The club was founded in 1959 and currently has 34 members. We meet twice a week, on Monday afternoons we play Chicago and on Thursday evenings we play Duplicate.

New members are always welcome, with or without partners.

We also have a close relationship with the Hook of Holland (Hoekse) Bridge Club. Every September we play them for the Zeeland Cup, an arrangement that has been ongoing for 37 years.  

Following the 2024 competition the Hoekse Bridge Club hold the trophy.

 There will be no bridge on Thursday 25th and the 1st of January. There will be bridge on Monday 22nd but not on Monday 29th as everyone is busy eating leftover turkey and mince pies. The hall is being decorated on Monday 5th January so bridge will start Thursday 8th and Monday 12th January. May I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy, healthy and wealthy Christmas and may 2126 bring you good health and a lovely holiday. 🤶🎄🎅

What a lovely, fun evening made really enjoyable by such friendly people. Martin gained first prize on the evening by scoring over 3,000 Debbie came second with just over 1,000. On Monday we play Chicago bridge and play for two cups. Jo won the cup for getting the most slams over the year and I won the Kitty Edmunds cup for obtaining the top ten highest scores over the year. I would like to thank everyone who makes our bridge club such an enjoyable place to come to. We really appreciate our friends who travel from Colchester to join us. Have a wonderful, healthy happy Christmas. 

The Club Qualifying Heat for the Suffolk Championship Pairs will be held on February 5 as part of our normal Club Pairs. All are welcome and you will be asked whether or not you wish to enter the heat before play starts. You can only attempt to qualify once.

No need to sign up - just treat it as a normal club night. The full rules are below:

Championship Pairs 2025-6

The format for this year’s competition is as follows:-

Heats to be held in clubs during January/February 2026 - the heats should be F2F. There will be an online open heat for anyone who has missed their club heat, hosted by Abbeygate Bridge club on Monday 23 February 2026. 

All players who achieve 50% or more in a club heat will be eligible to take part in the Championship Pairs final at Elmswell on Sunday 19 April  2026.  

Players may only attempt qualification once - players will be asked if they wish to attempt qualification before play starts.

Any out-of-county players who achieve more than 50% in a heat will not be eligible to play in the final since the top three pairs in the final will be invited to represent Suffolk in the Corwen Trophy, which will take place F2F in Nottingham, on 30/31 May 2026. 

NGS 2-9 players can attempt qualification in the main competition as well as playing in the 9 High qualifier on 29 March 2026. If successful in both they can choose which final to play in.  The 9 High final will be online on 30 May 2026

Dovercourt Bridge Cub had two entries in the recent Summer Swiss Pairs. Bob and Marlene came first and Debbie and Martin came third. Really wonderful results.

Click HERE to see all the Summer Swiss Pairs results

Debbie, Martin, Marlene and Bob represented our club at the resent Suffolk Congress. Eleven teams took part playing ten four board rounds. At the end of an enjoyable day they gained second place missing first place by just one point. Another achievement for our small club.