Nipper makes it a Guernsey Double

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…

Chelle wins inaugural Guernsey Ladies Open

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.

KT and Tupps make the Final

Kevin Tunstall and Chris Tupper made the Final of the Guernsey Doubles played on Saturday 4th May. The pair, who played together at the Duke of Wellington in the Brighton League, were beaten by Kent pair Curt Driver and Gerry Fitzjohn. Stuart Mepham and Gary Ridley made the semi-finals and Rick Cunningham and Tony Jenner…

England win tight International

Seven Sussex players helped England to a narrow win over Guernsey in the closest ever match between the two teams. Dave Ingram, Matthew Knight, Martin Cole, Martin Smith, Nigel Senior, Phil Osborne and Stuart Carruthers played in the match in Guernsey on Saturday 4th May. England won the doubles 17-13 but Guernsey fought back to…

Coley wins in Surrey

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…

Silent makes his first Final

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…

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…

KT defends the West Sussex Open

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…

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…

Joe just fails to defend Under 30’s

Joe Oakley finished runner-up in the AEBBA Under 30’s played at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 26th November. Joe struggled to get going in the Final and was well beaten by Max Burt, who Joe had beaten during the group stages.