Susan STOCKDALE
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Susan è nata nel 1984 ed ha imparato il bridge sotto la guida dei suoi genitori per poi cominciare a praticarlo più assiduamente a scuola facendo coppia con Duncan Happer.
Dall'età di 14 anni Susan ha rappresentato il suo Paese nelle competizioni junior.
Laureatasi ad Oxford in fisica, durante il periodo universitario non ha smesso di praticare oltre allo sport della mente anche l'atletica e il korfball (un nuovo sport che è un misto di pallacanestro e pallavolo).
All'età di 22 anni formò una forte partnership con Bryony Youngs (oggi emigrata in USA) che la portò alla vittoria del Lady Milne a Suqadre, una delle più importanti manifestazioni a Squadre femminili britanniche.
Susan oggi risiede a Coventry, una città 35 km. ad Est di Birmingham dove lavora come Direttrice in una compagnia commerciale che distribuisce prodotti veterinari.
Susan
was born in 1984, first learnt to play bridge under the tutelage of her
parents, Brian and Sheila, but her bridge quickly progressed
from the occasional game at the school lunchtime bridge club to
entering the junior trials with ‘some boy’ from the school down
the road. This ‘boy’ was Duncan Happer who was to become Susan’s
good friend and bridge partner for many years.
After her junior international debut at the age of 14, Susan went on to represent Great Britain and England at junior level in many home internationals, Junior Channel Trophy teams and European Championships.
Susan attended Oxford University to read physics where she managed to juggle her studies and bridge in order to continue with her love for other sports, especially athletics and korfball (which I am told is a game best described as a cross between basketball and netball). One of her fondest bridge moments to date was being part of the winning Portland Bowl team that went on to the World University Championships in a team alongside her brother Peter.
Aged 22 Susan formed a successful partnership with Bryony Youngs with whom she made her debut for England ladies playing in the victorious Lady Milne team. Unfortunately their partnership shortly disbanded when Bryony moved to the USA to continue her studies.
Susan went on to partner her good friend Fiona Brown with whom she has had many successes and international appearances for both England Ladies and at junior level. One of their partnership highlights was in 2008 where they were part of the England U28 team that came 5th in the World Mind Sports Olympiad in Beijing.
Now aged 26 and too old for the Juniors anymore, Susan is now England’s U25 Women’s squad manager taking over from the great work done by Sandra Landy. As such she works to develop the interest and talent of the countries young female players in the hope that England will continue to produce the best!
Susan now resides in Coventry, working as a Director of a company that markets and distributes products to the veterinary and animal healthcare sectors.
