Old Paulines retain the Wood Cup

News  Tournaments

St Paul’s School and Alleyn’s School

Saturday/Sunday, 21-22 March 2026

 

Stop Press  The Old Paulines successfully defended the Wood Cup, winning the final against a weakened Edward Alleyn Club 1st IV with some ease. The Plate was won in a close match by the Edward Alleyn Club 2nd IV, at the expense of a rejigged West of England Club IV.

 

Report to follow

 

Group A: 1st Old Paulines W3; 2nd Executioners W2; 3rd Edward Alleyn Club 2 W1; 4th West of England 2 W0

Group B: 1st Edward Alleyn Club 1 W2; 2nd West of England 1 W1; 3rd Wessex Club W0

Final: Old Paulines bt Edward Alleyn Club 1 131-38 [Singles 43-15; Doubles 88-23]

Plate: Edward Alleyn Club 2 bt West of England 1/2 80-73 [Singles 25-24; Doubles 55-49]

 

Teams

Edward Alleyn Club 1: G Wiseman, T Vernacchio, E Carr and I Ackland

Edward Alleyn Club 2: P Harrison, Y Negyal, H Shaw, H Buchanan, Al Goodwin and H Wiseman

Executioners: B Chua, A Pringle, A Hutchinson and K Diggins

Old Paulines: C Brooks, F Hammond Giles, T Parker, J Aquilina and J Ferro

Wessex Club: JP Cheng, G Munn, A James-Duff, R James-Duff and E Hawke

West of England 1: C Low, T Maconie, J Hughes and W Bishop

West of England 2: A Borthwick, R Mason, S Brook and A Amour

Old Paulines retain the Cup

The finalists

Edward Alleyn Club 1 win Silver

Edward Alleyn Club 2 win the Plate

The Edward Alleyn Club squad

The Executioners