2023 Singles 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.

Jake Green 0-2 John Shepherdson (Castle)
Richard Shallcross 2-1 Gordon King (Castle)

1st round

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

John Shepherdson 0-2 Michael Shallcross (Waggon & Horses)
Richard Shallcross 2-0 Alex Donaghy (Castle)
Mike Kearney 1-2 Glenn Chittock (Phoenix)
Phil Paddock vs Mike Ragg (bye) (Castle)
Harry Featherstone (bye) vs Harry Clish (Golden Ball)
Alice Paylor 2-1 Leo Clayton (Phoenix)
Wilf Williams 2-0 Gavin Bellerby (Crescent)
Ed Leyland 1-2 Ben Richards (Golden Ball)
Chris Watson 2-0 Jake Sellers (Crescent)
Bob Leyland 0-2 Jack Pearce (Phoenix)
Rich Dixon 2-1 Adrian Fayter (Waggon & Horses)
Ben Thorpe (bye) vs Ian Clish (Crescent)
Sam Martin vs Brad Mulhearne (bye) (Ackhorne)
Mike Edmondson 2-1 Jack Woolgar (Waggon & Horses)
Colin Chambers 2-0 Tom Wilson (Phoenix)
Steve Paxton 2-0 Jimmy Hoggar (Phoenix)

2nd round

Best of 3 frames. All matches to be played by 30 April.

Ben Richards 0-2 Glen Chittock (Golden Ball)
Jack Pearce 0-2 Richard Shallcross (Phoenix)
Rich Dixon 0-2 Harry Featherstone (Crescent)
Wilf Williams 1-2 Brad Mulhearne (Phoenix)
Michael Shallcross 2-0 Mike Edmondson (Castle)
Ben Thorpe 0-2 Alice Paylor (Golden Ball)
Chris Watson 2-1 Steve Paxton (Waggon)
Mike Ragg 2-0 Colin Chambers (Ackhorne)

Quarter Finals

Best of 5 frames. All matches to be played by 30 June.

Chris Watson 3-2 Brad Mulhearn (Waggon)
Alice Paylor 3-1 Mike Ragg (Crescent)
Richard Shallcross 3-2 Harry Featherstone (Crescent)
Michael Shallcross 3-0 Glen Chittock (Waggon)

Semi Finals

Best of 7 frames. All matches to be played by 31 October.

Chris Watson 4-1 Richard Shallcross (Waggon)
Alice Paylor 3-4 Michael Shallcross (Phoenix)

Final

Best of 7 frames, to be played by 11 December.

Chris Watson 4-0 Michael Shallcross (Castle)

Rules

  • The Singles 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 to be 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 Singles Cup 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 singles 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.