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Competition Rules and Winners
Rules of handicapped pairs competition for Jean Pringle Trophy

The competition for the Jean Pringle Trophy is run on the first available Monday of each month, from April to the following February, a total of eleven sessions.

To be eligible, both members of a pair must be members of the Club, and must play together in at least five of these sessions. 

Their best five scores, minus their pairs handcap (see below), are averaged, and the winner is the pair with the highest aggregate score at the end of the competition

The handicaps used are your NGS grades at the time of each event. You can see your handicap on the EBU web site
Rules of pairs competition for Bill Carter Trophy

The competition for the Bill Carter Trophy is run on the third Monday of each month, from April to the following February, a total of ten or eleven sessions (depending on Christmas closure).

To be eligible, both members of a pair must be members of the Club, and must play together at least five times during that period. 

Their best five scores are averaged, and the winner is the pair with the highest aggregate score at the end of the competition.

Trophy Winners

For the 2026-26 season our winners are:

The Jean Pringle Handicap Trophy: David Cole and Raymond Bray

Bill Carter Trophy: Ian Lauder and George Normand