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Two rearranged Division One matches from Series One have been played over the past week. Firstly on Monday 24th February Redhill A completed a season double over Brighton A by winning 5-2 at the Stags Head. The Surrey side had a whitewash victory early in the season and looked on course for another after winning…
Brighton won the Inter League One Day Division One played at the Burgess Hill CC on Sunday 2nd March. Brighton comfortably won by winning all four series and finishing nine points clear of second placed Worthing. It was the first time in over 20 years that they had successfully defended the title. Phil Osborne (Brighton)…
Redhill won the Ladies Inter League One Day at the Burgess Hill CC on Saturday 1st March. The Surrey team finished two points ahead of defending champions Brighton in the five team event. Denise Wills (Redhill) and Sandra Hall (Brighton) topped the individual stats with a maximum 12 points, ahead of Anita Blackman (Redhill) who…
Michelle Baden and Nigel Senior won the Sussex Mixed Doubles on Saturday 1st March at the Burgess Hill CC. The competition was played after the Ladies Inter League One Day and saw 12 pairs split into four groups. Chelle and Nige beat Jean Brackenridge and Matthew Knight in the Final. Losing semi-finals were Zoe and…
Tunbridge Wells won the Inter League One Day Division Two on Sunday 23rd February at the Burgess Hill CC. The Kent side finished three and a half points ahead of Littlehampton in second. Three players finished with eight points out of nine to top the rankings who were Chris Oakley (Littlehampton), Dave Knight (Lewes) and…
Stuart Mepham won the Sussex Over 50s at the Burgess Hill CC on Saturday 22nd February to make it back-to-back wins in the Senior event. Ten players were split into two groups with the top two in each qualifying for the semi-finals. Chocie beat Roger Taylor in the Final after both won their respective groups…
Redhill B won the Inter League B Teams One Day event on Saturday 22nd February at the Burgess Hill CC. It was the first time in the history of the event that the Surrey side had been champions and improves on the runner-up position they have finished for the last four events. Redhill were ten…
The ninth Sussex Off The Spot will be played on Saturday 28th June at the Roffey Sports and Social Club, Horsham. As in previous years the opening round of this competition will be played in a group/league format to give everyone plenty of matches and legs. If you would like to enter please complete the…
Sussex players generally struggled in the West Sussex Open which was played on Sunday 16th February. Martin Cole was the furthest progressing reaching the semi-final before a miscalculation cost him against eventual winner Michael Wilson. Joe Oakley and Mark James made the quarter-finals.
Congratulations to Daniel Wheal who became the 40th member of the Sussex 20k Club. Dan achieved a break of 20,070 during the West Sussex Masters, which was played during the West Sussex competition weekend at the Aldingbourne Club on 8th and 9th February.