The Graduate Cup is CURTC’s  premier handicap competition and was first played in 1875! The Honours Board may be a bit faded but includes many luminaries of CURTC membership past and present. James Dowson and Danny Lawrence had battled through the group stages and emerged from the KO rounds earlier this year as the 2024/25 Graduate Cup finalists. Who would prevail and earn the coveted spot on the Honours Board?

James had a significant handicap disadvantage but was clearly in form having been triumphant the previous day in the Cambridge Mixed Doubles. The ever smiling Danny however never gives up… James drew first blood but games were traded until 2-all. At which point Danny eked out a two game lead before being pegged back to 6/5. Maybe the previous day of ~160 mins on court caught up with James but Danny prevailed in taking the final two games of a keenly played contest. The stream can be found here: https://youtu.be/-6zGcwc4RaA?t=6410