As the number of players is 41, then there is a need for a
qualifying Period as only 64 or 32 breaks down to a final of 2 players, therefore during November there will be a
qualifying competition, with the 32 players who score the highest total
amount of points during November going through to the Margaret Stanbridge Shield knockout competition which starts in January 2025.

The winner of the Margaret Stanbridge Shield will keep until the following March and will win the associated prize money.
The runner up will receive the associated prize money.

How the Margaret Stanbridge  Shield Works

So how does this competition work?
Well, I have used myself and my wife Karen as the two players for this very
simple explanation of how this competition works.
So in the first round of the competition,
Rich Gates is drawn against Karen Gates.
R. Gates v K.Gates
So for that week, the normal competition runs as normal with R. Gates and
K.Gates entering their 5 prediction scores as normal.

So in that week once all five prediction results are known,
R. Gates scores a total points for that week of 4 points.
However K.Gates for that same week scores 12 points.
Therefore the result of the fixture of R.Gates v K.Gates would be as follows;
R.Gates 4 v 12 K.Gates,
with K.Gates progressing to the next round, and R.Gates being knocked out of the cup competition.