Master Points are awarded electronically for EBU members for almost all duplicate competitions. Duplicate Pairs and Round the Houses Teams of Four competitions are the Club's nominated competitions and score 1½ times the normal rate.
At the end of the year, the total Master Points which each player has won are totalled, and the player with the most points who has not won any other major competition, wins the Master Points Vase.
Below you will find this year's table. Note that an "E" following the player's name means that from May onwards, all awards are electronic. At the bottom of the page, you will find an explanation of Master Points and the ranking requirements or go to the EBU web site at www.ebu.co.uk
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~ ~ ~~ ~| Posn | ~Player | ~Total MPs | ~Jan | ~Feb | ~Mar | ~Apr | ~May | ~Jun | ~Jul | ~ ~| 1 | ~Phil Hickman (P) | ~466 | ~0 | ~39 | ~70 | ~98 | ~126 | ~109 | ~24 | ~ ~| 2 | ~Sula Turpin (E) | ~452 | ~146 | ~61 | ~94 | ~18 | ~64 | ~45 | ~24 | ~ ~| 3 | ~Michael Beer (E) | ~437 | ~104 | ~84 | ~88 | ~58 | ~55 | ~30 | ~18 | ~ ~| 4 | ~Gill Weeks (E) | ~423 | ~16 | ~87 | ~141 | ~35 | ~36 | ~108 | ~0 | ~ ~| 5 | ~Peter Boyce (P) | ~402 | ~50 | ~46 | ~49 | ~113 | ~45 | ~99 | ~0 | ~ ~| 6 | ~Stuart Strachan (E) | ~381 | ~129 | ~54 | ~0 | ~63 | ~81 | ~54 | ~0 | ~ ~| 7 | ~Ann McMahon (E) | ~379 | ~100 | ~0 | ~96 | ~74 | ~63 | ~46 | ~0 | ~ ~| 8 | ~Lynn Kirby (E) | ~348 | ~20 | ~50 | ~56 | ~36 | ~71 | ~115 | ~0 | ~ ~| 9 | ~Eleanor Rice (E) | ~346 | ~69 | ~15 | ~36 | ~93 | ~24 | ~109 | ~0 | ~ ~| 9 | ~Mary Sutton (P) | ~346 | ~76 | ~96 | ~22 | ~10 | ~84 | ~58 | ~0 | ~ ~| 11 | ~Hugh Phillips (E) | ~345 | ~50 | ~36 | ~49 | ~60 | ~54 | ~96 | ~0 | ~ ~| 12 | ~Enid Spraggett (E) | ~325 | ~83 | ~19 | ~56 | ~39 | ~0 | ~116 | ~12 | ~ ~| 13 | ~Pat Lynch (P) | ~308 | ~76 | ~60 | ~52 | ~10 | ~66 | ~44 | ~0 | ~ ~| 14 | ~Gwen Clark (P) | ~300 | ~18 | ~30 | ~76 | ~128 | ~6 | ~42 | ~0 | ~ ~| 15 | ~Richard Bungey (E) | ~292 | ~0 | ~60 | ~40 | ~69 | ~97 | ~20 | ~6 | ~ ~| 16 | ~Chris Waye (E) | ~286 | ~36 | ~23 | ~99 | ~78 | ~35 | ~15 | ~0 | ~ ~| 17 | ~John Holt (E) | ~280 | ~60 | ~0 | ~66 | ~100 | ~0 | ~54 | ~0 | ~ ~| 18 | ~Bridget Jones (E) | ~273 | ~12 | ~30 | ~104 | ~28 | ~60 | ~39 | ~0 | ~ ~| 19 | ~Steve Jones (P) | ~270 | ~36 | ~50 | ~80 | ~20 | ~54 | ~30 | ~0 | ~ ~| 20 | ~Elsie Malone (P) | ~267 | ~42 | ~36 | ~54 | ~36 | ~46 | ~53 | ~0 | ~ ~| 21 | ~Judy Bungey (E) | ~244 | ~0 | ~0 | ~40 | ~69 | ~109 | ~20 | ~6 | ~ ~| 22 | ~Liz Madeley (E) | ~242 | ~24 | ~39 | ~57 | ~29 | ~30 | ~63 | ~0 | ~ ~| 23 | ~Chris Doyle (E) | ~223 | ~78 | ~44 | ~0 | ~46 | ~15 | ~40 | ~0 | ~ ~| 24 | ~Dave Butler (E) | ~217 | ~30 | ~23 | ~45 | ~49 | ~15 | ~55 | ~0 | ~ ~| 25 | ~Rosemary Pinches (E) | ~200 | ~48 | ~60 | ~6 | ~61 | ~0 | ~25 | ~0 | ~ ~| 26 | ~Madeline Lawson (E) | ~196 | ~78 | ~24 | ~52 | ~6 | ~0 | ~18 | ~18 | ~ ~| 27 | ~Val Moules (E) | ~192 | ~37 | ~0 | ~30 | ~44 | ~57 | ~24 | ~0 | ~ ~| 28 | ~Jeanne Whitehorn (E) | ~171 | ~12 | ~15 | ~36 | ~30 | ~18 | ~60 | ~0 | ~ ~| 29 | ~Phyllis Russell (P) | ~168 | ~0 | ~30 | ~26 | ~38 | ~24 | ~50 | ~0 | ~ ~| 30 | ~Jackie Woods (E) | ~155 | ~0 | ~39 | ~44 | ~18 | ~0 | ~54 | ~0 | ~ ~| 31 | ~Matthew Stratton (P) | ~145 | ~6 | ~54 | ~30 | ~36 | ~0 | ~19 | ~0 | ~ ~| 32 | ~Pauline Serby (E) | ~140 | ~18 | ~47 | ~12 | ~24 | ~0 | ~39 | ~0 | ~ ~| 33 | ~Nicola Foster (P) | ~130 | ~40 | ~24 | ~0 | ~30 | ~36 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 34 | ~Laura Polito (P) | ~128 | ~30 | ~44 | ~44 | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 35 | ~David Maddocks (P) | ~127 | ~0 | ~15 | ~0 | ~40 | ~60 | ~12 | ~0 | ~ ~| 36 | ~Jeroen Wieland (E) | ~126 | ~48 | ~0 | ~24 | ~0 | ~21 | ~33 | ~0 | ~ ~| 37 | ~Val Elliott (P) | ~120 | ~24 | ~6 | ~6 | ~38 | ~0 | ~46 | ~0 | ~ ~| 38 | ~Henry Traill (P) | ~115 | ~68 | ~15 | ~12 | ~0 | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 38 | ~Angela Traill (E) | ~115 | ~68 | ~15 | ~12 | ~0 | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 40 | ~Bill Wells (E) | ~108 | ~24 | ~0 | ~30 | ~30 | ~24 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 41 | ~Evelyn Archer (E) | ~102 | ~16 | ~0 | ~30 | ~44 | ~12 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 42 | ~Cynthia Nussey (E) | ~98 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~30 | ~18 | ~50 | ~0 | ~ ~| 42 | ~Muriel Floyd (E) | ~98 | ~0 | ~20 | ~24 | ~54 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 44 | ~Kevin Carter (E) | ~93 | ~20 | ~10 | ~6 | ~6 | ~18 | ~33 | ~0 | ~ ~| 45 | ~Sue Oliver (E) | ~90 | ~0 | ~18 | ~12 | ~0 | ~60 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 46 | ~Chris Oliver (E) | ~86 | ~36 | ~0 | ~30 | ~0 | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 47 | ~Jean Reid (E) | ~84 | ~24 | ~0 | ~54 | ~0 | ~0 | ~6 | ~0 | ~ ~| 48 | ~John Hawkins (P) | ~80 | ~20 | ~0 | ~20 | ~30 | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 49 | ~Elizabeth Maddocks (P) | ~73 | ~0 | ~15 | ~0 | ~40 | ~18 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 50 | ~Olive Maguire (P) | ~70 | ~0 | ~40 | ~6 | ~0 | ~0 | ~24 | ~0 | ~ ~| 51 | ~Jan Malsingh (P) | ~65 | ~0 | ~15 | ~20 | ~24 | ~6 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 52 | ~Dave Richardson (P) | ~61 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~61 | ~0 | ~ ~| 53 | ~Maureen Munday (P) | ~56 | ~0 | ~12 | ~0 | ~20 | ~0 | ~24 | ~0 | ~ ~| 53 | ~Tal Joseph (P) | ~56 | ~0 | ~0 | ~10 | ~0 | ~46 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 53 | ~Mairwen Joseph (P) | ~56 | ~0 | ~0 | ~10 | ~0 | ~46 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 53 | ~Jean Allen (P) | ~56 | ~0 | ~0 | ~6 | ~18 | ~0 | ~32 | ~0 | ~ ~| 57 | ~Helen Child (P) | ~52 | ~0 | ~6 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~46 | ~0 | ~ ~| 58 | ~Mary Thomas (E) | ~50 | ~30 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 59 | ~Bill Westmeath (P) | ~42 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~30 | ~12 | ~ ~| 60 | ~Don Choudhuri (P) | ~40 | ~0 | ~40 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 60 | ~Michael Gowlett (P) | ~40 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~30 | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 60 | ~John Foster (P) | ~40 | ~40 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 60 | ~Nigel White (P) | ~40 | ~20 | ~0 | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 64 | ~Joan Cherrett (E) | ~38 | ~12 | ~10 | ~6 | ~0 | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 65 | ~Brian Medhurst (P) | ~35 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~35 | ~0 | ~ ~| 65 | ~Cathy Medhurst (P) | ~35 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~35 | ~0 | ~ ~| 67 | ~Cyril Gamalatge (P) | ~32 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~32 | ~0 | ~ ~| 67 | ~Ruth Carter (P) | ~32 | ~20 | ~0 | ~6 | ~6 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 69 | ~Jean Ferris (P) | ~30 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~24 | ~6 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 69 | ~Ann Green (P) | ~30 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~30 | ~0 | ~ ~| 69 | ~John Tew (E) | ~30 | ~6 | ~0 | ~24 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 72 | ~Barry Walker (P) | ~28 | ~0 | ~0 | ~12 | ~10 | ~0 | ~6 | ~0 | ~ ~| 73 | ~Tom Linley (E) | ~24 | ~0 | ~0 | ~24 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 73 | ~M Kaye (P) | ~24 | ~0 | ~0 | ~24 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 75 | ~Maureen Barlow (P) | ~22 | ~0 | ~0 | ~10 | ~0 | ~12 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 76 | ~Mary Fennell (P) | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 76 | ~Pat Forknall () | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 76 | ~Brian Hill (E) | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 76 | ~Phyllis Hill (P) | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~20 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 80 | ~Peter Cherrett (E) | ~18 | ~18 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 80 | ~Richard Beverley () | ~18 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~18 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 80 | ~Peter Appleford () | ~18 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~18 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 83 | ~Chris Bion (E) | ~16 | ~6 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 84 | ~Rita Blissett (P) | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 84 | ~Turid Salter (P) | ~10 | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 84 | ~Janette Jolly (P) | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 84 | ~Liz Recaldin (E) | ~10 | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 84 | ~Stephen Burman (E) | ~10 | ~0 | ~10 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 89 | ~Dave Ross (E) | ~9 | ~9 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 89 | ~Barry Mitchell (E) | ~9 | ~9 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~ ~| 91 | ~Andy Hill (E) | ~6 | ~0 | ~0 | ~6 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | ~0 | |
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~ ~ ~~ ~| THE MASTER POINTS SCHEME | ~ ~| Any player can obtain points from success in duplicate bridge competition on a scale which varies according to the success itself the size of the competition and its status. About the top one-third of players in a competition will be entitled to a Master Points. The register of Master Points is kept at the offices of the English Bridge Union. Only members of the EBU may register their points and have their records maintained. A lapsed member may have valid Master Points registered on renewal of membership of the EBU. | ~ ~| Members may register their points and request a copy of their record at any time they can also see their record via the EBU website. Submissions must include details of name address and EBU number. | ~ ~| Lists of promotions between Master Point ranks are published in every issue of English Bridge and County ranking lists are sent annually to the secretaries of affiliated clubs. Rank and category prizes are awarded every year based upon the total number of Master Points earned during the competition year which runs from 1 July to 30 June. | ~ ~| There are three types of point. Local and Green Points accumulate to establish a player’s Master Point rank. Gold Points which depreciate in value over a five-year period provide a measure of form for more senior players. | ~ ~| Local Points: These are awarded to any duplicate session complying with the normal rules and regulations of the Master Points scheme. | ~ ~| Green Points: These are won in national events and are necessary for progress to the most senior ranks. The club heats of the National Pairs competition attract Green Points. They are awarded in whole numbers or halves or quarters. The value of a Green Point is 100 Local Points (so 1½ Green Points = 150 Local Points). | ~ ~| Gold Points: Any performance in a single event which merits an award of five Green Points or more automatically receives Gold Points in addition to the Green Points award. | ~ ~| Master Points ranks: A player’s accumulated holding Green and Local Points is expressed under the collective term of Master Points. The ranks of Premier Master and above require a specified number of the total points to have been converted from Green Points. For example 7 500 Local Points and 25 Green Points qualify the holder as a Regional Master. The ranks and requirements are listed below in increasing order of seniority. | ~ ~
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| ~ ~| Rank Master Points | ~ ~| Local Master | ~ 100 | ~
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| ~ ~| Area Master | ~ 500 | ~
| ~ ~| District Master | ~ 1,000 | ~
| ~ ~| County Master | ~ 1,500 | ~
| ~ ~| Master | ~ 5,000 | ~
| ~ ~| Advanced Master | ~ 7,500 | ~
| ~ ~| * Master | ~ 10,000 | ~
| ~ ~| ** Master | ~ 15,000 | ~
| ~ ~| *** Master | ~ 20,000 | ~
| ~ ~| **** Master | ~ 25,000 | ~
| ~ ~| ***** Master | ~ 30,000 | ~
| ~ ~| Tournament Master | ~ 40,000 | ~
| ~ ~| * Tournament Master | ~ 50,000 | ~
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| ~ ~| Premier Master | ~ 50,00 | ~including at least 10 Green Points | ~ ~| * Premier Master | ~ 10,000 | ~including at least 10 Green Points | ~ ~
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| ~ ~| Regional Master | ~ 10,000 | ~including at least 25 Green Points | ~ ~| * Regional Master | ~ 20,000 | ~including at least 25 Green Points | ~ ~
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| ~ ~| Premier Regional Master | ~ 20,000 | ~including at least 50 Green Points | ~ ~| * Premier Regional Master | ~ 30,000 | ~including at least 50 Green Points | ~ ~
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| ~ ~| National Master | ~ 30,000 | ~including at least 75 Green Points | ~ ~| Premier National Master | ~ 40,000 | ~including at least 100 Green Points | ~ ~| Life Master | ~ 60,000 | ~including at least 150 Green Points | ~ ~| Premier Life Master | ~ 90,000 | ~including at least 300 Green Points | ~ ~| Grand Master | ~ 120,000 | ~including at least 600 Green Points | ~ ~| Premier Grand Master | ~ Minimum of 1,500 Green Points | |
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