The Grosvenor Cup was originally begun to promote the idea of players playing with others - there was at that time a lot of regular partnerships, the members of which did not play with anyone else. It was played on a series of normal duplicate nights and each entrant to the competition had to play with a fresh partner on each occasion.
This worked for many years but eventually the number of entrants dwindled to the extent that it was becoming unviable. The competition was revamped - it was played on a Sunday and each entrant had to play with three others to give a three session event.
Obviously it was convenient for four players to enter as a 'team' and play with each other.
This modification, in its turn, bit the dust and it was converted to a handicapped event.
The first time (1995) it was a two session event played on a Friday evening. Having given each entrant a handicap, the players were allowed to choose their partner for session one.
For session two the low handicap players were allotted, randomly, a high handicap player.
There was an open event and a handicapped event.
The following two years the event was a straightforward handicap individual.
To try to bring our Wednesday night people into our competitions - they are mostly players who have graduated from our beginners and improvers classes - we introduced a handicapped pairs event played on a Wednesday.

This has now reverted to Friday afternoons.

Previous Winners

1952            Charles Fisher
1953            Elsie Glover
1954            Charles Fisher
1955            Charles Fisher
1956            Madge Rowley
1957            Harry Brandrick
1958            Norman Ord
1959            Fred Dumbleton
1960            Guy Vernon
1961            John Hudson
1962            Elsie Glover
1963            Peggy Cookson
1964            Charles Fisher
1965            Albert Lakin
1966            Ann Boothroyd
1967            Elsie Glover
1968            John Day
1969            Nan M^cCall
1970            Lorna Sumberg
1971            Geoff Davies
1972            Nan M^cCall
1973            Lorna Sumberg
1974            Fred Dumbleton
1975            John Day
1976            Lorna Sumberg
1877            Lorna Sumberg
1978            John Day
1979            Geoff Feltbower
1980            Madge Rowley
1981            Jim Brandon
1982            Roy Martin
1983            Monique Swale
1984            Roy Martin
1985            Arnold Moss
1986            Roy Martin
1987            John Aspden
1988            Raj Talathi
1989            Ray Stubbs
1990            Harold Goodwin
1991            Ray Stubbs
1992            Ray Stubbs
1993            Peter Jones
1994            Not Played
1995            Pat Silk
1996            Charles Foster
1997            Sue Steele
1998            Not Played
The format was changed to handicapped pairs.
1999            Alan Fellows & Ron Broadhurst
2000            Val Cope & Beryl Lawton
2001            Aleda Dumbleton & Kit Hopkins
2002            Ken Stevenson & Vincent Morley
2003            Linda Hardman & John Owen
2004            Jacqueline & Alan Diffey
2005            Jeff Slater & Cyril Bourne
2006            Kathleen Lankshear & Ros Jackson
2007            Roy Martin & Harold Goodwin
2008            John Hossack & Janet Hazell