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]
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]
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]
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]