Author: Stuart Carruthers

The 2025 Sussex Masters will be held at Roffey Club in Horsham on Saturday 7th June 2025, start time TBC. The players who have qualified for the competition are listed below. Please could you let Matthew Knight know your availability or otherwise. 1. Matthew Knight 135.52. Nigel Senior 115.13. Martin Cole 113.34. Joe Oakley 102.55.…

Martin Cole made the semi-final in the Guernsey Open on Sunday 4th May. Nipper played well on the differing tables on which the Open is played before losing to eventual champion Michael Wilson of Surrey. Chris Tupper and Michelle Baden made the quarter-finals. The Plate Final featured two of Sussex’s finest with Kevin Tunstall and…

Rob Hall and Phil Osborne won the Guernsey Open Doubles on Saturday 3rd May played at the new venue of the Kings Club. The Sussex pair beat local multiple World Champion Trevor Gallienne and his partner Kerrie Totty in the Final. Martin Cole and Matthew Knight won a strong plate competition beating Nigel Senior and…

Worthing A came out on top to secure the Inter League Division One title for the 2024/25 season. After six series it appeared all over as Worthing were unbeaten and clear at the top, but three defeats had seen their lead evaporate and they went into Series Ten level on points with both Brighton A…

Redhill B won the Inter League Home and Away Division Two after beating Littlehampton in a winner takes all match. Littlehampton had home advantage and got off to a good start with Eric Hampton winning. Redhill battled back and Max Burt and Mark Fraser both had comfortable wins in their break games. Chris Lawman made…

Kevin Tunstall finished runner-up in the Surrey Open on Sunday 13th April at the Salford Club. KT played Mark Trafford in the Final and was up against it when the Oxford player racked up a table play-out of 24,620. Kevin also played the table out in response but was always behind time in his response…

Redhill A beat leaders Worthing A 4-3 at home to ensure a grandstand finish for Division One in the last series. The first four legs all went with the breaks to leave the match level at 2-2 with Geoff Jukes and Ricky Dewdney winning for the home side and Joe Oakley and Kevin Tunstall getting…

Brighton A closed the gap on leaders Worthing A in Division One with a 4-3 win over their South Coast rivals at the Stags Head. Phil Osborne made an excellent opening break to win the first before what proved the key leg when Matthew Knight beat Martin Smith against the break. The next two legs…

Nigel Senior put last year’s Open woes behind him by winning the Kent Open played in Tonbridge on Sunday 16th March. Nigel surprisingly failed to go beyond the Last 16 in any event last year but played well all day and beat Martin Cole in the Final. Chris Cox made the semi-finals, before losing to…

There was only a select few Sussex players left participating when the AEBBA Doubles reached the business end on Sunday 9th March at the SunCliff Hotel in Bournemouth. Furthest progressing was Stuart Mepham who reached the semi-finals with his partner Alan Donovan of Bucks. Dave Ingram and Martin Cole teamed up to reach the quarter-finals.…