Tony Forrester
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{{Short description|English bridge player}}
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Anthony R. (Tony) Forrester (born 1953) is an English bridge player and writer.{{OEB|6|644}} He is a British and English international and a World Bridge Federation World International Master.{{cite news |url=http://www.worldbridge.org/people/ |publisher=World Bridge Federation |accessdate=15 May 2010 |title=Tony Forrester England}} Forrester was a bridge columnist for The Daily Telegraph from 1993 until 2019 and for The Sunday Telegraph from 1996 until 2019.{{cite news |url=http://www.bridgeshop.com.au/index.php/books/authors-a-f/forrester-tony.html |publisher=The Bridge Shop |accessdate=11 July 2011 |title=Forrester, Tony}}{{cite news |work=Daily Telegraph |date=23 August 2019 |title=Bridge Hand| page=28}}
Personal life
Forrester was brought up in West Yorkshire. He is married to Diana, and they live in Gloucestershire.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/10304350/My-perfect-weekend-Tony-Forrester-Telegraph-bridge-columnist.html |title=My perfect weekend: Tony Forrester, Telegraph bridge columnist |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |first=Olivia |last=Parker |date=17 September 2013 |accessdate=16 October 2013}}
International honours
Forrester won the European Youth Team Championship in 1978 and the European Team Championship in 1991. The European Team Championship win was in partnership with Andrew Robson, with whom he played for seven years. The pair also won the Cap Gemini and the Sunday Times-Macallan. Since that time he was regarded, by the English Bridge Union, as England's number one player.{{cite news |url=http://www.ebu.co.uk/general/biographies/players/andrewrobson.htm |publisher=English Bridge Union |accessdate=17 May 2010 |title=Andrew Robson}}
Playing for Rita Shugart's team, in 1998 he was the first Briton, with teammate Robson, to win a prestigious US Major, the Reisinger, and the same squad won the event a second time the following year.[http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/03/bulletins/db8.pdf 81st Fall North American Bridge Championships Daily Bulletin, Number 8, p11.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216122325/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/03/bulletins/db8.pdf |date=16 December 2014 }} Retrieved 7 August 2011 Forrester has won the US Board-a-Match Teams on two occasions, 1999 and 2013.
In 2014 he and Robson revived their partnership, and played together as part of the England team in that year's European Open Championship. The team finished second, thereby winning the silver medal and qualifying for the finals of the 2015 World Championships.Daily Telegraph, "Bridge News", 3 July 2014, p28.
With 43 caps for England in the Camrose Trophy, Forrester is Britain's most capped player.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
Domestic honours
Forrester has won the Gold Cup, the premier British teams competition, 14 times: in 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2019, putting him first in the all-time list.Daily Telegraph, page 26, "Bridge Hand", 21 October 2019.{{cite news |url=http://www.bridgewebs.com/bgb/4%20Gold%20Cup%20Wins.pdf |publisher=Bridge Great Britain |accessdate=16 December 2014 |title=Most Gold Cup Wins |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219220957/http://www.bridgewebs.com/bgb/4%20Gold%20Cup%20Wins.pdf |archivedate=19 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }} He won the Spring Foursomes in 1983, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022.{{cite news |url=http://www.ebu.co.uk/biographies/tony-forrester |publisher=English Bridge Union |accessdate=5 May 2017 |title=Tony Forrester}} His eight victories represent an all-time record.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} He has won the Crockfords Cup (English Teams of Four Championship) a record ten times: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2012 and 2019 He has won the Premier League on seven occasions.
In 2010, he won the Brighton Four Stars A Final, with teammates Alexander Allfrey, Andrew Robson and Peter Crouch.{{cite news |url=http://www.ebu.co.uk/results/2010January-July/Brighton/Index.htm |publisher=English Bridge Union |accessdate=14 September 2010 |title=Brighton 2010 results}}
In 2015 he was one of the first two winners of the English Bridge Union's Diamond Award, introduced to recognise players who have "represented England (and earlier Great Britain) with distinction over a long period".English Bridge, April 2015, p5.
Publications
- Forrester, Tony (1993). Secrets of Success (Faber Bridge Books). London: Faber and Faber.
- Forrester, Tony; Senior, Brian (1994). Over Your Shoulder: Learn from the Experts. Batsford Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-7134-7638-5}}.
- Forrester, Tony (1994). Play Bridge at Home (Daily Telegraph). Batsford Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-7134-7646-0}}.
- Forrester, Tony (1995). "Daily Telegraph" Improve Your Bridge at Home (Batsford Bridge). Batsford Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-7134-7779-5}}.
- Forrester, Tony (1996). "Daily Telegraph" Winning Bridge at Home (Batsford Bridge). Batsford Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-7134-7780-1}}.
- Forrester, Tony (1997). The Bridge Player's Bedside Book. R&L Yeatman. {{ISBN|978-0-905899-61-9}}.
- Forrester, Tony; Bird, David (1997). Secrets of Expert Cardplay. Batsford Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-7134-8281-2}}.
- Forrester, Tony (1998). Vintage Forrester: Selected Writings from the "Daily Telegraph" (A Batsford bridge book). Batsford Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-7134-8292-8}}
- Forrester, Tony; Bird, David (1999). Secrets of Expert Defence. Batsford Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-7134-8330-7}}.
References
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External links
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Category:English contract bridge players
Category:Contract bridge writers
Category:The Daily Telegraph people
Category:Sportspeople from West Yorkshire
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