French Bridge Federation
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 , 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.