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Kevin Tunstall finished runner-up in the Surrey Open on Sunday 13th April at the Salford Club. KT played Mark Trafford in the Final and was up against it when the Oxford player racked up a table play-out of 24,620. Kevin also played the table out in response but was always behind time in his response…

Redhill A beat leaders Worthing A 4-3 at home to ensure a grandstand finish for Division One in the last series. The first four legs all went with the breaks to leave the match level at 2-2 with Geoff Jukes and Ricky Dewdney winning for the home side and Joe Oakley and Kevin Tunstall getting…

Brighton A closed the gap on leaders Worthing A in Division One with a 4-3 win over their South Coast rivals at the Stags Head. Phil Osborne made an excellent opening break to win the first before what proved the key leg when Matthew Knight beat Martin Smith against the break. The next two legs…

Nigel Senior put last year’s Open woes behind him by winning the Kent Open played in Tonbridge on Sunday 16th March. Nigel surprisingly failed to go beyond the Last 16 in any event last year but played well all day and beat Martin Cole in the Final. Chris Cox made the semi-finals, before losing to…

There was only a select few Sussex players left participating when the AEBBA Doubles reached the business end on Sunday 9th March at the SunCliff Hotel in Bournemouth. Furthest progressing was Stuart Mepham who reached the semi-finals with his partner Alan Donovan of Bucks. Dave Ingram and Martin Cole teamed up to reach the quarter-finals.…

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)…

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…

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…

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…