ACBL - entry fee plus team windbreakers• George Rosenkrantz• Rose Meltzer• Various other North American bridge playerswho donated money but wish to remainanonymous.

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TEACHING KIDS TO PLAY IN OTTAWA

23 CLASSES : 500 KIDSJohn Gillespie and Carole Berry teach kids to play during Math class.

by John Gillespie, Ottawa

A little over two years ago, Carole Berry wentlooking for the “joy of bridge” and hit the motherlode by teaching two classes of elementarystudents how to ruff and sluff. Carole enlisted meand with the help of the ACBL EducationFoundation and their Bridge in Schools program,we taught 23 classes totaling just under 500 kids ina number of Ottawa schools last term.

It has been quite a ride so far and I can see no endto the demand. Why? We don’t really know buthave several theories. Many of them change on adaily basis.

It may be as simple as being in the rightdemographic, 9-14 years old where the curriculumis not as serious as university preparation. Almostall of our classes are held weekly during a regularmath period.

We are very conscious of the fact that we aredealing with three separate audiences, the kids, theteachers and the parents. A non-bridge playingmath teacher is unimpressed with the dry mathvalue of the game but loves the social andteamwork aspects as well as the concentration andfocus required to perform the more simplecalculations at high speed.

One surprising side effect has been thenumber of students ranking highly in the endof course tournaments who are consideredto have behavioural problems. These kidsare just as bored with school as I was at thatage. To their teachers, the overall effect oftheir enthusiasm for bridge is by far the mostappealing aspect.

Parents like the idea that their kids can workon bridge for life as they would tennis or golfand meet and make friends all over theworld. We use a quote from Deng Xiaoping,roughly “I can tell more about a person’scharacter in two hours of playing bridge thanin twenty years of doing business”. Although

it was Nixon who gets credit for opening thedoor to China through ping-pong diplomacy,it was Kathy Wei and bridge that kicked it in.

We are also working on the theory thatgame-playing as a family activity is on therebound. A small number of parent-childbridge partnerships are popping up in thelocal clubs novice sections and that numberwill grow.

As for the kids, when the class is in line to berewarded for a good job on a non-bridge day,the teacher offers them a choice of funactivities and playing a few hands of bridge isthe runaway popular choice. The way they

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TEACHING KIDS TO PLAY IN OTTAWA : 23 CLASSES : 500 KIDS (Continued)

take to the game is unbelievable! We have agrowing bag of tricks to keep the lessons fun.

They learn our version of a bridge code ofconduct. It’s easy to cheat (and they will!)but a real bridge player doesn’t. This code ofconduct comes from the days of Whist. Whatdo you think King Arthur and his Knightswere doing around that round table?Historical accuracy and our students’imagination are strangers.

When it comes time to teach the finesse,they lay out the James Bond hand fromMoonraker, he holding

N

void M

void L

Q8765432 K

AQ1084opposite M’s N

10987 M

5432 L

void K

76532

And we walk them through the story and thehand with James declaring a contract of 7K

redoubled playing with his partner, M (or theBond girl, depending on the student) againstthe evil cheat Hugo Drax who holds a 31HCP hand that includes the K

KJ9 of clubswith his partner to lead. Our hero trumps theopening Jack of diamonds lead and wins all13 tricks by double finessing the clubs andtrumping the diamond suit as Drax drops theAce and King.

The hand introduces the idea of claiming (attrick 5) by counting out the hand but themain emphasis is on the finesse. During thepractice session that follows, we consult witheach and every declarer and help themidentify their “James Bond” opportunities.Taking a finesse or overbidding is known asa 007.

Another favorite lesson that breaks up someof the drier material is Bridge Lingo andAcceptable Trash Talking. That “joy of bridge”thing surfaces again when Carole walks by atable and a nine year old rueful rabbitexclaims, “Oh, Ms. Berry, I’m in the tank!”

We have had a great turnout for the NorthAmerican School Instant MatchpointChampionships each April and with the

support of our Unit 192, the Pierre TreuilMemorial Fund and too many others to list, weare now prepared to run special kids events atour Sectional and Regional Tournaments. Thekids are not really ready for these yet but weare convinced that if we make theseopportunities available, it’s only a matter oftime.

Towards the end of the course, we touch onduplicate and the various scoring methodsfrom total points to matchpoint and instantmatchpoint contests. Naturally, they don’t getit but it reinforces the variety and scope ofthe mental gymnastics involved in theirbridge playing future. They have beenintroduced to the game and have the next 5or 6 decades to work on it. Most of ourteachers ask us back in the next term tohelp them take the next step.

What is that next step? Again, we don’treally know but have several theories.

Teaching is a very giving profession and anumber of retired teachers are active in thelocal bridge scene. They continue to help usdevelop new and fun ways to get certainconcepts across in areas where we havedifficulties keeping the kids focused. Forexample, “Scoring is boring”.

The one thing they will not do is return to aclassroom and that is only fair. But as we areable to recruit more volunteers to help withthe increased demand, their assistance witheverything from the curriculum to classroommanagement techniques will be forthcomingand appreciated.

The demand for bridge in elementaryschools is set to take another jump in the fallthat is almost certain to outpace our currentcapacity and anyone who has predicted thedemise of our game is sorely mistaken. Wemay have lost a generation of bridge playersbut as they get closer to retirement in fifteenyears or so, could it be their kids that bringthem back to the game?

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TIPS AND PIPS

From the bidding and play to trick one, youcan calculate that declarer is going to takefive heart tricks, the ace of diamonds, anda ruff of his fourth diamond to bring histotal to seven tricks. He likely has the kingof spades, otherwise partner would havebeen able to take stronger action duringthe bidding. That makes eight tricks.

In spite of the fact that you know thatpartner can ruff a diamond, you can seethat your diamond spots are such that youhave two diamond tricks without a ruff, soyou look elsewhere for a good play. Youknow that partner has length in clubs forhis double, possibly a five card suit. Thereis no advantage to the defense in playing clubs. You have no tricks coming in that suit andcan only help declarer by leading one. Likewise, returning a trump will not help the defense.

Where is the jack of spades? If declarer has that card in addition to the king, he will maketwo spade tricks and his contract when you lead ace and another spade. But you realize thatif declarer is left to his own devices, he will draw the last trump, ruff his fourth diamond withdummy’s third trump, and then cash the ace of clubs and pitch a spade, making nine tricksanyway.

You see that playing ace and another spade will not cost, and in the actual hand, will resultin a one trick set. Lots of matchpoints for East-West!

THINKING ON DEFENSEby Jim Priebe

How do you see the defense?

You sit East during a competitive auction atmatchpoints. South’s 2K

over your strong 1NTshowed a one-suited hand. Partner’s doubleshowed clubs and competitive values. Theauction ends in a part score by South andpartner leads the ten of diamonds. Declarercovers with dummy’s jack, and your queen losesto declarer’s ace. Now Declarer lays down theking of hearts.

Partner’s lead is surely a doubleton, and as oftenhappens after a doubleton lead in an off suit, youhave a count on the whole hand. Declarer ismarked with at least ten cards in the red suits,leaving him at most three black cards. How doyou see the defense?

NORTHN

9 5 3 M

8 6 4 L

J 9 3 K

A 10 9 7 WEST EAST

N

A Q 4M

A 9L

10 L

K Q 8 7K

J 6 4 2

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH- - 1NT 2K

*Dbl* Pass Pass 2M

Pass Pass 3K

3M

All Pass

NORTHN

9 5 3 M

8 6 4 L

J 9 3 K

A 10 9 7 WEST EASTN

J 8 7 6 N

A Q 4M

3 2 M

A 9L

10 5 L

K Q 8 7K

K Q 8 5 3 K

J 6 4 2SOUTHN

K 10 2 M

K Q J 10 7 5 L

A 6 4 2K

void

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BRIDGE WEEK 2006

FEBRUARY 11-18, 2006

Delta Meadowvale Resort and Convention Centre6750 Mississauga Rd., Mississauga, ON L5N 2L3Phone: (905) 821-1981 Fax: (905) 542-4036

www.deltahotels.com$105 + taxes for single or double room.

Full schedule will be printed in the December BridgeCanada and posted on the CBF Website as soon as it isavailable.

2006 CANADIANINTERNATIONAL

FUND REGIONAL

The 2006 AnnualInternational FundRegional is being

held in conjunctionwith Bridge Week.

February 14- 19

A full schedule ofevents will beprinted in the

December issue of Bridge Canada

and posted on the website

www.cbf.caas soon as it is

available. See leftfor hotel details

and room rates.

PRE-QUALIFICATION IS NECESSARY

FOR THE CNTC-A, CNTC-B, CWTC, COPC.

CNTC-A and CNTC-B club qualifying rounds run from July 1 - October 15, 2005.

Zone Finals must be completed by December 19, 2005.Teams must confirm intent to play in National Final by January 1, 2006.

CWTC all Zones must have their teams decided by December 19, 2005 and teams must confirm their intent to play in the National Final by January 1, 2006.

COPC club qualifying rounds run from Sept 1 - Dec 31, 2006.

Watch www.cbf.ca for details on various Zone Finals.

1-800-463-9815Fax: 905-726-1504 bridge@vinceoddy.com

www.vinceoddy.com

BRIDGE CANADAPROOFREADERS!

Many thanks to proofreaders this issue: Nicholasand Judith Gartaganis, JohnArmstrong and JohnCarruthers. Editors Martine,Jude and CBF Exec.Assistant Jan are gratefulfor their volunteer time andefforts.

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LES CHAMPIONNATS CANADIENS 2005Un grand chelem

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Les championnats nationaux 2005 qui sesont déroulés à Montréal du 28 mai au 4 juinont été un succès sur toute la ligne.

Tout cela est dû, en grande partie, audévouement inlassable de Jean Castonguayqui s’est dédié corps et âme pour rendre cetournoi agréable et en faire une belleréussite. Merci aussi à tous ceux qui ontsecondé Jean sans relâche.

Financièrement, le tournoi a réalisé unsurplus de 22 178 $ grâce à :

La résidence de l’Université McGill dont leprix de location des salles était raisonnable ;

La Ligue de bridge de Montréal qui acontribué (1 000 $) au coût de location dessalles. (La LBM a tenu un régional pour lesmoins de 300 points de maître durant lestrois derniers jours où nous n’avions pasbesoin de tout l’espace que nous avionsloué.) ;

Tourisme Montréal qui a accordé unesubvention de 5 751 $ pour tenir cetévénement à Montréal ;

La Ligue de bridge de Montréal et VinceOddy Bridge Supplies qui ont fournigratuitement les étuis, tables et fournituresnécessaires pour le tournoi ; et

Une belleparticipation danstoutes lescompétitions.

L’hospitalité a étéexceptionnelle.Chaque soir, lesjoueurs ont puprofiter d’un endroitpour se rencontrerautour d’un lunchgénéreusement

arrosé de bière et de vin. Merci à BarbaraCorcoran et Barbara Hasting qui se sontrévélées des hôtesses incomparables. Ledéjeuner à la cafétéria de la Résidence del’Université McGill (inclus dans le prix deschambres) a aussi offert aux joueurs unexcellent point de rencontre.

La localisation du tournoi, dans un secteuranimé de Montréal, en a fait une semainetrès spéciale. Des restaurants nombreux etvariés, à quelques minutes à pied du site,(dont beaucoup permettaient d’apporter leurpropre vin) ont permis aux joueurs de sedétendre pendant la pause-repas.

Merci aussi au personnel de direction :Henry Cukoff, directeur en chef, JacquesLafrance, Mark Yudin et Sylvain Descoteaux.

Cette fois encore, la finale a pu être diffuséesur Bridge Base. Merci à Fred Gitelman et àson équipe et un merci tout particulier àDrew Cannell, notre opérateur à Montréal.

Enfin, un gros merci à tous ceux d’entrevous qui ont pris part aux compétitions deBridge Week 2005. Nous espérons vousrevoir l’an prochain à Mississauga en février2006.

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Les championnats canadiens par Martine Lacroix

Les championnats canadiens, qui ont pris fin le 5 juin dernier, ontcouronné de nouveaux champions.

Dans l’open, l’équipe Carruthers (John Carruthers, Boris Baran,Arno Hobart, Joey Silver, George Mittleman, Allan Graves) l’aemporté sur Gartaganis par 30 imps, 302 à 272.

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Chez les dames, l’équipe Cimon (FrancineCimon, Linda Lee, Dianna Gordon, BeverlyKraft, Joan Clinton, Barbara Eaton) a vaincuFoster par un marge équivalente, soit 150 à122.

Du côté des seniors, ce sont MichaelCummings, David Lindop, Joan et BillBowman qui ont emporté la victoire avec unrésultat de 192 à 135.

Finalement, en paires libres, Pierre-Daigneault et Waldemar Frukacz sont lesnouveaux champions avec un score final de422.39.

Les équipes des trois premières catégoriesreprésenteront le Canada aux championnatsdu monde qui auront lieu en novembre àEstoril au Portugal.

Pour les résultats complets et les photos desgagnants, consultez le site de la Fédérationcanadienne de bridge www.cbf.ca.

Un lent départ

J’ai pris part à la compétition par équipes dedames avec Maureen Beyrouti commepartenaire ainsi que Julie Fajgelzon et SylviaFay Caley comme coéquipières. La premièrepartie, d’une durée de trois jours, consisteen un round-robin (une poule commel’appellent les Français) où toutes leséquipes jouent un match l’une contre l’autre.Les quatre équipes qui terminent en tête duclassement ainsi obtenu accèdent à la semi-finale, un knock-out de 64 étuis, et les deux

équipes survivantes s’affrontent en finale, unknock-out de 72 étuis cette fois.

Il y avait 14 équipes dans notre section et, àla fin de la première journée, après quatrematchs, nous étions en onzième place. Pasfameux. Mais il ne faut pas se décourager etespérer que la journée du lendemain iramieux.

Quand on tire de l’arrière, il faut parfoisprendre certains risques. Nous avons besoinde gagner chaque match par une bonnemarge pour tenter d’obtenir le maximum depoints de victoire (25 par match) si nousvoulons remonter jusqu’à la quatrièmeplace. Il reste deux jours pour y arriver.

Au milieu de la deuxième journée, je relèvela main suivante alors que les trois autresjoueurs ont passé :

N

9862 M

R72 L

AD10 K

R106

Nous sommes vulnérables. Je vais ouvrir lesenchères, c’est sûr, mais comment ? Si aumoins je disposais du sans-atout faible dansmon arsenal, ce serait vite fait. Mais je ne lejoue pas. L’ouverture en mineure ne metente guère, car elle permet aux adversairesd’intervenir à bas niveau. Pourquoi pas une

ouverture à 1N

? Au moins, si le contrat sejoue à pique, je vois venir l’entame. Et puis,je ne risque pas de me ramasser à un paliertrop élevé puisqu’on joue le Drury à deuxniveaux. Et si Maureen répond 1SA forcing,je vais tout simplement passer. Enfin si lesadversaires s’en mêlent et que ma

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partenaire fait un barrage à 3N

, elle en auraau moins quatre et, même si je suis aupalier de trois, je serai dans un fit 4-4.Jusque là tout baigne, mais Maureen endécide autrement, elle saute directement à

4N

. Dans quel guêpier me suis-je fourrée ?

Donneur : OuestVul. : Nord/Sud

NordN

A D V 3M

10 6 4L

R 9 7 4 2K

8Ouest EstN

R 10 5 4 N

7M

A 9 5 M

D V 8 3L

8 6 3 L

V 5K

A 7 2 K

D V 9 5 4 3SudN

9 8 6 2M

R 7 2L

A D 10K

R 10 6

Ouest Nord Est SudPasse Passe Passe 1N

Passe 4N

Passe PassePasse

Entame : Le 3 de carreau.

Au moins, mon enchère a le mérite d’avoirplacé le déclarant du bon côté. Pris parNord, la chute est assurée sur l’entame àcœur. Je laisse venir l’entame vers ma maincapturant le Valet d’Est en passant. Jeprends l’impasse au Roi de pique et jerentre en main à l’As de carreau pour refairel’impasse à pique, sur lequel Est défausseun trèfle. Je tire l’As de pique, le Roi decarreau et le 9 de carreau sur lequel je medéfais d’un cœur. Ouest coupe… et ne peutplus faire chuter le contrat. Un beau 10imps.

De leur côté, mes coéquipières ne restentpas inactives.

Donneur : SudVul. : Tous

NordN

9 7M

10 5L

A 7 6 4 3 2K

6 3 2Ouest EstN

10 8 6 5 3 N

R 4 2M

8 3 M

R V 2L

D 5 L

R 10 9K

A D 8 4 K

10 9 7 5SudN

A D VM

A D 9 7 6 4L

V 8K

R V

Ouest Nord Est SudJulie Sylvia

— — — 1M

Passe 1SA* Passe 2N

Passe 3L

Passe 3M

Passe 4M

Passe PassePasse

* Forcing.

Entame : L’As de trèfle.

Même si elles jouent le sans-atout forcing,elles ont établi que l’ouvreur pouvait passer

avec un minimum et une main régulière; 2N

est une inversée montrant au moins cinqcœurs et quatre piques avec 16 points et

plus; 3L

est une enchère faible, pour jouer.Si Julie avait eu une main constructive, elleaurait fait une interrogative à 2SA. Sylvia ale choix entre passer ou montrer sonsixième cœur, mais ce faisant elle montreaussi quelques extras et se retrouve subitopresto à la manche.

Ce n’est pas un très bon contrat, mais il aune chance de réussir, particulièrement surune entame à trèfle. Ouest, qui a bienécouté les enchères, entame dûment trèfleet continue trèfle. Sylvia gagne du Roi,traverse au mort à carreau et prendl’impasse à pique, qui réussit. Elle poursuitavec l’As de pique et pique coupé avec le 10de cœur. Elle peut maintenant tirer un petitcœur vers sa Dame. Même si le Roi decœur avait été mal placé, elle aurait pu

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trouver le Valet d’atout doubleton et réussirson contrat. Une manche non déclarée àl’autre table.

La leçon à retenir est que lorsque votreéquipe est en arrière, vous pouvez choisird’y rester ou vous battre pour gagner desimps. À la troisième journée, nous avonsconquis la troisième place au deuxièmematch et nous y sommes restées jusqu’à lafin pour accéder à la semi-finale lelendemain.

Le vent dans les voiles

Nous voilà en semi-finale, fatiguées avantmême de commencer. Jouer à quatre rendl’épreuve encore plus difficile. Les journéessont longues, vous êtes toujours sur lasellette. Les seuls moments de repos sontceux où vous étendez le mort. Profitez-enpour relaxer et non pour compter les cartesqui passent. Laissez ce rôle à votrepartenaire et détendez-vous.

L’équipe adverse, Foster, avait le vent dansles voiles cette journée-là et nous leur avonsgracieusement concédé la victoire après letroisième segment. Cette donne vousdonnera un aperçu du vent qui soufflait cejour-là.

Votre main :

N

D1096 M

R43 L

— K

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Samantha Nystrom ouvre d’un cœur à votredroite, sa partenaire, Anna Boivin, répond

1N

, Samantha revient à 2L

, 3K

,quatrième couleur forcing par Anna, 3L

parl’ouvreur, confirmant un bicolore au moins

5-5, bientôt suivi par 4L

, 5L

, 6L

. Quelleest votre entame ?

Évidemment, cœur sous le Roi, dansl’ouverture de la déclarante ou pique, dansla première couleur du mort, ne sont guèretentants. Il ne reste que l’entame de l’As detrèfle, n’est-ce pas ?

La donne complète :

Donneur : SudVul. : Personne

NordN

A R V 5 4 3M

9L

R D V 7K

R 10Ouest EstN

D 10 9 6 N

2M

R 4 3 M

A 8 5 2L

— L

9 6 3K

A 8 7 6 4 3 K

D V 9 5 2SudN

8 7M

D V 10 7 6L

A 10 8 5 4 2K

–

Ouest Nord Est SudAnna Samantha

— — — 1M

Passe 1N

Passe 2L

Passe 3K

* Passe 3L

Passe 4L

Passe 5L

Passe 6L

Passe PassePasse

Entame : L’As de trèfle.

L’entame de l’As de trèfle est malheureuse.Samantha Nystrom coupe, rentre au mort àl’As de pique et défausse un pique sur le Roide trèfle. Samantha peut maintenant assurerson contrat contre tout bris 4-1 des piques.Elle coupe un pique avec le 10 de carreau,rentre au mort à l’atout, et coupe undeuxième pique avec l’As. Elle n’a plus qu’àretirer les atouts et réclamer son contrat.

La jeune Samantha Nystrom, en Sud, atrouvé que ses sept points d’honneur et sadistribution 6-5 valaient une ouverture (!) ,mais à l’autre table, Sud n’a pas ouvert lesenchères et le chelem a été déclaré parNord. Entame à trèfle par Est. Macoéquipière a bien tenté elle aussid’affranchir les piques par la coupe, maisEst a coupé au deuxième tour et s’estempressée d’encaisser l’As de cœur. Moinsun, perd 14 imps. Adieu, médaille d’or.

La quatrième place

De son côté, l’équipe Cimon (FrancineCimon, Linda Lee, Dianna Gordon, BeverlyKraft, Joan Clinton, Barbara Eaton) a connudes hauts et des bas. À la fin du round-robin, avant le dernier match, elle est encinquième position à 7 points de laquatrième place et à 9 points de latroisième. C’est beaucoup. Cela veut direqu’elle doit gagner le dernier match par unegrande marge afin de récolter le maximumde points de victoire (25). Si l’équipe qui esten quatrième place connaît un bon match deson côté (19 points de victoire ou plus), elleconservera sa place, même chose pournotre équipe qui était déjà en troisièmeplace. Un suspense jusqu’à la dernièreminute.

Donneur : SudVul. : Nord/Sud

NordN

R 10 9 6 3M

R D 10 4L

8K

10 6 4

Ouest EstN

4 N

D 8 7 2M

A 9 5 2 M

6 3L

D 7 L

V 10 9 5 2K

D V 7 5 3 2 K

R 9

SudN

A V 5M

V 8 7L

A R 6 4 3K

A 8

Ouest Nord Est SudFrancine Linda— — — 1SAPasse 2K

Passe 2L

Passe 3M

* Passe 3N

Passe 4N

Passe PassePasse

* Smolen : 5 piques et 4 cœurs.

Entame : La Dame de trèfle.

Il semble difficile de croire que la déclarante

a pu chuter à 4N

. La main de Nord n’a quetrois perdantes : 1 pique, 1 cœur et 1 trèfle

puisque la deuxième perdante à trèfles’évapore sur un carreau. Le coup estbeaucoup plus complexe qu’il n’en a l’air, lecontrat a chuté à plusieurs tables.

Francine Cimon en Ouest est à l’entame etsélectionne la Dame de trèfle. Sud prend del’As et joue As et Roi de carreau pourdéfausser un trèfle. Elle joue l’As de pique etpique au Valet, qui perd à la Dame d’Est.Linda Lee, en Est, encaisse le Roi de trèfleet fait couper le mort à carreau.

NordN

R 10M

R D 10 4L

— K

—Ouest EstN

— N

8 7M

A 9 5 2 M

6 3L

— L

10 9K

V 7 K

—SudN

5M

V 8 7L

6 4K

—

Le mort est réduit au même nombre d’atoutsqu’Est. Sud ne peut pas retirer les atouts,car quand elle va Déloger l’As de coeur,Francine va prendre et jouer ses trèflesmaîtres. La déclarante appelle donc le 4 decœur du mort, pour son Valet, que Francinelaisse passer. Sud n’a pas d’autre choix quede continuer cœur pour l’As d’Ouest.Francine fait couper le mort et c’en est faitdu contrat.

À l’autre table, Joan Eaton et BarbaraClinton jouent respectivement en Nord/Sud.L’entame à trèfle a été remportée parBarbara qui enchaîne avec l’As de pique etpetit pique vers le 10, conservant ainsi sonValet pour éviter la surcoupe à trèfle. LaDame de pique fait la levée et est suivie duRoi de trèfle. Ouest change ensuite àcarreau pour l’As du mort. Barbara se défaitd’un trèfle sur le Roi de carreau et retire lesatouts en prenant le Valet du Roi pourencaisser le 9. Elle peut déloger l’As decœur en toute tranquillité, car il lui reste

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encore un atout. Un gain de 12 imps.L’équipe Cimon a remporté le match par 34imps ce qui lui vaut 23 points de victoire.L’équipe qui occupait la quatrième positionn’a récolté que 13 points de victoire, Cimonest donc passée en quatrième position avec3 points de victoire de plus que sa rivale sequalifiant de justesse pour la semi-finale. Ilne lui en fallait pas plus pour atteindre aussila finale et enlever la médaille d’or.

Championnat de paires libres

Pierre Daigneault de Montréal et WaldemarFrukacz d’Ottawa ont remporté lechampionnat canadien de paires libres. Lalutte a été extrêmement serrée jusqu’à latoute dernière ronde où les champions ontimpérieusement besoin de deux bonnesmarques pour s’assurer la victoire.

Les deux dernières donnes offrentl’occasion à Pierre Daigneault de démontrerson savoir-faire.

Donneur : OuestVul. : Nord/Sud

NordN

7 4M

A R V 10 9L

A 7K

10 8 7 3Ouest EstN

8 5 N

D 6 2M

6 5 2 M

D 8 7 4L

6 3 2 L

R 10 9 5 4K

A R D V 6 K

4SudN

A R V 10 9 3M

3L

D V 8K

9 5 2

Ouest Nord Est SudPasse 1M

Passe 1N

2K

Passe Passe 3N

Passe 4N

Passe PassePasse

Entame : L’As de trèfle.

Pierre atteint d’abord ce contrat de 4 piques.Avec une petite longueur dans la couleuradverse, son partenaire ne s’attendait

sûrement pas à y perdre autant de levées.Le flanc encaisse trois plis à trèfle et changeau 2 de carreau après qu’Est ait signalé sonintérêt dans cette couleur. Pierre Daigneaultsait pertinemment qu’Ouest ne peut pasdétenir le Roi de carreau, pas plus que laDame de pique ou la Dame de cœur,puisqu’il n’a pas ouvert les enchères. Ilappelle donc l’As de carreau, prendl’impasse à la Dame de pique et défile tousses piques.

Voici la position à quatre cartes de la fin :

NordN

—M

A R V 10L

—K

—Ouest EstN

— N

—M

6 5 2 M

D 8 7L

6 3 L

RK

— K

—SudN

3M

3L

D VK

—

Sur le dernier atout, Est estirrémédiablement squeezé et doit jeter leRoi de carreau ou dégarnir la Dame decœur. Une belle récolte de 11 matchpointssur 12.

La donne suivante est tout aussi fructueuseet c’est encore grâce à un excellent jeu dela carte de Pierre Daigneault que la paireencaisse 10 matchpoints remportant dumême coup le championnat canadien depaires libres.

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ALERTE : Championnats du monde Du 9 au 24 juin 2006 Vérone, Italie

Toutes les compétitions seront transnationaleset ouvertes à tous. Si vous prévoyez participeraux Championnats du monde de 2006, vousdevez d’abord vous inscrire auprès de la FCB.Pour être éligible aux Championnats dumonde, vous devez être membre en règle de laFCB.

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Le Fonds commémoratif ERIN BERRYLe Fonds commémoratif Erin Berry a eu leplaisir d’offrir une aide financière aux jeunesjoueurs de bridge suivants pour leurparticipation au régional Can-At deFrédéricton, NB.

Hershel Macaulay, Bedford, NS, 17 ans.Ethan Macaulay, Bedford, NS, 15 ans.Emily Logan, Moncton, NB, 16 ans.J. P. Laszchuk, Riverview, NB, 16 ans.Darcy Jones, Steeves, NB, 15 ans.Brendan Leblanc, 14 ans.

Ces six jeunes ont participé au régional àtitre d’entraînement et de sélection pour laformation d’une équipe de quatre quiparticipera à la Sélection canadienne juniorqui se tiendra du 3 au 5 septembre 2005 àToronto pendant le Toronto GamesSectional.

Le Fonds procurera aussi une aidefinancière aux quatre joueurs quiparticiperont à la Sélection canadiennejunior 2005.

NOUVEAU GÉRANT DU PROGRAMMEJUNIOR DE LA FCB

John Carruthers, de Toronto, a été nommégérant du programme junior de la FCB. Johna une vaste expérience en la matière. Il acontribué à impliquer le Canada dans lebridge junior. Il a été capitaine non-joueur del’équipe junior canadienne en 1991, 1993 et1995. De 1994 à 1996, John a représenté laZone III au conseil d’administration de laFCB où il était en charge du programmejunior. C’est grâce à lui que le Canada a étél’hôte des Championnats du monde junior en1997, événement qu’il a présidé. John vientde remporter pour la quatrième fois le titrede champion canadien dans le CNTC. Lesautres victoires remontent à 1983, 1987 et1999. La FCB lui souhaite une chaleureusebienvenue et est heureuse qu’il mette sonsavoir au service de ce programme.

BRIDGE DANS LES UNIVERSITÉSLa FCB essaie d’identifier et de contactertous les clubs de bridge universitaires (oucollégiaux) ainsi que tous les étudiants deniveau universitaire (ou collégial) qui jouentau bridge. S’il y a des universités (oucégeps) qui n’ont pas de club de bridge, laFCB peut les aider à mettre sur pied unclub de bridge sur le campus en leurfournissant tout le matériel requis (cartes,étuis, livres, matériel d’enseignement,fournitures, etc.) La FCB veut mettre surpied un Championnat canadien universitairepar équipes dans le but de représenter leCanada au Championnat mondialuniversitaire 2006 en autant que lefinancement soit assuré par des sourcesindépendantes.

M. George Retek de Montréal est lereprésentant officiel de la FCB en charge dubridge universitaire. Les noms des joueurset des responsables de clubs universitairesdoivent être envoyés à George Retek ou aubureau de la FCB.

À CEUX QUI ENSEIGNENT AUX JEUNES

Les jeunes de 19 ans et moins inscrits à uncours de bridge ou ayant complété un coursde bridge, pourront devenir membres pourseulement 1 $ CDN par année, le resteétant subventionné par la FCB. Nousdemandons aux enseignants de soumettrela liste de leurs élèves éligibles auprogramme en incluant : leurs nom,adresse, date de naissance et numérod’ACBL s’ils en ont un, accompagné d’undollar par élève. Les enseignants peuventdemander une aide financière à leur club ouà leur unité pour couvrir le coût d’adhésionde 1 $. La FCB garantit que la liste desélèves ne sera pas remise à aucune autreorganisation ou entreprise. La FCB enverraaux enseignants un exemplaire additionnelde Bridge Canada pour chaque élève inscritet utilisera la liste des jeunes pour diffuserl’information concernant les programmes etles événements de la FCB accessibles auxjuniors.

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IN THE NEWS

inthenewswww.bridgeiscool.com

Simpson Communications LLC hasbeen hired by the ACBL to helpcreate more interest in bridgeamong the younger generation. OnAug. 16, a major part of thecompany’s efforts will go live. It’swww.bridgeiscool.com, a web sitejust for young people aimed atbuilding a bridge community amongthem. It will feature minibridge,bridge, video, lots of data and linksto other bridge sites.

The Simpson company – withoffices in Williamsburg VA,Washington DC and Chicago – willalso be building alliances with 14national organizations, including theYMCA and the Girl Scouts, to getthem to help introduce bridge toyoung people. There will also betraditional marketing efforts such astee shirt and wrist band giveaways.

The company was hired on theinitiative of Linda Granell, ACBL’sdirector of marketing. Simpsonbelieves the elements for successare there to position bridge asbeing, fun, hip and cool.

MONCTON CITY BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPSThe Moncton Annual City Bridge Championshipheld in April had 139 students playing bridge andmini bridge. President Mike Hartop sends outthanks to sponsors School District 2, Magnetic HillSchool, Unit 230, Moncton Bridge Club Volunteers,Blue Cross and the bus drivers. Winners of theBridge Division were : Justin Sprott & Ryan Kanefrom Lou McNarin Middle School. Second wereSean Carson & Jeremy Bourque from LewisvilleMiddle School. Winners of the Mini-bridge Divisionwere Sabrina Veneau & Jessica, from Magnetic Hillschools and Jordon Breckenridge & BrandonLerette from Edith Cavell.

CANADA’S FIRST LIFE MASTER WINS VONZEDTWITZ AWARD IN ACBL HALL OF FAMEThe late Percy Sheardown received the vonZedtwitz Award at the NABC in Atlanta this July.Ralph Cohen spoke of Sheardown’s manyaccomplishments. He won the first Chicago Board-a-Match Teams, now the Reisinger. He wasCanada’s first Life Master in 1948. Even moreimpressive, however, was the effort he devoted topromoting and mentoring bridge players. Cohenlisted a who’s who of Canadian bridge stars whopassed through Sheardown’s bridge club andbenefited from his teaching.

CANADA ON TVThe Canadian Television Network has contributed$300,000 for a documentary about some ofCanada’s brightest bridge players. Director AndyPedersen and cinematographer Warren Jefferieswere shooting during the Spingold KO Teams inAtlanta. Filming began during the Orlando NABC

last fall and hasfollowed severalplayers throughout theyear. He also filmed atthe Cavendish andBridge Week and willtravel to the WorldJunior TeamsChampionship inAustralia this summerand the World OpenPairs in Verona, Italy,next year.

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