CBF CODE OF CONDUCT
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BRIDGE IS COOL . COM
Lots of information, links, news, and more on the ACBL’s new website designed for Youth and Junior players. www.bridgeiscool.com

GREAT JUNIOR LINKS
Lots of links and newsy items can be found on the Great Bridge Links Junior Page - Click Here

Be sure to check out the new WBF Youth Bridge website!
www.wbfyouth.org

ACBL MASTERPOINT RACES Current Results are online at the ACBL site. ::>

John Carruthers Trophy

The John Carruthers Trophy is awarded to participants in the World Junior Teams Click Here

CBF JUNIOR NEWS

Nader Hanna has been appointed the new CBF Junior Manager, effective immediately. Over the next few months, Nader will be in contact with all the Canadian junior players. Working with Eric Kokish, he will plan a training program that will lead to the selection of the 2008 Canadian Junior Teams. The selection criteria are a work in progress.

Contact Nader Hanna click here

Erin Berry Memorial Fund Report
This fund was established in 2001 as a trust fund set up by Erin Berry's father, Larry Berry. The Trust Account is meant to help Junior players 19 or younger with expenses incurred to attend bridge events.

The Trustees of the Erin Berry Memorial Fund met in Montreal in May and made the following grants to Canadian Youth Bridge players:

Tom Walsh of Saskatoon, SK
$900 to attend the Youth NABC in Atlanta
in July 2008

John Maguire of Moncton, NB
$750 to attend the Youth NABC in Atlanta
in July 2008

Jonathan Pugsley of Riverview, NB
$750 to attend the Youth NABC in Atlanta
in July 2008

Tyler Miton of Riverview, NB
$750 to attend the Youth NABC in Atlanta
in July 2008

The Trustees also set aside $6,500 for requests for financial help from eligible youths attending the 2009 FISU World Bridge Championships in Poland in September and the 1st World Mind Sport games in Beijing, China in October.

For information on how to apply to the Erin Berry Memorial Fund Click Here

UPCOMING EVENTS

1st World Youth Bridge Championships
Yeditepe University, Istanbul Turkey
Aug 15-23, 2009
CLICK HERE for POSTER
www.worldbridge.org

2nd Annual Youth North American Bridge Championship
July 30-Aug 1, 2009 Washington DC
Find out more www.youthnabc.org

Junior Games on Bridge Base Online
Every second sunday of the month a pairs championships for students and youth on BBO. Games can be as big as 130 pairs. All information about it is on www.unibridge.org. Note, BBO is now cross-platform with the new BBOTV which allows play without having to download software. Perfect for mac users, but also for playing from libraries and cyber cafes that do not allow downloads.

Erin Berry Fund Deadline : May 15
This fund was established in 2001 as a trust fund set up by Erin Berry’s father, Larry Berry. The Trust Account is meant to help Juniors 19 or younger with expenses incurred to attend bridge events. The Memorial Fund will be used to help subsidize Youth Category Canadian players, who are members of the CBF, for bridge related activities. In no case will any individual receive more than 75% subsidy to the bridge activity. More info here

Le Fonds commémoratif Erin Berry : Le Fonds Erin Berry est un fonds fiduciaire qui a été mis sur pied par Larry Berry (le père d’Erin Berry) en 2001. Le Fonds est utilisé pour attribuer des subventions aux jeunes bridgeurs canadiens (âgés de 19 ans et moins), membres de la Fédération canadienne, pour toute activité reliée au bridge. En aucun cas, un individu ne pourra recevoir une subvention couvrant plus de 75% des frais encourus pour une telle activité. Pour faire une demande de subvention au Fonds commémoratif Erin Berry, il faut remplir une demande d’application et la soumettre à la Secrétaire-Trésorière de la FCB avant le 15 mai de chaque année. Voir notre site web ici pour plus de détails.

CHINA: The World University Championships in Tianjin, China 21-27 Oct 06. Canadian Team - Charles Halasi, Anton Blagov, Daniel Korbel, Susan Korbel, David Sabourin, Brian Hardy. NPC: Bryan Maksymetz. CHAMPIONSHIP PAGE including bulletins, links, photos and Daily Blog from Bryan Maksymetz, click here :::>

Canada at the 2006 World Youth Championships. Click here ::>

KEITH VEALE : Canada’s Youngest LM

Keith Veale, of Ottawa ON, has broken the Canadian record for youngest Life Master. Veale, who earned his gold card at the age of 12 years, 10 months, broke the record previously held by Ottawa neighbor David Sabourin, whose record was 14 years, 11 days in 1998. Veale started playing three years ago with his grandfather, Brian. He is in the seventh grade at D. Roy Kennedy Public School.

CBF Establishes a Code of Conduct - The complete Code of Conduct and the Release Form (English and French) can be printed or downloaded from this web site in PDF form.You will need a free copy of Adobe Acrobat reader to view this file. If you do not already have it installed, then CLICK HERE for free downloading. For a page on reading PDF files, click here ::>

Code of Conduct & Release Form English PDF Click here
Code of Conduct & Release Form French PDF Click Here