Eric Rodwell

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Eric Rodwell (born 1957) is a multiple world champion in contract bridge, winning the Bermuda Bowl representing the U.S. four times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: The Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad.

For decades he has been in a regular partnership with Jeff Meckstroth and together, nicknamed "Meckwell", they are one of the most successful bridge partnerships of all time. They are well known for playing an aggressive and very detailed system called RM (for Rodwell-Meckstroth) Precision, of which Rodwell is the principal author. Although he has not actively pursued masterpoints as a goal, he is one of the all-time top masterpoint holders in the American Contract Bridge League, and won the Barry Crane Trophy for winning the most masterpoints in a year in 2004.

Eric has been credited with the invention of the support double.

Eric is a full time bridge professional and currently lives in Clearwater Beach, Florida with his wife Donna. Eric also has two children from a previous marriage, twins Jeffrey and Sara (aged 22). In his spare time he likes to play the piano.

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[edit] Awards

  • Barry Crane Top 500 2004
  • Mott-Smith Trophy 1980
  • Fishbein Trophy 1991, 1999, 2004, 2007
  • Lou Herman Trophy 1982, 1985, 1998

[edit] Tournament record

[edit] Winner

  • Bermuda Bowl (4) 1981, 1995, 2000, 2003
  • World Team Olympiad (1) 1988
  • World Open Pairs (1) 1986
  • North American Bridge Championships (44)
    • Open Pairs (1) 1979
    • Open Pairs II (1) 1999
    • Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1982, 1985
    • Life Master Men's Pairs (1) 1979
    • Life Master Pairs (3) 1980, 1986, 1991
    • Men's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1984
    • North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1989
    • Open Swiss Teams (4) 1994, 2002, 2006, 2008
    • Grand National Open Teams (6) 1990, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007
    • Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (5) 1980, 1982, 1985, 2000, 2003
    • Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams (7) 1979, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005
    • Spingold Knockout Teams (12) 1984, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007
  • European Open Bridge Championships (1)
    • Open Pairs (1) 2003
  • Other notable wins:
    • Cap Gemini World Top (1) 1988
    • Sunday Times Invitational Pairs (2) 1995, 1996
    • Cavendish Invitational Pairs (2) 2000, 2008
    • Cavendish Invitational Teams (2) 2000, 2003

[edit] Runners-up

  • Bermuda Bowl (2) 1997, 2005
  • World Team Olympiad (1) 1992
  • North American Bridge Championships (18)
    • Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1998
    • Life Master Pairs (1) 1983
    • Life Master Men's Pairs (1) 1985
    • Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1992
    • Open Swiss Teams (1) 2005
    • Master Mixed Teams (1) 1983
    • Open Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1998, 1999
    • Grand National Open Teams (3) 1994, 2003, 2005
    • Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1980
    • Spingold Knockout Teams (3) 1979, 1985, 1990
    • Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (3) 1991, 1996, 2002

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