French Bridge Federation

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The French Bridge Federation (French: Fédération Française de Bridge - FFB) is the national organization for bridge in France.^[1] The president is Patrick Grenthe and the treasurer is Guy Auer. There are also three vice-presidents and 29 regional committees, whose chairmen compose a federation council (conseil fédéral). The headquarters of the French Bridge Federation is in Saint-Cloud, near Paris.^[2] It was founded in 1933 and is the third largest bridge federation in the world with over 100,000 members.^[3]

The federation also organizes the French Bridge Championship (Championnat de France de bridge).

Organisation

President: Patrick Grenthe
Vice-president (Communications, development, marketing): Patrick Bogacki
Vice-president (competitions, international): Jean-Daniel Chalet
Vice-president (Bridge university): Pierre Saguet
Treasurer: Guy Auer
General secretary: Patern Henry

The president, the vice-presidents, and the general secretary are elected to 4-year terms.

French bridge players

Pierre Albarran, player and theorist
Jean-Daniel Chalet, vice-president of the French Bridge Federation
Pierre Jaïs, world champion
Michel Lebel [fr], world champion
Philippe Soulet, world champion
Roger Trézel, world champion

References

^ "Fédération Française de Bridge". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "Fédération française de bridge". Bibliothèque Nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "France". World Bridge Federation. Retrieved 23 July 2016.