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Joe Oakley won the Bucks Open which was played at the Totteridge Club in High Wycombe on Sunday 11th August. Joe reversed the result of the Bucks Open Final from 2018 in beating Mark Trafford in the Final. Mark failed to fully settle in the first leg but built a 3k lead, however Joe made…
The SCBBA AGM was held at the Burgess Hill Con Club on Tuesday 6th August. There were no changes to the committee and there was one rule change voted though on an update to the eligibility criteria for the Sussex Off The Spot competition. Minutes from the meeting can be found below
Martin Smith was the furthest progressing Sussex player at the Oxford Open on Saturday 20th July. Martin beat Ian Gordon (L64), Andy Burns (L32), James Whittle (L16) and Phil Osborne (QF) on his run to the semi-final where he lost to eventual winner Gerry Fitzjohn. Bob Osborne was runner-up in the Plate where he lost…
Rob Hall won his second Open in a row with victory in the National Off The Spot beating Mark Trafford in the Final. The event played at the Roffey Club, Horsham on Sunday 23rd June was contested by 35 players and started with a group stage. Boball has been in great form over the summer…
Chris Cox won his first big Sussex title when winning the Sussex Off The Spot beating Dave Ingram in a close Final. The 26 players were placed into a Swiss method League format, which provided the seedings for the latter stages. Coxy played well all day to win his first Sussex title by going unbeaten…
Rob Hall won his first individual National title with a superb performance at the Sussex Open on Sunday 2nd June at the Roffey Club in Horsham. Boball played Simon Coleman in the Final and after the Northants man missed on 2k, Bob played out the rest of the first leg and touched on enough in…
Sussex Chairman Stuart Carruthers won his first county title when winning the Sussex Masters on Saturday 1st June at the Roffey Club. The top 24 from the ranking list (after seven drop outs) were placed into eight seeded groups with the top in each progressing to the quarter-finals. It became third time lucky for Stu…
Mark James won his first Open since 2018 to win the Northants Open played on Sunday 26th May. Mark played well on a selection of playable but tricky tables and beat Michael Wilson in the quarter-finals and Curt Driver in the semi-finals. Kevin Tunstall also reached the quarter-finals. Two top players met in the plate…
Phil Osborne won his second Northants 4-Pin Open beating local player Stephen Coleman in the Final on Saturday 25th May.