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EBU Awards

BERNARD TELTSCHER

Tony Priday Award

The inaugural Tony Priday

Award is being given to Bernard

Teltscher. Bernard established

and funded the Senior Camrose,

which is now known as the

Teltscher Cup.

Bernard played with Tony

Priday in many events, including

the 2014 Teltscher Trophy, with

the Great Britain team finishing

second, and the pair finishing

second in the cross-imp scoring.

He is President of the London

Metropolitan Bridge Association

and has also sponsored the

prestigious Lederer trophy.

Bernard can also be credited

with restarting the Cambridge

Bridge Club, in 1946, which had

been dormant during the war,

and acted as its President.

He is also the only EBU

member to have recognised the

work of the EBU staff by giving a

gift each Christmas.

DAVID BURN

Diamond Award

David has represented England

with distinction on a number of

occasions. He has been a

successful coach of England

teams for nearly thirty years. He

coached Great Britain to the

Bermuda Bowl silver medal

(1987) and victory in the

European championships

(1991), has coached the highly

successful England Women's

team over recent years, and aided

the Senior team in their victory

in the 2014 European

Championships. He has also

acted as NPC for many Camrose

teams.

SANDRA LANDY

Diamond Award

Sandra represented Great

Britain with distinction for more

than three decades winning five

European Championships and

two World Championships. She

has also represented England

successfully in both the Camrose

and Lady Milne.

EBU AWARDS 2015

These awards were announced at the 2015 AGM. The Tony Priday award, in memory of the man himself, is given for

outstanding contribution to bridge and enhancing the game in all its aspects. The Diamond Award is given to players in

recognition of excellence and success over a sustained period for England's international teams. Silver Awards recognise

long service and outstanding contribution to the administration of bridge at county and national level; Dimmie Fleming

Awards are given in recognition of a valued contribution to the game of bridge at county level and voluntary services to the

English Bridge Union.

PHILIP MASON

Silver Award

Philip Mason is

President of

Yorkshire having

been its very

successful chairman for 25 years

until earlier this year. He is a

member of the EBU tournament

committee and served with distinction as its chairman for some years.

He was an EBU board member and became its vice chairman. He was

also the board's representative to Bridge Great Britain.

There is no sphere of bridge administration with which Philip has

not been involved, at county or national level for a period of over

thirty years.