The England Team

As well as their bridge prowess, this is a team renowned for their eating eccentricities.

Gareth Birdsall. A mathematics eternal student at Cambridge, his diet is depressingly normal – he goes for quantity rather than quality.

Oliver Burgess. A tennis fan who has been known to exist on a diet of Haribo star sweets for entire bridge events.

David Gold. A London bridge professional who, with his two-metre frame, is one of the least selective eaters in the squad.

Alex Hydes. A London professional gambler and amateur broker who is a living legend in the pudding department. Most of the stories about his eating are true; he does not eat vegetables or fish but still devours enough calories for two or three normal persons.

Edward Levy. A professional bon viveur and connoisseur of fine wines, he never worries about the food but will argue over the quantity of the alcohol.

Andrew Woodcock. An accountant and, as accountants go, a particularly laidback one. The more alcohol he consumes, the more laidback he becomes, sometimes horizontal.
Jason Hackett (npc). World bridge professional and leads the team from the front. He knows the best system, the best conventions, and the best restaurants (i.e. those that do not charge for the puddings!)

Mel Starkings (coach). Loughborough mathematics teacher. A vegetarian and sometimes teetotaller whose eating oddities nicely balance out the rest of the team.