Premier Three Yellow 2026

There are thirty-six contestants for the 2026 Bristol Premier League Division Three season, twenty-one of whom remain in the division from last season, while seven were relegated from Premier Two, six are returning to the league, and two are making their Premier League debuts.
Those 36 players have been arranged into three parallel divisions of twelve, Premier Three Green, Premier Three Yellow and Premier Three Purple, ordered as per their finishing positions last year, and for the new and returning entrants by a random draw.
In each division players play each other twice in 11-point matches giving a total of twenty-two matches each in the three divisions, in a season spanning the eleven months from January to November.
Players arrange their own fixtures, at mutually acceptable venues and times.

League table as at May 30th

PldWonLostForAgstAv.DiffPensPts
Marcel Bancroft151231421310.733036
Ismail Yilmaz151141431102.200033
Ian Tarr1091109555.400027
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Neil Edwards1082106862.000024
Carwyn Jenkins97286533.667021
Ben Crowden124883110-2.250012
Freddy Doubtfire94579780.111111
Richard Davies113888108-1.81809
Photis Gittoes103778104-2.60009
Rosemary Whitehouse10288595-1.00006
Pearl Foster10287095-2.50006
Simon Dicken9095699-4.77800

Complete results record

PLAYER£25 PAID?vs I Yilmazvs R W'housevs I Tarrvs C Jenkinsvs P Gittoesvs P Fostervs N Edwardsvs F D'tfirevs S Dickenvs R Daviesvs B Crowdenvs M B'croft
Marcel BancroftYES11-311-9.1-1111-1011-611-1011-811-711-1011-10XXX
Ben CrowdenYES2-11.2-110-1111-7..11-011-7.XXX10-11
Richard DaviesYES9-114-114-11...8-115-1111-9XXX..
Simon DickenYES1-11.3-11....6-11XXX10-11.6-11
Freddy DoubtfireYES9-11...11-311-9.XXX..8-11.
Neil EdwardsYES11-811-98-11.11-811-2XXX..11-9..
Pearl FosterYES3-113-118-1111-67-11XXX.....11-1
Photis GittoesYES.11-103-115-11XXX......9-11
Carwyn JenkinsYES11-3.3-11XXX......11-611-8
Ian TarrYES.11-8XXX...10-11...11-5.
Rosemary WhitehouseYES5-11XXX..10-11.10-11..2-11..
Ismail YilmazYESXXX..8-11.11-10.11-1011-711-611-4.

Scores in parentheses are from adjourned matches.

League fees totalling £300 have all been paid.


Next checkpoint

May 31st

Number of matches to be played:

To avoid expungement: 8

To avoid penalty points: 10


Chronological results list:
Jan 5: Marcel Bancroft beat Ismail Yilmaz 11-3.
Jan 6: Ben Crowden beat Photis Gittoes 11-7; Ismail Yilmaz beat Simon Dicken 11-1; Ismail Yilmaz beat Simon Dicken 11-3.
Jan 7: Ismail Yilmaz beat Ben Crowden 11-2; Carwyn Jenkins beat Ismail Yilmaz 11-3.
Jan 9: Freddy Doubtfire beat Photis Gittoes 11-3.
Jan 10: Marcel Bancroft beat Richard Davies 11-10.
Jan 12: Marcel Bancroft beat Ben Crowden 11-10; Marcel Bancroft beat Ben Crowden 11-10.
Jan 13: Ben Crowden beat Freddy Doubtfire 11-0.
Jan 14: Ismail Yilmaz beat Freddy Doubtfire 11-9.
Jan 15: Ben Crowden beat Simon Dicken 11-7.
Jan 17: Ismail Yilmaz beat Pearl Foster 11-3.
Jan 24: Freddy Doubtfire beat Richard Davies 11-5.
Jan 26: Carwyn Jenkins beat Marcel Bancroft 11-1; Carwyn Jenkins beat Marcel Bancroft 11-8.
Jan 27: Ben Crowden beat Freddy Doubtfire 11-8.
Jan 28: Pearl Foster beat Carwyn Jenkins 11-6.
Jan 29: Carwyn Jenkins beat Ben Crowden 11-0; Carwyn Jenkins beat Ben Crowden 11-6; Carwyn Jenkins beat Ismail Yilmaz 11-8.
Feb 1: Neil Edwards beat Pearl Foster 11-2.
Feb 10: Marcel Bancroft beat Simon Dicken 11-7; Ian Tarr beat Simon Dicken 11-3.
Feb 15: Neil Edwards beat Ismail Yilmaz 11-8.
Feb 18: Carwyn Jenkins beat Photis Gittoes 11-5.
Feb 22: Ian Tarr beat Neil Edwards 11-8.
Mar 4: Photis Gittoes beat Rosemary Whitehouse 11-10.
Mar 7: Neil Edwards beat Richard Davies 11-8.
Mar 10: Neil Edwards beat Rosemary Whitehouse 11-9.
Mar 11: Richard Davies beat Simon Dicken 11-9.
Mar 13: Marcel Bancroft beat Pearl Foster 11-6.
Mar 14: Rosemary Whitehouse beat Pearl Foster 11-3.
Mar 16: Richard Davies beat Simon Dicken 11-10; Marcel Bancroft beat Simon Dicken 11-6.
Mar 22: Neil Edwards beat Richard Davies 11-9.
Mar 23: Marcel Bancroft beat Rosemary Whitehouse 11-9; Ian Tarr beat Ben Crowden 11-2.
Mar 26: Photis Gittoes beat Rosemary Whitehouse 11-10.
Mar 27: Ian Tarr beat Carwyn Jenkins 11-3.
Mar 30: Ian Tarr beat Rosemary Whitehouse 11-8.
Mar 31: Ian Tarr beat Ben Crowden 11-5.
Apr 4: Marcel Bancroft beat Neil Edwards 11-10.
Apr 14: Neil Edwards beat Photis Gittoes 11-8.
Apr 23: Marcel Bancroft beat Photis Gittoes 11-10.
Apr 29: Ian Tarr beat Photis Gittoes 11-3.
Apr 30: Ismail Yilmaz beat Ben Crowden 11-4; Ismail Yilmaz beat Richard Davies 11-9.
May 3: Freddy Doubtfire beat Pearl Foster 11-9.
May 15: Ismail Yilmaz beat Pearl Foster 11-10.
May 17: Ian Tarr beat Richard Davies 11-4.
May 20: Freddy Doubtfire beat Simon Dicken 11-6; Marcel Bancroft beat Photis Gittoes 11-9; Ismail Yilmaz beat Freddy Doubtfire 11-10.
May 21: Photis Gittoes beat Pearl Foster 11-7.
May 24: Neil Edwards beat Ian Tarr 11-10; Rosemary Whitehouse beat Richard Davies 11-4.
May 25: Neil Edwards beat Rosemary Whitehouse 11-10.
May 26: Marcel Bancroft beat Freedy Doubtfire 11-8.
May 27: Richard Davies beat Rosemary Whitehouse 11-2.
May 29: Ismail Yilmaz beat Rosemary Whitehouse 11-5; Ian Tarr beat Pearl Foster 11-8.
May 30: Ismail Yilmaz beat Richard Davies 11-6; Pearl Foster beat Marcel Bancroft 11-1.


Projected use of Premier Three prize pool (2026)


With Premier Three Green, Yellow and Purple entry fees all paid, they give a total Premier Three prize fund of £925.
The table below gives an estimate of how that money will be apportioned.
PurposeAmounts(£)
Administration fee92.5
Engraving and
mementoes
107.5
Cash Premier 3
Champion
170
Cash Divisional
champions
105 and 105
Cash Divisional
runners-up
75, 75 and 75
Cash Divisional
third placers
40, 40 and 40


Premier Three rules and formats
Premier Three Green current positions
Premier Three Purple current positions
Premier One current positions
Premier Two Blue current positions
Premier Two Red current positions
Premier Three history
Premier League entrants 2026
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