England v Guernsey Result

[BB Warrior]

Match played at Queens Hotel, Bournemouth on Saturday 7th March....

England make a great start winning the pairs 19 legs to 1, scores shown below:-

ENGLAND	SCORE	LEGS	V	LEGS	SCORE	GUERNSEY
PAIRS						Table 1, 8pm
Dave Ingram	2,810	1		0	1,140	Terry Kenny
Gerry Fitzjohn	10,280	1		0	820	Roy Le Page
	6,510	1		0	1,470
	7,540	1		0	450
TOTAL	27,140	5		0	3,880	TOTAL
						Table 6, 8pm
Mark Brewster	4,480	1		0	3,780	Ian Champion
Phil Collins	7,030	1		0	1,520	Darren Ogier
	5,570	1		0	820
	6,480	1		0	-
TOTAL	23,560	5		0	6,120	TOTAL
						Table 3, 8pm
Nigel Senior	9,110	1		0	580	Terry Girard
Mike Daw	10,440	1		0	1,160	Norman Wilkinson
	6,470	1		0	950
	2,210	1		0	1,980
TOTAL	28,230	5		0	4,670	TOTAL
						Table 4, 8pm
Curt Driver	8,680	1		0	1,440	Tom Oliver
Steven Sheard	1,870	1		0	1,310	Luke Oliver
	1,460	0		1	1,820
	2,640	1		0	1,510
TOTAL	14,650	4		1	6,080	TOTAL

[BB Warrior]

A good overall win for the England team, some of the games much closer than the scores reflect....

SINGLES						Table 1, 9.30pm
Nigel Senior	2,040	0		1	3,080	Tom Oliver
	11,220	1		0	950
TOTAL	13,260	2		1	4,030	TOTAL
						Table 3, 9.30pm
Martin Smith	2,970	1		0	970	Luke Oliver
	4,730	1		0	3,290
TOTAL	7,700	3		0	4,260	TOTAL
						Table 8, 9.30pm
Phil Collins	8,310	1		0	960	Terry Kenny
	7,280	1		0	3,230
TOTAL	15,590	3		0	4,190	TOTAL
						Table 5, 9.30pm
Mike Daw	520	0		1	2,520	Norman Wilkinson
	5,750	1		0	1,550
TOTAL	6,270	2		1	4,070	TOTAL
						Table 2, 9.30pm
Curt Driver	10,980	1		0	410	Bob Le Moignan
	11,100	1		0	160
TOTAL	22,080	3		0	570	TOTAL
						Table 7, 9.30pm
Gerry Fitzjohn	950	0		1	3,990	Ian Champion
	4,790	1		0	3,630
TOTAL	5,740	1		2	7,620	TOTAL
						Table 5, 10.15pm
Steven Sheard	3,040	1		0	2,080	Roy Le Page
	7,480	1		0	2,070
TOTAL	10,520	3		0	4,150	TOTAL
						Table 8, 10.15pm
Mark Brewster	5,170	1		0	3,400	Terry Girard
	1,740	0		1	3,080
TOTAL	6,910	2		1	6,480	TOTAL
						Table 1, 10.15pm
Martin Cole	1,270	1		0	840	Darren Ogier
	2,060	1		0	-
TOTAL	3,330	3		0	840	TOTAL
						Table 6, 10.15pm
Geoff Jukes	6,380	1		0	900	Terry Kenny
	4,350	1		0	3,040
TOTAL	10,730	3		0	3,940	TOTAL
						Table 3, 10.15pm
Dave Ingram	13,140	1		0	670	Ian Champion
	12,290	1		0	690
TOTAL	25,430	3		0	1,360	TOTAL
OVERALL		47		6

[curtd]

Well done team

Great result from the England team on Saturday evening. 47-6 is a very flattering scoreline but if you look through the match scores there were lots of games that finished around k1 difference. These wouldn't have changed the result but the scoreline would have been much closer.

Thanks to those that supported through the evening and to all those that helped to arrange the weekend.

One last big thanks to the Guernsey team for coming over and keeping this fixture going.

Curt

[Chris_Sav]

Team Pictures, large high res available by email.

England

Guernsey

[triplex]

Any need on the team photo for the Jersey v England squad, still waiting??

Thanks Si

[Chris_Sav]

Spot the odd man out in the England team? apart from Dave Ingram's 'black' shoes!!

[bobhall]

Phils shirt logo is on opposite side

[Chris_Sav]

Yup, go to the top of the class! 

All the others are right tits!

[JB]

I thought the odd one out was Martin smith. The only one not to have his hands in his lap in the front row lol
Obviously needed the support of Curt and Nipper lol

["Silent"]

I thought it was Nigel......the most stupid face you could pull....

[Chris_Sav]

Mar 15, 2015 11:33:13 GMT JB said:

I thought the odd one out was Martin smith. The only one not to have his hands in his lap in the front row lol
Obviously needed the support of Curt and Nipper lol

His right tit seems to have gone a bit South as well!! (comes with age).

Yes I'd noticed his affection for his neighbours as well! (keep an eye on that one)

In the Guernsey pic Terry Kenny has a mischievous look in his eye, as if Bob Le Moignan is just about to get a cue tip up his nostril !

[oge]

Apart from the results it was an enjoyable weekend.

The question is, will this be the venue for all future Internationals?

It seems that we had a positive impact on the numbers?
Will this negatively impact on the numbers for the Sussex open?
Are there any other comps during the year that could also host the event? Would there be any benefits to changing it?


I suggest that some thought is put into this pretty quickly and maybe we can discuss further prior to our open in May. I think that an earlier decision than this year is required. As the final decision to move this to Bournemouth was made pretty late, some of the Guernsey players were unable to attend.

Thanks

Darren

[curtd]

Mar 16, 2015 10:33:00 GMT oge said:

Apart from the results it was an enjoyable weekend.

The question is, will this be the venue for all future Internationals?

It seems that we had a positive impact on the numbers?
Will this negatively impact on the numbers for the Sussex open?
Are there any other comps during the year that could also host the event? Would there be any benefits to changing it?


I suggest that some thought is put into this pretty quickly and maybe we can discuss further prior to our open in May. I think that an earlier decision than this year is required. As the final decision to move this to Bournemouth was made pretty late, some of the Guernsey players were unable to attend.

Thanks

Darren

Hi Darren

I find the comment above about making an early decision a bit strange. I had initial discussions about Bournemouth 2015 at the Guernsey open 2014. I followed this up with a txt message at the beginning of July confirming my plans for Bournemouth this year. I recieved a reply back in August last year to say it had been discussed at a committee meeting and that everyone was happy. I also spoke to Tom in Jersey 2014.

I'm not sure how much notice you need but as far as I'm concerned the decision to use Bournemouth this year to host the international was made in plenty of time and was communicated to the Guernsey committee.

Curt

[oge]

Apologies if this sounded like it was England that held this up then. I am not sure our players got that as a confirmed venue and time until late October.

Over here it felt more like an idea rather than a confirmed decision.

Did you find Bournemouth worked well for you? (forget the result)

[Chris_Sav]

From the organisers point of view Bournemouth went well for the international.

Financially it is a much cheaper option for AEBBA as everything is already in place at Bournemouth, so no additional cost and work for transporting tables.

I feel it is an attraction to be able to offer the away players a bit more than paying flights and hotel for what is normally a  bit of a hammering with all due respect.

A couple of the home players made the decision that the pairs was enough bar billiards for the weekend, but conversely there is a whole host of home talent readily available at Bournemouth.

How long the AEBBA home internationals can go on for with or without the added attraction of a good weekend I have my doubts, granted that in every other year it was benefitting the Sussex Open.

It is not currently the desire of the AEBBA committee to split the international away from the Bournemouth weekend, but they would obviously listen to any desire to do so from Guernsey or Jersey. Given that many senior figures will be in Guernsey in a few weeks it might be an idea to sit around a table and discuss the future in the light of the first Bournemouth International and Jersey not travelling last year.  

[The Bullet]

Mar 16, 2015 11:10:27 GMT curtd said:

Mar 16, 2015 10:33:00 GMT oge said:

Apart from the results it was an enjoyable weekend.

The question is, will this be the venue for all future Internationals?

It seems that we had a positive impact on the numbers?
Will this negatively impact on the numbers for the Sussex open?
Are there any other comps during the year that could also host the event? Would there be any benefits to changing it?


I suggest that some thought is put into this pretty quickly and maybe we can discuss further prior to our open in May. I think that an earlier decision than this year is required. As the final decision to move this to Bournemouth was made pretty late, some of the Guernsey players were unable to attend.

Thanks

Darren

Hi Darren

I find the comment above about making an early decision a bit strange. I had initial discussions about Bournemouth 2015 at the Guernsey open 2014. I followed this up with a txt message at the beginning of July confirming my plans for Bournemouth this year. I recieved a reply back in August last year to say it had been discussed at a committee meeting and that everyone was happy. I also spoke to Tom in Jersey 2014.

I'm not sure how much notice you need but as far as I'm concerned the decision to use Bournemouth this year to host the international was made in plenty of time and was communicated to the Guernsey committee.

Curt

Hi,
Just for the record:
When I attended the off the spot, a couple of England players asked about the International being held in Bournemouth, I replied that I wasn't aware of the change of venue as no one in Guernsey had mentioned it.
When I returned to Guernsey I spoke to a committee member and suggested that all potential Island player get together and agree on the venue either Bournemouth or Sussex.
I mentioned several times over the following months about getting together to decide on the preferred venue and asked if a decision had been made, each time I was ignored and not informed if the venue had been decided on.
On the first Monday of December a committee member phone me to ask if I was going to Bournemouth for the international, this was the first time that the venue had been confirmed, unfortunately by then it was to late for me to go to Bournemouth as other arrangements had been made for the weekend.