EYES ON THE PRIZES

The International Bridge Press Association has announced the winners of the Annual IBPA Awards for the calendar year 2025.

→ The Winner of the Play Award is Dror Padon – Journalist: Jerry Li.

→ The Winner of the Bidding Award are Kevin Bathurst and John Hurd – Journalist: John Carruthers.

→ The Winner of the Defence Award is Ami Zamir – Journalist: Prakash Paranjape.

→ The Winner of the Juniors Award is Marius Austad – Journalist: Jos Jacobs.

→ The Winner of Book of the Year is My Life with Bridge by Mike Lawrence, published by Masterpoint Press.

→ The winner of the Personality of the Year Award is Jeff Rubens for his commitment to the game of bridge through the Bridge World Magazine.

→ The Winners of the Truscott Award are Catherine Harris – an Australian writer and audio producer – and Jocelyn Startz – a lawyer based in San Francisco – who create and distribute the podcast SORRY PARTNER.