Season-long club championship
The Club Championship is played every week at our Tuesday evening sessions. The standings shown below are following our session on 25 November 2025.
Updated: 25 November 2025
| 0 | Name | Score (%) | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost |
| 1 | Hordnes, N | 90 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | O’Donovan, F | 87.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Nother, D | 87.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Meichanetzidis, F | 80 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Smith, C | 66.67 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Furnell, D | 66.67 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Tilekar, K | 60 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Sawers, K | 58.33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Cochrane, A | 58.33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Short, A | 57.14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Almuraykhi, O | 55.56 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Moore, G | 55 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Jones, G | 50 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Taylor, J | 50 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Tempest, A | 50 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Ediss, D | 50 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Cutter, T | 42.86 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Agostinelli, D | 41.67 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Graham, A | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Townsend, J | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Mitra, S | 16.67 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Rawlins, D | 7.14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Paul Hurn Knockout Trophy
Here is the draw for this season’s knockout competition. Knockout games are normally played at a Tuesday evening club session – arrange in advance with your opponent or just agree to play if you are both there on a Tuesday evening. See further down for the time control and other rules.
Round 1
| K Sawers / G Jones | Alex Short | |
| Tim Cutter | Callum Smith | |
| Filimon Meichanetzidis | Som Mitra | |
| Fraser McLeod | Niclas Hordnes | |
| G Moore / D Rawlins | Darren Ediss | |
| Dave Agostinelli | John Taylor | |
| Adam Tempest | Fionn O’Donovan | |
| Jamie Townsend | Dan Nother |
Round 2
Semi-finals
Final
Knockout Cup rules
- Time control: 1 hour for 30 moves, 15 minutes quickplay finish.
- Colours: Random draw in each game
- If game is drawn: If both players agree, set a date to play another game with colours reversed and using the above time control. If both players don’t agree to the above, immediately play 5-minute games with colours reversed, until a decisive result occurs
Parsons Cup lightning trophy
Lightning tournaments are held at the start and end of the season where moves are made on a 10-second buzzer, and a blitz clock tournament (3 minutes + 2-second increment) the week before Christmas.
To determine the overall winner of the Parsons Cup, everyone’s best two performances (as a percentage score) are averaged to give a total score.
10-second buzzer tournament: 9 September 2025
| Name | Points | Percentage |
| Darren Ediss | 5.5 | 79 |
| Gareth Jones | 5.5 | 79 |
| Niclas Hordes | 5.5 | 79 |
| Alex Short | 4 | 57 |
| Daniel Nother | 4 | 57 |
| Dave Agostinelli | 4 | 57 |
Blitz time control tournament: 6 January 2026
| Name | Points | Percentage |
10-second buzzer tournament: 26 May 2026
| Name | Points | Percentage |
Average of best two tournament performances
| Name | Percentage |
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