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.

Due to an administrative error in the scoring at the resent Summer Pairs competition it was discovered that Sue and Chris had won the Handicap prize. Theirs is a fairly new partnership and achieving a score of 49.37 % was an excellent result. Derek made a presentation to them at the club’s duplicate evening. Many congratulations to you both and may your success continue.

• Autumn Festival on Sunday September 13
• Suffolk Congress Swiss Pairs on Saturday October 10

        Details of these events and links to the entry forms are further down the page

Dovercourt Bridge Cub had four entries in this year’s Summer Pairs the most successful pair on the day was Bob and Marlene gaining fifth place. Well done to everyone that took part. A good day was had by all. 

Fourteen players from our small club travelled to Bury Saint Edmunds to take part in the Cafe Bridge. Nighty eight couples took part with Barry and Klaas gaining the highest ranking on the day 😁. This is a most enjoyable event which must involve a tremendous amount of organisation. Our thanks go to Derek and his team for creating such a fantastic event.

The Suffolk Bridge AGM was held at Elmswell on Sunday May 17. We had eight entries from Dovercourt players which is quite remarkable. There were thirty entries.  The best pair on the day happened to be Bob and Marlene who came third with Barry and Allen just behind in fifth. It was Kay’s very first competition and she throughly enjoyed the experience looking forward to the next event. Thanks to Chris, Simon, Ken and Kay for swapping around to help make a full table.

Our Dutch friends will be travelling to Harwich on Friday 28th August for the weekend to play for the Zealand Cup. Saturday afternoon will be a friendly match and you are all welcome to play. Saturday will be the evening meal (venue to be decided) everyone welcome. Sunday afternoon we will play for the Zealand Cup. Six pairs are travelling over. The committee will decide our six pairs from people who host in some way or are actively involved in organising the weekend. More details to follow.

Debbie, Martin, Marlene and Bob represented our club at the 2025 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.

See further down the page for details of the 2026 event!

Click HERE to see the Autumn Festival entry form.

Click HERE to see the Suffolk Congress Swiss Pairs entry from