SIMON COCHEME contributes regularly to English Bridge, the ACBL Bulletin and other magazines. He recently won the Alan Truscott Memorial Award for his humorous bridge writing. He has been Non- playing Captain of several England teams, most notably the England Seniors when they won the European Championships in Croatia in 2014. His other books, both written with David Bird, are Bachelor Bridge (2020) and Bridge with a Feminine Touch (1996).