I am an EBU National Tournament Director and a European Bridge League Tournament Director.  Bridge has been the main part of my life since University days, playing, organizing, writing, playing professionally, directing tournaments, and doing appeals.  I have played, directed and sat on appeals in various countries around the world, and am well known for my knowledge of the Laws.  I edit various EBU publications, such as the Orange book and Appeals booklets, and have co-written a simplified book on the Laws.  I run an international Simultaneous Pairs.  The EBU has been my main employer for many years now.

I live with my wife, Liz, also an EBU Tournament Director, and various Siamese cats over the years.  Apart from bridge I like train travel, often taking journeys in other countries just for the fun of it, and visiting preserved steam railways.  Currently I am playing with Facebook!

I helped to start the bridge laws mailing list, at one time the best facility for Laws type discussion on the internet.  For the last few years I have had my own internet forum for helping people with the Laws, while I also answer questions on the subject in a national magazine.  I am also involved in American and Australian publications, plus international newsgroups and forums.

Being able to represent three different countries at bridge, for the last few years I have formed a partnership with Liz Commins, and we are trying to be picked for Wales.  I have had many successes over the years in several countries with many different partners.  Perhaps the most amusing is the EBU’s Grand Masters, before the Premier Grand Masters existed: Jeremy Dhondy has called me ‘the most random Grand Master’ since I have won it twice, and come bottom twice.  I enjoy playing complex systems, and like playing a variety of conventions.  It is also fun to play against such methods.

People can get Green Points so easily these days by winning a few Swiss matches, and I have two memories of the difficulties of yesteryear.  At university I and my friends played in every Green Point event we could find, yet failed to get a single Green Point in a year!  That could never happen now!  Then there was the Northern Foursomes, which started at one time with a round robin to quarter the field.  My team was in the bottom quarter, and now the only Green Point available was for winning the bottom knockout.  Four 32 board knockout matches: four wins: the hardest Green Point ever!