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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…
Dave Ingram lost in the Final to surprise winner Alan Donovan in the Surrey Open which was played at the Salford Club on Sunday 10th April. As usual in the National Opens Sussex were strongly represented and as well as Dave making the Final, Kevin Tunstall made the semi-final and Phil Osborne and Mark James…
Been three years, although during a lot of that no bar billiards was played, but within ten days there are two new members of the Sussex 20k Club. First congratulations to Martin Smith who became the 34th player to join the Sussex 20k Club with a table play out during a Worthing League match on…
The Sussex Singles were won by multiple champions Jim Millward and Jean Brackenridge when they were played on Sunday 3rd April at the Burgess Hill Constitutional Club. Jim was winning the Men’s event for the 5th time, putting him equal with Terry Race in second in the All-Time Winners List. There were rumours that Jim…
The Sussex Doubles was won by Phil Osborne and Rob Hall who beat multiple Men’s Doubles winners Nigel Senior and Chris Tupper at the Burgess Hill Constitutional Club on Saturday 2nd April. The event was being played for the second time as an Open competition involving all genders and 15 pairs entered. Phil had reached…
March saw one series of Inter League fixtures and one rearranged game. Series Nine was played on Sunday 13th March and in Division One Brighton A’s title aspirations took a dent with a 4-3 defeat at Worthing A. Worthing got off to a strong start with Stuart Mepham winning the opener and then super sub…
The first National Open of the year took place on Sunday 20th March when the Kent Open was played at the Six in Club in Tonbridge. Sussex players performed relatively strongly in the Main competition with Rob Hall and Joe Oakley reaching the Semi-Finals where they were beaten by champion Paul Sainsbury and Matt Jones…
Despite the usual strong representation there was limited success for Sussex when the AEBBA Pairs tournament returned to its traditional spot in the calendar when played in Bournemouth on 5th/6th March. Jim Millward and Joe Oakley reached the Semi Finals and Stuart Mepham also got to this stage with his partner Alan Donovan of Bucks.…