The final of the 2016/17 Gerard Faulkner Salver* took place on Sunday, and was won by the team of Tony McNiff, Bill Townsend, Dave Robinson, Richard Edwards (capt) & Robert Ross.

They beat Dee Lindon, Peter Lindon, Ed Scerri and Steve Eginton by just 12 IMPs in the 48 board final. The Lindon team lead by 26 IMPs after 16 boards, but the Edwards team won each of the last four sets to edge in front by the end.

* Introduced in 2002, the EBU's Seniors Knockout Teams for the Gerard Faulkner Salver is open to teams consisting of four to six players, all of whom are EBU members born in 1957 or earlier.