# 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.

## List of competitions

| Event | Format | Dates | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points |
| Event | Format | Dates | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
| Gold Cup | Single-Elimination Teams | — | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Spring Fours | Double-Elimination Teams | 1–5 May 2015 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 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 | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Total |
| Place | Name | GC | SF | PL | CC | FST | PaB | SMSP | NP | GT | TSP | Total |
| | 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.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Jim Mason | 43 | | |
| Janet de Botton | – | | |
| Janet de Botton | – | Jim Mason | – |
| | | Alexander Allfrey | 6 |
| Alexander Allfrey | 112 | Alexander Allfrey | 6 |
| Nick Stevens | – | | | | |
| Nick Stevens | – | | | Alexander Allfrey | 17 |
| | | | | Andrew McIntosh | – |
| Andrew McIntosh | 25 | | | Andrew McIntosh | – |
| John Reardon | – | | | | |
| John Reardon | – | Andrew McIntosh | 57 | | |
| | | Simon Gillis | – |
| Simon Gillis | 23 | Simon Gillis | – |
| 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.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | Hinden | 84 |
| | | Mossop | 78 |
| De Botton | 48 | Mossop | 78 |
| Mossop | 56 | | | | |
| Mossop | 56 | | | Hinden | 55 |
| | | | | Vitas | 51 |
| Allfrey | 72 | | | Vitas | 51 |
| Penfold | 48 | | | | |
| Penfold | 48 | Allfrey | 47 | | |
| | | Vitas | 55 |
| Vitas | 94 | Vitas | 55 |
| 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.
| Place | Name | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Adj | Total |
| Place | Name | ALL | DHO | FEG | MOS | PEN | CRO | HIN | DUN | Adj | Total |
| | 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.
| Place | Name | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Adj | Total |
| Place | Name | SEN | ALL | MOR | PAT | DHO | SMI | DRA | JON | Adj | Total |
| | 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.
| Place | Name | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Adj | Total |
| Place | Name | HIN | BER | BUT | BLA | ROB | HAC | HAN | RAI | Adj | Total |
| | 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.
| Place | Name | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Adj | Total |
| Place | Name | KEN | GRE | ALL | BYR | ORA | JON | LIN | STE | Adj | Total |
| | 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.

### 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.
| Place | Names | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 | 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.

### 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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 |