England friendly - Surrey 2015

[curtd]

Hi all

I have been asked by Gary Powell if I could put together an England side to play a select team on Sunday 28th June at the Limes in Surrey. I have been informed there will be lots of billiards, playing different variations of our game.

When my team is finalised I will post on here.

I'm sure Gary will be on here soon to give details for the day.

Curt

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England XII to play on the 28th June-
Nigel Senior
Curt Driver
Dave Ingram
Pete Sainsbury
Ian Lelliott
Mark Brewster
Gerry Fitzjohn
Martin Cole
Geoff Jukes
Martin Smith
Kev Hall
Colin Southouse

Inter-County Team: (to date)
Simon Coleman
Stephen Coleman
Richard Corbould
Mal Spier
Tony Jenner
Rik Dewdney
Pauline Withey
Terry Oakley
Gary Powell
Glenn Chubb
Tony Cross
Matt Knight

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I can comfirm we are looking to meet at 10am, with games starting at 10.30 sharp.

[Chris]

Wow Gary - see you have the best ever female player in your team - I am so proud that Pauline is selected and she so deserves to be xxx

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I agree Chrissie, however gender didn't come into the selection, just ability.

[bigtj]

Well done to the England side on their win in what was a great day and played in great spirit.

Thank you to the Limes for hosting, Gary for arranging and running the day, Colin for doing the food, the Redhill helpers who did the tables and to all that took part.

A special thank you for asking me to present the individual trophies and the winning teams trophy in the memory of Bill Kerr, for me it was an honour to be asked to play, and along with that being given the privelege of partnering Pauline Withey in the doubles, hopefully this challange match will be kept going, I know Bill would have love the day.

A good format with singles and doubles.

[BB Warrior]

An excellent day of bar billiards and many thanks to all involved and organising the event, special thanks to Colin and Jackie in the kitchen, Jason and all his staff at the Limes and (of course) to Gary Powell for all of his hard work.

The result was a win by the England team with a final score of 86 - 40 points but the games were all very competitive and were played in a great spirit as well. I am sure that someone will post all the scores at some time soon.

Hopefully this special event will become a regular feature on the calendar in future years.

[curtd]

Another great day of billiards at the Limes. Thanks to all the organisers for a well run day.

A good win for the England side that was pitted against a very strong county team. There was a good atmos about the place all day and plenty of "silent" banter.

I do hope this can be a permanent fixture going forward and maybe, could include the ladies next year ??

I believe Nigel will be posting the scores when he gets the email through.

Thanks

Curt

["Silent"]

Jun 29, 2015 11:06:11 GMT curtd said:

Another great day of billiards at the Limes. Thanks to all the organisers for a well run day.

A good win for the England side that was pitted against a very strong county team. There was a good atmos about the place all day and plenty of "silent" banter.

I do hope this can be a permanent fixture going forward and maybe, could include the ladies next year ??

I believe Nigel will be posting the scores when he gets the email through.

Thanks

Curt

Brilliant day, thanks to everyone especially the 'comic genius' that is G.Powell

I would prefer Nige didn't post the results........... but will done to Tony on topping the standings for the 'Rest of the World' team

[NigelS]

Results of the games below (sorry Matt), great day in memory of Bill

		PLAYER	SCORE	1/0		SCORE	1/0	PLAYER
10:30	1	Nigel Senior	24800	3	v	6720	0	Simon Coleman	SINGLES AEBBA RULES
	2	Curt Driver	29770	3	v	760	0	Stephen Coleman
	3	Dave Ingram	26970	3	v	1230	0	Richard Corboult
	4	Ian Lelliott	16490	3	v	6570	0	Mal Spier
	5	Mark Brewster	7990	1	v	10930	2	Jason Wadsworth
	6	Gerry Fitzjohn	15020	3	v	5930	0	Gary Powell
11:15	1	Martin Cole	11690	2	v	10270	1	Pauline Withey
	2	Geoff Jukes	17740	3	v	4490	0	Tony Jenner
	3	Martin Smith	15440	2	v	10390	1	Terry Oakley
	4	Kev Hall	7250	1	v	8070	2	Tony Cross
	5	Pete Sainsbury	12670	2	v	11500	1	Rik Dewdney
	6	Colin Southouse	21360	3	v	1680	0	Matt Knight
12:00	1	Mark Brewster	8470	2	v	7920	1	Gary Powell	SINGLES OFF THE SPOT
	2	Gerry Fitzjohn	15140	3	v	1500	0	Pauline Withey
	3	Nigel Senior	18720	3	v	3790	0	Stephen Coleman
	4	Curt Driver	6920	2	v	5540	1	Richard Corboult
	5	Dave Ingram	8010	2	v	4060	1	Mal Spier
	6	Ian Lelliott	10410	2	v	4580	1	Jason Wadsworth
12:45	1	Pete Sainsbury	5890	3	v	2770	0	Matt Knight
	2	Colin Southouse	6010	2	v	4130	1	Simon Coleman
	3	Martin Cole	11330	3	v	2420	0	Tony Jenner
	4	Geoff Jukes	6930	2	v	4010	1	Terry Oakley
	5	Martin Smith	3640	0	v	7870	3	Tony Cross
	6	Kev Hall	9820	2	v	7410	1	Rik Dewdney
13:30	1				v				DOUBLES OFF THE SPOT
	2	Dave Ingram & Ian Lelliott	3320	1	v	3610	2	Colin Robbins & Gary Powell
	3				v
	4	Mark Brewster & Gerry Fitzjohn	4790	2	v	4580	1	Pauline Withey & Tony Jenner
	5				v
	6	Nigel Senior & Curt Driver	6540	3	v	1420	0	Richard Corboult & Mal Spier
14:15	1				v
	2	Martin Smith & Kev Hall	2300	0	v	7080	3	Rik Dewdney & Matt Knight
	3				v
	4	Pete Sainsbury & Colin Southouse	6610	1	v	7050	2	Simon Coleman & Stephen Coleman
	5				v
	6	Martin Cole & Geoff Jukes	7790	3	v	4320	0	Terry Oakley & Tony Cross
15:00	1	Gerry Fitzjohn	5860	0	v	9860	3	Tony Cross	SINGLES AEBBA RULES
	2	Mark Brewster	5420	0	v	7730	3	Terry Oakley
	3	Curt Driver	7890	0	v	20240	3	Gary Powell
	4	Nigel Senior	18780	3	v	4860	0	Colin Robbins
	5	Ian Lelliott	11220	3	v	4360	0	Tony Jenner
	6	Dave Ingram	23990	3	v	2560	0	Pauline Withey
15:45	1	Colin Southouse	4410	0	v	12900	3	Mal Spier
	2	Pete Sainsbury	9620	3	v	4990	0	Richard Corboult
	3	Geoff Jukes	19450	3	v	1080	0	Matt Knight
	4	Martin Cole	12000	3	v	6070	0	Rik Dewdney
	5	Kev Hall	12380	2	v	8700	1	Stephen Coleman
	6	Martin Smith	3170	1	v	8710	2	Simon Coleman

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A great days bar billiards on Sunday. Well done to all those who took part. The games were competitive (even Matts), but played in a friendly atmosphere and many a laugh was had. Well done England, you lived up to your status.
I would like to make a special thank-you to the inter-county (or rest of the world!!) team. We gave a good account of ourselves against a very strong England side. Extra thanks to Pauline, Simon and Stephen for making the long journey down. Everyone contributed to our points total, including our late reserves (Jason & Colin). Some players proved they can be pairs specialists!!
To echo Curt, I hope we can make this a regular match each year with a variety of selection options available.
Cheers to all involved in both playing and helping.