the Player of the Year Championship. Points are accumulated from 1 October until 30 September with a prize of £1,000 to the winner. Since its introduction in 2014/15, there have been five different winners of the competition: Universal Membership The EBU launched its "Pay to Play" scheme on 1 April 2010 to create Universal Membership, replacing its previous method of financing. A small payment (36 pence from April 2016 to March 2017) is charged each time a player plays at an EBU affiliated club. Payment of this Universal Membership fee means that all members of clubs which are affiliated to the EBU become player members of the EBU. Direct membership of the EBU – for those who play at unaffiliated clubs, or live outside England – is also available. Magazines The Contract Bridge Journal was the "official organ of the English Bridge Union" after World War II, being inaugurated in 1946 under editor Maurice Harrison-Gray. It announced its last edition in the December 1955 edition stating that "the firm of Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd. has acquired the goodwill of the C.B.J. and will sponsor the publication from next month of a new magazine: The British Bridge World edited by Terence Reese" The new magazine characterized itself on its covers as the "Medium of English Bridge Union News" and the "Successor to the Contract Bridge Journal." It ceased publication in December 1964. No major magazines were published under or for the English Bridge Union banner in 1965. The English Bridge Union Quarterly was inaugurated in April 1966 and, in contrast to its predecessors, was the first EBU 'in-house' magazine. In turn, the English Bridge Union Quarterly was replaced by English Bridge in August 1984 which is still produced four times a year and distributed free of charge to eligible EBU members; electronic copies are available at the EBU website. It is currently edited by Lou Hobhouse. 75th Anniversary On 23 May 2011, the English Bridge Union celebrated its 75th Anniversary. It organised a number of events to celebrate the occasion: 75th Anniversary Mixed Pivot Teams Championships in Brighton at the EBU Brighton Summer Meeting in August. Journalists' day in London in September. Primary school children will introduce the game they love to journalists over lunch. Special match between primary school children and members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Development of Bridge will take place at