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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2008 17:29:13 GMT
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Post by bigtj on Nov 26, 2008 10:49:32 GMT
What a great way to finish at Frenchies Club with the redhill invitation, hope once invites go out that either Worthing or Brighton if invited will invite myself as I was at the first one playing for Brighton.
That said shame the club has been forced to leave its home.
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Post by milko on Nov 27, 2008 16:29:39 GMT
Clive,
Does this mean that an Oxford side will not be able to play, as someone just said to me that if they were invited they would love to come down to take part?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2008 23:33:05 GMT
I'm sorry to say, Keith, that I've just returned from a Redhill Committee meeting and Colin Robbins reported that we have the line-up of 8 teams and it's the same ones as last year.
I will pass on your interest, and hopefully we'll find a way of accommodating you in a future year's competition. We did this for Horsham a couple of years ago when they were very keen, and I believe I can recall when a team from Wokingham used to take part, so we would very much like to encourage those willing to travel the distance.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2009 12:29:32 GMT
Sunday 25th Jan - Redhill Invitation Team Event, at the Frenches Club, 11.30 sharp for 12.00 start.
Participating teams :
Brighton 'B';
Mid Sussex;
Portsmouth 'A';
Portsmouth 'B';
Redhill 'A';
Redhill 'B';
Tunbridge Wells;
Worthing.
A fun event, one of the best on the Surrey calendar.
We look forward to seeing the usual suspects !
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Post by vinny on Jan 23, 2009 23:32:32 GMT
Looking forward to Sunday. Hope you've got some decent beer in.
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Post by Sparky on Jan 23, 2009 23:45:13 GMT
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Post by vinny on Jan 24, 2009 22:47:10 GMT
......and never will mate. See you tomorrow.
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Post by BB Warrior on Jan 25, 2009 21:06:02 GMT
Congratulations to Brighton B who won the Redhill Team Invitation competition today, beating Mid-Sussex 4-3 in a close final. ;)
Many thanks to the organisers and the venue for such a great day, fantastic to catch up with so many friends.... old and new! 8-)
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Post by ponytailguy on Jan 25, 2009 21:25:38 GMT
Yes well done to all who played and to the winners brighton but a speical biased well done to mid sussex who reached the finals and lost a 4-3 and was closer than a white van driver in the end narrowly missing out. thanks to all te venue staff and all the orginisers it was a great day
cheers all
adam
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Post by Alan Messer on Jan 25, 2009 21:32:08 GMT
Many thanks to everyone who put on the competition. Commiserations to Mid Sussex who ran us very close in the final.
But most of all well done to Captain Gina Sherratt and all our Brighton team of Bill Kerr, Tony Jenner, Charlie Cooper, Rick Cunningham and Gary Mallory (also known as Terry Molloy) Brilliant team effort well done all.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2009 23:02:21 GMT
A great day once again and thanks to the organisers - who had to overcome a few 'last minute panics' to rustle up an extra team to fill the place of Pompey B.
Congratulations indeed to Brighton on beating Mid Sussex in the Final, taking 3 out of 4 after facing a 1-2 deficit.
And for the runners-up, a successful day at last in this their third year of playing in the Invitation. (Team: Lorraine Hall, non-playing capt; Adam Bateup, Henry Brooks, Bob Hall, Kevin Hall, Dave Ingram, Graham Sparksman and Clive Thompson).
At the presentation, the Frenches Club were given credit for having been a great venue for competitions for 'X' number of years, but the good news was shared with us that arrangements will be perpetuated at a band new venue no more than 300 yards away from the Frenches. So, business as usual next year. :D
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Post by Chunky Monkey on Jan 26, 2009 8:29:09 GMT
Well Done to Brighton ;)
A Well Organised and fantastic Day. Definately one of the best events on the Bar Billiard Calander. Well done to all those who took part ;)
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Post by bigtj on Jan 26, 2009 9:03:54 GMT
Another great day at Frenches, and looking forward to supporting the new venue for next year. Well organised, good food, tremendous support all round for those on the tables, great banter all round fun day.
Great win for my team under Ginas captainship. final befitting with it all going down to the final games and two going to the time the bar dropped. Unlucky to Mid Sussex in the final, but consilation on a tremendous effort beating Worthing in the semi finals.
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Post by SirKT on Jan 26, 2009 13:36:40 GMT
Well done to all the organisers over the weekend. The Frenches club is a great venue and will be sadly missed :'( , regardless of how good the new one is.
Well done to Brighton for winning & Mid Sussex for reaching the final :-X ;)
Blimey :-/ where did the weekend go ???
Work saturday morning, making the Mixed doubles with 5 minutes to spare, playin all day, back home for 9.45pm (after a quick stop at Asda) . Then our friends from Doncaster turned up at 10.45pm after a slight detour round Worthing (from the M23).
Up the next morning for a fry-up and to pick the team up on the way back to Redhill . Play all day and then take them all back to Lancing before we go back to Brighton for a Mixed Doubles match at the Montreal :P phew !!!!!!
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Post by Martin Leach on Jan 27, 2009 10:05:20 GMT
I just wanted to add my thanks to all involved - a great day out as usual, even though I made absolutely no contribution to my team's score!
Well done Brighton & Mid Sussex.
Tun Wells will be back next year at the new venue (as long as we're invited!)
Cheers,
Martin
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2009 0:08:06 GMT
Tun Wells will be back next year at the new venue (as long as we're invited!) Cheers, Martin Of course. See you next year, and don't forget the C U Jimmy Hat. Very becoming. ;D For those of you who didn't see it.........(Not such a handsome devil as Martin, but you'll get the general idea.)  |
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Post by Martin Leach on Jan 28, 2009 11:22:50 GMT
Far be it for me to make excuses, but the Burns Night celebration I attended on Saturday could go some way to explaining my performance (or lack of it) on Sunday!
Mind you, I have to say my hosts produced just about the tastiest haggis I've ever had (and the 20 different varieties of scotch were nice too!)
Hic!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2009 23:24:04 GMT
Here, better late than never, are the full details of yet another really great day of competitive bar billiards (the Team Invitation on Sunday 25th January at the Frenches Club):
Group Stages
Group One
Tunbridge Wells 3, Worthing 4
Portsmouth 5, Redhill A 2
Tunbridge Wells 5, Portsmouth 2
Redhill A 3, Worthing 4
Redhill A 4, Tunbridge Wells 3
Worthing 6, Portsmouth 1
Group Two
Mid Sussex 4, Redhill B 3
Brighton 7, Redhill Z 0
Redhill Z 1, Redhill B 6
Brighton 5, Mid Sussex 2
Redhill B 1, Brighton 6
Redhill Z 0, Mid Sussex 7
Placings:
Group One
1 Worthing 14pts
2 Tunbridge Wells 11pts
3 Redhill A 9pts
4 Portsmouth 8pts
Group Two
1 Brighton 18pts
2 Mid Sussex 13pts
3 Redhill B 10pts
4 Redhill Z 1pt
Semi-Finals
Worthing 3, Mid Sussex 4
Kevin Tunstall 13,080, Graham Sparksman 2020
Dave Jones 2140, Adam Bateup 6080
Ian Lelliott 6330, Henry Brooks 4790
Dave Alder 1660, Dave Ingram 2720
Stuart Mepham 680, Kevin Hall 5640
Hayley Tunstall 5130, Robert Hall 4040
Steve Aylemore 3620, Clive Thompson 6600
Brighton 4, Tunbridge Wells 3
Gina Sherrat 1060, Pete Sainsbury 10,410
Alan Messer 2140, Vinny Mitchell 2030
Terry Molloy 4340, Martin Leach 1250
Charlie Cooper 6840, Bryan Stevens 1140
Bill Kerr 9160, Martin Russell 780
Ric Cunningham 2460, Doug Phillips 9270
Tony Jenner 1000, Paul Sainsbury 4050
The FINAL
Brighton 4, Mid Sussex 3
Gina Sherrat 2080, Graham Sparksman 1210
Alan Messer 2440, Adam Bateup 4960
Terry Molloy 2550, Henry Brooks 10,080
Charlie Cooper 8200, Dave Ingram 1050
Bill Kerr 4620, Kevin Hall 5200
Ric Cunningham 9350, Robert Hall 800
Tony Jenner 3440, Clive Thompson 2900
Highest break awards for each of the teams taking part went to :
Tunbridge Wells - Paul Sainsbury (10,550)
Portsmouth - Chris Toner (4500)
Worthing - Kevin Tunstall (10,490)
Brighton - Bill Kerr (10,580)
Mid Sussex - Adam Bateup (8820)
Redhill B - Tony Cross (8010)
Redhill A - Geoff Jukes (11,600)
Redhill Z - Mick Donaldson (2190)
(Thanks very much to Caroline for providing all the information of which the above is an extract.)
Two important announcements were made during the course of the day.............AEBBA Secretary Dave Alder, who had been taking part as a guest for the Worthing team, addressed the company, stressing the importance in raising the required funds to save the Championship Set of tables and giving a few details of the scheme;
... and the Frenches Club Secretary made a closing speech assuring all present that despite the Club closing, it would be 'business as usual' next year in a new venue less than 300 yards away.
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