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One match from Series Eight in Division One was played on Sunday 2nd April with the big South Coast derby between Worthing A and Brighton A taking place. A defeat for either would end their title hopes. A close match which was ebbed and flowed and was won by the home team in a decider.…
Mark James finished runner-up in the Surrey Open on Sunday 16th April. Put in first in the Final Mark set England captain Curt Driver a target of over 19k but it wasn’t enough as Curt breezed past it. Joe Oakley continued his good recent form in making the semi-finals. The Plate Final was an all…
Congratulations to Chris Cox who became the 37th member of the Sussex 20k Club. Chris recorded a break of 20,540 (exact total to be confirmed) at the Surrey Open on Sunday in his Plate semi-final victory. He was well ahead of time though out and was almost flawless until a small wobble when nearing the total;…
In Division One two matches were played during March with one scheduled Series Seven match and a brought forward Series Eight match. In the Series Seven game on Sunday 12th March Worthing A kept their title hopes alive with a 4-3 away win Tunbridge Wells where all legs went with the break. Pete Sainsbury, Richard…
Congratulation to Matthew Knight who became the 36th player to join the Sussex 20k Club with a table play-out in the Kent Classic on 26th March. After several near misses in the past few years Silent kept his cool to breeze past 20k in making 21,840. Matt achieved his break in the first-leg of a…
Martin Cole won a high quality Kent Classic on Sunday 26th March at the Six-in-One Club in Tonbridge. England captain Curt Driver has set Nipper a tough target in the Final with a 21,800 play-out, but Martin responded with over 23k to claim the victory. This was Martin’s first Open victory on the Mainland. Martin…
Colin Southouse won the second World Four-Pin Championship on Saturday 25th March in Sudbury. Colin beat local player Jeff Bridges in a close Final with Colin getting the last ball at the second attempt.
Jim Millward and Joe Oakley won the AEBBA Doubles on Sunday 5th March at the Suncliff Hotel in Bournemouth. Jim and Joe beat fellow Sussex pairing Kevin Tunstall and Martin Cole in a high-quality Final with Joe making an easy looking 9k and touch to give them a 3-1 win. The winning pair had beaten…
A couple of postponed matches from earlier in the season were played during February. Firstly on Sunday 19th February Worthing hosted Tunbridge Wells at the Gardeners, which they are using as a home venue while the Henty is temporarily closed. In a high quality match all legs went with the break with six of them…
Worthing won a very close Inter League One Day Division One title at the Burgess Hill CC on Sunday 26th February. With several sides not at full strength the battle for the honours was expected to be between Worthing and defending champions Brighton, and despite some early shocks this proved to be the case. Having had…