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The competition programme for 2026 is now available under the competitions tab.

Folkestone bridge club welcomes players of all abilities from beginners to advanced players.
Welcome to Folkestone Duplicate Bridge Club Website

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

Our Monday session starts at 2:00 p.m.at Folkestone Baptist ChurchPlease be there by 1:50 p.m. so that the session can be set up.Visitors are welcome on Mondays (Table money £4).

On Thursday evening we join with Retford bridge club on Real bridge.Details of how to do this can be found by clicking Thursday online bridgefrom the menu on the left.

 

We welcome new members to the club including beginners.

You can find details of our BRIDGE CLASSES below.

 

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Bridge Classes and Gentle Duplicate

Our bridge teachers Teachers run the following classes.

 

Our EBTA  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 EBTA Teacher, Mark Rixon, runs classes in his home in Dover.

Mark has started a beginners class in September and there are still

spaces for those wanting to learn from the beginning.

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 us in advance.

 

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Online bridge.

Due to falling numbers Folkestone bridge club no longer plays online on a Thursday evening.

We are however concious that there are players still wishing to play online and after some

research we have made arrangements to play online with Retford bridge club.

The details are below.

 

" Retford Bridge Club ( Nottinghamshire )  https://www.bridgewebs.com/retford/ play RealBridge on Thursday evenings,

in association with Allendale BC ( in Dorset ) . 

Play starts at 7.15 and comprises 24 boards. There is no online event entry form ; instead you join no later than 7.05 by clicking on " RealBridge login" in the Calendar box on the right hand side of the Retford BC website. 

Table money is £1.20 per player . You can play three times as a guest . Annual membership is £5, which can be gift aided, as the club is a Registered Charity . 

 

Payments are made by BACS to 

 The Retford Bridge Club ( The " The" is required ! ) 

 60-17-28

 0680 3946 

For "Reference"  , you use RB Fred Bloggs for table money and Mem Fred Bloggs for annual membership.

You are asked by Roger Stock ( roger.retfordbc@outlook.com)  ,the club treasurer,  to email him after you have made the BACS transfer .

 

Before playing for the first time, you are asked to put £1.20 per player into their club account and to email Roger Stock to give your names . Please tell him that you have come from Folkestone DBC. 

If, after playing at Retford for 1,2 or 3 sessions, you wish to join, then you email the membership secretary and they will send you a membership application form . " 

 

This page

https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwor/bw.cgi?club=retford&pid=display_people1

Takes you to the committee members page and you can email the membership secretary (and Roger Stock) directly from there.

 

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Do you need a partner?

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.

 

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The Dover Cup.

Competing for “The Dover Cup”

Last year a team from Folkestone won the cup. 

That team is entering again but we would encourage

other teams from Folkestone to enter this competition.

The details are below.

 

Saturday 28th November 2026 11.00am

Enjoy playing bridge in the comfortable surroundings at

Deal & Dover Bridge Club, Downs Sailing Club, The Strand, Deal, CT14 7DY

There will be two sessions comprising 7 X 7 Board Matches (This may vary depending on the number of teams).

Estimated conclusion – 6 pm

Director: Paul Gibbons

Tea or coffee & biscuits available during the sessions.

Please make your own Lunch arrangements

There is ample street parking close to the Club.

 

Entries will be accepted on a Club basis.

More than one team from each club is permitted and encouraged team members

must be registered to the club at least three months before the Championship

Entry fee £40 per team

Closing Date: 20th November 2026

Please book your entry by completing an entry form and returning it by email to

Mike Burney-Cumming at mbc@argys.co.uk

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Running our bridge club.
Running our bridge club.

Scoring.

In order to decide the winners of each event every board has to be scored.

This was traditionally done using paper travellers and the scorers had to physically record everyones result on every board.

For most movements that would be around 250 individual results to score and the results for each pair would then need to be added up.

A mammoth task.

It is therefore not a surprise that modern bridge clubs now use computers to help with the scoring.

We use machines called Bridgemates and there is one program that controls these

and a second program (Scorebridge) that takes in all the Bridgemate information and porduces a result.

When players meet Bridgemates for the first time they can be intimidated by the technology and a "fear of getting it wrong"

There isn't any real need to worry as it is almost impossible to break a Bridgemate machine and any input errors can easily be put right by the director.

Despite the fact that computers now do the scoring they still need to be told what to do and our experienced scorers are also aware of how to fix problems if they arise.

Modern developmemts in scoring include using apps on mobile phones which provide a coloured, more user friendly and cheaper alternative to  Bridgemates.

A single Bridgemate can cost around £200. Your committee will look into these alternatives when our Bridgemates eventually retire.

Many thanks to everyone both past and present who has given up their time to do our scoring.

We are always looking for more helpers to run our club and you are interested in scorong we can give you some great training.

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Master Point Promotions

Congratulations on the latest Master Point promotions.

Pat Denne-Creron  Area Master

 

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Competition winners 2025
Competition winners 2025
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Results
CLUB PAIRS
Director: Shirley Goldwin
Scorer: Andy White
CLUB PAIRS
Director: David Ellerby/Mark Rixon
Scorer: Andy White
GENTLE DUPLICATE
Director: Shirley Goldwin
Scorer: Andy White
Calendar
21st Sep 2026
CLUB PAIRS
2.00PM
Director: David Ellerby/Mark Rixon
Scorer: Andy White
21st Sep 2026
GENTLE DUPLICATE
Director: Shirley Goldwin
28th Sep 2026
CLUB PAIRS
2.00PM
Director: David Ellerby/Mark Rixon
Scorer: Andy White
28th Sep 2026
GENTLE DUPLICATE
Director: Shirley Goldwin