2023 Doubles Cup

Neutral venue in brackets. Please note that neutral venues are not negotiable – the matches must be played at these venues.

Preliminary Round

Best of 3 frames. All matches to be played by 28 February.

Michael Shallcross and John Shepherdson 0-2 Richard Shallcross and Dave Legg (Crescent)
Alice Paylor and Haley Pugh 2-0 Janine Powers and Andy Gosling (Crescent)

1st round

Best of 3 frames. All matches to be played by 28 February.

Richard Shallcross and Dave Legg 0-2 Mike Edmondson and Lee Toone (Crescent)
Alice Paylor and Haley Pugh 2-0 Ben Thorpe and Geraint Davies (Golden Ball)
Jack Pearce and Alex Donaghy 0-2 Leo Clayton and Wilf Williams (Castle)
Harry Featherstone and Phil Paddock 2-1 Tom Wilson and Jimmy Devlin (Castle)
Mike Kearney and Glen Chittock 2-1 Colin Chambers and Rich Dixon (Waggon & Horses)
Will Brewery and Gordon King (bye) vs Harry Clish and Ian Clish (Golden Ball)
Bob Leyland and Jack Woolgar 1-2 Gavin Bellerby and Daniel Nelson (Golden Ball)
Mike Ragg and Chris Watson 2-1 Ben Richards and Simon Mollan (Castle)

Quarter Finals

Best of 5 frames. All matches to be played by 31 May.

Mike Kearney and Glen Chittock vs Mike Edmondson and Lee Toone (Crescent)
Gavin Bellerby and Daniel Nelson vs Harry Featherstone and Phil Paddock (Waggon)
Leo Clayton and Wilf Williams vs Will Brewery and Gordon King (Castle)
Mike Ragg and Chris Watson vs Alice Paylor and Haley Pugh (Ackhorne)

Rules

  • The Doubles Cup is a straight knock-out competition.
  • The draw for each round will be unseeded.
  • All matches are to be played at a randomly selected neutral venue; first break decided by toss of a coin.
  • Matches in the early rounds are played as best of three (first to 2). Quarter-finals will be best of 5 (first to 3 frames), semi-finals and final will be best of 7 (first to 4 frames).
  • If a match ends in a tie, then further frames are played until the tie is broken.

Playing of matches

  • Matches must be played by the date specified on the draw sheet. The players involved can mutually agree on a date and time.
  • For the semi-final, players are encouraged to notify the league organiser/their team captain/league Facebook page etc of the place, date and time of the fixture.
  • The cup is open to players not in a team that season.
  • If one player has attempted to arrange a match in advance of the last day deadline (via phone number provided on singles league entry) and has not received a response from their opponent then they will automatically win that round.
  • If both players are not able to play their match by the deadline they must notify the league organiser in advance of the deadline with a date set for their match within one week past the deadline, else a winner may be declared randomly if both players fail to attempt to arrange a match. If a match cannot be scheduled until more than one week after the deadline, a random winner may be decided to avoid subsequent rounds running out of time, to be decided at league organisers discretion.

Neutral scorer

  • Before the quarter-finals, participants may request a neutral scorer for their match if one is available. From the quarter-finals onwards, a neutral scorer will be present at every match.

Hospitality

  • The winning player in each match will buy the losing player a drink as a ‘thank you’ for the match, unless otherwise agreed.