The 2008 Home International Series

Team Profiles : Tommy Garvey & John Carroll

John is a Research & Development Manager with a software house based in Dublin.  With his regular partner, Tommy Garvey, he has won a number of caps for Ireland on the European stage, most recently on the Irish team that finished in Silver Medal Position in Warsaw last year.  If this wasn’t enough to be busy with, he is, with his wife Ann Marie, expecting the birth of their first child in April.
Tommy was introduced to Bridge about 15 years ago, by his father, Donal.  Tommy works in London as an actuary, returning home to raid for trophies every so often.  He and John made their international debut in Italy at the European Championships in Montecatini in 1997 and in doing so, achieved a distinction shared by only one other family in Irish bridge – the O’Connells from Cork, who until Tommy and Donal appeared, were the only father and son to play on the Irish team together.