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Martin Smith was the furthest progressing Sussex player at the Oxford Open on Saturday 20th July. Martin beat Ian Gordon (L64), Andy Burns (L32), James Whittle (L16) and Phil Osborne (QF) on his run to the semi-final where he lost to eventual winner Gerry Fitzjohn. Bob Osborne was runner-up in the Plate where he lost…
Rob Hall won his second Open in a row with victory in the National Off The Spot beating Mark Trafford in the Final. The event played at the Roffey Club, Horsham on Sunday 23rd June was contested by 35 players and started with a group stage. Boball has been in great form over the summer…
Chris Cox won his first big Sussex title when winning the Sussex Off The Spot beating Dave Ingram in a close Final. The 26 players were placed into a Swiss method League format, which provided the seedings for the latter stages. Coxy played well all day to win his first Sussex title by going unbeaten…
Rob Hall won his first individual National title with a superb performance at the Sussex Open on Sunday 2nd June at the Roffey Club in Horsham. Boball played Simon Coleman in the Final and after the Northants man missed on 2k, Bob played out the rest of the first leg and touched on enough in…
Sussex Chairman Stuart Carruthers won his first county title when winning the Sussex Masters on Saturday 1st June at the Roffey Club. The top 24 from the ranking list (after seven drop outs) were placed into eight seeded groups with the top in each progressing to the quarter-finals. It became third time lucky for Stu…
Mark James won his first Open since 2018 to win the Northants Open played on Sunday 26th May. Mark played well on a selection of playable but tricky tables and beat Michael Wilson in the quarter-finals and Curt Driver in the semi-finals. Kevin Tunstall also reached the quarter-finals. Two top players met in the plate…
Phil Osborne won his second Northants 4-Pin Open beating local player Stephen Coleman in the Final on Saturday 25th May.
The Sussex Masters will be played on Saturday 1st June at the Roffey Club with a start time of 1:00pm. Group AA1 – Martin Cole (1)A2 – Jean Brackenridge (16)A3 – Barry West (24) Group BB1 – Martin Smith (8)B2 – Dave Ingram (9)B3 – Rick Cunningham (17) Group CC1 – Nigel Senior (5)C2 –…
The draw for the Watney Mann has been completed for the four teams entered: Prince of Wales v Stags Head Alexandra v Henty Matches to be played by 30th June