The Brunel Trophy 2026


The 2026 tournament draws and results

The 2026 tournament rules

The 2026 tournament draws and results

The draw for the second round of the 2026 Brunel Trophy was made on Tuesday, March 10th.
Matches are to be completed by April 12th.
It reads (complete with full results as at March 12th and number of lives remaining in parentheses):
Paul Watts(2) received a bye
Tim Line(1) versus Ben Crowden(1)
Simon Dicken(2) versus Mark Dixon(1)
Adam Sinclair(2) versus Kev Peters(2)
John Curran(1) versus Hazel Harper(1)
Neil Young(2) versus Nick Barham(2)
Pearl Foster(2) versus Jon Organ(1)
Ian Hedges(1) versus Phil Doubtfire(2)
Andy Boysan(2) versus Steve Pickard(2)
Steffen Nowak(2) versus Gaz Owen(2)
Fred North(1) versus Robin Gunney(1)
Alan Joicey(2) versus Phil Charlton(2)
Mitch Tucker(1) versus Gerald Whitehouse(2)
Warner Solomon(2) versus Jim Green(2)
Chris Rogers(2) versus Richard Davies(1)
James Newman(1) beat Cynthia Roberts(0)
Carwyn Jenkins(1) versus Dicky Biddle(2)
Jordan White(1) versus Simon Baker(2)
Ed Turner(2) versus Simon Hughes(1)
Alp Ozbas(2) versus Stephen Little(1)
Elias Hamati(2) versus Ian Tarr(2)
Charlie Hetherington(1) versus Natalie Singh(2)
Cliff Blofield(1) versus Rob Clarke(1)
Ann Pocknell(1) versus Matt Sharp(1)
Ian Anderson(1) versus Mike Smith(1)
Chris Hughes(1) versus Rosemary Whitehouse(1)
Eamonn Reay(1) versus Derek Clew(2)
Dom Verrall(2) versus Kylie Hedges(1)
Freddy Doubtfire(1) versus Richard Owsley(2)
Andy Zographou(1) versus Pete Boxer(2)
Frank Jones(2) versus Cecilia Rogers(2)
Simon Tracy(1) versus Simon Blinkhorn(2)
Barry Vasili(1) versus Titus Simen(2)

The draw for the first round of the 2026 Brunel Trophy was made on Monday, February 2nd.
Matches were to be completed by March 9th.
It read (complete with full results and number of lives remaining in parentheses):
Titus Simen(2) received a bye
Andy Boysan(2) beat Cynthia Roberts(1)
Ed Turner(2) beat Jordan White(1)
Chris Rogers(2) beat Jon Organ(1)
Phil Charlton(2) beat Simon Hughes(1)
Pete Boxer(2) beat Hazel Harper(1)
Natalie Singh(2) beat Mike Smith(1)
Frank Jones(2) beat Mark Dixon(1)
Adam Sinclair(2) beat Ann Pocknell(1)
Gaz Owen(2) beat Barry Vasili(1)
Ian Tarr(2) beat Robin Gunney(1)
Alp Ozbas(2) beat Richard Davies(1)
Elias Hamati(2) beat Ian Hedges(1)
Pearl Foster(2) beat Cliff Blofield(1)
Steffen Nowak(2) beat John Curran(1)
Warner Solomon(2) beat Eamonn Reay(1)
Gerald Whitehouse(2) beat Ian Anderson(1)
Jim Green(2) beat Simon Tracy(1)
Phil Doubtfire(2) beat Matt Sharp(1)
Simon Blinkhorn(2) beat Freddy Doubtfire(1)
Neil Young(2) beat Andy Zographou(1)
Nick Barham(2) beat Carwyn Jenkins(1)
Dicky Biddle(2) beat Mitch Tucker(1)
Richard Owsley(2) beat Fred North(1)
Derek Clew(2) beat Stephen Little(1)
Alan Joicey(2) beat Chris Hughes(1)
Paul Watts(2) beat James Newman(1)
Cecilia Rogers(2) beat Ben Crowden(1)
Simon Dicken(2) beat Kylie Hedges(1)
Kev Peters(2) beat Rosemary Whitehouse(1)
Simon Baker(2) beat Rob Clarke(1)
Dom Verrall(2) beat Tim Line(1)
Steve Pickard(2) beat Charlie Hetherington(1)

The 2026 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 on February 2nd, 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 (i.e. when there is an odd number of survivors), 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 £1,550, made up from the following elements:
Sponsor's basic prize fund: £250;
Entry fee elements to be paid by the players: £1,300 (from 65 entrants).
The total fund will be divided amongst the top five players, as follows: 1st £700; 2nd £390; 3rd £230; 4th £155; 5th £75.
In the event of players finishing equal the prizes will be shared between those players.

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