Susan STOCKDALE & Ben NORTON
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Susan Stockdale Norton è nata il 23 maggio del 1983 a Whitby, una cittadina rivierasca poco a sud di Middlesbrough 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.
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).
Susan, che si è sposata con il bridgista Ben Norton, oggi risiede a Loughborough, una città a nord di Leicester dove lavora come Direttrice in una compagnia commerciale che distribuisce prodotti veterinari.
Dall'età di 14 anni Susan ha rappresentato il suo Paese nelle competizioni junior. All'età di 22 anni formò una forte partnership con Bryony Young's (oggi emigrata in USA) che la portò alla vittoria del Lady Milne a Squadre, una delle più importanti manifestazioni a Squadre femminili britanniche.
Nel 2012 arrivano i primi grandi successi internazionali con la vittoria agli Europei Femminili a Squadre e alle Olimpiadi, seguiti nel 2013 dall'argento nella Venice Cup successi che le valgono il titolo di World Women Grand Master.
Ancora nel 2013 guadagna l'argento ai World Mind Games nello Squadre Femminile.
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Ben Norton è nato nel 1997 a Nottingham dove ha passato i primi anni della sua vita, poi si è trasferito a Londra, Grantham e Loughborough dove ha studiato alla locale Grammar School e d è diventato uno scrittore di bridge per il web site Vu-Bridge.
Ben ha fatto parte molte volte delle nazionali giovanili britanniche ed ha vinto il bronzo ai Campionati Europei Giovanili del 2017.
Il fratello maggiore di Susan, Peter Stockdale è nato nel 1980 a Loughborough, ma oggi vive a Oxford con la moglie Zoe che lavora presso la locale università.
Peter ha imparato a giocare quando aveva 10 anni ed è anche lui è un discreto bridgista che alcune volte ha fatto parte delle nazionali inglesi ed è stato responsabile delle comunicazioni EBU dal 2013 al 2018.
Susan
Stockdale Norton
was born in 1983, 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 Loughborough, working as a Director of a company that markets and distributes products to the veterinary and animal healthcare sectors.
In 2012 comes the first major international successes with victory at the European Women's Team Championships and at the Olympiads, following in 2013 by the silver medal in Venice Cup, success that are worth the title of World Women Grand Master.
Still in 2013 she won the silver in World Mind Games Women Teams.
Susan is married with the bridge player Ben Norton.
Ben Norton was born in Nottingham in 1997 where he spent the early years of his life, then moved to London, Grantham and Loughborough where he studied at the local Grammar School and became a bridge writer for the Vu-Bridge website.
Ben has been a member of the British youth teams many times and won bronze at the 2017 European Youth Championships.
Susan's older brother Peter Stockdale was born in Loughborough in 1980, but now lives in Oxford with his wife Zoe who works at the local university.
Peter learned to play when he was 10 years old and he is also a discreet bridge player who has sometimes been part of the British national teams and was responsible for EBU communications from 2013 to 2018
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