The Brunner Cup
The Brunner Cup is the premier team knockout competition in Cheshire. Each member club may enter one team (of twelve players). Matches are played on neutral greens.
It has been played for annually since 1910.
2008 competition draw
Rounds are played on Saturdays (2.30pm start) as follows:
| Round 1 | 12 April |
| Round 2 | 26 April |
| Round 3 | 7 June |
| Round 4 | 28 June |
| Semi‑finals | 12 July |
| Final | 9 August |
The draw was made at the council meeting on 18 March. There were 49 entrants, so 15 clubs receive a bye to the second round.
| Round 4 | Semi-final | Final | ||||
| Saturday 28 June | Saturday 12 July | Saturday 9 August | ||||
| Sale Excelsior | 236 | Sale Excelsior | 220 | Sale Excelsior | 217 | Sale Excelsior |
| Fallowfield Waterloo | 175 | |||||
| Higher Tranmere | 212 | Higher Tranmere | 194 | |||
| Budenberg | 202 | |||||
| Lloyds | 234 | Lloyds | 211 | Houldsworth WMC | 216 | |
| Frodsham Red Lion | 181 | |||||
| Houldsworth WMC | 239 | Houldsworth WMC | 212 | |||
| Meadowbank | 167 | |||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||
| Saturday 12 April | Saturday 26 April | Saturday 7 June | ||||
| Heswall RBL | 210 | Castle Private | 245 | Castle Private | 201 | Sale Excelsior |
| Castle Private | 227 | |||||
| LMRCA (Altrincham) | 221 | LMRCA (Altrincham) | 166 | |||
| Ledsham Royal | 194 | |||||
| Congleton CC | 240 | Congleton CC | 213 | Sale Excelsior | 208 | |
| Great Moor Cons | 204 | |||||
| Sale Excelsior | 245 | Sale Excelsior | 225 | |||
| Nursery | 173 | |||||
| Legh Arms (Sale) | 245 | Legh Arms (Sale) | Gladstone | 199 | Fallowfield Waterloo | |
| Barnton CC | 212 | |||||
| Coppenhall | 152 | Gladstone | W/O | |||
| Gladstone | 251 | |||||
| Lever Club | 201 | Fallowfield Waterloo | 215 | Fallowfield Waterloo | 220 | |
| Fallowfield Waterloo | 202 | |||||
| Victoria (Stockport) | 247 | Victoria (Stockport) | 214 | |||
| Waggon & Horses | 121 | |||||
| Higher Tranmere | 242 | Higher Tranmere | 248 | Higher Tranmere | 222 | Higher Tranmere |
| Beech Tree | 150 | |||||
| Helsby | 209 | Helsby | 140 | |||
| Owley Wood | 200 | |||||
| Rudheath S&S Club | 200 | Oxton Cons | 189 | Wharton Cons | 178 | |
| Oxton Cons | 238 | |||||
| United Services Club | 160 | Wharton Cons | 238 | |||
| Wharton Cons | 247 | |||||
| Tixall | 252 | Tixall | 213 | Tixall | 134 | Budenberg |
| Parkside | 140 | |||||
| Winsford Cons | 231 | Winsford Cons | 212 | |||
| Grappenhall | 212 | |||||
| Budenberg | 234 | Budenberg | 240 | Budenberg | 252 | |
| Winnington | 191 | |||||
| Manor Road | 210 | Wilmslow RBL | 166 | |||
| Wilmslow RBL | 217 | |||||
| Grange Sports | 213 | Grange Sports | 207 | Grange Sports | 124 | Lloyds |
| Mottram St Andrew | 150 | |||||
| Comberbach | 204 | |||||
| Lloyds | 232 | Lloyds | 247 | |||
| Davenham | 143 | |||||
| Metro Sports | 195 | Slow & Easy | 166 | Frodsham Red Lion | ||
| Slow & Easy | 200 | |||||
| Urmston CC | Frodsham Red Lion | 247 | ||||
| Frodsham Red Lion | W/O | |||||
| Altrincham Boro | 164 | Houldsworth WMC | 245 | Houldsworth WMC | ||
| Houldsworth WMC | 205 | |||||
| Woodlands Hotel | 252 | Woodlands Hotel | 125 | |||
| Knutsford Cons | 135 | |||||
| Hop Pole | W/O | Hop Pole | 216 | Meadowbank | ||
| Poynton Sports | ||||||
| Meadowbank | 232 | Meadowbank | 223 | |||
| Egerton Arms | 171 | |||||