The Brunel Trophy 2026


The 2026 tournament draws and results

The 2026 tournament rules

The 2026 tournament draws and results

The draw for the first round of the 2026 Brunel Trophy was made on Monday, February 2nd.
Matches are to be completed by March 8th.
It reads (complete with full results as at February 19th 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) versus Jon Organ(2)
Phil Charlton(2) versus Simon Hughes(2)
Pete Boxer(2) versus Hazel Harper(2)
Natalie Singh(2) beat Mike Smith(1)
Mark Dixon(2) versus Frank Jones(2)
Adam Sinclair(2) versus Ann Pocknell(2)
Barry Vasili(2) versus Gaz Owen(2)
Robin Gunney(2) versus Ian Tarr(2)
Richard Davies(2) versus Alp Ozbas(2)
Elias Hamati(2) beat Ian Hedges(1)
Pearl Foster(2) beat Cliff Blofield(1)
Steffen Nowak(2) beat John Curran(1)
Eamonn Reay(2) versus Warner Solomon(2)
Gerald Whitehouse(2) beat Ian Anderson(1)
Jim Green(2) versus Simon Tracy(2)
Phil Doubtfire(2) beat Matt Sharp(1)
Simon Blinkhorn(2) beat Freddy Doubtfire(1)
Andy Zographou(2) versus Neil Young(2)
Nick Barham(2) versus Carwyn Jenkins(2)
Dicky Biddle(2) beat Mitch Tucker(1)
Richard Owsley(2) beat Fred North(1)
Derek Clew(2) versus Stephen Little(2)
Alan Joicey(2) versus Chris Hughes(2)
James Newman(2) versus Paul Watts(2)
Cecilia Rogers(2) versus Ben Crowden(2)
Simon Dicken(2) versus Kylie Hedges(2)
Kev Peters(2) versus Rosemary Whitehouse(2)
Simon Baker(2) versus Rob Clarke(2)
Tim Line(2) versus Dom Verrall(2)
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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