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: AEBBA Tournaments
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…
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…
Hoppo and Stu win the Plate in Bournemouth
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…
Seven Sussex Players in England Squad
Seven Sussex players were selected in the England team for 2024 when it was announced at the AEBBA AGM on Sunday 2nd December. The team are due to play in Guernsey on Saturday 4th May and Nigel Senior, Martin Cole, Joe Oakley, Matthew Knight, Dave Ingram, Martin Smith and Phil Osborne were all picked in…
KT and Jean make Grand Prix Finals
Kevin Tunstall made the Final but was beaten by Matt Jones in the Grand Prix on Sunday 26th November. Sixteen of the top players were split into four groups of four and top seed KT won his group on aggregate after beating Surrey’s Dave Jones in his last game. Two other Sussex players made the…
Sussex Champs Nigel and Jean fall short
Nigel Senior and Jean Brackenridge both played well and finished in the places at the AEBBA Individual event at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 29th October. Both competitions, consisting of champions from each county, were played in an all play all group format. Nige won five of his six matches but was pipped by Oxford’s…