The Brunel Trophy 2021

The draw for the first round of the 2021 Brunel Trophy was made on Saturday, January 30th.
Matches are to be completed by March 6th.
It reads (complete with results to February 16th):

Kev Peters received a bye

Chris Rogers beat Ismail Yilmaz

Ian Hedges versus Gaz Owen

Cecilia Sparke beat Daniel Eldridge

Ian Tarr beat Steffen Nowak

Tom Chapman versus Phil Charlton

Tim Line beat Frank Jones

Caroline Boulton beat Richard Owsley

Adam Sinclair beat Nick Barham

Adrian Farthing versus Chris Hughes

Andy Boysan beat James Lintell-Smith

Simon Tracy beat Steve Morris

Jordan White versus George Georgiou

Mandy Macdonald beat Stephen Little

Simonetta Herrera versus John Curran

Simon Hughes versus Ben Crowden

Eamonn Reay versus Paul Watts

Jim Green versus Robin Gunney

Roland Herrera versus Carwyn Jenkins

Alan Joicey versus Peter Thistlewood

Rosemary Whitehouse versus Hazel Boucher

Gerald Whitehouse versus Cynthia Roberts

Safi Tracy versus Simon Baker

Neil Young versus Matt Reekie-Black

The 2021 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 early 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 prize pool amounts to £1,190, made up from the following elements:
Sponsor's basic prize fund: £250;
Entry fee elements to be paid by the players: £940. (This will include entry fees for intermediate qualifiers, which the sponsor will pay in full).
The total will be divided amongst the top five players, as follows: 1st £550; 2nd £280; 3rd £180; 4th £120; 5th £60.
In the event of players finishing equal the prizes will be shared between those players.

2021 qualification standings

Qualification race: during 2020 for 2021

The number of points gained by each individual player as at December 17th was:
44: Tim Line, Cynthia Roberts.
40: SIMONETTA HERRERA.
39: ROLAND HERRERA.
38: ANDY BOYSAN, ALAN JOICEY.
36: Stephen Little.
35: KEV PETERS.
31: Steve Morris.
28: John Curran, Adrian Farthing.
27: ROBIN GUNNEY, Chris Hughes.
26: GAZ OWEN.
25: Ian Tarr, David Tyrrell.
24: Warner Solomon.
23: Mandy Macdonald.
22: GEORGE GEORGIOU.
20: DAVE PYM.
19: Gerald Whitehouse.
18: Rosemary Whitehouse.
17: Simon Tracy.
16: Nick Barham, Paul Watts.
15: Hazel Boucher, Adam Sinclair, Safi Tracy, Ismail Yilmaz.
13: Frank Jones.
12: Rosey Bensley, James Newman, Cecilia Sparke.
11: Simon Baker.
10: Ian Anderson, Yuri Cherkasenko, Daniel Eldridge, Jim Green.
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7: Ian Hedges, Mike Rodwell.
6: Simon Hughes, Richard Owsley, CHRIS ROGERS.
5: Cliff Blofield, Kat Cherkasenko, Ben Crowden, Mathew Nicholls.
4: George Devlin, Andrew Gay, Steffen Nowak, MATT REEKIE-BLACK.
3: Tom Chapman, Mark Dixon, Pat Holly, Kian Sabet, Jordan White.
2: Martha Beal, Caroline Boulton, Blaine Buchanan, Miles Farren, Mary French, Mike Smith, Rob Wills.
1: Marcel Bancroft, Iman Bayandorian, Phil Charlton, Eamon Devlin, Garry Hutchinson, Carwyn Jenkins, Michihito Kageyama, James Lintell-Smith, Stuart Mann, Eamonn Reay, Mansour Sedaghatpanah, Ed Turner, Tony Walters, Neil Young.
0: GARY PLANT.

The qualification process for the 2021 tournament

For competitions entered during the whole of 2020, points are awarded as follows:

• For any of the following Thursday tournaments (Monthly Grand Prix, GP30, GP10, Handicap Trophy, Speedgammon GP, Freeroll GP, Intermediates Trophy, Consulting Doubles Championship, Christmas Fizz Tournament): 1 point for every event entered.
• Participation in the 2020 Brunel Trophy: 1 point.

The players gaining the most qualification points will augment players who have qualified via the following sixteen achievements:
2020 Brunel Trophy winner (Andy Boysan) and runner-up (George Georgiou); 2020 Premier One champion (Chris Rogers) and runner-up (Gaz Owen); 2020 Bristol Masters winner (Alan Joicey) and runner-up (Simonetta Herrera); 2020 Bristol Grand Prix winner (Gaz Owen) and runner-up (Roland Herrera); 2020 Premier Two Blue champion (Kev Peters); 2020 Premier Two Red champion (Gary Plant); 2020 Premier Three champion (Robin Gunney); 2020 Conference champion (Matt Reekie-Black); 2020 GP30 champion (n/a in 2020); 2020 Freeroll GP champion (Dave Pym); 2020 GP10 champion (Gaz Owen); 2020 Speedgammon champion (n/a in 2020); 2020 Handicap Trophy champion (n/a in 2020). These players will be shown in BLOCK CAPITALS in the list above.
And intermediates who qualify, shown in italics, have their entry paid by the sponsor.
There will also be at least four "Director's Picks" to augment the field.

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