Career
During his career as a bridge journalist he spent a period as bridge editor for The Times, and was editor of British Bridge World, World Bridge News and the International Bridge Press Association Bulletin. He was also a contributing editor of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge. He wrote ten books, all but one in collaboration with Terence Reese.
He was the Executive Assistant to the World Bridge Federation (WBF) President from 1982 to 1986.
Dormer was the Reuters correspondent at world bridge championships during the 1970s and 1980s, and bridge correspondent of The Times for four years from 1990. He was the International Bridge Press Association (IBPA) Personality of the Year in 1981.