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Post by daveuk1 on Apr 28, 2017 11:32:53 GMT
The Suffolk Bar Billiards Association are pleased to announce they will be running the first ever national 4 pin team knock out.
We are inviting teams of four players to enter and on this occasion entries will be limited to eight teams.
The tournament will take place on Saturday 30th September at the bay horse in sudbury suffolk. All games will be played on narrow tables
The format will be a straight knock out with each match consisting of four single games and two doubles, if the scores are tied at three games all the winning team will be the one who have scored the highest overall total number of points in all their games from that match.
Games will be played as follows
First round
Match A team 1 v team 2
Match B team 3 v team 4
Match C team 5 v team 6
Match D team 7 v team 8
Second round
Main comp
Match E. Winner of match A v Winner of match B
Match F. Winner of match C v winner of match D
Plate
Match Ğ. Loser of match A v loser of match B
Match H loser of match C v loser of match D
Final round
Main comp final
Winner of match E v winner of match F
3rd and 4th play off
Loser of match E v loser of match F
Plate
Final
Winner of match Ğ v winner of match H
3rd and 4th play off
Loser of match Ğ v loser of match H
Entry fee will be £20 per team, there will be no prize money but every player taking part will receive a small engraved momento and the winning teams of the main and plate finals a perpetual trophy
We would ask you to note that although this is a serious competition we want it to be played in the true Suffolk tradition of having a fun and an enjoyable day for everyone. There will be no losers, just teams that didn't do as well as others.
If anyone is interested in entering please send me a PM or leave your name and any comments below.
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Post by daveuk1 on Apr 28, 2017 12:35:16 GMT
I should of added that this competition has nothing to do with the AEBBA and is being run solely by the Suffolk Bar Billiards Association and the rules of play will be the rules we use in our Specflue E A open
Teams can be made of any four players, they dont have to play for the same league team or indeed be from the same area or county.
Ideally we would like to try and get an equal split between players from Suffolk and non Suffolk players.
Suffolk will have no problems in entering four teams so I suggest we give you guys until the 13th of May to register any interest and entrants will be on a first come basis, if by the 13th of May we havent had interest from four teams of non Suffolk players then we should allow more of our local players the chance to enter.
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Apr 28, 2017 14:35:21 GMT
Hi Dave Please accept 1 team from Hastings and 1 team from Eastbourne, if you get over subscribed then we can cancel one but them the remaining team might be too strong for you   |
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Post by daveuk1 on Apr 28, 2017 19:34:49 GMT
Okies, thats one team from Hastings andanother from Eastbourne in so far.
No one will ever be too strong for us Suffolk lot, I bet we can drink as much as you
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Apr 28, 2017 20:34:16 GMT
Okies, thats one team from Hastings andanother from Eastbourne in so far. No one will ever be too strong for us Suffolk lot, I bet we can drink as much as you Hopefully you will get a team from Northants and as an outsider 4from Norfolk . Probably need to do a format which guarantees 4 games per person on the day to make the trip worthwhile for the travellers |
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Post by daveuk1 on Apr 28, 2017 23:13:49 GMT
Everybody will get three single and three doubles games.
This is just an experimental tournament this year, thus only 8 teams, if this goes well next year we will look at using more than four tables, this will mean a larger venue and a much longer day so we have tried to keep this year simple to see how things go
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Apr 29, 2017 0:13:16 GMT
Everybody will get three single and three doubles games. This is just an experimental tournament this year, thus only 8 teams, if this goes well next year we will look at using more than four tables, this will mean a larger venue and a much longer day so we have tried to keep this year simple to see how things go Sounds good dave |
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Post by triplex on Apr 29, 2017 1:19:03 GMT
Sorry to say but the non drinkers from Northants will take up a team
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Apr 29, 2017 6:47:17 GMT
wonder if Nige could get a team from brighton to make the trip? or the boys from York or Wellingborough
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Post by mal on Apr 30, 2017 14:28:41 GMT
I am interested. Have a team of 3 from Worthing, and confident we can pick up a 4th person in the coming days/weeks.
(If any of the regular 4-pin supporters fancy joining up with me, Tony and Rick then let us know. How about you Tommo?)
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Post by daveuk1 on Apr 30, 2017 15:19:14 GMT
Is that a deff yes Mal? As we already have 3 confirmed teams from non Suffolk players and we want an equal split between Suffolk and non Suffolk
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Post by mal on Apr 30, 2017 15:30:53 GMT
Hi Dave.
Didn't pick up on the fact it is the last slot - we will definitely take it please :)
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Post by gandalf the untidy on Apr 30, 2017 17:01:31 GMT
Well thta didint take long to fill up Dave   |
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Post by daveuk1 on Apr 30, 2017 17:40:52 GMT
This is the inaugural tournament. Now we know there is plenty of interest we will look to expand it next year using more tables and possibly playing it over a weekend although that would mean more expense for travelling players and I would be interested in hearing any comments you may have.
This year we indend to start play at 10-30 in the morning and finish around 7pm giving people the option of either travelling home or staying over night and buying me some drinks.
I really think four tables and 32 players in the bay horse is the maximum we could comfortably accommodate so we don't really have any options for expansion this year.
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Post by bigtj on May 1, 2017 9:50:03 GMT
Accomodation booked Friday to Sunday see you all there.
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Post by daveuk1 on May 2, 2017 11:21:14 GMT
Accomodation booked Friday to Sunday see you all there. Last time I spoke to the bay horse they still had some rooms available for the Friday and Saturday nights |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2017 16:02:30 GMT
I am interested. Have a team of 3 from Worthing, and confident we can pick up a 4th person in the coming days/weeks. (If any of the regular 4-pin supporters fancy joining up with me, Tony and Rick then let us know. How about you Tommo?) Thanks for the offer, Mal, but it really would be pushing my luck too much with 'er indoors. Sure you will be able to get a worthy Worthing-er quite easily : young Joe O. seems to be up for most events - or how about Dipper ? There's good twitching available at nearby Orford Ness. |
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 3, 2017 16:08:26 GMT
We have plenty of spares if you need 1 Mal just thinking of an appropriate transfer fee  tommo would have been £2.99 sav £24.00 ozzie £24.01 me £...... too modest to put a price on Me... might not stop other doing it though    |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2017 16:13:39 GMT
me £...... too modest to put a price on Me... might not stop other doing it though Worth paying you not to turn up ??  |
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Post by daveuk1 on May 4, 2017 6:54:05 GMT
I'd bid £2-50 for C S as he always buys me a beer so I'll still make a profit
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 4, 2017 22:52:16 GMT
I'd bid £2-50 for C S as he always buys me a beer so I'll still make a profit perhaps i should bid £2.60 and not buy you a pint.. i would be quids in  |
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Post by daveuk1 on May 7, 2017 7:22:31 GMT
So we have are four away teams then.
Worthing
Eastbourne
Hastings
Northants
Im guessing the captains will be, Mal, Chris, Colin and Simon. To be honest it doesn't really matter, we just need a point of contact for each team.
So far from our lot only two teams have paid their entry fee,
The Bay Horse, team probably Jeremy Fry, Steve Hale, Jason Lawrence and Alasdair Carnegie, they have to be the favs as they all play on the bays narrow table.
The Lillie household. Brendan Hoare, Colin Norledge, Ross Lillie and Dave Lillie.
The aim will be to start around 10-30 so we can finish a sensible time (around 7pm) to allow those of you travelling home plenty of time.
As there will be 32 players I think it is unfair to expect the Bay to put on free food, but I've spoken to Kayla and she said they will supply breakfast rolls at a nominal cost and then depending on the weather light the BBQ up in the afternoon. I may ask her to do one portion of extra hot chilli for Chris Haynes as I know how much he loves his spicy food.
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 7, 2017 19:16:46 GMT
Barbie sounds great Dave
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Post by mal on May 9, 2017 17:53:54 GMT
No worries Tommo. Thought you might be chomping at the bit since it is on narrow tables.
I am a bit confused about these transfer fees. Are you really only offering me a few quid to take these people off your hands? ;)
Is there a list of players who you have already signed Gandalf? I would like to offer the place to people who support the 4 pin open first, and only resort to 'dragging someone out' if no regular 4-pinner wants to play. There are some Kent and Oxford players who I wouldn't associate with Hastings/Eastbourne but if you have signed Sav then you may have signed others too.
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 9, 2017 18:38:07 GMT
No worries Tommo. Thought you might be chomping at the bit since it is on narrow tables. I am a bit confused about these transfer fees. Are you really only offering me a few quid to take these people off your hands? ;) Is there a list of players who you have already signed Gandalf? I would like to offer the place to people who support the 4 pin open first, and only resort to 'dragging someone out' if no regular 4-pinner wants to play. There are some Kent and Oxford players who I wouldn't associate with Hastings/Eastbourne but if you have signed Sav then you may have signed others too. Hi Mal We have invited Sav as we could arrange to pick him up on the way through and we would obviously prefer to keep him in our team but i'm sure we have a spare player somewhere if you need one, theres plenty of time though for you to find a 4th from your part of the world Hastings team Phil, Bob, Colin & Sav Eastbourne team Chris, Peter, Mick and Gareth Reserve Dave White |
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Post by daveuk1 on May 10, 2017 6:22:30 GMT
Luke is entering a team although as yet he hasn't come up with a name yet
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 10, 2017 16:19:22 GMT
Luke is entering a team although as yet he hasn't come up with a name yet as long as he brings his mum as well |
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Post by triplex on May 10, 2017 16:27:22 GMT
Northants Team will be
Simon
Stephen
Damo
Jason
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Post by lukecw1 on May 11, 2017 10:46:28 GMT
My Team will be Luke Joe Dan Alan No Reserve but I'm sure we could get another 4-pinner if required. Luke is entering a team although as yet he hasn't come up with a name yet as long as he brings his mum as well Um.... Creepy? I'll make sure she definitely doesn't come down now!! |
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Post by daveuk1 on May 12, 2017 11:07:30 GMT
A team from Stanningfield Red House will be the final local team
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