Redhill 2008 Team Invitation

Sunday 27th 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 !

[bigtj]

Looking forward to what is always a great day, be nice to see some old faces and hopefully new. See you there Clive.
Is my information right that it could be the last one at the Frenches. TJ.

Yes, your source of information appears to be sound, TJ.

The water board who own the club have imposed a dramatic increase in rent and at the moment no membership renewals are being accepted. I'd better add "allegedly".

It is all the more sad because the League will be finding it difficult to come up with a venue that can fit eight tables in for our special competitions.

At the moment the only one I can think of is the Reigate Ex-Services Club, which - allegedly again - is somewhat lacking in atmosphere.

Where there's a will there's a way though, and you may rest assured that Surrey will not want to give up its regular events of long-standing.

See you Sunday, it will probably be a topic of conversation then.

[bigtj]

Lets hope it can be sorted as talk of a Redhill open was much welcome, and as to atmosphere know all about that playing at the Windmill in Brighton and Worthing.

Surrey Open will take place one day, TJ, and keeps getting aired at committee level.
I keep pressing, and am thrown the odd snippet of information now and again.
The latest I've been able to wring out of anyone is that a suitable venue is the only stumbling block - somewhere nice like the golf club where Bucks held theirs last year.
The first choice was a stately home, and the second was a school. Both fell through, but maybe third time lucky next year.

Still we're not doing bad on the Open front - the brand new Guernsey one in May, and talk of the Northants reinstating theirs.

[vinny]

Well done to Redhill A for winning. Very enjoyable day.

[Sparky]

Congratulations Redhill 'A'

[Baby Guinness]

Congratulations Redhill 'A'
Thank you to all the organisers, very well run competition, and thank you for inviting Mid-Sussex.

Once again, a good and exciting day and thanks on behalf of the Redhill League to all who gave up their day to take part and make this event a success.

I can only provide a brief report, but Caroline has promised to forward her Excel sheet so I can put up a full transcript with scores, etc.

Just to say, then, that early form was reversed, in Group One Portsmouth A and Worthing making the early running, and Mid Sussex in Group Two, but the four semi-finalists who emerged were Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, Redhill A and Redhill B.

Though both being 1-2 down in their Semi-Finals, Tunbridge Wells managed to turn it round against Brighton, and Redhill A the same against their own 'B' string.

That left the Final, which was eventually decided in favour of the hosts........

Team lineups:
Tun Wells (R-up) : Martin Leach, Peter Sainsbury, Bryan Stevens, Doug Phillips, Martin Russell, Paul Sainsbury, Vinny Mitchell

Redhill A (Wnrs) : Vernon Sparkes, Gary Powell, Jason Wadsworth, David Jones, Paul Reece, Geoff Jukes, Dave Constable.

[SirKT]

Well done Redhill `A`. A very enjoyable weekend. The Frenches club will be sorely missed in the future. Hopefully you can contiue somewhere else next year :)

[bigtj]

An excellent well organised day and well done to Redhill A on their win, once again agreat standard of bar billiards on fair tables that presented varying challanges.

Thanks to the bar staff for their hard work, and to Terry Oakley for the catering which again was high class and reasonable.

[Pompey (R.I.P.)]

Well done Redhill 'A''
Portsmouth 'B' were just short of peak form but look forward to next year with high hopes. ;D

[newsthejuice]

A great day out yesterday guys...many thanks to all :)
I have only missed two competitions since this was played at Frenchies from the start... be to see it go !!
Many happy days with friends, past and present will be remembered always.
When you have played at Frenchies, Spring is on the way !!

tommo said:

I can only provide a brief report, but Caroline has promised to forward her Excel sheet so I can put up a full transcript with scores, etc.

Here, belatedly, and better late than never, are the key stats behind what, looking back, was a really good day of competitive bar billiards:

Group Stages

Group One
Portsmouth A 2, Tunbridge Wells 5
Worthing 4, Redhill B 3
Portsmouth A 5, Worthing 2
Redhill B 3, Tunbridge Wells 4
Redhill B 4, Portsmouth A 3
Tunbridge Wells 6, Worthing 1

Group Two
Brighton 1, Redhill A 6
Portsmouth B 1, Mid Sussex 6
Mid Sussex 2, Redhill A 5
Portsmouth B 0, Brighton 7
Brighton 6, Mid Sussex 1
Redhill A 6, Portsmouth B 1

Placings:

Group One
1 Tunbridge Wells 15pts
2=Redhill B 10pts
2=Portsmouth A 10pts
4 Worthing 7pts

Group Two
1 Redhill A 17pts
2 Brighton 14pts
3 Mid Sussex 9pts
4 Portsmouth B 2pts

(Redhill B runners-up in Group Two on the tie-break basis of having been winners in the fixture when the two teams involved met earlier.)

Semi-Finals

Tunbridge Wells 4, Brighton 3

M.Leach 5650, A.Jenner 810
B.Stevens 11,910, C.Cooper 1340
Pete Sainsbury 7820, A.Messer 7740
M.Russell 530, W.Kerr 6080
Paul Sainsbury 480, J.Brackenridge 7250
V.Mitchell 1230, A.Brackenridge 7620
D.Phillips 12,820, R.Cunningham 1290

Redhill A 4, Redhill B 3

J.Wadsworth 4430, R.Plaw 6400
G.Jukes 2800, M.Greenaway 3970
V.Sparkes 2660, J.Greenstead 2560
G.Powell 7920, A.Norman 0
D.Jones 3250, Keith Wilkinson 3510
D.Constable 12,380, S.Balcombe 450
P.Reece 8330, G.Holman 2440

The FINAL

Tunbridge Wells 2, Redhill A 5

D.Phillips 7310, D.Jones 1250
Pete Sainsbury 7590, G.Powell 3950
M.Russell 2000, P.Reece 9960
M.Leach 90, V.Sparkes 4310
V.Mitchell 2150, D.Constable 12,660
B.Stevens 840, J.Wadsworth 4500
Paul Sainsbury 4060, G.Jukes 10,720

Highest break awards for each of the teams taking part went to :
Redhill B - Richard Plaw 6630
Portsmouth A - Tony Webster 3960
Worthing - Kevin Tunstall 9040
Brighton - Alan Messer 7740
Portsmouth B - Alan Peters 5050
Redhill A - Geoff Jukes 10,720
Tunbridge Wells - Doug Phillips 11,330
Mid Sussex - Kevin Hall 5610

(Thanks to Caroline for providing the information of which the above is an extract.)