About me

My name is Dom Rayner and Im a professional Bridge coach.

I learnt to play bridge in quite an unusual way. When I was about 8 years old, my Mum and Dad decided to have private lessons on a recommendation of a friend of theirs. As a youngster fascinated by cards I used to come home from school and watch them play bridge for hours at a time, but I never actually played.

Then fast forward 11 years to when I was 19 and one day my Mum randomly asked if I would like to go to the bridge club with her to play. I gave it some thought as I had heard the stigma about the game, but decided I had nothing to lose so I gave it a go.

When I began to play it was as if someone had taught me in my sleep! Within a few weeks I had progressed beyond the lesson structure at my local club (Sheffield) and I was ready to play in club duplicate sessions.

A few months later and I was noticed by someone at Sheffield who recommended me to the England u20s squad. When I received the invite to attend the training weekends with the England squad of course I accepted immediately! Given my age I moved up to the u25s squad within a year, and I still go down to training weekends in London now. These sessions training with internationals is what has really brought my bridge on leaps and bounds.

Learn bridge with Dom Rayner

I teach every level, from complete beginner through to experienced players who want to sharpen their game. If you’re brand new, you’ll start with mini bridge and move on to bidding, basic play and more.

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