Bidders Challenge 2022 - Overall Winners

The Overall results are in for the Bidders Challenge 2022. Thanks to the thousands of you who took part over the course of the year, and for making the competition such a close run thing.

Special congratulations go to the players who made the podium!

Alexander Cook, who tied for the lead in the monthly competition with 79/80 in both of the last two months this year, ensures that none of the chasing pack can catch him, and he is the worthy winner of the 2022 annual competition. Alexander would also have led the pack if all 12 scores counted, totaling 863 (an impressive average of 71.9/80), just ahead of Francois Duffour, whose total of 860 means that he averaged 71.7. Indeed, it is a testament to the high quality of bidders entering this competition that three other players (Dave, Hanoi and Ian) also averaged 70/80 or higher over the 12 months.

The Top 10 all average more than 70/80 counting just their best nine scores. Particular kudos to Douglas, who makes the Top 10 despite missing two months.

With 70/80 this month, the front-runner throughout much of the year, Francois, does enough to hold on to second place, whilst Peter Law, who has twice scored a perfect 80/80 in the competition, leapfrogs those just ahead of him to claim the last place on the podium. Bad luck to last year’s bronze medalist, Dave, who misses a second podium finish by just one point.

It is worth noting that all of the top three from the 2021 competition finished in the top seven this year, along with Ian, who again just misses out, finishing in sixth place for the second consecutive year (actually up to fifth equal this year). Douglas also records a second consecutive Top 10 finish. Having been the leading North American last year, he is the leading USA player, with Canadian Ian the other North American in the Top 10.

Truly a worldwide competition, the Top 10 includes two North Americans, three Europeans, two Asians, two from Oceania, and one from South America. Come on Africa – if we can get an African into the Top 10 next year, we will then be truly global, covering all six occupied continents.

I suspect that all of the Top 10 will be competing for the top spots again in 2023. With more than 3,500 entries each month towards the back end of this year, perhaps there will be even more players who will join them to contest the 2023 title.

The Annual Leaderboard

You need a running total of 495 (an average of 55 of more) to make the annual competition leader-board. Congratulations on scoring consistently well throughout the year to everyone who makes the leader-board!

PlayerScore
Alexander Cook (spade7) from Sydney, Australia671
Francois Duffour (toutmo) from Paris, France663
Peter Law (petelaw) from Broadstairs661
David Williams (dave251164) from Llangollen, Wales660
Ian T Findlay (findles) from Banff AB Canada654
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) from Singapore654
Hanoi A Rondon (hanoi5) from Providencia653
Douglas Schmickrath (P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA, USA646
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (rv) from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India645
Stephen Merriman (smerriman) from New Zealand644
Juliano Barbosa (JBarbosa) from Seixal Portugal625
Milko Slavov (milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria621
Michael van Gulik (Bananatree) from Belleville Canada617
Pär Ol-Mårs (olmar) from Sweden616
Va Ena (fachiru) from Taos NM615
Dan Gheorghiu (DanG4503) from Victoria, BC, Canada615
peter lakatos (nyul11) from Budapest615
Laura Mancini (801dna) from Paris France614
Babs Giesbrecht (bABsG) from Canada610
Paul Dubois (pottsca) from El Cajon, CA USA609
Bert Hackney (toast1) from United States607
Brad Theurer (batmanbrad) from Gaithersburg, MD USA605
Jon Cooke (Mugsmate) from United Kingdom605
Claude Candillier (capri13) from Peyrolles en Provence, France 602
Patrick Shields (patr1cks) from Cheltenham600
John Stell (johnworf1) from United Kingdom600
Shahar Zack (shaharz) from kiryat motzkin598
Adrian Pang (MP7601) from Hong Kong, China597
Josh Sinnett (oshoj) from Bellingham, WA, United States596
John R Mayne (JRMayne) from Modesto, CA, USA595
Enhao Du (diandian23) from Newbury Park, USA593
John MacGregor (johnmacg) from Halifax, NS591
Mark Chen (Mark_Chen) From United States590
Jarek Langer (jarek444) from Austin TX USA589
Stephen Goldstein (Sdvdg) From United States589
Capri Bucci (atp13) from Rome Italy586
Robert Lavin (Bridgboy1) From United States586
Leo Resk (Resker) From Canada583
Adam Magyar (Sundiszno) from Budapest579
Daniel Klein (drdnmnk) from Victoria, B.C., Canada579
Paul Sontag (Pgs58) From Canada578
George Wang (ggnaw) from United States575
Tobias Bern (xtober) from Sweden574
Chen-Dann Lu (CDLU) from Taiwan571
Lei Tsui (ltsui10) from United States570
Manuel Oliveira (m oliveira) from Estoril - Portugal569
Mostafa Mohamed (therudy) from Fort Lee569
Howard Stern (hstern) from United States566
Athanasiadis Alex (alati) from Thessaloniki, Greece563
Gianni Hsieh (wakanari) from Sammamish561
Mani Gupta (Manig) from USA560
Raj Agarwal (badesh) from Cambridge, MA, USA558
Luka Žunić (Behemont1) From Croatia558
Rasmus Maide (dst463) from Espoo, Finland557
Earle Fergusson (Fergus) from Canada557
John C Osher (J5280) from Denver556
Alex Green (Galexy) from Sydney Australia555
Kinpin Chu (xh2072) from China554
Niklas Carlsson (19niklas69) from Sweden553
Stephen Kwan (sk1958) from Toronto/Canada552
Tufan Köse (Capycino) From Turkey552
Michael Fay (Mouse75) from United Kingdom548
Jean-Marie Arnaud (jmarnaud51) from France547
Nikolaos (nikrek) from Papamichalopoulos546
gaston mejane (decour) from France546
Rishabh Singh (rishabh) from San Jose545
Eddie Rose (EddieRose) from United States545
David Johnson (davidmj) from Calgary Canada544
Yongjun Lu (ottawa2008) from Canada544
Dave Bugay (hikerdave1) from United States541
Marian Tomov (Marit) from Bulgaria539
Ioannis Exarchos (Jexa_) from Greece539
Jim Ritts (rtscracker) from United States539
George Mattos (George Mat) From United States539
Jean-Luc Lachance (jllachan) from Canada538
Ugis Jansons (ugisj) from Latvia538
Timothy Prior (brimstone) from United Kingdom537
Karle Joys (kjoys) from Canada536
Dann Brunebjerg (b50911) from Denmark536
Benjamin Bomber (soccertoo) from Portland534
Eamon Galligan (eamongall) from Ireland534
Aymeric Lebatteux (Voldenuit) From France534
Iain Cundy (Icundy) From United Kingdom534
Rumen Georgiev (RBG) from United States533
Andreas Persson (Rosengatan) from Mullsjö533
Andrzej Stankiewicz (south66) from Poland532
Rosaleen Glasheen (Remlagh) from Ireland532
John Leonard (jl07702) from United States531
Sherif Noshy (Chiccco) From Egypt531
Richard Bickley (sheer luck) from Canada530
C Billiet (cbilliet) from Netherlands530
Brian DeLong (Goose231) from Canada530
Arto Kosonen (Aarrttoo) from Finland529
peter hudson (p_t_red) from Coppell529
Charles Nudelman (soxguy) from Northbrook,IIllinois529
Jim Norton (jimnorton) from United States525
Robert Donathan (Rdonathan) From United States525
Nick Roubeglis (Rglis) from Greece524
Michael Aslett (mjaslett) from United Kingdom524
Lee Weinberger (shoonrah) from United States523
Koichi Takahashi (takahasir) from Japan523
Gjivo Tikvica (KhazadDoom) from Croatia521
Ashot Harutunyan (ashoth_14) from Canada520
Gregory LeBlanc (gnlblnc151) from United States517
Mark Bennett (upstate) from United States516
Jan Spiess (JanDoko) from Germany516
Galtier Jean (eyquem) from France516
Thanassis Akylas (aakylas) from Greece515
Christopher Howard (Chriscq1) From United Kingdom515
Peter Lipp (pio_magic) from Austria514
Liz Senior (Pen9Jar) From United Kingdom513
Carlo Romani (Alextf45) From Italy513
Erez Zadik (erezz) from Israel511
Johanne Powell (Jopow) From Ireland511
Thouvignon Daniel (Danielth) From Thailand511
John Klayman (Thesqueeze) From United States511
Karen Barrett (Karenbbarr) From United States510
Özgür Sayın (Kayzer) From Turkey510
James Sampson (jtsamp1) from Lake Worth508
Judith Morissette (Juju4) From Canada507
Lovász Péter (ZsofiKrist) from Hungary506
stuart carr (vanstu) from Canada506
Matt Weingarten (coolbeans) from United States506
Elwindra Elwindra (Gabrialsew) From Indonesia506
Qiang Zhang (Olddragonz) From United States506
Jon Bessinger (Jonseas) From United States505
Carl Whicher (Carlhwh) From Canada505
Jacob Freeman (Jacob04) From Canada505
Yongdong Yang (Yangalbert) From United States504
Matt Rewinski (Mrew) From United States504
Philippe Blaevoet (Lebelabel) From France503
Ken Penton (Panoramak) From Canada503
borislav dobroykov (b_dobroyko) from Drogheda502
Hamish Mccracken (Hamishmccr) From Australia501
Andy Hsiao (Andyhsiao) From United States500
Frank Wharton (Acolf1551) From United Kingdom500
Mario Solomon (Mario_S) From Israel500
kresten kristensen (kesse) from Denmark499
Hamish Mccracken (Hamishmccr) From Australia499
Andy Hsiao (Andyhsiao) From United States498
Frank Wharton (Acolf1551) From United Kingdom498
Vanni Nozzoli (Gelindos6) From Italy498
Matteo Cleef (Matteovc) From Netherlands498
Bonny Waworuntu (Polcep) From Indonesia498
John Murphy (Jdm42) From Ireland497
Sridhar Vee (Aiz) From India497
Michel Leduc (Jlm53) From Canada497
Taavi Toomere (taavi) from Estonia497
Silvia Sacco (Sissi_It71) From Italy496
Örjan Törnblom (Unperfect) From Sweden496
Phil Grella (Yawker) From United States495
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