Marcus Hares

Marcus Hares It's perhaps no surprise that the two standout players (and no.1 and no.2 seeds) from this tourney have navigated their way through to the final.

They both have pedigree in this event - Matt OC is playing his 4th final in 6 years and is the reigning champion from 2025.

Patrick is a former 3-time semi-finalist and runner-up from 2020.

Congrats to you both - I have set the deadline as 2 weeks from this Sunday, i.e. 29th March but please feel free to play this as soon as is convenient for you both and good luck!

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Marcus Hares

Marcus Hares In case anyone wanted to spectate the final, Matt & Patrick hope to be playing it tomorrow (Thursday 19th March) at around 1.30pm.

Sadly I'll be working but I wish you both the best of luck!

Zohaib Rehan

Zohaib Rehan I'll be speccing if that's alright with both, good use of my time on the commute

Marcus Hares

Marcus Hares Congrats to Patrick who becomes the 7th individual player to lift the Phil Collinge Memorial Tournament for Seniors trophy.

Commiserations to defending champ Matt OC but very well played both - looked like a topsy turvy final which could have gone either way. Proof that there is still life in the old dogs yet!

And thanks everyone who played this year to make this the largest Seniors event so far turnout-wise.

See you all again next year!?...

Tim Down

Tim Down Congrats Patrick, well deserved.

Tracey Mills

Tracey Mills I might take early retirement !

Tourney round: The Phil Collinge Memorial Tournament for Seniors 2026: Final

<< Semi Finals

Notes from the organizer:
Continuing as a a straight knock-out, all matches from the Quarter-Finals onwards will be best of 5.

The tournament bracket can be viewed here: https://challonge.com/aptoseniors2026

The deadline for this round is Sunday 29th March.

Please arrange a mutually convenient time to play with your opponent at the earliest opportunity, remembering to copy me in to any correspondence.

Good luck!

Ran from: 12 – 19 March 2026. Format: 15 Rounder. Matches: Best-of-5. Approved.

Organizers: Marcus Hares.

Fixtures: 1. Completed: 1.

Results and fixtures

Player 1Player 2Status
Matt OCPatrick Thompson103 – 97, 85 – 92, 127 – 109, 81 – 92, 91 – 114

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)

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