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Kevin Tunstall won the first West Sussex Open when it was played at the Emsworth Club on Sunday 12th February. KT beat Nigel Senior in the Final. Despite being among the best players of all time this was only their second meeting in an Open Final, and Nigel started strongly with a 19,100 table play-out.…

A top of the table clash in Division One saw Redhill A host Tunbridge Wells and the hosts continued their good home record with a 6-1 win. As usual Geoff Jukes led the way for the home team and as usual he started with a win. Things got better for Redhill when Denise Wills won…

Nigel Senior won his fifth and Jean Brackenridge won her 18th title when the Sussex Singles were played at the Burgess Hill CC on Sunday 22nd January. Nigel joined Jim Millward, Kevin Tunstall and Terry Race in an exclusive club of those who have won the title five or more times when beating Mike Daw…

The Sussex Doubles was played on Saturday 21st January at Burgess Hill CC and Mark James and Jim Millward teamed up to win, in what is surprisingly the first time Jim has won the title. Mark had won four times before while playing with other partners and added a fifth when beating Matthew Knight and…

The New Year started with Series Five of the Home and Away Inter League to end the first-half of the season and Tunbridge Wells remained unbeaten in Division One. They travelled to Brighton B who had caused some surprised in 2022 but they avoided a shock with a 5-2 win. Alan Brackenridge won first for…

All games in Series Four were postponed from their original date of Sunday 11th December due to the snow that hit Sussex during the afternoon; however two games were rearranged to the following weekend. In Division One Worthing recorded their second win of the season against Brighton B. There were chances for both players in…

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…