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Andrew  ROBSON

 Andrew Robson è nato a Chester nel 1964, dopo aver studiato psicologia all'Università di Bristol, ha conseguito una laurea in matematica e oggi vive a Wimbledon (Londra) dove è considerato il miglior insegnante di bridge inglese ed uno dei più forti giocatori d'oltremanica.

 Andrew si è messo in mostra vincendo i Campionati Mondiali Juniores nel 1989 e quelli Europei due anni più tardi.

 Sposato con Lorna che vive a Putney, ha due figlie.

 Dopo aver conquistato la sua fama come insegnante presso l'Acol Bridge Club, Andrew ha deciso di aprire un suo Circolo a Londra nella zona di Chelsea: l'Andrew Robson Bridge Club.

 Come giocatore ha anche conquistato tra l'altro: diversi piazzamenti nella Cap Gemini di cui è uno specialista, la Volmac nel 1993 e la Reisingers due volte, nel 1998 e nel 1999. 

 In passato Robson è venuto alla ribalta delle cronache per un disgraziato incidente che lo ha visto precipitare in un crepaccio durante una passeggiata in montagna con complicazioni che sembravano irreversibili.

Tuttavia dopo soli sei mesi di coraggiosa riabilitazione, Andrew ha smentito ogni previsione dei medici, si è ripreso ed è subito tornato al tavolo da bridge, e come al solito ha vinto!

Andrew è anche un articolista di successo ed è ben nota a tutto il mondo anglofono la sua rubrica su The Times.

Andrew Robson is best known for his daily Bridge column in The Times; he also runs a highly successful Bridge Club in South West London (employing, amongst others, David Bakhshi). See www.arobson.co.uk for more details.

Andrew is married with two young daughters, Hannah and Mimi. He and his wife Lorna live in Putney.

A trained schoolteacher, Andrew's ability and love of teaching the game has seen him head many seminars around the country. Indeed he is leading a Northern Lecture Tour in September this year, just prior to leaving for Istanbul.

Andrew nearly lost his life a few years ago in a serious hill-walking accident in the Lake District . Airlifted off the mountain, he was in hospital for two months and in a wheelchair for much longer. For his brave recovery, he received the rarely given Sportsman of the Year" award in 2001.

Oh - I nearly forgot - what about Andrew's Bridge-playing. He learnt about aged 10 with his brothers (he has two younger ones, James and Rupert, neither of whom play any serious Bridge these days) under the initial tutelage of his parents (whom he now teaches at his Club). He pored over Bridge books as a teenager - particularly remembering Culbertson's Red Book which was in the school library - being particularly interested in card-play.

Into his Twenties and Andrew begun a Junior Bridge partnership with John Pottage (who has since stopped playing), with whom he won the Common Market and World Championships, both in 1989. When he turned 25 and Junior Bridge was a thing of the past, England 's number one player Tony Forrester asked him to play. Their partnership was to last seven years and saw many trophies lifted. The highlights were winning the European Championships in 1991 (remarkably the only time he has played in the event), the prestigious Cap Gemini and the Sunday Times-Macallan.

Since the partnership with Forrester was disbanded, Andrew has played a fair amount with the legendary Zia Mahmood, with whom he won the Cap Gemini two further times, David Bakhshi, with whom he won the Gold Cup in 2002, and latterly Alexander Allfrey, fellow team-mate in his back-to-back Gold Cup win in 2003. He has also played extensively in the US - with Rita Shugart - and was the first Briton, with team-mate Forrester, to win a prestigious Major (he has now won two).