2014–15 EBU Player of the Year Championship

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]

2014–15 EBU
Player of the Year Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Bridge
Dates	October 2014–September 2015
Administrator	English Bridge Union
Final positions
Champion	David Gold
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List of competitions

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

Place	Name	Event										Total
		GC	SF	PL	CC	FST	PaB	SMSP	NP	GT	TSP
	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

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

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-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Jim Mason	43
	Janet de Botton	–
					Jim Mason	–
					Alexander Allfrey	6
	Alexander Allfrey	112
	Nick Stevens	–
									Alexander Allfrey	17
									Andrew McIntosh	–
	Andrew McIntosh	25
	John Reardon	–
					Andrew McIntosh	57
					Simon Gillis	–
	Simon Gillis	23
	Sally Brock	–

Spring Fours

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-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					Hinden	84
					Mossop	78
	De Botton	48
	Mossop	56
									Hinden	55
									Vitas	51
	Allfrey	72
	Penfold	48
					Allfrey	47
					Vitas	55
	Vitas	94
	Robertson	60

Premier League (Division 1)

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
	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)

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
	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)

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
	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)

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
	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

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
	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)

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
	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

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
	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)

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
	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