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Seven Sussex players were selected in the England team for 2023 when it was announced at the AEBBA AGM on Sunday 4th December. The team are due to play Guernsey on Saturday 3rd June following the Sussex Masters and Nigel Senior, Matthew Knight, Joe Oakley, Phil Osborne, Dave Ingram, Martin Cole and Martin Smith were…
Daniel Wheal won the AEBBA Under 30’s played at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 27th November.Dan beat Kyle Ingram in the Final to win the Unders competition for the third time.The ten entrants were split into two groups of five and Dan won a tough group ahead of Joe Oakley and Michael Wilson.Joe finished second…
Martin Cole made the Final of the Grand Prix at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 27th November.Nipper had played well all day but in the Final was unable to match Oxford’s Mark Trafford first leg play-out of over 21k.Sussex had ten of the 16 qualifiers; who were split into four groups of four, with the…
The big clash in Division One saw Brighton A take on Worthing A at the Stags Head. Brighton had struggled in their first two matches losing both while Worthing were playing their first match of the season.It started well for Brighton with Rob Hall winning the first leg but then the visitors took control. Joe…
Kevin Tunstall won the World Championship when beating Trevor Gallienne in the Final on Sunday 13th November at the Merton Hotel in Jersey.KT was simply superb in the latter stages and a string of big breaks saw him collect his seventh trophy.His string of breaks started in the Last 16 with a 20k break against…
Phil Osborne and Stuart Mepham paired up to finish runners-up in the World Championship Pairs in Jersey on Saturday 12th November.In a competition that produced some shocks Phil and Stu played very well to advance though the rounds before eventually losing to two time champions Matt Jones and Cliff Slade.Two other Sussex pairings made the…
Jean Brackenridge finished runner-up in AEBBA Singles while representing Sussex at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 30th October. The competition was extraordinary as the 5 ladies played out what was surely the closest competition ever in this event. Going into the last series Pauline Withey (Oxon) was finished on 2 wins. Dawn Jordan (Bucks) and…
Well done to Matt Knight who captured his first national title winning the AEBBA Over 50s at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 30th October. Matt beat the reigning champion Curt Driver in the final. There were a couple of early low scoring exchanges in the final but Matt settled to take about a 7,500 lead…
Redhill A have a good home record against Brighton A and this continued as they beat the reigning Division One Champions 5-2. The hosts raced out of the blocks and took full advantage of the opportunities presented to them to secure the points in the first four legs. Denise Wills, John Slee, Colin Robbins and…
Joe Oakley recorded the second highest break in Sussex history when he made 26,800 at the Stags Head during a Worthing League on Thursday 20th October. Joe became the sixth player to have a 25k break in Sussex joining Gareth Lloyd, Jim Millward, Kevin Tunstall, Nigel Senior and Steve Mariner. The only higher break by…