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Joe Oakley added another title to his growing collection when he won the Sussex Off The Spot which was played at the Roffey Club on Saturday 25th June. The event was being played for the first time since 2019 and saw the 28 players split into four groups of seven; with the winners qualifying for…
World Number One Mark Trafford from Oxford was in superb form as he took the Sussex Open title at the Roffey Sports and Social Club on Sunday 12th June. Mark beat Sussex’s Kevin Tunstall in the Final after KT faultered on just under 9k chasing Mark’s table play-out in the first leg of 22,220. That…
Kevin Hall returned to form by winning the Sussex Masters which was played at the Roffey Sports & Social Club on Saturday 11th June. Despite not playing regular league bar billiards during the last season Kev qualified as the 13th seed and topped a tough group containing Stuart Carruthers and Chris Cox. His form improved…
The draw for the Sussex Open was made on Thursday 26th May. ROUND 2MELVYN JOHNSON v JIM MILLWARDANITA BLACKMAN v JAMES WHITTLEMARK JAMES v TONY WEBSTER/BOB HALLROUND 1GARY POWELL v JOE ELLESONALAN DONOVAN v CLIFF SLADEDAVE INGRAM v JOHN SLEEJOE OAKLEY v STUART MEPHAMDAMIAN COATES v KAREN BACCHUSBOB OSBORNE v MARTIN COLESIMON COLEMAN v PAULINE…
Martin Smith become the third new Open winner in a row when he won the Northants Open at the Cock Inn on Sunday 22nd May. Sussex dominated the final stages of the competition but it was Martin who overcame a tough draw to make his first Open Final a winner one. After a first-round win…
Brighton A were declared Inter League Home and Away Division One Champions for 2021/22 after Tunbridge Wells lost to Redhill A. The destination of the title was to be decided by the rearranged match from Series Four, that was given special permission to be played after the end of the season. A Tunbridge Wells win…
The draw for the Watney Mann 2022 is shown below. Preliminary (play by 19th June 2022) Henty v Alexandra Semi-Finals (play by 24th July 2022) Stags Head C v Stags Head B Prince of Wales v Winner of Preliminary Final (play by 28th August 2022) Winner of Semi-Final 1 v Winner of Semi-Final 2 RULES…
Joe Oakley won his first Open when taking the victory in Guernsey on Sunday 1st May. Having been tipped for a while to make the breakthrough at National level, Joe beat Mark Trafford in a low scoring Final. Despite being better known for his high scoring play, Joe mastered the tough tables well in come…
Sussex provided eight players to the England team that beat Guernsey 56-10 on the Channel Island on 30th April. In the Singles Phil Osborne, Martin Cole, Joe Oakley, Martin Smith, Ian Lelliott and Nigel Senior all won their matches 3-0 and Matthew Knight and Stuart Mepham won 2-1. In the Doubles Ian Lelliott and Martin…
The final Series of the Inter League Home and Away season was played on Sunday 24th April. There were three teams in contention for Division One going into the series but Brighton A who were top had the bye and a rearranged game between Tunbridge Wells and Redhill meant that the title was not certain…