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Post by BB Warrior on Mar 9, 2012 10:26:17 GMT
I am pleased to advise that SCBBA are looking at the option of playing a Sussex Under 30's Competition on Saturday 9th June 2012 at the Roffey Club in Horsham. ;D
This competition would be played alongside the Sussex Masters Competition and players would probably only be able to play in EITHER the Masters OR the Under 30's Competition due to the schedule of the Masters, however we would look into all of the options for that nearer to the time.
There would be an Entry Fee of £3 per player and the Competition would only be run of there were a MINIMUM of 8 players taking part.
To enable us to make a decision on whether to go ahead, please would any interested players respond to this thread with names of Entries and, if it looks viable, we will then confirm that the competition will go ahead and send Entry Forms out.
Please would Forum members advise any young Sussex players about this competition, SCBBA are keen for this to go ahead and hope that it will become a regular feature in future years. 8-)
Thank you.
Potential Entries List
1) Mike Daw
2) Henry Brooks (subject to Sussex Masters)
3) Jamie Hall
4) Martin Cole (subject to Sussex Masters)
5) Daniel Wheal
6) Rob Hall
7) Lorenzo Hickman
8) Kevin Hall (subject to Sussex Masters)
9) Chris Oakley
10) Kristian Knudson
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Post by H on Mar 9, 2012 10:53:51 GMT
Good stuff. I'll reserve entering myself until we see how the rest of the season pans out. I will however, spread the word to as many people as I can.
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Post by mikedaw1985 on Mar 9, 2012 11:04:56 GMT
Im in. If we get enough people to run the competition I'll book the day off work.
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Post by nipper on Mar 12, 2012 21:02:50 GMT
i'm in... i'll try and bring daniel wheal and possibly one more
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Post by adam147 on Mar 12, 2012 21:46:04 GMT
Sorry Dave but even though I would love to play in both the masters (especially as I should qualify for the second year in a row), and under 30's unfortunatley I am unable to make either as they fall in the Cricket season, as is the problem for me with most of the open's!
If it were held during the winter months I would definatley be one of the first names on the list :-)
Hopefully the comp will be a sucess as it is a great idea, and there needs to be more possible titles for us youngsters :-D
Cheers, Adam
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2012 22:34:24 GMT
unfortunatley I am unable to make either as they fall in the Cricket season, as is the problem for me with most of the open's! Cheers, Adam Can fully understand as I'm sure Dave can as he was playing cricket well into his forties (and me for the department at work). Also John Thayre was still opening the batting for Alfold at the age of 50 ! Gerry Smith was another ace cricketer (played for Horsted Keynes). Anyone know of any others ? |
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Post by bobhall on Mar 12, 2012 22:51:38 GMT
count me in dave as i dont think il make the masters this year
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Mar 13, 2012 16:41:35 GMT
unfortunatley I am unable to make either as they fall in the Cricket season, as is the problem for me with most of the open's! Cheers, Adam Can fully understand as I'm sure Dave can as he was playing cricket well into his forties (and me for the department at work). Also John Thayre was still opening the batting for Alfold at the age of 50 ! Gerry Smith was another ace cricketer (played for Horsted Keynes). Anyone know of any others ? Think you better have a chat with Brian Muggeridge, still playing for Adelaide in Brighton, i think he is over 50? ;D We used to have some nice little tussles a few years ago when i was playing for Eastbourne Martlets CC regs cs |
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Post by BB Warrior on Mar 14, 2012 23:57:38 GMT
Entry Forms for the Sussex Under 30's Competition are now available on the Sussex Website using the following link... www.sussexbarbilliards.com/Sussex/Ind%20comps/Under30%27s%20Entry%20Form%202012.htmIf anybody is having any problem downloading the form, please let me know and I can email an entry form to you. I would ask all forum users to encourage the younger players to enter this competition as the future of the game is in their hands. 8-) |
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Post by BB Warrior on Mar 16, 2012 16:14:00 GMT
I'm pleased to advise that we have now think that we can have a format that would allow eligible players to take part in both the Sussex Masters and the Under 30's Competition, although it would depend on how many entries we get for the Under 30's Competition.
Please would players that would like to take part register their interest here and return their entry forms to me as soon as possible. ;)
Many thanks.
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Post by milhouse on Mar 16, 2012 16:33:14 GMT
unfortunatley I am unable to make either as they fall in the Cricket season, as is the problem for me with most of the open's! Cheers, Adam Can fully understand as I'm sure Dave can as he was playing cricket well into his forties (and me for the department at work). Also John Thayre was still opening the batting for Alfold at the age of 50 ! Gerry Smith was another ace cricketer (played for Horsted Keynes). Anyone know of any others ? Just a quick note on this, i captain my local village team and one of our players is 65! We also have a player in our league who is 76!!! |
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Post by H on Mar 16, 2012 17:17:31 GMT
In that case I'm in. Assume I can pay you on Monday dave?
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Post by BB Warrior on Mar 16, 2012 17:39:54 GMT
In that case I'm in. Assume I can pay you on Monday dave? Of course you can H.... 8-) Would Jamie Hall be interested in entering from your team as well....? Although I know that it's only his first season, it might be good experience for him to watch some of the players in the Sussex Masters as well as playing in a competition with other younger players. ;) |
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Post by H on Mar 16, 2012 20:52:04 GMT
I'll talk to him. It may be a little daunting at this stage. I don't want to throw him in with the big boys too quickly for fear of putting him off, but I'll certainly offer him the chance. If he's free he might be up for coming out for a beer anyway since I could drive him over.
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Post by BB Warrior on Mar 16, 2012 23:13:22 GMT
I'll talk to him. It may be a little daunting at this stage. I don't want to throw him in with the big boys too quickly for fear of putting him off, but I'll certainly offer him the chance. If he's free he might be up for coming out for a beer anyway since I could drive him over. We certainly wouldn't want to scare anybody off, but I'm hoping that we will get entries from some of the younger players of all standards, not just the "big boys". I found that I learned a lot from watching the better players at Open Competitions when I started to enter them and would certainly recommend any players (young or not so young) who want to improve their game should enter the competitions. ;) |
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Post by H on Mar 16, 2012 23:58:59 GMT
Well, having spoken to him tonight, he's up it. Count him in.
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Post by enzo on Mar 17, 2012 8:19:33 GMT
I'll start rounding them up! I'd say we have 4 definitely going.
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Post by spudgun on Mar 17, 2012 16:27:27 GMT
Typical, this competition is offered up just as I turn 31 ::). I will have a chat with a few people down my way to see if I can drum up some interest.
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Post by JB on Mar 17, 2012 17:31:09 GMT
A couple of years too late for me too spud lol
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Post by BB Warrior on Mar 17, 2012 17:40:21 GMT
A couple of years too late for me too spud lol If we made it the "Under 30 stone" Competition I would qualify..... :-[ ;D ;D |
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Post by Chunky Monkey on Mar 17, 2012 18:07:49 GMT
Count me in please Dave ;)
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Post by spudgun on Mar 17, 2012 20:56:05 GMT
Spoke to a couple of guys tonight. Bravo said he was definately interested whilst Jason, who plays for me on a Monday, also seemed quite keen, although is in the same position as Jamie in terms of experience. He said he was interested and may confirm at a later date.
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Post by BB Warrior on Mar 17, 2012 21:59:04 GMT
Spoke to a couple of guys tonight. Bravo said he was definately interested whilst Jason, who plays for me on a Monday, also seemed quite keen, although is in the same position as Jamie in terms of experience. He said he was interested and may confirm at a later date. We are hoping (subject to the numbers entering) to run the competition on a round robin basis so players would all get more than one match and Jean has worked out a format that would enable this to be played on the same day as the Masters without preventing players from entering both competitions. 8-) This system would work with less than 16 entries, if we get more than that we may have to look at a knock-out competition for the Under 30's instead. Obviously, the sooner we know how many entries we are likely to receive we can look at the options in more detail. ;) |
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Post by enzo on Mar 19, 2012 9:55:11 GMT
2 more potentials
Chris Oakley
KK
Working on a couple more! :)
EDIT: Is there a minimum age or is it literally 0-30yrs not club 18-30 or something? ;)
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Post by BB Warrior on Mar 19, 2012 10:31:20 GMT
2 more potentials Chris Oakley KK Working on a couple more! :) EDIT: Is there a minimum age or is it literally 0-30yrs not club 18-30 or something? ;) Chris & KK added to the list of potential entries. Entry is open to anyone under 30, it's not not a Club 18-30 event. :o ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by davejones on Mar 20, 2012 20:36:40 GMT
James Whittle would like to enter
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