The Lancashire team failed to qualify for the Tollemache Final finishing 8th out of the 16 teams in its section in the Qualifier on RealBridge this weekend 14 November 2021. The team was Jeff Smith & Jackie Pye, Ross Shine & Stuart McPhee, Don Hilton & Andrew Petrie, Jeff & Ann Wilkins, Bill Alston & Colin Mitchell and Mike Tomlinson & Linda Smith. The best pair was Bill and Colin who were in top 30 pairs out of the 172 pairs. Full results available from the EBU site.

The Lancashire team failed to qualify for the Tollemache Final in the qualifier held at Daventry over the weekend. Nick/Sue Woodcock were the only pair with a positive CrossImp score at the end. Full results available on the EBU website.

The Tollemache Final was held at the Mercure Hotel Coventry over the 10-11 Feb 2018 weekend. Kent won the event with Lancashire team finishing 5th of the 8 teams.The team was in contention on Sunday but sadly did not finish strongly and the heart of the team was possibly affected by a harsh adverse ruling against one pair in the last match on Saturday against Manchester. The team was Croswell/Willams, Barnes/Norris, Smith/Pye, Woodcocks and Brearley/Shine with Croswell/Williams carding the best Cross Imp performance over the weekend.

Well done to the Lancashire team of Jeff Smith & Jackie Pye, Nick & Sue Woodcock, John Brearley & Ross Shine, Paul Hepworth & Rick Bentley, Cros Croswell & Degsy Williams who finished second in their group in the Tollemache Qualifier at Sollihull over the weekend of 18th-19th November 2017. They qualified for the final on February 10/11 - venue to be confirmed. The team was leading for much of the competition but just slipped a little then recovered with a strong finish. Full results are on the EBU web site.

Lancashire team just failed to qualify for the final  on a split tie with Manchester in the Inter county teams of eight on 19-20th Nov 2016 in Birmingham.  The team of Jeff Smith, Jackie Pye, Paul Hepworth, Rick Bentley, Nick & Sue Woodcock, Derek Williams, Cros Croswell, John Brearley and Ross Shine represented Lancashire though due to a family illness, Derek had to to go home after two sets on the Sunday. Paul & Rick were the leading pair on the CrossImps ranking. Full results on the  EBU site

The team finished a respectable 4th out of the 9 teams in the Tollemache Qualifier held at Birmingham Airport Hotel at the weekend on 21/22 November 2015. The team was J.Brearley/R Shine, J Smith/J Pye, B Alston/C Mitchell, P Hepworth/R Bentley, N & S Woodcock. Further details available on the EBU site.

Lancashire finished 6th out of the 8 teams in the Tollemache Final held at the Park Inn, West Brom on 14/15 February 2015. The team won 3, drew 1 and lost 3 of its 7 matches. Full results available on the EBU site. 

Well done to the Lancashire Team that played in the Tollemache Qualifier held at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham over the 22/23 November 2014. The team finished second to Kent in Group B and thus qualifies for the Final. The Team was A.Barnes/S Norris, B Alston/C Mitchell, P Hepworth/R Bentley, J Smith/J Pye and J Brearley/R Shine. The final is on the 14/15 February 2015 at the  Park Inn Hotel, West Bromwich. Full Results on the EBU Website at: http://www.ebu.co.uk/new-results/#74

Lancashire's team finished a creditable 4th in their 9 team Tollemache Qualifier Group at Daventry this weekend on 24/25 November 2013 winning 4 matches and narrowly losing 3 matches. The team was Austin Barnes & Stuart Norris, Jeff Smith & Andrew Petrie, Paul Hepworth & Rick Bentley and Nick & Sue Woodcock. The full Group results can be found on the EBU Website.http://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/results-data/2013/tollemache/GroupC.htm

Austin Barnes (Captain) & Stuart Norris
Catherine Draper & Andrew Woodcock
Andrew Petrie & Jeff Smith
Steve Haley & Mike Nicholson
Derek Williams & Bill Winter

Lancashire did not qualify for the final