The Brunel Trophy 2015


The 2015 tournament draws and results

The 2015 tournament rules

Final 2015 qualification standings

The qualification process for the 2015 tournament

The 2015 tournament draws and results

The eighth round consisted of a single match between the two survivors of the seventh round.
The result was (with prior defeats in brackets):
Gaz Owen (1) beat Nick Barham (1)
Gaz wins the title.

No draw was necessary for the seventh round as the rules dictated the line-up.
It read (complete with prior defeats in brackets, and results):
Nick Barham (1) received a bye as Roland had one earlier in the competition, and Nick's record (in terms of his results and those of his opponents) was superior to that of Gaz
Gaz Owen (1) beat Roland Herrera (1)

The draw for the sixth round was made on Thursday, July 30th.
It read (complete with prior defeats in brackets, and results):
Nick Barham (1) beat James Newman (1)
Gaz Owen (1) beat Stephen Little (1)
Roland Herrera (1) beat Neil Young (1) by default

The draw for the fifth round was made on Thursday, June 18th.
It read (complete with prior defeats in brackets, and results):
Roland Herrera (1) was drawn a bye, as one of the two eligible players with the best record so far (in terms of his results and those of his opponents)
Stephen Little (1) beat Alex Hodge (1)
Neil Young (1) beat Adam Sinclair (1)
Nick Barham (1) beat Peter Thistlewood (1)
Gaz Owen (1) beat James Newman (0)

The draw for the fourth round was made on Thursday, May 21st.
It read (complete with prior defeats in brackets, and results):
James Newman (0) received a bye, as the player with the best record so far (in terms of his results and those of his opponents)
Alex Hodge (1) beat Neil Young (0)
Stephen Little (1) beat Simon Hughes (1)
Peter Thistlewood (1) beat John Chester (1)
Nick Barham (1) beat Gaz Owen (0)
Roland Herrera (1) beat Steve Morris (1)
Adam Sinclair (1) beat Ian Tarr (1)

The draw for the third round was made on Thursday, April 16th.
It read (complete with prior defeats in brackets, and results):
Stephen Little (1) beat Nick Barham (0)
James Newman (0) beat Steffen Nowak (1)
Simon Hughes (1) beat Alex Hodge (0)
Gaz Owen (0) beat Eamonn Reay (1)
Steve Morris (1) beat Andy Boysan (1)
Roland Herrera (1) beat Stuart Mann (1) by default
Neil Young (0) beat Richard Owsley (1)
Adam Sinclair (1) beat Simonetta Herrera (1)
Ian Tarr (1) beat Peter Thistlewood (0)
John Chester (1) beat Ed Turner (1)

The draw for the second round was made on Thursday, March 12th.
It read (complete with prior defeats in brackets, and results):
Andy Boysan (1) beat Eamonn Reay (0)
Nick Barham (0) beat Miles Farren (1)
Alex Hodge (0) beat Cynthia Roberts (1)
James Newman (0) beat Ian Tarr (0)
Stephen Little (1) beat Drew Caudwell (1) by default
Peter Thistlewood (0) beat Chris Hughes (1)
Steffen Nowak (1) beat Stuart Mann (0)
John Chester (1) beat Roland Herrera (0)
Gaz Owen (0) beat Tim Line (1)
Simon Hughes (1) beat Adam Sinclair (0)
Neil Young (0) beat John Corrado (1)
Ed Turner (1) beat Steve Morris (0)
Simonetta Herrera (1) beat Richard Owsley (0)

The draw for the first round of the 2015 Brunel Trophy was made at the Awards Night on Thursday, February 5th.
It read (complete with results):
Alex Hodge beat Simonetta Herrera
Ian Tarr beat Tim Line
Steve Morris beat John Chester
Nick Barham beat John Corrado
Roland Herrera beat Stephen Little
Stuart Mann beat Drew Caudwell
Neil Young beat Andy Boysan
James Newman beat Simon Hughes
Peter Thistlewood beat Miles Farren
Gaz Owen beat Steffen Nowak
Eamonn Reay beat Cynthia Roberts
Richard Owsley beat Ed Turner
Adam Sinclair beat Chris Hughes

The 2015 tournament rules

All matches in the competition are to be played to 11 points.
The competition features a revolutionary double elimination format -- read on.
Draws are to be made, starting with the first round draw in February, every 5 weeks or so -- next scheduled draw date to be announced when the current draw has been made.
No previously drawn pairings will be allowed, unless this should become unavoidable late in the competition.
Results not reported by the time of the next draw shall be deemed a defeat for both players unless evidence is presented to the Director which demonstrates that blame can be attributed to one of the players rather than both.
Players losing for the first time in the competition stay in for the next draw.
Players losing for a second time are eliminated.
Where a bye is needed, this will be awarded to the player who has lost fewest matches in the competition so far. Where a tie-break is needed, this will be decided by the number of wins achieved in the competition by all of a player's opponents. In the event of two or more equal records, this will be subject to a draw.
No player will receive more than one bye during the competition, unless all remaining players have already received one.
Ties are then continued until all bar one player has lost twice.
That remaining player is the winner.
The total cash prize pool is £620, made up from the following elements:
Sponsor's basic prize fund: £100;
Sponsor's initial £5 susbidy for 23 qualifiers: £115;
Sponsor's additional subsidy for 7 most frequent qualifying players: £35;
Sponsor's 100% subsidy of entry fees of 3 qualifying intermediates: £38;
Entry fee elements paid by the players: £332.
This total will be divided amongst the top four players in the following percentages: 50% (£310); 25% (£155); 15% (£93); 10% (£62).
In the event of players finishing equal the prizes will be shared between those players.

Final 2015 qualification standings

Qualification: during 2014 for 2015

As at the year end, the number of points gained by each individual player was:
56: Ian Tarr.
52: John Chester.
49: Simonetta Herrera.
45: Nick Barham.
44: Steve Morris.
40: Chris Hughes, Simon Hughes, Richard Owsley, Ed Turner.
35: Roland Herrera.
(everyone above this line (ten players) had potentially qualified for the extra £5 subsidy, however as this was "subject to availability" and there was only £35 available to fund this, that money will be apportioned as follows: £5 for the top five qualifiers; £2 for the next five qualifiers)
30: Andy Boysan, Drew Caudwell.
29: Tim Line.
27: James Newman, Neil Young.
26: Cynthia Roberts.
23: Peter Thistlewood.
22: Alex Hodge.
19: Miles Farren, Stephen Little, Steffen Nowak.
18: John Corrado, Stuart Mann.
(everyone above this line has qualified)
16: Gaz Owen, Eamonn Reay.
15: Chrissy Carter.
14: Mandy Macdonald.
13: Andy Brown, Cecilia Sparke, Angie Vick.
11: James Lintell-Smith.
10: Simon Baker, Rob Brito, Phil Charlton, Andrew Cobb, Pearl Foster, Sean Hopson, Fred North, Malcolm Patterson, Chas Perry, Gary Plant, Dave Pym, Mike Smith, Paul Watts.
9: Adam Sinclair.
8: Jason Champion.
7: Tom Chapman, Rob Wills.
6: Adrian Barnes, Dave Cank, Jude Pitt, Ian Preston.
5: Bahman Salahshour, Horst Stenzel, Tony Walters.
4: Colin Sara, Warner Solomon.
3: Derek Clew, Marcus Evans, Paul Kirwin, Deana Romain.
2: Blaine Buchanan.
1: Peter Bennet, Rosey Bensley, Richard Biddle, Michael Clarke, Mark Dixon, Neil Edwards, Mary French, Kevin Jones, Michihito Kageyama, Hadi Kermani, Luke Owen, Lily Owsley, John Sprague, John Slattery, Simon Temme, Matt Walder, Marcus Wrinch, Lewis Young, Todd Young.
N.B: All Premier League players have 10 points included in their totals. This is subject to their completing the season.

The qualification process for the 2015 tournament

For competitions entered during the whole of 2014, points were awarded as follows:
  • Premier League: 10 points (subject to completion of the league season);
  • Conference League: 1 point for every second match completed;
  • For any of the following Thursday tournaments (Monthly Grand Prix, GP30, GP5, Clock Tournament GP, Handicap Trophy, Clock Blitz GP, Round Robin GP, Intermediates Trophy, Consulting Doubles Championship, Christmas Fizz Tournament): 1 point for every event entered.
  • Participation in the 2014 Brunel Trophy: 1 point.
A player gaining a total of 18 or more points during 2014 qualified for the 2015 event.
There will be three "Director's Picks" to augment the field, assuming that all 23 qualifiers take up their positions.

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