Sally Brock


Saralinda Jane Brock, née Hartley, is an English bridge player. She has been part of the winning team in five Women's European Championships, two Venice Cups and two World Team Olympiads. In November 2017, she received the Diamond Award from the English Bridge Union in recognition of her outstanding contribution to England's international teams.

Life

Brock was educated at Godolphin School and Nottingham University, where she met her first husband Tony Sowter. In 1981 she married Mark Horton. In 1993 she married Raymond Brock, who died in 2008. She has three children: Ben, Briony and Toby.

Bridge career

In 1976, she played her first Lady Milne Championship with Sally Eggett, heavily pregnant with her first child Benjamin. In 1979, she played her first European Championship with Sandra Landy, which they won. In 1980, they won a Bronze at the European Championships. In 1981, they won the European Championship again as well as the Venice Cup. In 1987 she began playing bridge with Steve Lodge.
Brock resumed her bridge career in 2000, initially in the mixed teams in Masstricht partnering Jason Hackett. She then formed a partnership with Margaret Courtney where they won the European Championship in 2001 in Tenerife. In 2004, she played with Kitty Teltscher in the Olympiad in Istanbul, where they won a bronze medal.
In 2008, she formed a partnership with Nicola Smith, and that year they won the gold medal at the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing. They were a regular partnership in the England women's team contending for the Venice Cup in 2011, 2013 and 2015. In that period they also competed in four European Championships including 2012, 2014 and 2016. They also were part of the World Teams winners in Lille in 2012, and Sanya in 2014.
In 2015 Brock was appointed as Squad Leader for England's Under 25 Women's Squad.
In 2017, Brock began a partnership with Fiona Brown, and later that same year they were part of the England team that came second in the Venice Cup.
She is the bridge correspondent of the Sunday Times.

Bridge accomplishments

National Events

Olympiad