The Bennie Cup Mixed Fours Competition New Format

The Bennie Cup will be running differently from previous years, as this year it will be split into two stages in the hope that it will attract new interest from our members.

Stage 1 - This stage will be knockout, where Clubs that enter this competition will be split into 12 groups based on where their club is located in the country e.g.  Bowls Scotland district 1-5 could be a group with the winner of each group progressing to Stage 2 of the competition. We are trying to keep travel time short if one group ends up with one club then that club will be straight through to stage 2.

Stage 2 - This stage will be an open style competition where the 12 winning Clubs of stage 1 being split into two sections with the two highest up clubs in each section moving into the semi-Final and then the two winners moving on to the Final. Each club will still be represented by two mixed rinks. This will also be drawn at the same time as Stage 1 draw.

Here is an example of how Stage two will work:
H1 stands for Home rink of Club 1 and A1 Stands for Away Rink of Club 1