Sedbergh School, Cumbria
Sunday, 15th March 2026
Stop Press It’s a first Barnes Bridge title for Lewis Keates and a second for Dave Butler, who won with Ben Beltrami in 2017. In the end Dave and Lewis played the runners-up, Richard Guthrie & Rob Walton, in the round robin and in the final, after Richard and Rob had won the match of the day, a 3-gamer against Ian Purvis & Nick Whitney in their semi-final. Former winner John Minta paired up with Simon Maskell to win the Plate at the expense of Ben Hale & Jez Sinton.
Report to come
Scores
Group A: 1st D Butler & L Keates W5 55pts; 2nd R Guthrie & R Walton W4 47pts; 3rd S Maskell & J Minta W3 47pts; 4th T McGuire & A Taylor W2 33pts; 5th R Christie & A Passey W1 29pts; 6th D Spiegal & J Tye W0 19pts
Group B: 1st I Purvis & N Whitney W4 60pts; 2nd D Fox & S Roberts W3 53pts; 3rd H Akerman & C Woods W2 47pts; 4th B Hale & J Sinton W1 44pts; 5th R Follett & T Follett W0 12pts
Semi-finals: Butler & Keates bt Fox & Roberts 15-4, 15-4; Guthrie & Walton bt Purvis & Whitney 16-15, 12-15, 15-13
Final: Butler & Keates bt Guthrie & Walton 15-6, 15-7
Plate: Maskell & Minta bt Hale & Sinton 11-4, 11-7
The Queen supervises the seeding
Sustenance for the organiser
The finalists
Dave Fox with his legendary master i/c
Action from the day
End of a memorable semi-final