British Grand Prix
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The British Grand Prix is made up of all the Regional Tournaments held in the UK in any given year. The Grand Prix is a qualifing event for the British Team For the World Championships. (The MSO and the Cambridge Christmas tournament are not regionals)
In 2008 a perpetual plate trophy was introduced to the British Grand Prix to be passed to the winner each year. In honour of the late George Greaves the silver plate was named the "George Greaves Memorial Plate". This was presented to the title holder at the time Iain Barrass.
The plate has enough room for 20 years worth of winners up to the year 2016 at which point the shield will pass to the player who has their name enscribed on it the greatest number of times. Currently in the lead is Geoff Hubbard.
Points System
Points are awarded for the following places in any BOF Regional tournament:
1st 200; 2nd 160; 3rd 120; 4th 100; 5th 80; 6th 60; 7th 40; 8th 20; 9th 10; 10th place and below are awarded 5 points.
Ties are not resolved and all tied players are awarded points equal to the total points awarded for the tied players divided by the number of players.
For example three players tied for third place will each be awarded 100 points. This is equal to the sum of points for third and fourth and fifth places (120+100+80 = 300) divided by three (100)
Should there be any fractions, these are ignored and 1 added to the number of points awarded. For example four players tied for seventh place would each be awarded 19 points. This is equal to the some of points for seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth places (40+20+10+5 = 75). This divided be four is 18 3/4. Ignoring the three quarters and adding one makes the points awarded equal to 19. Ties between BGP standings are resolved by the number of tournaments where maximum number of points are awarded (200) then number of next highest (e.g. 160) and so on. Should this fail to determine a BGP winner, then a play-off match will be held.
Past British Grand Prix Champions
| Year | Champion | Tournament Locations |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  ??
| Oadby, London (TBC), Cambridge (TBC), Sheffield, Farnborough (Hants), Newcastle upon Tyne (TBC) |
| 2009 |  Geoff Hubbard
| Oadby, London, Cambridge, Sheffield, Farnborough (Hants) |
| 2008 |  Iain Barrass
| Cambridge, Derby, Farnborough (Hants), London, Oadby |
| 2007 |  David Beck
| Ashford (Kent), Cambridge, London, Mansfield, Oadby, |
| 2006 | Geoff Hubbard
| Cambridge, London, Oadby, Sailsbury, Shefield |
| 2005 | Geoff Hubbard
| Ashford (Kent), Cambridge, Oadby, Sailsbury, Sheffield |
| 2004 | Geoff Hubbard
| Ashford (Kent), Cambridge, Doncaster, London, Oadby |
| 2003 |  Michael Handel
| Wellingborough, Oxford, Cambridge, London, Oadby |
| 2002 | Geoff Hubbard
| Wellingborough, Swindon, London, London, Doncaster |
| 2001 |  Phil Marson
| Wellingborough, Cambridge, Hartlepool, Frimley Green, Doncaster |
| 2000 |  Graham Brightwell
| Edwinstowe, Wellingborough, Cambridge, Frimley Green, Doncaster |
| 1999 | Phil Marson
| Worksop (held in Edwinstowe), Wellingborough, Edwinstowe, Cambridge, Frimley Green, Newton-le-Willows, Southampton (cancelled), Doncaster. |
| 1998 | Iain Barrass
| Wellingborough, Sheffield, Nottingham, Oxford, Frimley Green, Cambridge, Doncaster |
| 1997 | Graham Brightwell
| Worksop, Wellingborough, Nottingham, Oxford, Cambridge, Frimley Green, Doncaster, Winchester |
