Marlborough College, Wiltshire
Saturday, 18th April 2026
STOP PRESS Understandablythere is never a large field for these two events, traditionally played side by side, but the entry is always distinguished, and never more so than this year, with multiple champion Wayne Enstone and former RFA President Dick Warner joining some familiar and welcome faces. At the end of the day Stuart Kirby & Brian Kirk from the Derby Moor Club retained their Masters (Over 65) Doubles title against their opponents from the Wessex Club, while Wayne joined previous champion John East in winning their first Grand Masters Doubles for the Over 75s, reliving their immensely successful partnership of the late 1970s.
MASTERS DOUBLES Group Stage: 1st: S Kirby & B Kirk 56 pts; 2nd A Passey & D Spiegal 53 pts; 3rd C Blakeley & R Warner 31 pts
Final: Kirby & Kirk bt Passey & Spiegal 15-13
Plate: Blakeley & Warner
GRAND MASTERS DOUBLES Group Stage: 1st J East & W Enstone; 2nd T Hillman & J Sanders; 3rd N Arnott & C Horrocks; 4th B Boag & G Stimson
Final: East & Enstone bt Hillman & Sanders 15-1
Plate: Arnott & Horrocks bt Boag & Stimson 15-9
Gold Medal and Masters Doubles Cup retained for Brian Kirk & Stuart Kirby
Masters Doubles Silver for Andy Passey & David Spiegal
Grand Masters Doubles Gold for Wayne Enstone & John East
Tom Hillman (and John Sanders) win Grand Masters Doubles Silver