February 2020

Benjamin Gardner

Benjamin is 16 and lives in Sevenoaks, Kent. He goes to school in Tonbridge where away from bridge he enjoys playing the organ, viola, and piano.

He has been playing bridge for four and a half years and before then enjoyed family games of Whist. Benjamin first discovered the game at his local club, Tunbridge Wells Bridge Club, where he played with his brother during the holidays and discovered his love of bridge.

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Kavinthan Vickneswaran

I am 18 and I'm in my final year at high school.

I live in Alperton and I go to Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, where I was part of the team that won the school's cup in 2018. I've been playing bridge for around 5 years. I participated in the 2018 European Youth Pairs Tournament in Croatia, having joined the squad in 2017.

Besides bridge, I love football. I hope to study maths at university.

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Raphaela Sinclair

I am 15 years old and live in London. I first started playing at the Andrew Robson Bridge Club when I was 7 and immediately fell in love with the game. My older brother also plays, although we were quite quickly banned from partnering each other due to too much bickering. My younger brother recently started playing as well.

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Patrick Shields

Patrick started playing bridge at school in Scotland but only got fully hooked when at university in Cardiff, where he learned from, and started playing with, the Welsh national team. He moved from there to live in Cheltenham and over the decades when he got married and raised two daughters, he was heavily involved in Gloucestershire bridge (most often as Chief TD), while retaining his links with Wales. He has represented Wales in the Home Internationals (as junior, open and senior), and in European Championships – but has since switched to represent England twice in the Teltscher Trophy.

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Kay Preddy

Kay was born in Somerset, the fourth of five children in 1959. Kay is married to Norman Selway and lives in Kent. They have two children, Louise and James. Louise is a keen bridge player. Kay forged her career in financial services to whom she advised and assisted in making large changes.

Kay first played bridge at University. She has represented Great Britain and England in Women’s, Mixed and Seniors.

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