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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…
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…
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 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…
Michelle Baden beat Lorraine Hall in a good Final to win the first playing of the Guernsey Ladies Open on Sunday 5th May. The event started on the Friday and was played up to the semi-final stage that evening. The Final was then played alongside the main Guernsey Open Final on the Sunday evening.
Martin Cole won the Guernsey Open for the second time when beating local hero Trevor Gallienne in the Final on Sunday 5th May. Nipper has been in great form recently and continued that with a second leg break of over 14k to take the title and also the highest break of the day. Such was…
Martin Cole won his fifth Open when winning the Surrey Open played at the Salford Club on Sunday 14th April. Nipper played Oxford’s Steven Sheard in the Final and was 19,630 down after the first leg. It proved no problem for Martin who made the day’s highest break of 20,850 to take his first Surrey…
Matthew Knight made his first Open Final at the Kent Open on Sunday 24th March at the Six in One Club in Tonbridge. Silent played very well to reach the Final beating Max Burt in the quarter-finals and Barry Holt in the semi-finals but was unable to overcome Paul Sainsbury in a close Final. As…
Kevin Tunstall kept his 100% record in the West Sussex Open when he won the second playing of the event at the Emsworth Club on Sunday 11th February. KT took on local boy Kevin Charlton in the Final after Coddy had an excellent day to easily make it his best ever performance in a National…