David was born in Perth, Scotland on September 10th 1979.

He started his career in the sports world as a top junior chess player going on to learn bridge at school aged about 16. He also played a little rubber bridge in London with his father who was an avid bridge player. After deciding that further education and a maths degree wasn't what he wanted to do, David started to get seriously into bridge in 1999 when he had just turned 19. He began working as a host at the St John's Wood Bridge Club, and in 2000 started a partnership with Tom Townsend who had been taught to play as a school boy by David's father!

Tom and David played in the trials later that year reaching the semis and gaining, for David, his first Camrose Cap. David says that he has learnt most of what he knows about the game from his partner Tom. David and Tom won the 2003/2004 Open Trials with John Armstrong and Danny Davies, thus earning the right to compete in the European Teams Championship and the World Team Olympiad.

David has since gone on to represent England numerous times in the European Championships (winning a bronze medal in 2014), Bermuda Bowl (finishing 4th in 2015 after two extremely narrow defeats in the semi-final and bronze medal play-off), and World Olympiad. He has also enjoyed success at a domestic level, winning the prestigious Gold Cup and Premier League multiple times.

He was the winner of the inaugural Player of the Year Championship for the 2014/15 season.

Read David's Top Table interview - October 2012

Last updated: October 2015

Major International Appearances
European Championships: 2004 2006 2010 2012 2014 and 2016
Bermuda Bowl: 2005 2013 and 2015
World Olympiad: 2004 2008 2012 and 2016
World Youth Team Championships: 2003
European Junior Championships: 2002

European Champions’ Cup: 2004 2014 and 2015

Camrose Trophy Selections: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2012 2013 2014 2015 and 2016

Junior Camrose Selections: 2000 and 2002

Gold Cup Winner: 2012 2013 and 2014

Crockfords winner: 2012

Premier League Winner: 2008, 2011 2013 and 2014

Spring Foursomes winner: 2016

Brighton Four Stars Teams Winner: 2000 and 2014

Easter Congress Guardian Trophy winner : 2014

National Teams Congress winner: 2015(PAB)

Tollemache Cup winner: 2003 2004 2005 and 2006

Player of the Year Championship: 2014/15 - 1st; 2015/16 - 4th=