Winner: Andy Evason
The Prebendal is our Club’s annual, internal AC Handicap competition. For 2025 it was played initially as a Flexible Swiss format event, leading to semi-finals and final.
Full competition results are as detailed below. Congratulations to Andy Evason for recording his first club trophy, after his 26-14 defeat of Peter Allan in the final. Andy had been first to qualify through the knock-out round, and remained undefeated throughout the competition.
Game Format
All matches except the Final were played as 18pt games (1 and 3-back variation – as per AC rule 51.2.3) with a 2.5 hour time-limit. The Final was contested as a 26pt game with a longer limit (e.g 3 or 3.5 hrs, dependent on the playing conditions on the day).
All games were played as handicap, set against a base of 9:
in games involving at least one player of handicap less than 9, normal bisque allocations apply, subject to the standard reduction for 18pt games. e.g. player A (handicap = 4) vs player B (handicap = 16): B is allocated 12 bisques, reduced to 8.5.
if both players have handicaps of 9 or more, each player gets a number of bisques equal to the difference between their handicap and 9, reduced according to the schedule for 18pt games. eg player C (10) vs player D (11): C is allocated 1 bisque, reduced to 0.5; D is allocated 2 bisques, reduced to 1.5.
Games cannot end in a draw: the standard extra turns procedure (AC rule 61) should be followed if scores are level when the time-limit is reached.
Competition format
This year’s Prebendal was run initially as a Flexible Swiss-format tournament of 4 rounds, one round to be played by the end of each month April-July. The first round was drawn randomly. After 4 rounds, anyone on 4 wins progresses directly to the semi-finals, with those on 3 wins progressing to the quarter-finals, and an elimination round deciding which of the contenders on 2 wins would join them. With Joe tied up in the autumn’s World Championships in Florida, his semi-final and the final were both held over to April 2026.
FULL RESULTS
Round 1
- Joe beat Brian, 17-15
- Andy E beat John, 18-11
- Deirdre beat Avril, 18-16
- David beat Paul, 18-10
- Peter beat Edmund, 18-3
- Andrew P beat Andy R, 14-11
- NIgel beat Minty, 17-11
Round 2
- Joe beat Nigel, 18-16
- Andy E beat David, 18-10
- Deirdre beat Andrew P, 15-12
- Paul beat Peter, 18-1
- Edmund beat Minty, 18-10
- Brian beat Avril, 18-6
- Andy R beat John, 18-6
Round 3
- Joe beat Peter, 16-13
- Andy E beat Deirdre, 18-16
- Edmund beat Brian, 12-11
- David beat Andrew P, 18-2
- Nigel beat Andy R, 18-0
- Avril beat Minty, 11-7
- Paul beat John, 18-3
Round 4
- Brian beat Minty, 18-4
- Peter beat Avril 18-0 (walkover)
- Paul beat Edmund, 18-2
- David beat Deirdre, 18-3
- Andrew beat Nigel, 18-12
- Andy beat Joe, 18-1
Round 5 (eliminators)
- Brian beat Deirdre, 18-15
- Peter beat Nigel, 18-16
- Andrew beat Edmund, 15-11
Quarter-Finals
- Peter beat David, 18-15
- Joe beat Andrew, 16-15
- Brian beat Paul, 18-3
Semi-Finals
- Andy beat Brian, 18-11
- Peter beat Joe, 18-5
Final
Andy beat Peter, 26-14
David Long
Tournament Manager
secretary@blewburycroquetclub.org.uk