To members and friends of Folkestone Duplicate Bridge Club 

At our recent AGM I was pleased to be elected as your Chairman for 2025. May I start by thanking David Ellerby our outgoing Chairman. David has served our club extremely well over the last 10 years and I wish him well in his ‘sort of’ retirement. I write ‘sort of’ because he will continue to direct sessions and will be on hand to answer my many queries in the coming months. Whilst I do not have bridge gravitas ( I’m only a beginner with 8 years experience) I do have lots of chairmanship experience, common sense and, most importantly, I have inherited a very competent committee. As a committee we will strive to maintain the club at the high standard our members have come to expect. 

With best wishes

Jan Stanyon

FDBC Chairman 

We play face-to-face on Mondays, and online on Thursdays.

Our Monday session starts at 2:00 p.m.at Folkestone Baptist Church. Please be there by 1:50 p.m. so that the session can be set up.Our Thursday evening sessions alternate monthly between BBO (even numbered months) and RealBridge (odd numbered months) Both Realbridge and BBO sessions start at 7pm.Table money will be £3 for face-to-face and Realbridge and $4 for BBO.

Visitors are welcome on Mondays (Table money £4) and guests of members are welcome online.

We welcome new members to the club including beginners.

You can find details of our BRIDGE CLASSES below.

The club operates a partner finding service.

If you are looking for a partner please email Ruth (ruthnmal@hotmail.com) or phone her on  07538 426180 at least 24 hours in advance, that is by 2.00 pm on Sunday for face-to-face or by 7.00 pm on Wednesday for our online games. The earlier you let Ruth know, the more likely it is that a partner will be found for you. You will be notified by Ruth either by noon on Monday or by 3.00 pm on Thursday with your partner's details. In the case of online on a Thursday, please ensure that you enter the competition on the website by 4.00 pm in the normal way.

Please note that the electronic partner finding system that we trialled  on this website is no longer available.

Our Professional EBU Teacher, Chris Lohan, runs the following classes in her home:

Thursdays  10.00 am to 12.00 noon IMPROVERS

Fridays       10.00 am to 12.00 noon INTERMEDIATES

Tel: 01303 891162,  Email:  oakrise@uwclub.net

Our EBU Associate Teacher, Shirley Goldwin, runs classes in her home in Mersham.

Please contact Shirley for further details on 01233 501871 or shirley.goldwin@gmail.com

Our EBU Associate Teacher, Mark Rixon, runs  BEGINNERS classes.

Please contact Mark for further details on 07753 201859 or msrixon@sky.com

Gentle Duplicate for less experienced players runs alongside

the main movement on Monday afternoons. 

Anyone wishing to join in should contact Chris in advance.