The Bidmead Cup is the DDTTA's club competition run on a handicap basis.

Brian Bidmead was a founder member of the Didcot & District Table Tennis Association. He held every office on the committee except Chairman and played for BRSA. At the 1977 AGM BRSA decided that they would like to donate a cup in recognition of his services to the association. Mick Norris suggested a competition with rules such that all players would be eligible but leading players discouraged. To be achieved with an inter-club knockout on a handicap basis. Each club would nominate 5 or 6 players from which 3 would play in a match.

The first Bidmead competition was held in the 1977/78 season and was fittingly won by BRSA who beat Letcombe. Over the years the competition rules have altered several times, but it remains an interclub handicap competition. Brian Bidmead died in 1999 aged 69.

The 2011/12 competition will run as a 5-Team Double Elimination competition. Please send completed scoresheets to the Bidmead Secretary.

Bidmead Bracket Diagram (PDF - 51KB)

Bidmead Cup

	Home Team		Away Team
Match 1	RAL	389 - 408	Drayton
Match 2	Grove	441 - 389	Moreton
Match 3	Drayton	335⅓ - 335	Abingdon
Match 4	RAL	345 - 390	Moreton
Match 5	Grove	399 - 394	Drayton
Match 6	Moreton	v	Abingdon
Match 7	Drayton	v	Winner of Match 6
Match 8	Grove	v	Winner of Match 7

Champion is Winner of Match 8 unless it is the loser's first defeat.

Final if required

	Home Team		Away Team
Match 9	Winner of Match 8	v	Loser of Match 8

These are the documents entries will require for the competition.

Bidmead Rules (PDF - 12KB) - Nb. 11/12 rules same as 09/10

Player Handicap Table (PDF - 14KB) - v3.0 23rd Jan 2012

Scoresheet (PDF - 15KB)

Example of Completed Scoresheet (JPG - 82KB)

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