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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…
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…