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Congratulations to Martin Cole on becoming the eighth member of the Sussex 25k Exceptional Club. Nipper achieved the feat with a break of 25,400 on his beloved AEBBA Table 2 during the West Sussex competition weekend at the Emsworth Club on Saturday 3rd February.
Kevin Tunstall and Jean Brackenridge increased their total of individual wins with victories in the Sussex Singles at the Burgess Hill CC on Sunday 21st January. KT was winning the event for the seventh time as he beat Martin Cole in the Final. He played out the first leg for 18,170 and was able to…
Barry Holt and Martin Cole beat West Sussex teammates Chris Cox and Daniel Wheal to win the Sussex Doubles on Sunday 20th January at Burgess Hill CC. Both Barry and Martin had won the doubles with different partners but this was the first time they had teamed up together and played very well to win…
Congratulations to Barry Holt who became the 39th player to join the Sussex 20k Club. Barry recorded a break of 20,010 in a Worthing League match at the Henty on Thursday 7th December.
Seven Sussex players were selected in the England team for 2024 when it was announced at the AEBBA AGM on Sunday 2nd December. The team are due to play in Guernsey on Saturday 4th May and Nigel Senior, Martin Cole, Joe Oakley, Matthew Knight, Dave Ingram, Martin Smith and Phil Osborne were all picked in…
Joe Oakley finished runner-up in the AEBBA Under 30’s played at the Totteridge Club on Sunday 26th November. Joe struggled to get going in the Final and was well beaten by Max Burt, who Joe had beaten during the group stages.
Kevin Tunstall made the Final but was beaten by Matt Jones in the Grand Prix on Sunday 26th November. Sixteen of the top players were split into four groups of four and top seed KT won his group on aggregate after beating Surrey’s Dave Jones in his last game. Two other Sussex players made the…
Congratulations to Stuart Mepham who became the 38th member of the Sussex 20k Club. Stu recorded a break of 20,150 in a Brighton league match at the Stags Head on 15th November. Chocie had had fallen short on occasions last season but started steady with a combination of 10, 20 and 100 splits and was…
Congratulations to Chris Cox who became the seventh member of the Sussex Exclusive 25k club. Chris made a superb 25,160 in the Brighton League at the Stags Head on 15th November. Having watched Stuart Mepham get his first 20k in the leg before, Coxy started quickly and at ten minutes was on just under 13k.…
Nigel Senior was the furthest progressing Sussex player at the World Championships which were played at the Merton Hotel in St Helier, Jersey on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th November. The Brighton star played well to reach the semi-finals but was beaten at that stage by doubles partner Trevor Gallienne of Guernsey. In the Final…