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Post by Owners' Account on Dec 13, 2005 13:48:56 GMT
Hi Everyone,
Bernie asked if i could set up you guys in Mid Sussex your own forum, so it has been done. anyone that wishes to become a moderator of this board then please let me know and i will gladly let you take charge.
Have a good day........
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Post by Sparky on Dec 14, 2005 18:16:22 GMT
Thank you Glenn, and the guys I know probably haven't seen this yet what with playing last night as well as tonight. I wonder how many other MSBBL players watch this site..... please leave a calling card... :D
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Post by Q on Dec 15, 2005 20:26:20 GMT
Thank you Glenn I'm sure that we will make very good use of our forum. On the question of moderating, I would be only too happy to take on the role, I would suggest Graham as a second moderator as he seems to spend his whole life on here!!!! Anyway, come on you 'Mid Sussex'ers now is your chance to have your say - become a member (its free) and lets make thsi the most used section of Proboard Bernie
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Post by iang on Dec 16, 2005 18:35:34 GMT
Hi Q & Graham s. I.m in who's next. should be good. It's about time Q put in another 10,000. Ian.
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Post by Sparky on Dec 17, 2005 20:51:36 GMT
Hi Ian
I'm glad you didn't say it was about time I converted one of my recent 8K+ into 10K..... which is what I've been thinking.... Oh! sorry just realised who..... ;D
G.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2005 10:20:13 GMT
Hi all, Just registered. Enjoyed the I/League match at the Stadium on Sunday, we were all set for a win until they brought on The Pope !
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Post by Sparky on Dec 20, 2005 17:12:59 GMT
Hi tommo
Glad to have you around, guess I'll find out who The Pope is this evening from q & iang.
Your Club is only known to a few and rumour has it (I'm starting it) that a funny hand shake is needed to get in ;D
see you soon Sparky
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Post by Ian g on Dec 20, 2005 17:36:57 GMT
Welcome Tommo Hope you are spreading the word. Ian. :) :)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2005 8:34:46 GMT
Good morning all, Firstly - Ian, let's hope this catches on in a big way. But not everyone is computer literate or has access to the web. I'm sure someone like Kevin Hall could be a big contributor and be quite entertaining. It would be good to get some laydees too ! Graham - The Pope is Mickey Pope who I can remember playing against in a Sussex Doubles back in around 1970, and like some of us old 'uns is still going. As regards the Con Club, membership is dependent on acceptance of a free drink, a free game on the table and signing the visitor's book. Only members so far are John Turner, 'Q' , and Tony Franks. May add Mick Holmwood over the Christmas period.
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Post by fazza on Dec 21, 2005 11:18:18 GMT
Ah, Tony Franks, a big name from the past.
He never did buy me a drink for taking a leg off Kevin Tunstall in the three-way 1983 All-England Individual Championship, which allowed HIM to require just one leg off KT to win the title.
If you see him, give him my regards and tell him it is now a large bacardi and coke he owes me.
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Post by Sparky on Dec 21, 2005 18:44:20 GMT
Hi Clive
I know of Mickey Pope and Tony Franks. During our brief stay at The Wheatsheaf, Woodmancote, a guy came in with a mate, picked up a table cue (none of which were any good) and put up 10k. He told the bar staff he 'used to play' and was pleased he could still 'do it', complimented the table and left. It was rumoured that Tony Franks lived over that way so maybe it was him? (another legend about to be dispelled I think!).
A very select club (well worth the entry free I think) but I hope you haven't been coaching that old warhorse 'JT' prior to our 'Seniors' match cos he doesn't need it and it's my turn to win. I won't say anything about Bernie needing it ;D
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Post by fazza on Dec 22, 2005 7:15:30 GMT
If it was a slightly-framed, quietly-spoken chap with very blonde hair (and eyebrows so it was probably naturally so), it would have been Tony.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2005 11:14:55 GMT
Sparky - Undoubtedly it was Franksey, who lives in Henfield which is within a stone's throw of the Wheatsheaf. Pete, I will pass your message on about the Bacardi next time I see him, but hopefully it won't be too soon as I have seen quite enough of him recently ! By way of explanation, he has just upgraded my central heating system, which he installed 23 years ago, round about the time he was leading up to becoming AEBBA Champion. The boiler recently gave up to ghost (a split in the casting) and he has installed a new condensing boiler which involved a lot of re-routing of pipework: Six solid days graft by Tony later and I am poorer by 3k ! This did include the fitting of a dinky little radiator in the conservatory to cater for our b/b table and keep it mould free..... Towards the end I sensed that Tony was finishing up earlier so that he could fit in a free game on my table ! He has not lost his competitive edge and currently plays for the George & Dragon, leaders of the Billingshurst League.
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Post by Sparky on Dec 22, 2005 16:27:25 GMT
Thanks Tommo it's nice to know, but I had no idea that he plays Billingshurst and assume he doesn't mind the G&D low ceiling ;D somewhere you wouldn't even be able to stand upright Pete.
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Post by fazza on Dec 23, 2005 7:34:39 GMT
If he's a plumber and charges those prices, you'd better make it a bottle. I'll furnish the coke.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2005 9:07:02 GMT
I have a tale from those halcyon days of 1983.......... Our Horsham League Championship winning side had assembled at the Bell Inn for a photo shoot organised by the Ind Coupe Brewery. We had won the league by 20 points with the team (in order of ability) Franks-Slee-Holmwood-Mobsby-me and had an impressive array of silverware including Tony's All England and Southern Counties pots. Afterwards, Ernie the landlord decided we may as well play a house championship and put up a fourpack of lagers as a prize. We roped in three outsiders and did a straight draw which yielded the expected final between Tony and John Slee. As he slinked out of the pub afterwards, John Slee was heard to mutter "if you put up a sweaty sock filled with diarrhoia as a prize, Franksey would still go all out to win it !"
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Post by Sparky on Dec 23, 2005 9:13:01 GMT
Good one Tommo it made me laugh
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Post by fazza on Dec 23, 2005 12:41:57 GMT
Typical kind of Slee quote.
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Post by Hello all on Jan 16, 2006 11:12:44 GMT
:)Hey one and all, mad Jock from The Brewers Arms here, just wanted to say merry xmas and a happy new year to one and all, love this idea, great stuff!! Good on ya Glenn!! Am spreading the good word. ;)
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Post by Q on Jan 16, 2006 18:56:49 GMT
Good to see you Jock, join up and join the fun. Cheers Bernie
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Post by Sparky on Jan 16, 2006 21:41:28 GMT
Hello Jock
Welcome to a member of the 'Droops'. Fun bit or serious post, doesn't matter, just join in when you can.
Graham
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2006 12:40:18 GMT
***SLEEZY HAS FOUND A GIRLFRIEND***
Just wondering why I haven't seen or heard anything about John Slee this season. Found out last night he has a girlfriend ! ...... And to quote Dick Cable - "well, I would !!!"
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Post by fazza on Feb 22, 2006 15:48:59 GMT
Well, how about that, I didn't know there were any deaf and blind girls in that area>>>>> Love to an old mate John.....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2006 8:52:12 GMT
***SLEEZY HAS FOUND A GIRLFRIEND*** Just wondering why I haven't seen or heard anything about John Slee this season. Found out last night he has a girlfriend ! ...... And to quote Dick Cable - "well, I would !!!" This really belongs on Pete Farrelly's "Confessions" but I was trawling through some old posts and found this. Which calls to mind I conversation I was having with our new team member on Wednesday night. We were reminiscing as to how - thirty years ago - a band of brothers from Horsham used to go out on a pub crawl/b/b practise on a Saturday night and would often end up at someone's pad armed with chinese meals to eat. On one particular occasion we rolled up at Sleezy's where we were made a fuss of by his dear mum (and dad who had just rolled home from the pub) and she provided us plates to eat off - mine being a huge oval platter as I had over-ordered and I shocked Mr Slee Snr with my ability to demolish such a mountain of food in such a short space of time :o- but that's a different story. Anyway, Mrs Slee took it upon herself to embarrass her son in front of all of us (you know what mums are like, bringing out photo albums of their offspring naked in the bath at the age of six, or dressed up as a choirboy !) and appeared at the door with a battered, manky looking Teddy Bear which she claimed her 20-year old son still took to bed with him !!! :-[ Of course, he has never lived it down since, and Sleezy's Teddy has ever since been regarded as being on a par with the sheep in the Nene Valley around the Thrapston and Burton Latimer area...... ;) So our conversation on Wednesday went something like "You know Sleezy has a woman/ yes, poor old teddy bear, cast off like an old shoe/ consigned to the scrapheap/ it's been well and truly stitched up ! " ;) ;) ;D
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Post by Sparky on Sept 30, 2006 18:31:15 GMT
Great story Tommo but will Sleezy really appreciate me reminding him of this 'moment in time' (backed up by a print out of your post, of course, to divert his wrath to the right person ;D)
...must check to see when we play next in Horsham league......mmm ;)
...perhaps I'll wait until after he has demolished someone in our team with another 10k plus break... :D
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