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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 18:44:34 GMT
Final table: Team P W D L F A Pts 1 Bull (Hen.) 6 2 3 1 22 14 22 2 Mill House. 6 3 2 1 18 18 18 3 Malt Shovel 6 2 2 2 18 18 18 4 Dun Horse A 6 1 1 4 14 22 14
Highest Away Score – 3370 – Gareth Dell Highest Away Break – 1070 – Jim Greensted Best Performance – Mick Holmwood, P12 W9 L3And the other intrepid participants, The Bull and the Malt Shovel. Bull captain Colin Southouse (aka Gandalf) is proudly holding the Championship trophy in the top picture ! Attachments:
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Aug 15, 2013 20:55:42 GMT
What a handsome trio we are Gareth. was there most of the night most of the time Chris. always pretty in pink Colin. with Lashings of pride and will look forward to defending our Mushroom next summer Many Thanks crawley for accepting us into your league so readily Regs cs
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 22:27:47 GMT
........and what everyone's waiting for , the final Aves: Final averages: Player | Team | P-W-L | Score | Ave. | M.Holmwood | Mill House | P12 W9 L3 | 18850 | 1570.8 | G.Dell | Bull | P12 W8 L4 | 24360 | 2030.0 | C.Southouse | Bull | P12 W8 L4 | 24030 | 2002.5 | C.Thompson | Mill House | P12 W8 L4 | 19750 | 1645.8 | P.Jobbins | Dun Horse A | P11 W7 L4 | 16430 | 1493.6 | S.Carruthers | Malt Shovel | P11 W6 L5 | 14900 | 1354.5 | S.Jones | Malt Shovel | P11 W6 L5 | 14300 | 1300.0 | C.Haynes | Bull | P10 W5 L5 | 15670 | 1567.0 | S.Hopkins | Malt Shovel | P10 W4 L6 | 11280 | 1128.0 | I.Giffen | Dun Horse A | P11 W4 L7 | 14690 | 1335.5 | J.Greensted | Malt Shovel | P4 W2 L2 | 6600 | 1650.0 | G.Sparksman | Dun Horse A | P8 W2 L6 | 10280 | 1285.0 | S.Chant | Bull | P2 W1 L1 | 3000 | 1500.0 | A.Franks | Mill House | P2 W1 L1 | 1920 | 960.0 | J.Lear | Dun Horse A | P6 W1 L5 | 6500 | 1083.3 | M.Thompson | Mill House | P10 L10 | 6080 | 608.0 |
The challenge now is persuading Holmwood to change the habits of a lifetime and put his name down for the Open !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2013 12:41:27 GMT
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Aug 17, 2013 9:21:44 GMT
Hi Tommo
How about eastbourne and Horsham sponsoring an additional table at next years Sussex open set up for 4 pin only to promote this version of the game? should cause a stir or two i expect!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2013 12:53:01 GMT
It's an idea, but I don't see it as a practical one. I would image that most Sussex Open competitors are moving towards reaching the pinnacle of excellence at 3-Pin, and 4-Pin would be an unwelcome diversion - an intrusion, even. You love 4-Pin, I love 4-Pin, let's keep it esoteric.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 15:47:13 GMT
I'm sure I have read those rules of play somewhere else before :) yep we copied them from somewhere nearby, but we are thinking of changing them slightly which we in Eastbourne think will improve the experience of 4 pin 1 we feel the game would benefit from changing the must use the red rule to use any available ball, reason to speed up the game by not having to wait for a ball to return to the tray 2 reverting back to red spot being halfway between 200 and rear of D rather than front of D reason to be in line with other leagues 3 Having double break reason in singles mateches its fairer look forward to receiving your comments Just to draw on these concerns and to pass comment on them in the context of the Crawley v Eastbourne Inter-League challenge next Wednesday.... 1. Red ball will be played as cue ball whenever available as per standard 4-Pin practice. 2. Here again, standard 4-Pin Rules specify halfway between 200 and Baulk Line, so we'll be keepin to that. 3. For our 7-a-side we agree to level breaks throughout as it is fairest for a match where players only have one frame to play. And, as the Bull is classed as a neutral venue, captains to toss for choice of 4 first breaks or 3 first breaks ! I will however offer you the choice of whether you want the traditional Sussex split of 1-4-7 and 2-3-5-6 or the alternative 2-4-6 and 1-3-5-7.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 20:13:15 GMT
A tasty morsel I can offer you is that Crawley have plans to host a (4-pin) "mini-Open", probably for Sussex and Surrey only in about 12 months' time. This will be at our venue round the corner just before it closes its doors for good. Four extra tables will be hired for the day and I have already works out a playing schedule for 30 players (first come first served). More about this later, but I stress, it's not an official Open, and will be run along similar lines to the (3-pin) 'Brewers Open' which was organised so successfully for a couple of years by Adam Bateup. Just got back from discussing this with the landlord, and it's a definite goer for one Saturday next July or August. He's even shown me where the five tables will fit. The competition will run from 10am with the Finals commencing around 7pm. Food available all day from a varied menu, and there's a coffee bar, ice-cream parlour, beer (up to a point !) and the possibility even of a barbecue in the large beer garden. This will be a one-off opportunity before we lose this venue for good. Plans will remain on the back burner until March 2014 when I will put an entry form out, and start a thread on the Forum for players to register their interest. [EDIT - Sorry but this one now a non-starter with the pub closing eight months early (on 1/1/2014)]
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2013 9:45:30 GMT
As a curtain call: 4-Pin Interleague (6-a-side) challenge Eastbourne v Crawley 28th August 2013 at the Bull. Being played tonight, but 7-a-side as agreed.
Crawley: P.Jobbins (capt), I.Giffen, S.Carruthers, S.Jones, S.Hopkins, M.Holmwood and C.Thompson. Also agreed is a 7.30pm start, so please as many of you there as possible. (Not a problem if not everyone there at the time, we'll kick the match off with whoever we've got). Should be fun.
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Aug 28, 2013 10:36:02 GMT
As a curtain call: 4-Pin Interleague (6-a-side) challenge Eastbourne v Crawley 28th August 2013 at the Bull. Being played tonight, but 7-a-side as agreed.
Crawley: P.Jobbins (capt), I.Giffen, S.Carruthers, S.Jones, S.Hopkins, M.Holmwood and C.Thompson. Also agreed is a 7.30pm start, so please as many of you there as possible. (Not a problem if not everyone there at the time, we'll kick the match off with whoever we've got). Should be fun. our team Colin Southouse, Gareth Dell, Chris Haynes, Stewart Chant, Peter Payne, Mike Reilly & Super Sub "Tuck up" Tony Smith
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2013 23:05:58 GMT
A great match played tonight in a cordial atmosphere, Eastbourne as expected mastering the double-50 break and doing us 4-1 before the Crawley tail wagged ! And there were candidates for "shot of the evening" from both sides.
Eastbourne 4, Crawley 3 Mike Reilly 2370, Sam Jones 1430 Peter Payne 1630, Clive Thompson 2030 Tony Smith 2050, Stuart Carruthers 1880 Chris Haynes 3030, Ian Giffen 1830 Colin Southouse 3360, Mick Holmwood 1280 Gareth Dell 1570, Paul Jobbins 1730 Stewart Chant 1330, Steve Hopkins 1780
Some thank yous.......To the venue for the tasty pizzas, I've never seen food go so quickly ! To the Eastbourne lads for bringing their skill, enthusiasm and jocular self-effacement to our League this summer. To Paul Jobbins who expertly skippered our side, and to Sam, Stuart, Steve, Ian and Mick who have been such great sports throughout, not forgetting our two lady supporters Joanne and Margo.
And there was even sponsorship money from Tarratt Tables for the players from the venues taking part which hosted their tables. See it can be done !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2013 10:51:09 GMT
A different slant........Eastbourne have a measure-up before the start of last night's match at the Bull.
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Post by iang on Aug 30, 2013 17:53:00 GMT
What a great night with loads of banter from both sides. Well done to Eastbourne on a well deserved win. What a comeback from the Crawley side to end up at 4-3 Thanks go to Clive & Margo for making the whole thing happen in the first place. Thanks to The Bull for hosting the event & of course the very tasty & Hot pizza's. All I have to do now is revert back to 3 pin & remember not to keep scoring 10 !!!
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Aug 31, 2013 17:26:58 GMT
What a great night with loads of banter from both sides. Well done to Eastbourne on a well deserved win. What a comeback from the Crawley side to end up at 4-3 Thanks go to Clive & Margo for making the whole thing happen in the first place. Thanks to The Bull for hosting the event & of course the very tasty & Hot pizza's. All I have to do now is revert back to 3 pin & remember not to keep scoring 10 !!! Have to say it was an absolute pleasure playing all the people we met while playing for the bull in the crawly 4 pin summer league and am looking forward to next summer already regs cs
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Feb 1, 2014 21:14:17 GMT
Hi crawley how yee lookin fur 4pin this summer, got 1 maybe 2 teams ready an Willin Regs cs
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Post by daveuk1 on Feb 2, 2014 10:01:51 GMT
pitty silly ol Suffolk is sooooooooo far away
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2014 11:59:30 GMT
pitty silly ol Suffolk is sooooooooo far away Give it a few years Dave and I'm sure we'll all be taking part in the 4-Pin World Championships ! It's a bit "twirly" for us at the moment though. Hi crawley how yee lookin fur 4pin this summer, got 1 maybe 2 teams ready an Willin Regs cs Okay, the plan for this Summer is that it will come under the auspices of the Horsham League and become our summer competition. This means that we will be making an extra effort to canvas support. The same four founding member teams have all shown an interest again, though two of last years venues have gone: the Mill House have moved to the Windmill Crawley and the Malt Shovel team have moved to the Roffey Club. The Dun Horse A are staying put. A provisional yes to a second team from the Bull, but this will be dependent on getting a couple more on top of that to form a second division, as the general view is we need the season to be for no more than 6 weeks' of fixtures so that it fits around Billingshurst's Jubilee Team Knockout.
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