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Matthew Knight made his first Open Final at the Kent Open on Sunday 24th March at the Six in One Club in Tonbridge. Silent played very well to reach the Final beating Max Burt in the quarter-finals and Barry Holt in the semi-finals but was unable to overcome Paul Sainsbury in a close Final. As…
Steve Hopkins and Stuart Carruthers won the plate at the AEBBA Doubles at the Suncliff Hotel in Bournemouth on Sunday 10th March. It was the pairs first appearance in the National Doubles and they beat husband and wife Caroline and Dave Jones of Surrey in the Final. The main competition had started on the Saturday…
Brighton won the Inter League One Day Division One which was played at the Burgess Hill Con Club on Sunday 3rd March. They won the title by six points from defending champions Worthing despite having to make a late line-up change when Kevin Hall fell ill and was replaced by his wife Sandra. Brighton started…
Stuart Mepham won the Sussex Over 50’s competition at the Burgess Hill CC on Saturday 2nd March. He beat defending champion Matthew Knight in a high scoring final to win the competition for the first time. The tournament was played in four groups and Alan Brackenridge and Dave Ingram were the other group winners who…
Brighton Ladies retained the Inter League One Day Ladies title at the Burgess Hill Constitutional Club on Saturday 2nd March. A close contest was expected between the big two of Brighton and Redhill and like last year it proved to be the case. Going into the last series the South Coast team were one point…
Melissa Beach and Martin Cole won the Sussex Mixed Doubles at the Burgess Hill Con Club on Saturday 2nd March. The West Sussex pair beat Mother and Son pairing of Lorraine and Rob Hall in the Final Hannah Cole and Nigel Senior and Ros Appleby and Joe Oakley made the semi-finals.
Billingshurst caused a surprise when they came out on top in a close battle for the Inter League One Day Division Two at the Burgess Hill Con Club on Sunday 25th February. Following their relegation from Division One last year Tunbridge Wells were expected to make a quick return to the top table but came…
Worthing B won a very close Inter League B Team competition on Saturday 24th February at Burgess Hill. Four team contested the event with the addition of Billingshurst and only seven points separated the teams at the end of the day. Worthing B won on 34 points with Redhill B second on 33 and Brighton…
Kevin Tunstall kept his 100% record in the West Sussex Open when he won the second playing of the event at the Emsworth Club on Sunday 11th February. KT took on local boy Kevin Charlton in the Final after Coddy had an excellent day to easily make it his best ever performance in a National…
Congratulations to Martin Cole on becoming the eighth member of the Sussex 25k Exceptional Club. Nipper achieved the feat with a break of 25,400 on his beloved AEBBA Table 2 during the West Sussex competition weekend at the Emsworth Club on Saturday 3rd February.