Hereford teacher's bridge service recognised

9:30am Thursday 10th July 2008

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A HEREFORD teacher has received a top award from the English Bridge Union, the national body for duplicate bridge in England.

Richard Croot has picked up the Alex Salisbury Award in recognition of the outstanding service he has given to the development of bridge at Hereford Cathedral School over many years.

Croot was initially taught rudimentary bridge by his father at the age of six, which was followed by lessons from his maths teacher at Fettes school. His passion for bridge continued while studying at the universities of Bristol and Durham and in the past few years Croot has represented the county of Herefordshire.

He has been teaching bridge at the school since 1995 and has seen a number of his pupils go on to England junior success. Croot has also entered his school teams into the Herefordshire county leagues and the Hereford bridge club competitions.

At the moment, Croot teaches bridge to his Year 7 classes and plans to set up an after school bridge club in the next academic year.

The award was presented by EBU Chairman, Peter Stocken at a ceremony in front of many of Croot’s bridge students.