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David  GOLD

 David è nato il 10 settembre del 1979 a Reading, una cittadina circa 70 Km. ad Ovest di Londra e ha cominciato a giocare a bridge verso i 16 anni sotto la guida del padre che era un accanito bridgista e assieme al fratello Michael, che oggi è anche lui un discreto giocatore.

 Si è laureato alla  Reading School nel 1997 e alla Goldsmiths nel 1988.

 Dopo essere stato un giovane campioncino di scacchi ed essersi laureato nel 1998 alla Goldsmith University di Londra, David iniziò a giocare a Bridge seriamente nel 1999 quando legò una forte partnership con Tom Townsend.

 David, che è stato il Direttore della Scuola del St. Johns Wood Bridge Club, fa parte della nazionale britannica dal 2001 e vanta  la medaglia di bronzo agli Europei a Squadre Open  nel 2005 e nel 2014, la finale Olimpica del 2008 a Pechino, la NEC Cup del 2011 ed il bronzo nella Champions Cup del 2018.

 Sul circuito americano ha vinto il Mitchell nel 2017 e la Vanderbilt nel 2023.

 David che ha anche capitanato alcune nazionali inglesi, oggi vive a Lubiana assieme a Marusa Basa e scrive regolarmente per Bridge Plus.

   David was born in Reading on September 10th 1979 and live in London with Rowena Clow.

David is a graduate of Reading School (1987) and Goldsmhits (1988).

He started his career in the sports world as a top junior chess player going on to learn bridge at school aged about 16.

He also played a little rubber bridge in London with his father who was an avid bridge player.

After deciding that further education and a maths degree wasn't what he wanted to do, David started to get seriously into bridge in 1999 when he had just turned 19.

He began working as a host at the St John's Wood Bridge Club, and in 2000 started a partnership with Tom Townsend who had been taught to play as a school boy by David's father!

Tom and David played in the trials later that year reaching the semis and gaining, for David, his first Camrose Cap.

David says that he has learnt most of what he knows about the game from his partner Tom.

David is now a full time bridge professional, running the St Johns Wood BC he owns jointly with his father.

David and Tom won the 2003/2004 Open Trials with John Armstrong and Danny Davies, thus earning the right to compete in the European Teams Championship and the World Team Olympiad.

He won the NEC Cup 2011, the silver in the 2008 Olympiad and two bronzes in the European Open Teams of 2005 and 2014.

In 2017 he won the Mitchell at the Fall NABC, the Vanderbilt to spring NABC 2023 and in 2018 he earned the bronze medal in the Champions Cup.