Tony Forrester

Anthony R. (Tony) Forrester (born 1953) is an English bridge player and writer.^[1] He is a British and English international and a World Bridge Federation World International Master.^[2] Forrester is a bridge columnist for The Daily Telegraph (since 1993) and The Sunday Telegraph (since 1996).^[3]

Personal life

Forrester was brought up in West Yorkshire. He is married to Diana, and they live in Herefordshire.^[4]

International honours

Forrester won the European Youth Team Championship in 1978 and the European Team Championship in 1991.^[2] The European Team Championship win was in partnership with Andrew Robson, with whom he played for seven years. The pair also won the Cap Gemini and the Sunday Times-Macallan. Around that time he was regarded, by the English Bridge Union, as England's number one player.^[5]

Playing for Rita Shugart's team, in 1998 he was the first Briton, with teammate Robson, to win a prestigious US Major, the Reisinger, and the same squad won the event a second time the following year.^[6] Forrester has won the US Board-a-Match Teams on two occasions, 1999 and 2013.

With 41 caps for England in the Camrose Trophy, Forrester is Britain's most capped player.^{[citation needed]}

Domestic honours

Forrester has won the Gold Cup, the premier British teams competition, 12 times: in 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2013, putting him first in the all-time list.^[7] He won the Spring Foursomes in 1983, 1996, 1999 and 2009.^[8]

In 2010, he won the Brighton Four Stars A Final, with team mates Alexander Allfrey, Andrew Robson and Peter Crouch.^[9]

Publications

• Forrester, Tony (1993). Secrets of Success (Faber Bridge Books). London: Faber and Faber.
• Forrester, Tony; Senior, Brian (1994). Over Your Shoulder: Learn from the Experts. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7134-7638-5.
• Forrester, Tony (1994). Play Bridge at Home (Daily Telegraph). Batsford Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7134-7646-0.
• Forrester, Tony (1995). "Daily Telegraph" Improve Your Bridge at Home (Batsford Bridge). Batsford Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7134-7779-5.
• Forrester, Tony (1996). "Daily Telegraph" Winning Bridge at Home (Batsford Bridge). Batsford Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7134-7780-1.
• Forrester, Tony (1997). The Bridge Player's Bedside Book. R&L Yeatman. ISBN 978-0-905899-61-9.
• Forrester, Tony; Bird, David (1997). Secrets of Expert Cardplay. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7134-8281-2.
• Forrester, Tony (1998). Vintage Forrester: Selected Writings from the "Daily Telegraph" (A Batsford bridge book). Batsford Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7134-8292-8
• Forrester, Tony; Bird, David (1999). Secrets of Expert Defence. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7134-8330-7.

References

External links

• Tony Forrester international record at the World Bridge Federation.