The Brunel Trophy 2018


The 2018 tournament draws and results

The 2018 tournament rules

Final 2018 qualification standings

The qualification process for the 2018 tournament

The 2018 tournament draws and results

The ninth round of the 2018 Brunel Trophy consisted of a single match between the two survivors of the eighth round.
The match was played on Friday, November 9th.
(prior defeats are in parentheses).
Cecilia Sparke(0) beat Ed Turner(1)
Cecilia wins the title.

The eighth round of the 2018 Brunel Trophy consisted of a single match between the two survivors of the seventh round.
The match was to be completed by Monday, November 5th.
(prior defeats are in parentheses).
Cecilia Sparke(0) beat Ed Turner(0)

The draw for the seventh round of the 2018 Brunel Trophy was made on Thursday, August 30th.
Matches were to be completed by Thursday October 4th.
It read (complete with full results and prior defeats in parentheses):
Ed Turner(0) beat Alex Hodge(1)
Cecilia Sparke(0) beat Simon Baker(1)

The draw for the sixth round of the 2018 Brunel Trophy was made on Thursday, July 26th.
Matches were to be completed by Thursday August 30th.
It read (complete with full results and prior defeats in parentheses):
Ed Turner(0) received a bye
Simon Baker(1) beat Stephen Little(1)
Alex Hodge(1) beat Neil Young(1)
Cecilia Sparke(0) beat Mike Smith(1)

The draw for the fifth round of the 2018 Brunel Trophy was made on Sunday, June 24th.
Matches were to be completed by Thursday July 26th.
It read (complete with full results and prior defeats in parentheses):
Stephen Little(1) beat Dave Pym(1)
Ed Turner(0) beat Chris Hughes(1)
Alex Hodge(1) beat Simon Hughes(1)
Cecilia Sparke(0) beat George Georgiou(1)
Neil Young(1) beat Ian Tarr(1)
Mike Smith(1) beat Tom Chapman(1)
Simon Baker(1) awarded a free pass to round six because of Ian Hedges'(1) unavailability

The draw for the fourth round of the 2018 Brunel Trophy was made on Sunday, May 20th.
Matches were to be completed by June 24th.
It read (complete with full results and prior defeats in parentheses):
Dave Pym(1) beat Paul Watts(1)
Alex Hodge(1) beat Marcus Evans(1)
Ed Turner(0) beat Simon Baker(0)
Chris Hughes(1) beat George Georgiou(0)
Cecilia Sparke(0) beat Chris Rogers(1)
Ian Hedges(1) beat Stephen Little (0)
Ian Tarr(1) beat Simon Hughes(0)
Tom Chapman(1) beat Tim Line(1)
Mike Smith(1) beat Simonetta Herrera(1)
Neil Young(1) beat Nick Barham(1)

The draw for the third round of the 2018 Brunel Trophy was made on Thursday, April 12th.
Matches were to be completed by May 17th.
It read (complete with full results and prior defeats in parentheses):
George Georgiou(0) received a bye
Ian Hedges(1) beat Paul Watts(0)
Stephen Little(0) beat Neil Young(0)
Alex Hodge(1) beat Tom Chapman(0)
Simonetta Herrera(1) awarded a free pass to round four because of Derek Clew's(1) unavailability
Tim Line(1) beat Ian Tarr(0)
Simon Baker(0) beat Steve Morris(1)
Chris Rogers(1) beat Marcus Evans(0)
Mike Smith(1) beat Chris Hughes(0)
Ed Turner(0) beat Dave Pym(0)
Cecilia Sparke(0) beat Daniel Eldridge(1)
Nick Barham(1) beat Miles Farren(1)
Simon Hughes(0) beat Jim Green(1)

The draw for the second round of the 2018 Brunel Trophy was made on Thursday, March 8th.
Matches were to be completed by April 12th.
It read (complete with full results and prior defeats in parentheses):
Simon Baker(0) beat Cynthia Roberts(1)
Alex Hodge(1) beat Nick Barham(0)
Ian Tarr(0) beat Andy Boysan(1)
Simon Hughes(0) beat Drew Caudwell(1)
Paul Watts(0) beat Jason Champion(1)
Tom Chapman(0) beat Steve Cox(1)
Derek Clew(1) beat Ian Hedges(0)
Daniel Eldridge(1) beat Richard Owsley(1)
Marcus Evans(0) beat Roland Herrera(1)
Miles Farren(1) beat Simonetta Herrera(0)
George Georgiou(0) beat Steve Morris(0)
Jim Green(1) beat Mike Smith(0)
Chris Hughes(0) beat Gaz Owen(1)
Tim Line(1) beat James Lintell-Smith(1)
Stephen Little(0) beat Hugh Swann(1)
Cecilia Sparke(0) beat Mandy Macdonald(1)
Ed Turner(0) beat Steffen Nowak(1)
Dave Pym(0) beat Adam Sinclair(1)
Neil Young(0) beat Chris Rogers(0)

The draw for the first round of the 2018 Brunel Trophy was made at the Awards Night on Thursday, February 1st.
Matches were to be completed by March 8th.
It reads (complete with full results):
Cecilia Sparke beat Tim Line
Chris Hughes beat Hugh Swann
Ian Tarr beat Drew Caudwell
Paul Watts beat Alex Hodge
Dave Pym beat Jim Green
Steve Morris beat Steffen Nowak
Stephen Little beat Daniel Eldridge
Nick Barham beat Steve Cox
Tom Chapman beat Roland Herrera
George Georgiou beat Mandy Macdonald
Simon Hughes beat Adam Sinclair
Mike Smith beat Andy Boysan
Simon Baker beat Derek Clew
Neil Young beat Gaz Owen
Chris Rogers beat Cynthia Roberts
Ed Turner beat Jason Champion
Simonetta Herrera beat Richard Owsley
Marcus Evans beat Miles Farren
Ian Hedges beat James Lintell-Smith

The 2018 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 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 this year amounts to £1,010, made up from the following elements:
Sponsor's basic prize fund: £250;
Entry fee elements to be paid by the players: £760. (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 £500; 2nd £240; 3rd £140; 4th £90; 5th £40.
In the event of players finishing equal the prizes will be shared between those players.

Final 2018 qualification standings

Qualification race: during 2017 for 2018

The number of points gained by each individual player as at December 14th is:
46: IAN TARR.
42: Simonetta Herrera.
39: ROLAND HERRERA.
38: DANIEL ELDRIDGE, Tim Line.
37: Stephen Little.
36: Steve Morris.
33: NICK BARHAM, Cynthia Roberts.
29: SIMON HUGHES, ALEX HODGE.
26: RICHARD OWSLEY.
20: Adam Sinclair.
15: Ian Hedges.
13: Jason Champion.
12: CHRIS ROGERS.
11: Chris Hughes, Mandy Macdonald.
10: Steffen Nowak, Rufus Rozelaar, Cecilia Sparke.
8: GAZ OWEN.
6: Andy Brown, Tom Chapman, Jim Green.
5: Cliff Blofield, Steve Cox, Carwyn Jenkins, Ed Turner, Tony Walters.
4: Andy Boysan.
3: Drew Caudwell, Derek Clew, JOHN CURRAN, Bob Markham, Vic Sprake.
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2: Martin Barkwill, George Devlin, Marcus Evans, Pearl Foster, Elias Hamati, Hugh Swann.
1: Yusuf Adenwala, David Brown, Dave Cank, Michael Clarke, Milo Devlin, Miles Farren, Pes Freeland, GEORGE GEORGIOU, John Hurst, George Jakeway, Pam Jakeway, Michihito Kageyama, Garry Kallos, James Lintell-Smith, STUART MANN, Eric McAlpine, Andy McLeod, Fred North, Luke Owen, Jen Owsley, Lily Owsley, Chas Perry, Dave Pym, Ian Shaw, James Timoney, Allen Tish, Bob Wachtel, Suzie Walters, Paul Watts, Ismail Yilmaz.

The qualification process for the 2018 tournament

For competitions entered during the whole of 2017, points were awarded as follows:
  • For any of the following Thursday tournaments (Monthly Grand Prix, GP30, GP5, Handicap Trophy, Speedgammon GP, Round Robin GP, Intermediates Trophy, Consulting Doubles Championship, Christmas Fizz Tournament): 1 point for every event entered.
  • Participation in the 2017 Brunel Trophy: 1 point.
The players gaining the most qualification points will augment players who have qualified via the following seventeen achievements:
2017 Brunel Trophy winner (Nick Barham) and runner-up (Daniel Eldridge); 2017 Premier One champion (Nick Barham) and runner-up (Stuart Mann); 2017 Bristol Masters winner (Roland Herrera) and runner-up (Gaz Owen); 2017 Open Grand Prix winner (Alex Hodge) and runner-up (Roland Herrera); 2017 Premier Two Blue champion (Chris Rogers); 2017 Premier Two Red champion (Alex Hodge); 2017 Premier Three champion (George Georgiou); 2017 Conference champion (John Curran); 2017 GP30 champion (Simon Hughes); 2017 GP5 champion (Ian Tarr); 2017 Speedgammon champion (Daniel Eldridge); 2017 Round Robin Grand Prix champion (Daniel Eldridge); 2017 Handicap Trophy champion (Richard Owsley). These players will be shown in BLOCK CAPITALS in the list above.
There will also be at least three "Director's Picks" to augment the field.


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