Author: Stuart Carruthers

Jim Millward and Joe Oakley won the AEBBA Doubles on Sunday 5th March at the Suncliff Hotel in Bournemouth. Jim and Joe beat fellow Sussex pairing Kevin Tunstall and Martin Cole in a high-quality Final with Joe making an easy looking 9k and touch to give them a 3-1 win. The winning pair had beaten…

A couple of postponed matches from earlier in the season were played during February. Firstly on Sunday 19th February Worthing hosted Tunbridge Wells at the Gardeners, which they are using as a home venue while the Henty is temporarily closed. In a high quality match all legs went with the break with six of them…

Worthing won a very close Inter League One Day Division One title at the Burgess Hill CC on Sunday 26th February. With several sides not at full strength the battle for the honours was expected to be between Worthing and defending champions Brighton, and despite some early shocks this proved to be the case. Having had…

The Sussex Mixed Doubles was played for the first time in four years and was won by Michelle Baden and Nigel Senior at the Burgess Hill CC on Saturday 25th February. Being played after the Ladies One Day competition saw a strong turnout and the eight pairs were split into two groups of four with…

Brighton regained the Inter League One Day Ladies competition at the Burgess Hill CC on Saturday 25th February. As expected it was a close battle between Brighton and reigning champions Redhill and it came down to the last series where the teams met. Both teams were level on 29 points at this stage but the…

Littlehampton won a tight Inter League One Day Division Two title at the Burgess Hill CC on Sunday 19th February. The four teams were pretty evenly matched during the day, but Littlehampton emerged victorious with a four-point cushion from runners-up Lewes; who themselves only finished ahead of Billingshurst on matches won. Colin Southouse (Lewes) and Dave…

Matthew Knight made his first appearance in the Sussex Over 50’s a winning one by taking the title at the Burgess Hill CC on Saturday 18th February. The event was played on the evening after the B/C One Day Inter League and nine players entered the competition which was played as a straight knock-out. Matt…

Brighton B defended the Inter League One Day B/C Teams title again with a resounding victory at the Burgess Hill CC on Saturday 18th February. They went in as strong favourites with the majority of the team who had been playing well in Division One of the Home and Away league and justified that confidence in…

Kevin Tunstall won the first West Sussex Open when it was played at the Emsworth Club on Sunday 12th February. KT beat Nigel Senior in the Final. Despite being among the best players of all time this was only their second meeting in an Open Final, and Nigel started strongly with a 19,100 table play-out.…

A top of the table clash in Division One saw Redhill A host Tunbridge Wells and the hosts continued their good home record with a 6-1 win. As usual Geoff Jukes led the way for the home team and as usual he started with a win. Things got better for Redhill when Denise Wills won…