The Brunel Trophy 2025


The 2025 tournament draws and results

The 2025 tournament rules

The 2025 tournament draws and results

The draw for the third round of the 2024 Brunel Trophy was made on Tuesday, April 15th.
Matches are to be completed by May 18th.
It reads (complete with full results to April 21st and number of lives remaining in parentheses):
Simon Blinkhorn (2) received a bye
Adam Sinclair (1) versus James Lintell-Smith (1)
Simon Hughes (1) versus Cecilia Rogers (1)
Stuart Mann (1) versus Dom Verrall (1)
Reece Hodges (1) beat Simon Dicken (1)
Tim Line (1) versus Rob Clarke (1)
Pete Boxer (2) versus Ceri Pierce (1)
James Timoney (2) versus Andy Boysan (2)
Pearl Foster (1) versus Gaz Owen (2)
Kev Peters (1) versus Hemal Getalal (1)
Mike Smith (1) versus Richard Owsley (1)
James Newman (2) versus Andy Zographou (1)
Hazel Harper (2) versus Rosemary Whitehouse (1)
Stephen Little (1) versus Simonetta Herrera (1)
Nick Barham (2) beat Elias Hamati (1)
Robin Gunney (1) versus Ian Tarr (2)
Chris Hughes (2) versus Ian Hedges (2)
Gerald Whitehouse (1) versus Barry Vasili (2)
Steve Pickard (1) beat Eamonn Reay (0)
Jon Organ (2) versus Simon Baker (1)
Neil Young (1) versus Warner Solomon (1)
Natalie Singh (2) versus Simon Tracy (1)
Ed Turner (1) versus Phil Doubtfire (2)

The draw for the second round of the 2024 Brunel Trophy was made on Sunday, March 9th.
Matches are to be completed by April 13th.
It reads (complete with full results and number of lives remaining in parentheses):
Nick Barham (2) beat Phil Charlton (0)
Simon Blinkhorn (2) beat James Lintell-Smith (1)
Simon Dicken (2) beat Cynthia Roberts (0)
Ian Hedges (2) beat Ed Turner (1)
Rob Clarke (1) beat Richard Owsley (1)
Eamonn Reay (1) beat Hemal Getalal (1)
Cecilia Rogers (1) beat Stephen Little (1)
Dom Verrall (1) beat Steve Morris (0)
Mike Smith (1) beat Mark Dixon (0)
Pete Boxer (2) beat Kylie Hedges (0)
Hazel Harper (2) beat Reece Hodges (1)
Adam Sinclair (1) beat Simon Tracy (1)
Simon Baker (1) beat Mitch Tucker (0)
James Timoney (2) beat Matt Sharp (0)
Natalie Singh (2) beat Pearl Foster (1)
Elias Hamati (2) beat Steffen Nowak (0)
Gaz Owen (2) beat Frank Jones (0)
Barry Vasili (2) beat Scott Wood (0)
Simon Hughes (1) beat Stuart Mann (1)
Phil Doubtfire (2) beat Alan Joicey (0)
Gerald Whitehouse (1) beat Dicky Biddle (0)
Ceri Pierce (1) beat Kev Peters (1)
Rosemary Whitehouse (1) beat Tim Line (1)
Jon Organ (2) beat Paul Watts (0)
Andy Zographou (1) beat Jordan White (0)
Robin Gunney (1) beat Jim Green (0)
James Newman (2) beat Steve Pickard (1)
Warner Solomon (1) beat Simonetta Herrera (1)
Chris Hughes (2) beat Neil Young (1)
Ian Tarr (2) beat Chris Rogers (0)
Andy Boysan (2) beat Ian Anderson (0)

The draw for the first round of the 2024 Brunel Trophy was made on Sunday, February 2nd.
Matches were to be completed by March 9th.
It read (complete with full results and number of lives remaining in parentheses):
Andy Boysan (2) beat Ceri Pierce (1)
James Lintell-Smith (2) beat Chris Rogers (1)
Chris Hughes (2) beat Cynthia Roberts (1)
Phil Doubtfire (2) beat Frank Jones (1)
Simon Blinkhorn (2) beat Eamonn Reay (1)
Reece Hodges (2) beat Steve Morris (1)
Nick Barham (2) beat Kylie Hedges (1)
Jon Organ (2) beat Gerald Whitehouse (1)
Neil Young (2) beat Scott Wood (1)
Pearl Foster (2) beat Jim Green (1)
Kev Peters (2) beat Matt Sharp (1)
Hazel Harper (2) beat Steffen Nowak (1)
James Newman (2) beat Warner Solomon (1)
James Timoney (2) beat Mitch Tucker (1)
Stuart Mann (2) beat Simon Baker (1)
Simon Dicken (2) beat Mike Smith (1)
Ian Hedges (2) beat Paul Watts (1)
Barry Vasili (2) beat Simon Hughes (1)
Steve Pickard (2) beat Rob Clarke (1)
Pete Boxer (2) beat Andy Zographou (1)
Natalie Singh (2) beat Mark Dixon (1)
Gaz Owen (2) beat Jordan White (1)
Simon Tracy (2) beat Dicky Biddle (1)
Tim Line (2) beat Cecilia Rogers (1)
Stephen Little (2) beat Ian Anderson (1)
Elias Hamati (2) beat Alan Joicey (1)
Ian Tarr (2) beat Adam Sinclair (1)
Richard Owsley (2) beat Robin Gunney (1)
Ed Turner (2) beat Dom Verrall (1)
Hemal Getalal (2) beat Rosemary Whitehouse (1)
Simonetta Herrera (2) beat Phil Charlton (1)

The 2025 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 £1,490, made up from the following elements:
Sponsor's basic prize fund: £250;
Entry fee elements to be paid by the players: £1,240 (from 62 entrants).
The total fund will be divided amongst the top five players, as follows: 1st £670; 2nd £370; 3rd £225; 4th £150; 5th £75.
In the event of players finishing equal the prizes will be shared between those players.

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