Handicap Pairs Championship (Grosvenor Cup) |
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 McCall 1970 Lorna Sumberg 1971 Geoff Davies 1972 Nan McCall 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 |
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