Martin and Mel Mix it Up
Martin Cole and Melissa Beach won the AEBBA Mixed Doubles played at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 13th October. The West Sussex pair beat Mark Trafford and Jenny Florey of Oxon in the Final.
Category: National Events
Ladies fail to make a Special contribution
The Sussex ladies struggled to hit top form in the Special Ladies played at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 13th October. In a straight knock-out tournament involving 15 players only one of the Sussex four ladies was able to get past the first-round with Jean Brackenridge making the quarter-finals. The tournament was won by Pauline…
Henty are good and bad in the National Team Championship
Watney Mann champions the Henty had a mixed day in the National Team Championship at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 13th October. The Worthing league team started the day with a commanding 8-2 win against Oxon champions Bletchington SC, but needing just four legs against Surrey’s Merstham VC the team suffered a shocker and were…
County Championship Division Two
Sussex Ladies played well in a tough Division Two of the County Championship at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 15th September. Despite their good showing they finished bottom of the four teams, in a tournament which was won by Surrey B. The team was – Jan Bithell (2 wins), Jean Brackenridge (5), Lorraine Hall (4),…
Sussex A regain County Championship
Sussex A won the County Championship Division One title at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 8th September. In winning the title they moved to 13 wins, putting the team level with Oxfordshire for the most wins in the competition history (although Sussex have won it 14 times in total if you count the victory for…
Jozil wins his second Open
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…
Martin Smith makes semis in Oxford
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…
Boball does it again
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…
Boball success almost predicted at Sussex Open
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…
Mark James adds another Open trophy
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…