The Brunel Trophy 2026


The 2026 tournament draws and results

The 2026 tournament rules

The 2026 tournament draws and results

The draw for the fourth round of the 2026 Brunel Trophy was made on Saturday, May 16th.
Matches are to be completed by June 21st.
It read (complete with full results to May 22nd and number of lives remaining in parentheses):
Simon Dicken(1) versus Derek Clew(1)
Phil Charlton(1) versus Kev Peters(1)
Pete Boxer(1) versus Dicky Biddle(2)
Richard Owsley(1) beat Gaz Owen(1)
Simon Blinkhorn(1) versus Tim Line(1)
Paul Watts(2) versus Frank Jones(1)
Gerald Whitehouse(1) versus Phil Doubtfire(2)
Ian Tarr(1) versus Alan Joicey(1)
Chris Hughes(1) versus Natalie Singh(2)
Alp Ozbas(1) versus Adam Sinclair(1)
Elias Hamati(1) versus Jordan White(1)
James Newman(1) beat Cecilia Rogers(1)
Warner Solomon(1) versus Nick Barham(1)
Dom Verrall(2) versus Neil Young(1)
Ian Anderson(1) versus Steffen Nowak(1)
Jim Green(1) versus Andy Boysan(2)
Ed Turner(1) versus Chris Rogers(2)

The draw for the third round of the 2026 Brunel Trophy was made on Sunday, April 12th.
Matches were to be completed by May 17th.
It read (complete with full results and number of lives remaining in parentheses):
Gaz Owen(2) received a bye
Natalie Singh(2) beat Richard Owsley(1)
Chris Rogers(2) beat Pete Boxer(1)
Jordan White(1) beat Jon Organ(0)
Elias Hamati(1) beat Fred North(0)
Kev Peters(1) beat Steve Pickard(0)
Ian Anderson(1) beat Warner Solomon(1)
Dom Verrall(2) beat Simon Baker(0)
James Newman(1) beat Pearl Foster(0)
Frank Jones(1) beat Titus Simen(0)
Neil Young(1) received a free pass when Eamonn Reay(0) declared himself unavailable
Phil Charlton(1) beat Alp Ozbas(1)
Derek Clew(1) beat Adam Sinclair(1)
Phil Doubtfire(2) beat Barry Vasili(0)
Tim Line(1) beat Ian Tarr(1)
Simon Blinkhorn(1) beat Alan Joicey(1)
Steffen Nowak(1) beat Rob Clarke(0)
Andy Boysan(2) beat Ed Turner(1)
Cecilia Rogers(2) beat Ann Pocknell(0)
Jim Green(1) beat Nick Barham(1)
Paul Watts(2) beat Gerald Whitehouse(1)
Simon Dicken(1) beat Simon Tracy(0)
Dicky Biddle(2) beat John Curran(0)
Chris Hughes(1) beat Mark Dixon(0)

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

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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