Hastings Handicap 2017

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WEEK 10 report from Andy Ellison

Old King John retained top spot in the Hastings Bar Billiards League with victory on their visit to Ashburnham Arms A where they have struggled in the past. Dave White put Ash A ahead with a clear win in the first game. Andy Ellison replied with an equally emphatic victory for OKJ. Chris Lamb followed up for the away side with a last ball win. In the best game of the night Sandy Harmer for Ash A broke off with 3000 but opponent Nigel Doe responded well and stayed ahead to claim a prized win.
Finally for OKJ Mark Bailey stepped up to retain his unbeaten record in the handicap format with a last game win to confirm the 4-1 result for OKJ.

Nags Head B recorded the convincing result they have threatened for some time with a 5-0 victory over luckless Ashburnham E. Stuart Chant and Fred Pope started
strongly for Nags B with the two early wins and then guest Jamie Minihane hit the best score of the night, 10760 to push Nags B into a 3-0 lead, Janet Southouse won also for Nags B before skipper Colin Southouse rounded things off with the final game win to confirm the whitewash.

Jenny Lind B were not daunted by the recent good form of their A side. Les Thomas and Linda Challis put Jenny B ahead with two early wins but Billy Skinner and Phil Roberts replied for Jenny A and ensured level terms at 2-2. Andy Horsler's win in the final clash proved the decisive one that clinched the 3-2 result for Jenny B.

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Week 11 results and league table

OKJ 1 - 4 Nags Head A
Ashburnham E 3 - 2 Jenny Lind B
Jemmy Lind A 5 - 0 Ashburnham A
Nags head B Bye

TEAM	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Points
Old King John	10	7	3	0	29	21	72
Jenny LindA	10	6	4	0	29	21	70
Nags Head A	9	5	4	0	24	21	58
Nags Head B	9	4	5	0	24	21	56
Jenny lind B	10	4	6	0	22	28	52
Ashburnham E	9	4	5	0	19	26	46
Ashburnham A	9	3	6	0	18	27	42

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Week 11 Scorecards

Jenny Lind A					Ashburnham A
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Phil Roberts		200	1860	2	Ron Young		0	830	0
Billy Skinner		3500	5090	2	Dave White		0	1840	0
Ray Norton		1800	3800	2	Mick Osborne		0	2070	0
Nick Speight		0	4620	2	Dave Pearce		3200	3980	0
Andrew Lipscombe		3300	4670	2	Sandy Harmer		0	1570	0
Ashburnham E					Jenny Lind B
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Chris Haynes		0	3840	2	Linda Challis		3000	3220	0
Gareth Dell		0	5000	2	Les Thomas		1500	310	0
Mick Reilly		0	3700	2	Andy Horsler		1500	3220	0
Peter Payne		0	2700	0	Linda Challis		2600	3750	2
Peter Payne		0	4220	0	Andy Horsler		1600	4670	2
OKJ					Nags Head A
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Andy Ellison		0	3430	0	Steve McGill		1600	6470	2
Nigel Doe		0	1130	0	Clive Minihane		1600	4680	2
Chris Lamb		0	2540	0	Sean Croft		2600	4670	2
Mark Bailey		0	1760	0	Ray Reynolds		1400	3350	2
Gary Tomlin		1000	3360	2	Jamie Minihane		0	1880	0

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Week 11 Report by Andy Ellison

Two spectacular results caused surprise in the Hastings Bar Billiards League this week as Jenny Lind A put down a challenge at the top of the Handicap Competition with a 5-0 demolition of Ashburnham Arms A. Nick Speight was back to form for Jenny A with the night's best total of 4620 and he was ably backed up by teammates Phil Roberts, Billy Skinner, Ray Norton and Andrew Lipscombe who performed consistently well to record their wins.

Leaders Old King John were brought back down to earth through a 4-1 defeat in a home fixture against Nags Head A. Steve McGill put the visitors into an early lead whilst Clive Minihane, Sean Croft and Ray Roberts performed impressively to push Nags A advantage to 4-0 . It was left to Garry Tomlin on his return to the side to step up and achieve the sole win of the evening for OKJ and by restricting the defeat to 4-1, his win enabled the home team to keep the narrowest of leads at the top of the table. The top two meet in two weeks time.

Ashburnham Arms E looked as if they too were on course for a convincing victory as they established a 3-0 lead in theIr home fixture with Jenny Lind B. Chris Haynes with 5000, Gareth Dell and Mick Reilly were successful with early wins for Ash E. However Linda Challis and Andy Horsler made the scoreline look much more respectable for Jenny B with success in the last two frames restricting Ash A to the 3-2 win.

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week 12 results and league table

Ashburnham A 3 v 2 Ashburnham E
Nags Head A 3 - 2 Jenny Lind A
Jenny Lind B 2 - 3 Nags Head B

TEAM	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Points
Jenny Lind A	11	6	5	0	31	24	74
Old King John	10	7	3	0	29	21	72
Nags Head A	10	6	4	0	27	23	66
Nags Head B	10	5	5	0	27	23	64
Jenny lind B	11	4	7	0	24	31	56
Ashburnham E	10	4	6	0	21	29	50
Ashburnham A	10	4	5	0	21	29	50

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Week 12 scorecards

Jenny Lind B					Nags Head B
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Linda Challis		2300	3670	2	Stewart Chant**		0	2610	0
Andrew Horsler**		500	2420	0	Fred Pope		0	2530	2
Les Thomas		1100	2080	0	Alec Pope**		0	3690	2
Linda Challis**		5700	6790	2	Colin Southouse		0	6010	0
Les Thomas		1100	1900	0	Fred Pope**		0	2510	2
Ashburnham A					Ashburnham E
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Sandy Harmer		0	9110	2	Mick Reilly**		2800	6280	0
Dave Pearce**		900	3960	2	Gareth Dell		0	3330	0
Ron Young		900	5240	0	Peter Payne**		0	5400	2
Dave White**		300	6420	2	Mick Reilly		0	2600	0
Mick Osborne**		0	5860	0	Gareth Dell		2000	7080	2
Nags Head A					Jenny Lind A
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Jamie Minihane		0	3540	2	Nick Speight**		600	3250	0
Steve McGill**		0	2870	2	Phill Roberts		600	2370	0
Sean Croft		0	1350	0	Billy Skinner**		200	2240	2
Clive Minihane**		0	3100	0	Andrew Lipscombe		1800	4500	2
Ray Roberts		200	2970	2	Ray Norton**		0	1760	0

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Week 12 report by Andy Ellison

Following last week's surprises the Handicap Competition in the Hastings Bar Billiards League League returned to the more usual close encounters this time. With leaders Old King John inactive, Jenny Lind A edged into the lead in the table despite a 3-2 defeat at Nags Head A. Jamie Minihane and Steve McGill were the reliable early winners for Nags A but Jenny A replied through Billy Skinner and Andrew Lipscombe to ramp up the tension. Ray Roberts kept his head to win the final frame and bring up the 3-2 home victory, laying down Nags A's own challenge as they move into third place.

Nags Head B kept their interest alive too with a 3-2 victory at Jenny Lind B, largely thanks to the Pope family. Dad Fred continued his run of form with two wins and son Alec followed his example with success on a rare appearance. However host Linda Challis was on form for Jenny B with two wins as well to ensure another 3-2 outcome.

There was a similar scoreline at the meeting of the two Ashburnham Arms teams. This clash saw the night's best scoring with Sandy Harmer starting with a winning total of 9110 for Ash A. Dave Pearce added a second win but Peter Payne's 5400 was just enough to see him home for Ash E in the third game. Dave White's winning 6420 was enough to clinch success for Ash A but Gareth Dell's last frame win for Ash E saw the final score kept to 3-2 for Ash A.

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Week 13 Results and League Table

Jenny Lind A 4 v 1 OKJ 
Nags Head B 1 v 4 Ashburnham A 
Ashburnham E 4 v 1 Nags Head A

Jenny A sitting pretty 10 points clear but have a bye in the last week of the handicap league, leaving the OKJ an outside chance of catching them, a great fun competition  which should be echoed elsewhere

TEAM	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Points
Jenny LindA	12	7	5	0	35	25	84
Old King John	11	7	4	0	30	25	74
Nags Head A	11	6	5	0	28	27	68
Nags Head B	11	5	6	0	28	27	66
Ashburnham E	11	5	6	0	25	30	60
Ashburnham A	11	5	6	0	25	30	60
Jenny lind B	11	4	7	0	24	31	56

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Week 13 Scorecards

Ashburnham E					Nags Head A
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Mick Reilly		0	6410	2	Jamie Minihane		0	2180	0
Gareth Dell		0	4510	2	Steve McGill		500	4430	0
Peter Payne		0	2910	0	Clive Minihane		1300	3790	2
Chris Haynes		0	9670	2	Sean Croft		2700	3040	0
Gareth Dell		0	4390	2	Steve McGill		500	2330	0
Jenny Lind A					OKJ
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Phill Roberts		2400	2840	0	Andy Ellison**		0	3010	2
Billy Skinner**		1900	3700	2	Chris Lamb		0	2780	0
Ray Norton		1700	3330	2	Andy Eldridge**		0	2430	0
Nick Speight**		0	3090	2	Nigel Doe		1000	1800	0
Andrew Lipscombe		500	2010	2	Mark Bailey**		0	300	0
Nags Head B					Ashburnham A
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Fred Pope		1100	5620	2	Dave White		0	1360	0
Colin Southouse		0	3860	0	Ron Young		8300	10420	2
Ray Roberts		2000	3550	0	Mick Osborne		0	5380	2
Colin Southouse		0	8230	0	Sandy Harmer		5000	11280	2
Ray Roberts		0	1200	0	Dave Pearce		300	2570	2

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week 13 report from Andy Ellison

Jenny Lind A confirmed their status as favourites to win the Handicap Competition in the Hastings Bar Billiards League with a comprehensive 4-1 home victory over closest rivals Old King John this week. Jenny A fell behind initially as Andy Ellison won the first for OKJ but that was the only success of the night for the visitors. Billy Skinner, Ray Norton, Nick Speight and Andrew Lipscombe turned in consistent performances and were well worth their wins. Old King John are left ten points behind Jenny A with one match to play. A 5-0 win will be necessary to finish above their rivals who have completed their fixtures.

Nags Head A forfeited their interest in the outcome after a 4-1 loss at Ashburnham E. Clive Minihane was the sole winner for Nags A as the Ash E regulars notched impressive totals. Skipper Chris Haynes led the way with 9620, Gareth Dell managed two good wins and Mick Reilly hit 6410 to provide the 4-1 success for Ash E and leave Nags A in third spot.

Nags Head B were similarly frustrated following a 4-1 home loss to Ashburnham Arms A. In-form Fred Pope put Nags B ahead but Ron Young, Mick
Osborne, Sandy Harmer and Dave Pearce settled into a pattern of steady scoring to record an impressive away win for Ash A. Whatever the final outcome the handicap-based format has proved a great success and other leagues in Sussex are reputedly showing interest in the system.

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week 14 results and table

OKJ 5 - 0 Ashburnham E
Nags head A 1 - 0 Nags Head B
Ashburnham A 4 - 1 Hags Head B


OKJ HANDICAP WINNERS AGAIN

TEAM	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Points
Old King John	12	8	4	0	35	25	86
Jenny LindA	12	7	5	0	35	25	84
Nags Head B	12	6	6	0	32	28	76
Nags Head A	12	6	6	0	29	31	70
Ashburnham A	12	6	6	0	29	31	70
Ashburnham E	12	5	7	0	25	35	60
Jenny lind B	12	4	8	0	25	35	58

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Week 14 Handicap scorecards

OKJ					Ashburnham E
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Mark Bailey		800	3850	2	Mick Reilly		0	540	0
Andy Ellison		0	7060	2	Gareth Dell		1300	130	0
Gary Tomlin		1100	2710	2	Chris Haynes		0	0	0
Andy Eldridge		0	2910	2	Gareth Dell		800	2820	0
Chris Lamb		0	3390	2	Mick Reilly		700	1480	0
Nags Head A					Nags Head B
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Jamie Minihane		0	3000	0	Fred Pope		2300	5870	2
Clive Minihane		3400	6840	2	Colin Southouse		0	3160	0
Ray Roberts		200	1380	0	Pete Crabtree		0	2200	2
Steve Feathertone		1000	1310	0	Stewart Chant		0	1680	2
Clive Minihane		3400	4870	0	Colin Southouse		0	7300	2
Asburnham A					Jenny Lind B
NAME	break	Handicap	Score	points	NAME	break	Handicap	Score	Points
		start					start
Ron Young		0	2930	2	Linda Challis		400	470	0
Mick Osborne		0	4990	2	Andy Horsler		3000	3630	0
Dave Pearce		0	2520	2	Les Thomas		400	1990	0
Sandy Harmer		0	8310	2	Les Thomas		4300	4300	0
Dave White		0	1440	0	Andy Horsler		900	4820	2

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End of Handicap report by Andy Ellison

Old King John drew deeply into their years of experience to pull off the needed 5-0 victory to win the title in the Handicap competition of the Hastings Bar Billiards League, frustrating the hopes of Jenny Lind A. The victory was achieved on the visit of Ashburnham Arms E, who could not match their high scoring of the previous week. Mark Bailey won the first game for OKJ and Andy Ellison followed up with 7060 to take the second. Skipper Andy Eldridge returned to form with a win in the closest clash of the night and Garry Tomlin battled through for the next. Chris Lamb stepped up at short notice for the final game but was able to absorb the pressure to record the win that secured their only 5-0 scoreline of the season and second title for OKJ.

Nags Head B edged out their A side colleagues with a 4-1 win to claim third spot. Fred Pope put Nags B into an early lead with a win that confirmed his position at the top of the wins table. Teammates Peter Crabtree and Stewart Chant provided backup wins whilst Nags B skipper Colin Southouse met Nags A's Clive Minihane in two games; they took a game each to leave Nags B as 4-1 winners over the A side.

Ashburnham Arms A recorded a 4-1 win in their clash with Jenny Lind B. Ron Young, Mick Osborne, Dave Pearce and Sandy Harmer were the winners for the home side but Andy Horsler put in a winning performance in the last game for Jenny B to leave the result at 4-1 to Ash A.

Next week sees the final of the Rix Cup where Jenny A will have another chance of a trophy as they take on Ash A at the Nags Head.