| Simon Cope |
 Bridge Professional
Simon Cope is a full time Bridge Professional from Hertfordshire. He leads a range of sessions for us, including Enhanced Lessons, teaching in our Symposia, and Supervised Play.
Away from the teaching side of things, he enjoys playing tremendously, particularly if it offers the opportunity to travel to the major championships. His favourite trip so far was as coach of the England Open Team to the World Championships in 2008, where they went to Beijing and came home with a silver medal. Having frequently coached the Open Team, he was asked in 2012 to assume the role of NPC for Dublin and the Europeans.
England qualified for the Bermuda Bowl for the first time since 2005, and Simon captained the side in that Bermuda Bowl in Bali as well as in a subsequent Europeans where they won Bronze in Croatia (later upgraded to a silver medal following the disqualification of the winning Israeli team) and the resulting Bermuda Bowl in Chennai where an agonising 4th place finish was recorded. After that, he gave up NPC/Coaching roles to focus on playing (with an occasional return to captain U26 teams).
In partnership with his friend Peter Crouch he won the Gold Cup in 2015 and 2018, and his first Crockfords in 2017. Winning the Spring Foursomes remains a burning desire as his favourite tournament of the year in England.
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| Kathryn Prevezer |
 House Manager
Kathryn is our host on a Tuesday and Wednesday. She is responsible for the clubhouse and is there to make sure that everyone is well looked after. Kathryn is also a keen bridge player, by the way, and helps out with lessons and supervised sessions.
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| Richard Bowley |
 Bridge Teacher
Richard enjoys teaching and supervising bridge as well as playing. He has been teaching bridge for nearly 20 years and the vast majority of his students remain enthusiastic and active players to this day.
Beyond bridge, Richard enjoys narrowboating with family and friends and likewise dog walking.
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