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 draw for the 2009/10 competition is as follows. Please send completed scoresheets to the Bidmead Secretary.

Round 1 (week commencing 7th December 2009)

	Home Team		Away Team
Match 1	Moreton	406 - 384	Letcombe
Match 2	Drayton	402 - 399	Howbery
Match 3	RAL	375 - 400	Abingdon
Match 4	Grove	341 - 291	Upton

BR Didcot gets a bye to Round 2

Round 2 (to be played by 31st Jan 2010)

	Home Team		Away Team
Match 5	Drayton	388 - 327	Moreton
Match 6	Abingdon	399 - 415	BR Didcot

Winner of Match 4 gets a bye to Round 3

Round 3 (to be played by 28th Feb 2010)

	Home Team		Away Team
Match 7	Grove	v	BR Didcot

Winner of Match 5 gets a bye to the Final

Final (to be played at neutral venue)

	Home Team		Away Team
	Winner of Match 7	v	Drayton

These are the documents entries will require for the competition.

Bidmead Rules (PDF - 12KB)

Player Handicap Table (PDF - 19KB) - updated 4th Feb 2010 to v2.0

Scoresheet (PDF - 15KB)

Example of Completed Scoresheet (JPG - 82KB)

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