The Pairs/Drawn Pairs/Singles competitions were held at Saltwell SC on Thursday 13th November 2025. Leo Ford set 3 questionnaires of 40 questions each.

 

The first questionnaire was the Singles and the qualifiers were Neil Saint of Albert Hill (30), Bryan White of Saltwell SC (29), Kevin Turner of Saltwell SC (25), & Barry Dodsworth of Albert Hill (22).

 

Next came the Pairs Questionnaire and the qualifiers were Neil Saint & Mike Sowerby of Albert Hill (33), Kevin Turner & Bryan White (31), Barry Dodsworth & Brian Neil of Albert Hill (24), & Gareth Hope & David Wood of The Bene (22).

 

The final questionnaire was the Drawn Pairs, and the Pairs were drawn as follows:

Neil Saint & Gareth Hope; Barry Dodsworth & Dave Guttridge; Andrew Purvis & Kevin Turner; Mike Sowerby & Bryan White; Tony Stewart & David Wood; John Doyle & Brian Neil. The qualifiers were Hope & Saint (35), Sowerby & White (33), Dodsworth & Guttridge (32), & Doyle & Neil (26).

 

In the Singles semi-finals: Bryan White beat Neil Saint 17-15 while Kevin Turner beat Barry Dodsworth 20-16 to set up an all-Saltwell final on Finals Night.

 

In the Pairs semi- finals Kevin Turner & Bryan White beat Neil Saint & Mike Sowerby 26-17, while Gareth Hope & David Wood beat Barry Dodsworth & Brian Neil 22-20.

 

The semi-finals of the Drawn Pairs will be held over to be played on Finals Night, which will be held at Saltwell on Thursday 23rd April 2026. John Doyle & Brian Neil will play Neil Saint & Garet Hope, while Mike Sowerby & Bryan White will play Barry Dodsworth & Dave Guttridge.

 

A huge thank you goes to Leo Ford who set all the questions. Thank you also to Steve Westerby who acted as question master for the Pairs semi-finals.