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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.…

February saw one series of Inter League fixtures and one rearranged game. Series Eight was played on 6th February and started with two contenders for the Division One title meeting at Jim Millward’s pub the Stags Head when Brighton hosted Tunbridge Wells. On what is becoming increasingly common on that table the first four games…

Brighton regained the Inter League One Day Division One event at the Burgess Hill CC on Sunday 27th February. Going in as favourites they run out comfortable winners from defending champions Worthing. Both teams started strongly in Series One with Worthing winning 14-7 and Brighton winning 15-6, before Worthing pulled away taking advantage of the…

Redhill defended the Inter League One Day Ladies competition with a commanding performance at the Burgess Hill CC on Saturday 26th February. The title was expected to be a close battle between the Surrey team and Brighton but a superb 10-5 win against their rivals in Series Two left them in a very strong position…

Tunbridge Wells won the Inter League One Day Division Two at the Burgess Hill CC on Sunday 20th March. Following their surprise relegation from Division One in 2020 they were strongly fancied to bounce straight back up but were pushed all the way by Littlehampton who finished three points behind in second. Both teams started…

Brighton B defended the Inter League One B/C Teams title with a resounding victory at the Burgess Hill CC on Saturday 19th February. They went in as favourites with the majority of the team who had been playing well in Division One of the Home and Away league and justified that confidence in finishing 14…