AE National Off-the-Spot Open Competition 2016

Details and entry form for this one, please ? (I believe Surrey are running it again).

[Martin Pellett]

The All England National Off-the-Spot Competition will be held on Sunday 23rd October at The Salfords Social Club, Mead Avenue, Salfords, Redhill, RH1 5DD, 9.30am for a 10.00am start.

Entries will be on a first come, first served basis, entries will only be accepted with a completed entry form and fee, closing date for entries is the 9th October (entries are limited).

Entry forms will be available at the Berks Open (see Gary Powel)and attached here Attachment Deleted

Entries to date

Bob Osborne
Dave White
Phil Osborne
Dave Ingram
Martin Cole
Curt Driver
Gerry Fitzjohn
Mark Brewster
Tony Brown
Stuart Caruthers
Rob Jones
Colin Robbins
Tony Cross
Fiona Dole
Tony Jenner
Ian Lelliot
James Whittle
Mark Trafford
Sami Baden
Steven Sheard
Clive Thompson
Ernie Jordan
Dawn Jordan
Matt Jones
Cliff Slade
Norman Morton
John Kitson
Matthew Knight
Joe Oakley
Mark James
Kyle Ingram
Jean Brackenridge
Alan Brackenridge

[bigtj]

Tony Jenner form in post tomorrow, thanks

[Chris]

Hi

Do we have an updated list of entries??

Ta x

Aug 30, 2016 18:29:26 GMT bigtj said:

Tony Jenner form in post tomorrow, thanks

Ditto from tommo.
Play you in the final then, Tony.......LOL

[curtd]

Posted

Curt Driver
Gerry Fitzjohn
Mark Brewster
Tony Brown

[Martin Pellett]

Entries Updated

[jordans]

Can you please add from Bucks:-

Ernie Jordan
Dawn Jordan
Matthew Jones
Cliff Slade
Norman Morton
John Kitson

Entry form in the post tomorrow 😊

[Martin Pellett]

Entries updated

[Martin Pellett]

Entries updated, There are only 7 days left to enter this competition, so if you want to play do not delay!

[NigelS]

I have put in entries for

Nigel Senior
Jack Baden
Michelle Baden

Please look out for them in the post.

["Silent"]

Posted today

Rick Cunningham
Jim Millward

[bigjimsilverfox]

Can you add Jim Greensted please

[SirKT]

Me as well please, cheque in post (honest)

[Martin Pellett]

Entries now closed, final list below.

1 Bob Osborne
2 Dave White
3 Phil Osborne
4 Dave Ingram
5 Martin Cole
6 Curt Driver
7 Gerry Fitzjohn
8 Mark Brewster
9 Tony Brown
10 Stuart Caruthers
11 Rob Jones
12 Tony Cross
13 Fiona Dole
14 Tony Jenner
15 Ian Lelliot
16 James Whittle
17 Mark Trafford
18 Sami Baden
19 Steven Sheard
20 Clive Thompson
21 Ernie Jordan
22 Dawn Jordan
23 Matt Jones
24 Cliff Slade
25 Norman Morton
26 John Kitson
27 Matthew Knight
28 Joe Oakley
29 Mark James
30 Kyle Ingram
31 Jean Brackenridge
32 Alan Brackenridge
33 Jim Milward
34 Rick Cunningham
35 Jim Balchin
36 Nigel Senior
37 Michelle Baden
38 Jack Baden
39 Bill Houlton
40 Ros Appleby
41 Jim Greenstead
42 Geoff Jukes
43 Kevin Tunstal
44 Darryl Skinner
45 Paul Sainsbury
46 Peter Sainsbury

[Martin Pellett]

Draw and start times, final will be at 4.10pm

Round 2
11.30 James Whittle
Sami Baden

11.30 Bob Osborne
Geoff Jukes

11.30 Martin Cole
Rob Jones

11.30 Kyle Ingram
Dave White

11.30 John Kitson
Alan Brackenridge

11.30 Ros Appleby
Mark Brewster

11.30 Tony Cross
Dave Ingram

11.30 Jim Balchin
Dawn Jordan

12.15 Rick Cunningham
Kevin Tunstal
Round 1
10.45 Norman Morton
Mark James

10.00 Matthew Knight
Bill Houlton

10.45 Gerry Fitzjohn
Jack Baden

10.00 Phil Osborne
Tony Brown

10.45 Ian Lelliot
Steven Sheard

10.00 Matt Jones
Jim Milward

10.45 Cliff Slade
Fiona Dole

10.00 Jim Greenstead
Darryl Skinner

10.45 Nigel Senior
Tony Jenner

10.45 Jean Brackenridge
Ernie Jordan

10.45 Peter Sainsbury
Joe Oakley

10.00 Mark Trafford
Michelle Baden

10.45 Paul Sainsbury
Curt Driver

10.00 Clive Thompson
Stuart Caruthers

["Silent"]

Not wishing to interfere or seem rude Martin but with this number of entries shouldn't the competition have started at 10.30 as is the norm when there is a smaller number of players?

[Martin Pellett]

Sorry but the comp is advertised as a 10am start as always, not going to change it now, entries only 7 down from last year so same number of rounds still need to be played. Everyone involved in running the comp is setup for a ten start, food, management, club etc.

["Silent"]

Oct 15, 2016 11:50:01 GMT Martin Pellett said:

Sorry but the comp is advertised as a 10am start as always, not going to change it now, entries only 7 down from last year so same number of rounds still need to be played. Everyone involved in running the comp is setup for a ten start, food, management, club etc.

Yes and it started at 10.30 last year

[milhouse]

10am start - that's going to be a very early start for us travelling down

[Martin Pellett]

Sorry but I don't understand why we are talking about start times, it was quiet clear on the entry form.

[bobhall]

If there becomes a spot open I would love to play as plans have changed

Oct 23, 2016 16:58:27 GMT JB said:

Well done to Curt beating Martin Cole in the final

also well done to Matt Jones who beat Tony Cross in the plate final

..and here he is the right way up !

A great day with lots of shocks as one might expect with off-the-spot. Here is the last 16 onwards:
James Whittle lost to Geoff Jukes;
Martin Cole bt Dave White;
Alan Brackenridge lost to Mark Brewster;
Dave Ingram bt Dawn Jordan;
Kevin Tunstall lost to Matt Knight;
Jack Baden lost to Ian Lelliott;
Jim Greensted lost to Nigel Senior;
Mark Trafford lost to Curt Driver.

Last eight stage:
Jukes lost to Cole;
Brewster bt Ingram;
Knight lost to Lelliott;
Senior lost to Driver.

Semis:
Cole bt Brewster;
Lelliott lost to Driver.

Plate Semis:
Sami Baden lost to Tony Cross;
Matt Jones bt Stu Carruthers.

Mentions for dispatches..............
1. Young Jack Baden, for his last 16 place: he beat Gerry Fitzjohn in Round 1 and Phil Osborne in Round 2. Already a formidable player at such a young age. Sister Sami had a good run too, in the Plate.
2. Matt Knight - rewarded my (tipsters) faith in him, knocking out Mark James, then K.T.
3. Stu Carruthers. After a nightmare start, good Plate victories over the World Champion, then W/C's brother Pete, and then the evergreen Ernie Jordan.

For many, a good preparation for the World Championships in Jersey, and good luck to all who are making the trip.

[BB Warrior]

An excellent report from Tommo.

Congratulations to Curt on winning (another) title this season, he really is playing well and must be one of the favorites for Jersey now! Commiserations to Martin Cole who also played superbly all day and, having won the Guernsey Open earlier this year, also clearly enjoys playing off-the-spot.

Matthew Jones followed up his win last year by winning the Plate Competition this year beating Tony Cross in the final and Nigel Senior would have won the High Break Award for his 20k plus break.... but there was no trophy awarded for that and (unusually for a national open competition) there were no trophies for quarter/semi-finalists and seemed to be no prize money for anybody?

However, it was a very enjoyable day and many thanks to those that organised and ran the competition, the tables were all very good and Colin Robbins provided his normal excellent selection of food on the day.

[milko]

Oct 24, 2016 8:19:50 GMT BB Warrior said:

Matthew Jones followed up his win last year by winning the Plate Competition this year beating Tony Cross in the final and Nigel Senior would have won the High Break Award for his 20k plus break.... but there was no trophy awarded for that and (unusually for a national open competition) there were no trophies for quarter/semi-finalists and seemed to be no prize money for anybody?

This is a shame for those that deserve trophies for their efforts, Dave.

I know that this is being run by outside parties now but it's still down as an All England event so surely the All England Association should pay for the Highest Break trophy.

Rule 65g says there will be trophies for Winners, Runners Up & Highest Break

Oct 24, 2016 8:19:50 GMT BB Warrior said:

Congratulations to Curt on winning (another) title this season, he really is playing well and must be one of the favorites for Jersey now!

Indeed ! Let's remind ourselves of Curt's haul so far in 2016:
1. Oxon Open (R-u)
2. Sussex Open Wnr
3. Bucks Open Wnr
4. AEBBA Individuals Wnr
5. Alternative Rules Wnr
6. National Off-the-Spot Wnr

[milko]

Oct 24, 2016 11:44:09 GMT tommo III said:

Oct 24, 2016 8:19:50 GMT BB Warrior said:

Congratulations to Curt on winning (another) title this season, he really is playing well and must be one of the favorites for Jersey now!

Indeed ! Let's remind ourselves of Curt's haul so far in 2016:
1. Oxon Open (R-u)
2. Sussex Open Wnr
3. Bucks Open Wnr
4. AEBBA Individuals Wnr
5. Alternative Rules Wnr
6. National Off-the-Spot Wnr

Fantastic achievement by Curt and I should think that only KT has ever won that many in one season.