2011 Master Point Reports

The annual Master Point reports have now been published. Congratulations to Ed Scerri who has won the Sunday Telegraph Salver for the second year in a row, finishing ahead of Frances Hinden and Janet Springett. John Holland leads the Gold Points table, with David Bakhshi second and David Gold third.

• All 2011 Master Point Reports
• Expanded announcement (with a few additional facts and figures)
• Most points earned in 2011
• Gold Point ranking list

The Club Champions are also listed at the above link and a prize draw has been done, so congratulations to the following winners who receive EBU vouchers:

1. Mike Amos, Alpha Bridge Club, Norfolk (£400)
2. Linda Gardiner, Mid Sussex Bridge Club (£200)
3. Raymond Medhurst, Weald Bridge Club (£100)

Annual Master Point Reports

The 2010 Master Point reports are now ready. Congratulations to Ed Scerri for winning the Sunday Telegraph Salver for the most points earned during the year. He was ahead of Frank and Janet Springett. In the Gold Point list, David Bakhshi is once again top of the table, followed by John Holland in second and Michael Byrne in third.

The Club Champions have also been announced. These are the players who earned the most local master points at each club from April - December. The club winners were entered into the Annual Prize Draw, so congratulations to the following prize winners:

Steve Lee and Chrys Poole - Hazlemere - £400 (£200 each)
Ray Foulds - Worcester - £200
Graham Boutell and Ann Grant - Stratford St. Mary - £100 (£50 each)

• All 2010 Master Point Reports
• Sunday Telegraph Salver Rankings
• Gold Point List
• Club Champions List

2009 Master Point Lists

The 2009 Master Point ranking lists are now available to be viewed online. Congratulations to John Holland who has won the Sunday Telegraph Salver for the most points earned in the year. He finished ahead of 2007 winner Ron Davis and Frank Springett.

David Bakhshi has regained the lead in the Gold Point List, ahead of John Holland and last year's leader Tim Rees.

• Most Points of 2009
• Gold Point Ranking List
• All Master Point Reports (including county reports)

Paper Master Point processing at Aylesbury

From April 1st 2010, no paper master points issued will be accepted by the EBU, unless dated before then, and within the stated validity, with all updating being done from then onwards electronically. This will mean that the days of collecting small pieces of paper and then sending them to Aylesbury for us to count and manually update will be over.

However, we are about to enter a time of substantially increased work pressures at the Aylesbury office as we work to implement these and other IT system changes, and this may result in delays in processing master point claims.

We would therefore ask members who have paper master points that they wish us to put on their records to follow these requirements of submission to us carefully:-

1. Please use the correct forms. Note that the master point year ends on December 31st.
2. Please count your master points as requested and fill in the forms properly.
3. to see if your claim has been processed, click here. Enter your EBU number where requested; click on your rank to see individual registrations. Please allow at least four weeks for your claim to be processed, before contacting the office.

We will of course ensure that all paper master points are updated before we produce the results for the 2009 Master Point competitions. Due to the work pressures previously stated, there may be a delay in the final results. If that happens, apologies in advance!

Master Points on-line

Please note that it is currently not possible to check your Master Points on-line. However, the Master Point system continues to be updated as normal, and if members would like to know their status, they should contact the Secretary. On-line checking will be available again as soon as it is possible.

Masterpoint reports

The annual Master Point reports are available to view online. Congratulations to Tim Rees for winning the Sunday Telegraph Salver for the most points in the year (followed by Ed Scerri and Clive Owen). Tim also leads the Gold Point ranking list, ahead of David Bakhshi and Michael Byrne.
Top scorers of 2008
Gold Point ranking list
All time top scorers
Full index of county by county lists

Master Point Price Increase - directly credited master points

It was announced after the last Board meeting that the cost of directly credited master points would rise by 2p to 40p from January 1st, 2009. Although this represents slightly more than a 5% increase, it is the first since 2006.

After further discussion, it has been determined that in order to give time for all clubs to make their submissions by the final qualifying date (for the Master Point competitions) of January 26th, 2009, we will not impose this increase until after that date. Therefore all submissions received by January 26th will be processed at the old rate of 38p per award. All submissions received after January 26th will be invoiced at the new rate of 40p.

Masterpoint reports 2007

Congratulations to Ron Davis, who has won the 2007 Master Point race! Ron finished just ahead of his Bedfordshire colleague Jon Williams who had won it for the last several years. Third was Michael Byrne of Manchester.

In the Gold Point rankings, David Bakhshi of London ended the year in first place, ahead of Michael Byrne and last year's leader Tim Rees of Berks and Bucks.

Click here for all the rankings lists