2014–15 EBU Player of the Year Championship

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2014–15 EBU
Player of the Year Championship
Tournament information
SportBridge
DatesOctober 2014–September 2015
AdministratorEnglish Bridge Union
Final positions
ChampionDavid Gold

The 2014–15 EBU Player of the Year Championship was the competition's first season. Points were accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2015. David Gold became the inaugural champion.[1]

List of competitions[edit]

Event [2][3] Format Dates Points
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Gold Cup Single-Elimination Teams — 16 8 4 1
Spring Fours Double-Elimination Teams 1–5 May 2015 14 8 4 1  –
Premier League (Division 1) Triple Round-Robin Teams 20 September – 9 November 2014 16 8 4 2  –
Crockfords Cup Single-Elimination Teams with Finals — 12 6 4 2 1 1 1 1
Four Star Teams Swiss Teams with Finals 21–23 August 2015 8 4 2 1  –
National Point-a-Board Teams PaB Teams – Qualifier and Finals 17–18 January 2015 6 3 2 1  –
Summer Meeting Swiss Pairs Swiss Pairs 14–16 August 2015 12 6 3 2 1  –
National Pairs Regional and National Matchpoint Pairs 15 March & 18 – 19 April 2015 8 4 2 1  –
Guardian Trophy Matchpoint Pairs 3 – 4 April 2015 6 3 2 1  –
Two Star Pairs Swiss Pairs with Matchpoint Finals 17 – 18 October 2014 6 3 2 1  –

Summary of results[edit]

Place Name Event Total
GC SF PL CC FST PaB SMSP NP GT TSP
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Gold 16 4 16 6 6 1 49
2 Alexander Allfrey 16 4 16 6 42
2 David Bakhshi 16 4 16 6 42
2 Tony Forrester 16 4 16 6 42
2 Andrew Robson 16 4 16 6 42
6 Andrew McIntosh 8 16 6 30
7 Jeffrey Allerton 14 8 2 24
7 Frances Hinden 14 8 2 24
7 Graham Osborne 14 8 2 24
10 Alex Hydes 4 12 6 22

This list displays the top ten players; 134 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold.

Full results[edit]

Results tables for each event extend only to those pairs or teams that receive championship points, or to the top 10 (including ties) of the field if appropriate.

Gold Cup[edit]

16 points were awarded to the champions, 8 to the runners-up, 4 to semi-finalists and 1 to quarter-finalists. Home/away draws and IMP scores for each side were not recorded; By convention, team names are based on the full name of the captain.[4]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Jim Mason43
 
 
 
Janet de Botton –
 
Jim Mason –
 
 
 
Alexander Allfrey6
 
Alexander Allfrey112
 
 
 
Nick Stevens –
 
Alexander Allfrey17
 
 
 
Andrew McIntosh –
 
Andrew McIntosh25
 
 
 
John Reardon –
 
Andrew McIntosh57
 
 
 
Simon Gillis –
 
Simon Gillis23
 
 
Sally Brock –
 

Spring Fours[edit]

14 points were awarded to the champions, 8 to the runners-up, 4 to semi-finalists and 1 to quarter-finalists. The higher ranked seed is listed first in each case; By convention, team names are based on the surname of the captain.[5]

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
          
 
Hinden84
 
Mossop78
De Botton48
 
Mossop56
Hinden55
 
Vitas51
Allfrey72
 
Penfold48
Allfrey47
 
Vitas55
Vitas94
Robertson60

Premier League (Division 1)[edit]

16 points were awarded to the champions, 8 to 2nd place, 4 to 3rd place and 2 to 4th place. 8 teams participated. By convention, team names are based on the surname of the captain.[6]

Place Name Opponents Adj Total
ALL DHO FEG MOS PEN CRO HIN DUN
1st place, gold medalist(s) Allfrey  – 36.90 33.63 44.63 39.89 38.07 53.46 47.21 293.79
2 Dhondy 23.10  – 29.38 44.38 38.25 34.39 28.66 45.08 243.24
3 Fegarty 26.37 30.62  – 33.00 20.29 30.83 27.65 34.11 202.87
4 Mossop 15.37 15.62 27.00  – 34.07 38.60 35.93 33.61 200.20
5 Penfold 20.11 21.75 39.71 25.93  – 42.63 23.93 24.73 198.79
6 Crouch 21.93 25.61 29.17 21.40 17.37  – 35.95 42.32 193.75
7 Hinden 6.54 31.34 32.35 24.07 36.07 24.05  – 32.92 187.34
8 Dunn 12.79 14.92 25.89 26.39 35.27 17.68 27.08  – −1 159.02

Crockfords Cup (Finals)[edit]

12 points were awarded to the champions, 6 to 2nd place, 4 to 3rd place, 2 to 4th place and 1 to all other finalists (5th to 8th). By convention, team names are based on the surname of the captain.[7]

Place Name Opponents Adj Total
SEN ALL MOR PAT DHO SMI DRA JON
1st place, gold medalist(s) Senior  – 7 5 18 14 17 13 20 94
2 Allfrey 13  – 16 9 12 16 16 5 87
3 Moran 15 4  – 20 6 3 13 18 79
4 Patterson 2 11 0  – 14 19 16 12 74
5 Dhondy 6 8 14 6  – 4 16 16 70
6 Smith 3 4 17 1 16  – 10 13 64
7 Draper 7 6 7 4 4 10  – 19 57
8 Jones 0 15 2 8 4 7 1  – 37

Four Star Teams (A Final)[edit]

8 points were awarded to the champions, 4 to 2nd place, 2 to 3rd place and 1 to 4th place. 8 teams participated. By convention, team names are based on the surname of the captain.[8][9][10]

Place Name Opponents Adj Total
HIN BER BUT BLA ROB HAC HAN RAI
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hinden  – 4 17 6 18 20 9 13 87
2 Berg 16  – 8 7 11 17 12 15 86
3 Butland 3 12  – 17 14 8 16 10 80
4 Black 14 13 3  – 13 11 16 9 79
5 Robertson 2 9 6 7  – 13 16 10 63
6 Hackett 0 3 12 9 7  – 16 11 58
7 Hanlon 11 8 4 4 4 4  – 19 54
8 Raine 7 5 10 11 10 9 1  – 53

National Point-a-Board Teams (Final)[edit]

6 points were awarded to the champions, 3 to 2nd place, 2 to 3rd place and 1 to 4th place. 8 teams participated. By convention, team names are based on the surname of the captain.[11]

Place Name Opponents Adj Total
KEN GRE ALL BYR ORA JON LIN STE
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kent  – 10 6 7 8 4 7 11 53
2 Green 2  – 7 8 7 8 8 9 49
3 Allerton 6 5  – 5 9 7 7 7 46
4 Byrne 5 4 7  – 6 6 5 10 43
4 Oram 4 5 3 6  – 9 9 7 43
6 Jones 8 4 5 6 3  – 5 8 39
7 Lindfors 5 4 5 7 3 7  – 5 36
8 Stevenson 1 3 5 2 5 4 7  – 27

Due to a tie for 4th place, both teams received 1 point in the championship standings.[12]

Summer Meeting Swiss Pairs[edit]

12 points were awarded to the champions, 6 to 2nd place, 3 to 3rd place, 2 to 4th place and 1 to 5th place. 287 pairs participated of which the top 10 are displayed below. [13][14][15][16][17]

Place Names Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Adj Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Byrne & Kieran Dyke 47 38 47 65 197
1 David Arundel & Andrew Bannock 36 56 51 54 197
3 Jeremy Dhondy & Andy Hughes 41 55 43 56 195
4 Norman Selway & Kay Preddy 52 46 44 52 194
5 David Gold & Susanna Gross 51 41 40 56 188
6 Andrew Black & Gunnar Hallberg 43 45 50 46 184
7 Irving Gordon & Yvonne Wiseman 34 47 47 55 183
8 Mike Ash & Christopher Chambers 48 51 53 30 182
9 Brian Senior & Geoffrey Wolfarth 41 42 40 57 180
9 Andrew Robson & Alexander Allfrey 49 59 31 41 180

Michael Byrne and Kieran Dyke won the trophy on a split-tie decision, but championship points were split equally at 9 each.[18][19]

National Pairs (Final)[edit]

8 points were awarded to the champions, 4 to 2nd place, 2 to 3rd place and 1 to 4th place. 50 pairs participated in the final of which the top 10 are displayed below. [20]

Place Names Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Phil Godfrey & James Thrower 61.51
2 Krzysztof Ginda & Mark Hooper 59.37
3 Waseem Naqvi & Tony Waterlow 58.30
4 Miles Cowling & David Jones 57.49
5 David Armstrong & Jill Armstrong 54.96
6 Tim Brierley & Mike Elliott 54.83
7 Peter Hawkes & Chris Kinloch 54.33
8 Steve Auchterlonie & Malcolm Lewis 53.98
9 Dick Davey & Ed Scerri 53.81
10 Mark Hodgson & Maggie Jones 53.61

Guardian Trophy[edit]

6 points were awarded to the champions, 3 to 2nd place, 2 to 3rd place and 1 to 4th place. 99 pairs participated of which the top 10 are displayed below. [21]

Place Names Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Janet de Botton & Artur Malinowski 62.16
2 Karl Baumann & Geir Brekka 62.13
3 Tom Townsend & Mark Teltscher 62.13
4 Dan McIntosh & Robert Myers 58.71
5 Peter Nicholls & Brian Ransley 57.64
6 Anita Sinclair & Zia Mahmood 57.55
7 Mark Westley & Arnie Anidjar-Romain 57.39
8 Heather Bakhshi & Claire Robinson 56.95
9 Celia Oram & Derek Oram 56.66
10 David Gold & Susanna Gross 56.42

Two Star Pairs (Final)[edit]

6 points were awarded to the champions, 3 to 2nd place, 2 to 3rd place and 1 to 4th place. 20 pairs participated in the final of which the top 10 are displayed below. [22]

Place Names Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike Bell & Alex Hydes 58.91
2 Jackie Davies & Malcolm Pollack 57.26
3 Nick Boss & Richard Johnson 54.89
4 Celia Oram & Derek Oram 54.75
5 Taf Anthias & Pat Davies 54.44
6 Sarah Teshome & James Thrower 53.45
7 Peter Hasenson & David Sherman 52.96
8 David Gold & Susanna Gross 52.56
9 Angus Simpson & Claire Robinson 50.95
10 Peter Law & David Kendrick 50.83

References[edit]

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  14. ^ "Summer Meeting Swiss Pairs 2015 Session 2". English Bridge Union (via Pianola). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Summer Meeting Swiss Pairs 2015 Session 3". English Bridge Union (via Pianola). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Summer Meeting Swiss Pairs 2015 Session 4". English Bridge Union (via Pianola). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Summer Meeting Swiss Pairs 2015 Session All". English Bridge Union (via Pianola). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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  19. ^ "Byrne & Dyke win Swiss Pairs at Brighton". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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  21. ^ "Guardian Trophy 2015 Session All". English Bridge Union (via Pianola). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Two Star Pairs Final 2014 Session All". English Bridge Union (via Pianola). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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