Week 24 of 26 - 2013/14 season

With just three weeks left, Plough lead on 104pts, Hurst are on 102pts and Hassocks A on 97pts.
Congratulations to Bravos' Adam Bateup. who has already secured the Div.1 Player of the Year award by a considerable margin.

Week 24 - 02/04/2014

Brewbells 2 Hassocks A 3
St Francis 2 Cock Inn 3
Hassocks B 0 Plough 5
Laughing Fish 3 Brewers Bravos 2
Hurst Club 5 HHUSC B 0
Watermill Phoenix 2 Watermill 3
HHUSC A 4 Horns Lodge 1

[bobhall]

Hurst a 5 0 USC b

Papa beat Ian 3k played 2.5k
Jock beat Steve 12k played 1k
Boball beat dazza 14k played 1k
Andy beat chris andy 3k played 2.6 andy black pegged mid game being 4k up
Mama beat jobbins 5k played 400

An excellent night and table superb if I do say so

[toby1000]

Phoenix 2 Watermill 3

Jan 1400 Gavin 1810
Gavin missed the break completely and after that it seemed to be a struggle he got a decent lead but Jan came back at the end but ran out of time.
James 1760 Martin 850
James started well and built up a bit of a lead and Martin struggled and never managed to get the break back which may have made a difference Nigel 1450 Paul 1890
I broke off with about 900 and never got the break back but managed some small scores to keep the board moving.Nigel struggled at the beginning but gradually got going but again ran out of time.
Adrian 3830 Kim 3510
This was just a case of Kim getting going to late as he really seemed to struggle for most of the game.Got a decent break of over 2000 late on but as I said just to late.
Norman W/O

Phoenix only had the four players which was unfortunate for them as another player would obviously have made a difference.All in all a very enjoyable evening.

[Horny Lodger]

HHUSC A 4, Horns Lodge 1

First three games were very scrappy - the table seemed very whippy and everyone was struggling. A break for grub changed everything and the scores in the last two games were far more like it. Kev Stevens grabbed one back for the Horny Ones in a very exciting game against Sparky, and Terry was in excellent form in the final game to claim the highest score of the evening against Pete.

[jan]

Hassocks B 0 Plough 5

Couple of the games were a bit too close for comfort

[spudgun]

LAUGHING FISH:3 BREWERS BRAVOS:2

Ray:3170 Nikki:1080
Joeseph Carpenter:1160 Lynne:2650
Henry:10,430 Paul:1160
Les:3440 Bravo:2160
Andy:750 Spud:10,880

Special mention must go to young Joeseph. He is aged just 11 and a lot of people were watching his match but he played very decently and certainly could have had a lot more. The shots all seemed there (the break went down first time of asking) and it will be interesting to see him develop. Bravos loss also makes the POY race incredibly tight. This one coiuld go all the way. Always a lovely evening at the Fish. Great beer and food and thanks for their hospitality. Cheers all.

- just through from the Old Fella:

Brewbells 2 Hassocks A 3
St Francis 2 Cock Inn 3

........and this from the local Uckfield press:

CUE, JOSEPH: Claiming records can be fraught with difficulties, but Joseph Carpenter must rank as at least one of the youngest players to take part in a league bar billiards match. At the age of 11 Joseph, who lives in Little Horsted, received his call-up to play for The Laughing Fish at Isfield in their home Mid-Sussex Bar Billiards League fixture against Burgess Hill’s Brewers Arms. ‘I was quite nervous at first, and then when I got into the game I became confident,’ said Joseph. ‘Even though I didn’t win I was still proud of myself.’ Henry Brooks, captain of the winning Fish team, was also proud of Joseph. ‘He played well,’ said the skipper. ‘He scored 1,160 in his first league game at the age of 11. I played my first league match at 15 ... and then I scored only 800.’ Joseph, who started playing bar billiards when he was about four or five and could barely see over the top of the table, and his nine-year-old sister Sophie are keen sporting youngsters. Both play soccer for the Grasshoppers teams in Uckfield.
Read more at: www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/village-voice/parish-pump-uckfield-april-11-2014-1-5996082