Colin SIMPSON
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Colin è nato a Londra nel 1948 ma ha passato la prima parte della sua vita in Scozia, dove ha imparato a giocare a bridge a scuola.
Ha lavorato nella Metropolitan Police di Londra come investigatore della squadra anti-terrorismo per oltre 30 anni.
Sposato con Juliene, come giocatore Colin è un World International Master che vanta una nutrita serie di titoli nazionali tra cui 6 Camrose e diverse partecipazioni in difesa dei colori del suo Paese.
Tuttavia, predilige la Partita Libera ed `e a questa che dedica la maggior parte del suo tempo libero.
Colin che, è una gran buona forchetta, ama anche
molto il golf.
He returned to London to join the
Metropolitan Police where he worked for over 30 years almost
exclusively as a detective in counter terrorism.
He is married to Juliana and they are
approaching their 35th wedding anniversary.
Work commitments precluded much tournament
bridge but he always found time for his first love, high stake
rubber bridge. In 1970s he was lucky to play with many of the
best players including Rixi Markus and Irvine Rose but his first
international achievement was with his mentor Martin Hoffman,
reaching the final of the World Pairs in Biarritz . Other
international successes included St Moritz , the South Africa
Championships and the Caransa in Amsterdam .
Colin has won all the major English
competitions including winning the Lederer Invitation seven
times. He also has numerous Camrose caps with three different
partners.
In 2000 he was a semi-finalist in the
Olympiad in Maastricht where he and Hallberg were the second
best pair on the Butler Rankings behind Bocchi and Duboin. This
resulted in an invitation to the prestigious Cap Gemini
Tournament. After a disappointing 2001 European Championship,
the next time he played internationally was in 2004, gaining
fifth place at Malmo with new partner, David Price. They
qualified for the Bermuda Bowl in Estoril.
Unfortunately David and Colin failed to
qualify for the Bermuda Bowl after the Europeans in 2006 at
Warsaw. But more was to come..
2008 saw a change when the partnership won
the Gerard Falkner Seniors Trophy. They then became a part of
the England Seniors team in the European Championships in Pau
coming sixth equal. Later in the year, they were part of the
Seniors team at the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing and
reached the Quarter Finals.
The England Seniors team took part in the
2009 World Championships D'Orsi World Seniors Bowl in Sao Paulo,
Brazil winning Gold. This was the first time the Bowl had been
won by a team other than the USA.
Colin
was born in London in 1948 but spent his childhood in Scotland
where he learnt to play bridge at school and subsequently at
university.
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