1st Div Masters Sunday 15th May 2011

[Baby Guinness]

To be played at United Services Sunday 15th May     10.30 for 11am start

1.  Nick Brown
2.  Adam Bateup
3.  Richard Spurrier
4.  Chase Newman
5.  Darren Newnham
6.  Dave Knight
7.  Shaun Morris
8.  Ros Appleby
9.  Richard Jeffrey
10.  Graham Sparksman
11.  Trevor Appleby
12.  Andy Farmer Wright
13.  Colin Humphrey
14.  Chris Little
15.  Matt Geal
16.  Bill Boyce
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Reserves

Mick Kirwan

Please confirm ASAP

[Sparky]

I'll be there ;D

[ponytailguy]

im about

[Ros]

Ros, Trevor and Nick should all be ok :)

[ron]

Darren Newnham and Chase Newman are in.

Will find out about Dave Knight and Sean Turner on Wednesday.

[Sparky]

Shaun Morris will play (because he expects to get me in the first round ;D)
also Chris Little
Matt Geal
Bill Boyce
Mick Kirwan

But Terry Gasson doesn't know yet!

[spudgun]

Should be able to make this. Although there are no times as of yet, could anyone tell me if this is an all day thing or evening only. This will help me specify what i need to book off work wise. Cheers to anyone who can help.

[Sir Jock o The Strap]

Count the Jock man in please

[bobhall]

spud it will be an all day event but times will be put up shortly by baby guiness

[Sir Jock o The Strap]

Colin will be there have spoke to him but he dont come on here!!

[Q]

Apr 15, 2011 8:40:38 GMT Sir Jock o The Strap said:

Colin will be there have spoke to him but he dont come on here!!

Its about time he did then Jock, he's been registered a long time but hasn't posted for THREE years.

barbilliards.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=viewprofile&user=colin

Tell him from me to get his ass in gear or I'll set the Womble on him ;D

The Jockster himself hasn't exactly been prolific recently. ::)

[Sparky]

Terry Gasson is away at the moment but will find out if available next weekend or soon after, just in case he is needed.

[Sparky]

The Div1 Masters Competition was played all the way through to the Final, today (as a finalist away on Finals Night) when Adam Bateup beat Nick Brown.

Congratulations to Adam for winning a very competitive days Billiards and commiserations to Nick who exemplified the high standard of play that graced the tables today.

Thanks must go to Lorraine for organising both days of this Competition
and our hosts the United Services Club for their hospitality and good food on both days
and, of course, to all the other competitors.

This has again proved what a great addition it has been to our calender and would recommend this competition to any other League that does not currently have a Masters Competition.

[Sparky]

A game of note was Jock v Ros,  Jock had a 9k lead from the first leg and yet Ros beat him with 2 great breaks in the second leg when Jock only had one go at the table....

....Ros then proceeded to chase about 12k from Nick in her next game, and looked determined but couldn't quite manage it.

[spudgun]

Just would like to say that the day was indeed very enjoyable and very well run indeed.

Some very good matches on the day.  Sparky has already mentioned Ros' superb comeback when everyone presumed she was dead and buried (won,t be underestimating you again!).  Also worthy of mention was the match between the Farmer and Darren that came down to the last ball, with andy knocking it in first go.

There was no disputing the evenual winner though.  Bravo was amazing all day.  Hit 20k past Matt geal, scores of 15k and 16k past TSO, a more subdued 18k(!) past myself in the Semis and then took the final with a hard-fought 10k opener in the second frame to give himself an unassailable 8k lead.

Table 2 was an absolute joy to play on and no-one had bad things to say about the other table either from what i can gather.  Very good day all told

Cheers all

[Ros]

It was a great day, with the small bar at USC proving to be the perfect venue for this size of event. 8-)

Thanks to Lorraine for a great job in organising it, thanks to Sparky for setting up the tables so well and thanks to the USC for the lovely curry.

Congratulations to Adam and commiserations to Nick, who was a worthy finalist.

Thanks also to Sparky and Spud for your kind comments, it was a thrill for me to get a PB on the day. Does Bobhall still think I can't get 12k? ;)

[bobhall]

May 17, 2011 11:17:18 GMT Ros said:

It was a great day, with the small bar at USC proving to be the perfect venue for this size of event. 8-)

Thanks to Lorraine for a great job in organising it, thanks to Sparky for setting up the tables so well and thanks to the USC for the lovely curry.

Congratulations to Adam and commiserations to Nick, who was a worthy finalist.

Thanks also to Sparky and Spud for your kind comments, it was a thrill for me to get a PB on the day. Does Bobhall still think I can't get 12k? ;)

ros i think you can get 12k just i hope you dont get against me :)

Here's how the first-ever Lower Div. Masters went, with scores to follow:
Highly-rated Darren Newnham was the only top-seed casualty in the first round, losing by a mere 90 points, although Ros Appleby caused a sensation in overturning a 9k 1st leg deficit to overcome Richard Jeffrey. :o

Ist Round
Nick Brown(1) bt Bill Boyce(16)
Ros Appleby(8) bt Richard Jeffrey(9)
Darren Newnham(5) lost to Andy Farmer-Wright(12)
Chase Newman(4) bt Mick Kirwan(13)
Adam Bateup(2) bt Matt Geal(15)
Shaun Morris(7) bt Graham Sparksman(10)
Dave Knight(6) bt Trevor Appleby(11)
Richard Spurrier(3) bt Chris Little(14)

Qr finals
Nick Brown bt Ros Appleby
Andy Farmer-Wright bt Chase Newman
Adam Bateup bt Shaun Morris
Dave Knight lost to Richard Spurrier

Semi-finals
Nick Brown bt Andy Farmer-Wright
Adam Bateup bt Richard Spurrier

Final: Nick Brown lost to ADAM BATEUP
3rd place playoff: Andy Farmer-Wright bt Richard Spurrier

Here is the full transcript of the event, as recorded in the Finals Night programme: