Simon Cope is a 44-year-old Bridge Professional from Mill Hill in North London. In the post-pandemic world, he plays fewer club games than before but still enjoys his one day a week teaching at 10CC Bridge Club in Muswell Hill.
After being lucky enough to coach the England Team (containing future regular teammate David Gold) to Silver in the Beijing 2008 Olympiad, and then turning into NPC for several Europeans (Including a Bronze in Croatia in 2014 which was upgraded to silver after the 2015 scandals) and two Bermuda Bowls (Bali 2013 and Chennai 2015). After heartbreak in Chennai, he decided to give up NPC/Coach roles and focus on his own playing aspirations, but found those years of being able, as a whippersnapper, to discuss hands over dinner with established top players hugely beneficial to his own bridge.
In partnership with Peter Crouch, he won the Gold Cup twice (2015 & 2018), Crockfords Cup twice (2017 & 2024) and the Premier League twice as part of Team Black (2021 & 2023). In May 2024 he finally added the one that had previously gotten away, by winning the Spring Foursomes as part of team Orca.
He has five Camrose caps (four playing with Peter and one with Espen Erichsen) and played the Olympiad (He can never remember what it is called these days) in 2024 in Argentina. He also made a Champions Cup appearance in 2024 playing with Tom Townsend.
In America, in 2018 a win in the Silidor Pairs, again with Peter, gave a first NABC title. This was followed in 2022 with a second-place finish in the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams mostly partnering Emil Jepsen of Denmark in the Spring NABC, and then in the Fall NABC a Soloway Teams win, in partnership with Kevin Rosenberg (Son of Scotland's Michael Rosenberg), in dramatic fashion with big comebacks in both the Semi Final and the Final. This was immediately followed by a runner up finish in the Reisinger BAM Teams. In 2024 he won the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs playing with Tom Paske.
Away from bridge, he enjoys following sport, and playing bad golf when he gets the chance.
Read Simon's 'Top Table' interview - February 2013
Last updated: May 2026
Major International Selections
Junior European Championships: 2007 and 2011
World Bridge Games (Olympiad) England Open Team: 2024
Open Champions Cup: 2024
Camrose Trophy Selections: 2022 2023 2024 2025 and 2026
Junior Camrose Selections: 2006
Peggy Bayer Trophy Selections: 2001
Gold Cup Winner: 2015 and 2018
Crockfords Cup winner: 2017 and 2024
Brighton Pairs, Harold Poster Cup Winner: 2008
The Hubert Phillips Bowl Winner: 2011 and 2012
National Point-a-Board Teams winner: 2016 2018 2022 and 2023
Tollemache Cup winner: 2015
Player of the Year Championship: 2015/16 - 13th; 2016/17 - 17th=; 2018/19 - 2nd=
Premier League: 2021 and 2023
Spring Foursomes Winner: 2024