European Masterpoints System

The European Bridge League has introduced a European Masterpoints system covering performances in European and World events since 1980.

You can read about the system, and see how individuals have performed in the events they have played in by visiting the EBL site and clicking on Departments/Masterpoints.

The following table shows Welsh players who have been awarded 10 or more points. Jill Casey earned most of her points playing in the British Ladies team in the 1990s, and the other notable success was the Welsh Seniors team coming seventh in the Istanbul Olympiad in 2004.

Like most masterpoint systems, there is a bias in favour of people who play in more events.

Rank
Name
EMPs
674
Jill CASEY
164
818
Patrick JOURDAIN
121
1019
Mike TEDD
89
1110
Gary JONES
78
1181
Adrian THOMAS
70
1200
Mike HIRST
68
1248
Jim LUCK
64
1302
Paul DENNING
59
1317
Peter GOODMAN
57
1394
Filip KURBALIJA
51
1442
Tim REES
48
1807
John SALISBURY
30
1921
Tony RATCLIFF
26
1990
Mike POWNALL
24
2021
Paul GAGNE
23
2021
Dafydd JONES
23
2057
Patrick SHIELDS
22
2146
Diana HARRIS
20