Jump to content

2017–18 EBU Player of the Year Championship

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2017–18 EBU
Player of the Year Championship
Tournament information
SportBridge
DatesOctober 2017–September 2018
AdministratorEnglish Bridge Union
Final positions
ChampionMike Bell

The 2017–18 EBU Player of the Year Championship was the competition's fourth season. Points were accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018. Mike Bell won his first title, becoming the fourth player to win the championship.[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 4 May – 8 May 2018 14 8 4 1  –
Premier League (Division 1) Triple Round-Robin Teams 15 September – 4 November 2017 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 17 August – 19 August 2018 8 4 2 1  –
National Point-a-Board Teams PaB Teams – Qualifier and Finals 20 January – 21 January 2018 6 3 2 1  –
Summer Festival Swiss Pairs Swiss Pairs 3 August – 5 August 2018 12 6 3 2 1  –
National Pairs Regional and National Matchpoint Pairs 18 March & 14 – 15 April 2018 8 4 2 1  –
Guardian Trophy Matchpoint Pairs 30 – 31 March 2018 6 3 2 1  –
Two Star Pairs Swiss Pairs with Matchpoint Finals 19 – 20 October 2017 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) Mike Bell 4 14 16 3 37
2 Alexander Allfrey 4 14 16 34
2 Tony Forrester 4 14 16 34
2 David Gold 4 14 16 34
2 Andrew Robson 4 14 16 34
6 Graham Osborne 14 16 3 33
7 Chris Jagger 1 8 12 4.5 2 27.5
8 Tom Townsend 4 6 8 6 24
9 Gunnar Hallberg 16 2 1 3 22
9 Phil King 16 2 1 3 22
9 Andrew McIntosh 16 2 1 3 22
9 Derek Patterson 16 2 1 3 22

This list displays the top ten players (including ties); 130 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Player of the Year Championship - a history". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "EBU Results 2017". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ "EBU Results 2018". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.