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Mark James reached the Final of the Bucks Open which was played on Sunday 7th August at the Totteridge Club in High Wycombe. The tournament was won by Matt Jones, who retained the title having also won it last time it was held in 2019. In the Final Matt ran the table out in the…
The SCBBA AGM 2022 was held on Tuesday 2nd August at the Burgess Hill Constitutional Club. There were no changes to the committee or the rules proposed or made at the AGM. The minutes are included below.
The Sussex representation struggled to make an impact as Matt Jones from Bucks won the Oxford Open on Saturday 9th July. Unusually Sussex failed to have anyone in the last eight as the players struggled on some difficult tables and Nigel Senior and Phil Osborne were the furthest progressors reaching the Last 16. In the…
Martin Cole beat Joe Oakley in an all Sussex Final to the National Off The Spot which was played at the Roffey Sports and Social Club on Sunday 26th June. With the first stage played in groups Martin made a slow with two low scoring win before losing his next two meaning he had to…
Joe Oakley became only the third Sussex player to record a 20k break Off The Spot when he scored 20,480 in the Sussex Off The Spot on Saturday 25th June. Joe joins Steve Mariner and Nigel Senior in this exclusive club. He recorded the break during a group stage win against Chris Tupper. PLAYER: SCORE…
Joe Oakley added another title to his growing collection when he won the Sussex Off The Spot which was played at the Roffey Club on Saturday 25th June. The event was being played for the first time since 2019 and saw the 28 players split into four groups of seven; with the winners qualifying for…
World Number One Mark Trafford from Oxford was in superb form as he took the Sussex Open title at the Roffey Sports and Social Club on Sunday 12th June. Mark beat Sussex’s Kevin Tunstall in the Final after KT faultered on just under 9k chasing Mark’s table play-out in the first leg of 22,220. That…
Kevin Hall returned to form by winning the Sussex Masters which was played at the Roffey Sports & Social Club on Saturday 11th June. Despite not playing regular league bar billiards during the last season Kev qualified as the 13th seed and topped a tough group containing Stuart Carruthers and Chris Cox. His form improved…
The draw for the Sussex Open was made on Thursday 26th May. ROUND 2MELVYN JOHNSON v JIM MILLWARDANITA BLACKMAN v JAMES WHITTLEMARK JAMES v TONY WEBSTER/BOB HALLROUND 1GARY POWELL v JOE ELLESONALAN DONOVAN v CLIFF SLADEDAVE INGRAM v JOHN SLEEJOE OAKLEY v STUART MEPHAMDAMIAN COATES v KAREN BACCHUSBOB OSBORNE v MARTIN COLESIMON COLEMAN v PAULINE…
Martin Smith become the third new Open winner in a row when he won the Northants Open at the Cock Inn on Sunday 22nd May. Sussex dominated the final stages of the competition but it was Martin who overcame a tough draw to make his first Open Final a winner one. After a first-round win…