2024-25 competition
Competition overview
The Pairs Player of the Year Award replaces the previous Player of the Year Championship. It is intended to give a realistic chance of winning to a wide range of members, while still providing a strong ranking.
The award includes all EBU national face-to-face pairs events that have no entry restrictions – ie not NGS-limited, not county-representative, not master-point restricted, not events that require qualification via advance heats.
Place points will be awarded to the top of the field, which will reward success in larger events more than smaller ones. The length of the event will also be taken into account by giving points to the top 20% of the field (rounded up) for one-day events, 30% for one-and-a-half-day events and 40% for two-day events. So, from last week’s championship pairs in Eastbourne, which will be the first event in the new series, the top 58 pairs will get place points with the winners getting 58 and the 58th place getting 1. For the Two-Stars Pairs, points will be based on the size of the original field before qualification.
The winner of the Award will be given free entry for the next year to three events from the list, runner-up will get free entry for two events and the third place will get one. Prizes will be shared if any places are tied – eg winner and runner up tied will each get two free entries and one half-price.
In 2024-25 the tournaments and points awarded are as follows:
Rank | Name | Eastbourne Summer Meeting – Harold Poster Pairs | Northern Midweek Congress | Guernsey Congress | Great Northern Swiss Pairs | Year End Congress Swiss Pairs | Harrogate Spring Congress | Easter Festival – Guardian Trophy | Spring Bank Holiday – Two-Stars Pairs | Jersey Congress | Scarborough Congress | Total |
1st | Stefano Tommasini | 55 | 29 | 19 | 103 | |||||||
2nd | Ben Norton | 55 | 24 | 14 | 93 | |||||||
3rd | Ollie Burgess | 53 | 5 | 27 | 85 | |||||||
4th | Raymond Semp | 54 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 82 | ||||||
5th | Sebastian Atisen | 51 | 29 | 80 | ||||||||
6th | Jason Hackett | 52 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 79 | ||||||
7th | John Holland | 54 | 4 | 12 | 70 | |||||||
8th= | Kevin Castner | 43 | 25 | 68 | ||||||||
8th= | Aleksandar Lishkov | 35 | 12 | 21 | 68 | |||||||
10th= | Marcia Green | 40 | 27 | 67 | ||||||||
10th= | John Sansom | 52 | 8 | 7 | 67 | |||||||
12th | Jamie Fegarty | 35 | 14 | 17 | 66 | |||||||
13th= | Sarah Bell | 39 | 24 | 63 | ||||||||
13th= | Oscar Selby | 17 | 16 | 30 | 63 | |||||||
15th | Diana Nettleton | 48 | 14 | 62 | ||||||||
16th= | Alice Coptcoat | 53 | 5 | 58 | ||||||||
16th= | Alan Scott | 49 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||
16th= | David Dawson | 58 | 58 | |||||||||
16th= | David Norman | 58 | 58 | |||||||||
20th= | Jeremy Willans | 57 | 57 | |||||||||
20th= | Peter Law | 57 | 57 | |||||||||
20th= | Andrew Bannock | 45 | 12 | 57 | ||||||||
20th= | Tony Verran | 39 | 6 | 12 | 57 | |||||||
24th= | Andrew McIntosh | 56 | 56 | |||||||||
24th= | Sara Moran | 56 | 56 | |||||||||
26th= | Susanna Gross | 51 | 51 | |||||||||
26th= | Brian Gladman | 39 | 12 | 51 | ||||||||
26th= | Steve Raine | 17 | 19 | 15 | 51 | |||||||
26th= | Stephen Kennedy | 25 | 7 | 19 | 51 | |||||||
30th= | Peter Crouch | 50 | 50 | |||||||||
30th= | Jonathan Davis | 50 | 50 | |||||||||
32nd | Simon Gass | 49 | 49 | |||||||||
33rd= | Tracy Sherman | 39 | 9 | 48 | ||||||||
33rd= | Stefan Lindfors | 39 | 9 | 48 | ||||||||
33rd= | Tom Paske | 48 | 48 | |||||||||
36th= | Tim Rees | 47 | 47 | |||||||||
36th= | Mia Deschepper | 47 | 47 | |||||||||
36th= | Samantha Punch | 47 | 47 | |||||||||
36th= | Stephen Peterkin | 47 | 47 | |||||||||
36th= | Andy Cope | 1 | 16 | 30 | 47 | |||||||
41st= | Ian Draper | 36 | 10 | 46 | ||||||||
41st= | Joe Sivayogan | 36 | 10 | 46 | ||||||||
43rd= | David Arundel | 45 | 45 | |||||||||
43rd= | Ian Hamilton | 45 | 45 | |||||||||
43rd= | William Hamilton | 45 | 45 | |||||||||
46th= | Stephen Fordham | 43 | 43 | |||||||||
46th= | Nevena Senior | 43 | 43 | |||||||||
46th= | Mike Bell | 43 | 43 | |||||||||
46th= | James Bond | 43 | 43 | |||||||||
46th= | Phil King | 43 | 43 | |||||||||
51st= | Eran Assaraf | 40 | 40 | |||||||||
51st= | Ryan Stephenson | 14 | 16 | 10 | 40 | |||||||
53rd | Marion Robertson | 39 | 39 | |||||||||
54th | Senthur Shanmugarasa | 17 | 21 | 38 | ||||||||
55th= | Richard Hillman | 35 | 35 | |||||||||
55th= | Ambrose Holmes-Mackie | 35 | 35 | |||||||||
55th= | Cathy Rowland | 35 | 35 | |||||||||
55th= | Paul Fegarty | 35 | 35 | |||||||||
59th= | John Dakin | 1 | 8 | 24 | 33 | |||||||
59th= | Alan Hayward | 18 | 6 | 9 | 33 | |||||||
61st= | Henry Rose | 32 | 32 | |||||||||
61st= | Antone Huang | 32 | 32 | |||||||||
61st= | Oscar Nijssen | 32 | 32 | |||||||||
61st= | Anam Tebha | 32 | 32 | |||||||||
61st= | Adam Hickman | 17 | 15 | 32 | ||||||||
66th= | Bob McRobert | 31 | 31 | |||||||||
66th= | Richard Hyde | 31 | 31 | |||||||||
66th= | Selena Pepic | 31 | 31 | |||||||||
66th= | Tim van de Paverd | 31 | 31 | |||||||||
70th= | Derek Oram | 30 | 30 | |||||||||
70th= | Celia Oram | 30 | 30 | |||||||||
70th= | Andy Baruch | 29 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||
70th= | Helen Rose | 14 | 12 | 4 | 30 | |||||||
70th= | James Thrower | 14 | 12 | 4 | 30 | |||||||
75th= | Tim Gauld | 25 | 4 | 29 | ||||||||
75th= | Tommy Garvey | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
75th= | David Bakhshi | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
75th= | Graham Cope | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
75th= | Michael Wigmore | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
75th= | Michael Letts | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
75th= | Erik Saelensminde | 13 | 16 | 29 | ||||||||
82nd= | Sally Brock | 28 | 28 | |||||||||
82nd= | Jovi Smederevac | 28 | 28 | |||||||||
82nd= | Croz Croswell | 12 | 16 | 28 | ||||||||
82nd= | Paul Hackett | 10 | 18 | 28 | ||||||||
82nd= | Paul Murray | 10 | 18 | 28 | ||||||||
87th= | Rob Corrie | 26 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||
87th= | Howard Ludlow | 26 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||
89th= | Tom Peer | 7 | 19 | 26 | ||||||||
89th= | Anthony Melbourne | 7 | 19 | 26 | ||||||||
89th= | Frances Hinden | 26 | 26 | |||||||||
89th= | Graham Osborne | 26 | 26 | |||||||||
93rd= | Charlie Bucknell | 25 | 25 | |||||||||
93rd= | Kath Stynes | 25 | 25 | |||||||||
93rd= | Tony Olech | 1 | 24 | 25 | ||||||||
93rd= | David Cole | 25 | 25 | |||||||||
97th= | John Pemberton | 24 | 24 | |||||||||
97th= | Richard Creamer | 24 | 24 | |||||||||
99th= | Jackie Fairclough | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
99th= | Graham Orsmond | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
99th= | Rob Lawy | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
99th= | Dave Robinson | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
99th= | Martin Lerner | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
99th= | Nathan Piper | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
99th= | Alastair Gidman | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
99th= | Joe Fawcett | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
99th= | Alan Hobden | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
99th= | James Hobden | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
99th= | Miu Wong | 11 | 12 | 23 | ||||||||
99th= | David Willis | 11 | 12 | 23 | ||||||||
111th= | Maciej Szczerczak | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
111th= | Grzegorz Blicharz | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
111th= | Andi Boughey | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
111th= | Jakub Mitke | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
115th= | Neeraj Tanna | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||||||||
115th= | Claire Robinson | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||||||||
115th= | Justin Hackett | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
115th= | Martin Taylor | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
119th= | Liam Sanderson | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
119th= | Hugo Jee | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
119th= | Matt Brown | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
122nd= | Alan Jarvis | 18 | 18 | |||||||||
122nd= | Alastair Catchpole | 18 | 18 | |||||||||
122nd= | Ravi Athwal | 18 | 18 | |||||||||
125th= | Philip Town | 17 | 17 | |||||||||
125th= | Neill Harcus | 17 | 17 | |||||||||
125th= | Jackie Davies | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||||||
125th= | Liam Fegarty | 17 | 17 | |||||||||
129th= | Arthur Hughes | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
129th= | Rhona Goldenfield | 9 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||
129th= | Magnus Spence-Jones | 10 | 6 | 16 | ||||||||
129th= | Glyn Liggins | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
129th= | Ian Pagan | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
129th= | Lynton Stock | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
129th= | Catherine Seale | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
129th= | Simon Gillis | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
129th= | Niall Igoe | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
129th= | Gordon Clark | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
129th= | Gavin Mackay | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
140th= | Keith Boniface | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
140th= | Richard Hazell | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
140th= | Hanna Tuus | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||||||||
143rd= | Catherine Curtis | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
143rd= | Callum McKail | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
143rd= | Martin Bateman | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
143rd= | Lee Rosenthal | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
143rd= | Osi Assaraf | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
143rd= | Jonathan Jacobs | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
143rd= | Norman Inniss | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
143rd= | Christine Kempton | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
143rd= | Tom Gisborne | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
143rd= | Sandy Davies | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
153rd= | Rune Hauge | 13 | 13 | |||||||||
153rd= | Steve Root | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||
153rd= | Christine Child | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||
153rd= | Nigel Stuttard | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||
157th= | Maria Whelan | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
157th= | John Dagnall | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
159th= | Brian Senior | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
159th= | Nigel Bird | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
159th= | Bob Loveridge | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
159th= | Nick Sutcliffe | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
163rd= | Daniel McIntosh | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
163rd= | Jan Petter Svendsen | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
163rd= | John Atthey | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
166th= | Robert Plumley | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
166th= | Steve Bourton | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
166th= | Julia Brough | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
166th= | Sean Mekie | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
166th= | Luc Tijssen | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
166th= | Tom Slater | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
166th= | Daniel Kelsall | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
173rd= | Gulden Kesimoglu | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
173rd= | Solvi Remen | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
173rd= | Jan Erik Olsen | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
173rd= | Elisabeth Bingham | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
173rd= | Tony Togneri | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
173rd= | Simon Cope | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
173rd= | Richard Bowley | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
180th= | Fred Moen | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Reidar Laland | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Chris Jagger | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Jane Jensen | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Ian Payn | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Gillian Fawcett | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Kostadin Vasilev | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Anton Mauve | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Sue Johnson | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Duncan Thomas | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Alex Wood | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Holden Clark | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Pearl Murphy | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
180th= | Val Gibson | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
194th= | Svein Dahl | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
194th= | Angus Simpson | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
194th= | Alex Gauld | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
194th= | Tim Emmott | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
194th= | Frank Dixon | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
194th= | Paul Brereton | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
194th= | Phil Mattacks | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
194th= | Anne Catchpole | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
194th= | Andrew Clery | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
203rd= | Kathy Talbot | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
203rd= | Denis Talbot | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
205th= | Gideon Harvey | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
205th= | Daniel Winter | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
205th= | Andy Hall | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
205th= | Jackie Pye | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
209th= | Martin Aherne | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Kevin Goode | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Robert Cave | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Adrian Knight | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Prue Knight | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Gary Hyett | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Ros Wolfarth | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Bill Gardner | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Jacqui Farrar | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Helen Sanders | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Julian Gibson | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
209th= | Denis Murphy | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
221st= | Oliver Cowan | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
221st= | Warner Solomon | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
221st= | Jeff Wilkins | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
221st= | Ann Wilkins | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
225th= | Andrew Lewis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Bob Brown | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Carolyn Fisher | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Pat Watson | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Iain Sime | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Fiona McQuaker | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Debbie Richards | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Simon Richards | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Cathy Smith | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Andrew Smith | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Naomi Gibbs | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Mike Rawlins | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Dido Coley | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Lily Kearney | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Frances Connell | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Gerald Soper | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Giles Ip | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Jen Middleton | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Jack Ronayne | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Tom Cohen | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Robert Ross | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Peter Foster | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | John Roberts | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Clive Owen | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
225th= | Nichola Cockerill-Smith | 1 | 1 |