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Eric Crowhurst è nato nel 1937 a Crawley una cittadina del West Sussex situata un centinaio di Km. a Sud di Londra ed ha studiato alla Scuola Superiore di Leighton Park School ed alla Università di Southampton dove è divenuto Dottore Commercialista.
Ha lavorato per molti anni presso la fabbrica di birra Courage che si trova nella città di Reading circa 70 Km ad Ovest della capitale.
Sposato con Anne dal 1976, hanno avuto due figlie.
Eric colse molti successi a livello nazionale arrivando a conquistare la Gold Cup nel 1971 e la Crockford's Cup nel 1980, ma certamente è più noto come scrittore e teorico.
Testi come Precision Bidding in Acol, Understanding Acol (The Good Bidding Guide) e Acol in Competition hanno avuto grande rinomanza nei Paesi di lingua anglosassone.
Articolista famoso, come teorico della licita ha ideato la prima check back della storia del Bridge che portava il suo nome (la 2♣ Crowhurst).
Scomparve a Reading
il 30 maggio del 2012.
He
married Anne in 1976 and they had two daughters.
Eric achieved great success in bridge. He
played five matches for England in the Camrose Trophy and
coached the national women’s team in the 70s. He was in teams
that won the Gold Cup in 1971 (and were runners-up in 1977), the
Hubert Philips Bowl in 1979, the Crockford’s Cup in 1980, the
Spring Fours in 1980, 1981 and 1991, and the Autumn Congress
Teams in 1965. He won the Two Stars Pairs in 1967 and the Life
Masters pairs in 1969 and 1972. He became a Grand Master in
1975, the thirteenth player to reach this rank, and in 2007
became a Premier Grand Master when that rank was introduced.
At county and club level he won most of
the trophies at least once and also served on committees. He
was made a life member of Berks & Bucks County Bridge
Association.
He wrote several books and was always
thinking about developments to make bidding more precise.
The ones that are most well-known are
Precision Bidding in Acol (1974) and Acol in Competition
(1980). The first check-back convention bears his name. He
wrote regular articles for newspapers and magazines here and in
the US. He helped the game develop through his lucid
explanations of Acol theory and through teaching.
He was always
willing to offer advice, if asked, and it was common for
opponents meeting Eric for the first time to confess that his
books were their “bible”.
Crowhurst died in 2012 in Reading.
Crowhurst
was born in Crawley in 1937, educated at Leighton Park School and Southampton
University, qualified as a Chartered Accountant, and worked for many years for
Courage Brewery in Reading.
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