AEBBA 4-Pin Open Championship

Hi All,

I am pleased to announce that entries are now being accepted for the AEBBA 4-Pin Open Championship. This event will once again be hosted by our friends in Northants at The Cock Hotel, Northampton. The date for the event is Saturday 19th May.

The format for this event will remain as with previous years consisting of groups of five players competing in a round robin format followed by a Main Knockout and Plate competition. The field is limited to 40 players only so do get your entries in very soon.

The closing date for entries is Friday 27th April.

In order to offer the best event that we can with greater rewards for entrants, we have had to increase the entry fee to £8 per player. This still represents excellent value for the number of games you will get to play and the quality of the overall event - so please continue to support this competition as you have in previous years.

All entries can be submitted via the AEBBA Website as follows: AEBBA Competition Entry

If you any questions or wish to sponsor this event please do not hesitate to contact me.

Very best wishes,

Lorin

Well, that was nice and easy, using Paypal.

[daveuk1]

Just hope as it's an aebba tournament they will stick to their decision that rules for four pin tournaments will be those used for the EA Open. Ie 6 whites, if a peg is moved it remains until the end of the break, last ball off any cushion down any hole etc. I do like a little stir. But I can bribed with beer

Do you want me to bring some sets of mushrooms??

Yes please

[bigtj]

Done easy as Tommo says

Hi folks,

Just a reminder to get those last entries in.

There are now only six slots left so don't miss out on this great event, get your entries in quickly as this competition is limited to only 40 players.

Any queries, just give me a shout.

Many thanks,

Lorin

[taffy]

Just entered but didn't see where i put which area i represent?

anyway, I represent a defunct league formerly known as the Newmarket & BSE League so can we just put 'Newmarket'? that's what Dave is doing?

cheers

Taffy

[Chris_Sav]

Cannot see a start time Lorin, need to know whether I can get there by train/pushbike

Hi Chris,

The start time will be 11am for all groups - this will mean registration by 10:45am.

Thanks,

Lorin

Mar 20, 2018 8:47:01 GMT taffy said:

Just entered but didn't see where i put which area i represent?

anyway, I represent a defunct league formerly known as the Newmarket & BSE League so can we just put 'Newmarket'? that's what Dave is doing?

cheers

Taffy

Done! Many thanks for your entry into this years competition. It is sure to be a great day.

Lorin

Only 4 slots left and some of last year's entrants still yet to confirm. I suspect this may close out today folks!

[milko]

Is there a list of entries somewhere ?

Mar 20, 2018 12:41:43 GMT milko said:

Is there a list of entries somewhere ?

Hi Keith,

Yes, of course. It is on the AEBBA website.

Have a wee look here: AEBBA 4-Pin Open

Thanks,

Lorin

Ok - it didn't close out yesterday as I anticipated! So that means there are two slots still to go - please let me know if you wish to be included or enter via the website. The link is in the post above.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Lorin

Hi All,

I am delighted to announce that this event is now SOLD OUT as a result of the outstanding support from the BB community. Thank you.

Full event details including group stage draws and timings will be posted on the Event Page on the AEBBA website and also noted here.

Good luck to all competitors and we hope you enjoy this event.

Best wishes,

Lorin

[daveuk1]

Good to see four pin selling out early again

Hi All,

Just wanted to let you know that following an exhaustive tendering process we have awarded the contract for outstanding cash collection for this event to Messrs. Coleman & Son. They will be attending the Surrey Open tomorrow with a little black book, an empty pocket ready to be filled and a list of outstanding payments. ;-)

As a reminder, there are many ways to pay but far the easiest is via the AEBBA Website using PayPal. Alternatively you may pay Simon tomorrow and he will pass the money on.

We look forward to seeing you at the AEBBA 4-Pin competition and stand by for more news on this event!!

Many thanks,

Lorin

[petersoanes]

Couple of questions so i don't look crazy on Saturday
Is it off the spot ?
Must you use the red ?
Is it one cushion or any
Amount for final ball ?
I could look for the rules
See you Saturday 👍

LMAO at "Confused of Oxford" - good old Pete !
Sets the tone for me really, also what Colin said about let's keep some fun in the game.

[barbelman]

Stolen from FB

Getting towards the business end of the day! Down to Quarter finals now:-

Group Winners were:-

Philip Osborne
Steve Hale
David Lloyd
Jason Neal
Chris Saville
Simon Coleman
Mark Trafford
Nigel Senior

Quarter finals are:-
Colin Southouse v Curt Driver
David Lloyd v Jason Neal
Chris Saville v Simon Coleman
Mark Trafford v Nigel Senior

["Silent"]

Semis - Jason beats Colin
Chris beats Nigel

Plate Final - Lorin Clough v Bob Hall

["Silent"]

Final - Chris Saville beats Jason Neal

Plate - Lorin Clough beat Bob Hall

Great day, thanks to all the guys and girls for their hard work. Much appreciated by all

Well done to Sav for bagging his second 4-pin Open title. The semifinal against Nigel was something else, he made up a deficit of 500 with the bar gone to win by 20.
Thanks to Login and his team for a professional job.....The merchandise was a good idea, some nice nicknacks on offer. Well done to him also on his Plate victory, an impressive 6k score in the first leg of the final.

[gandalf the untidy]

Well done Sav on another fine performance, and a great thank you to Northants Bb for running another fantastic comp with the right format to give all plenty of practice at 4 pin, plenty of friendly banter throughout as well.
looking forward to next year already

[Chris_Sav]

An excellent day in Northampton and thanks to the Northants crew for a well run tournament.


Mr Lillie kept me well supplied with ale! in true Suffolk manner. Four pin certainly makes you think! Nice to see a variety of players in the final stages.



Thanks guys,

[taffy]

yes well done to all! a really well run tournament and everyone enjoying themselves (until they lost at some point!).

I like Tommo watched the Nigel Senior v Chris Saville second leg and it was bloody awesome! The gate went with Sav 350 behind but 100 in hand and he stopped the game, had a good look and found from somewhere 350 and all he had to do was sink the final ball, it hit the side the top, rolled around the 10, across to the 20, went round 3 times and down.

so it was all in hand then Sav!!!

on to the Final and Jason Neal raced away and Sav agin was well behind, it looked tough, then, inexplicably, Jason left the red against the left 50 peg (in a straight line from the D and couldn't deal with it, not even a touch on it to lose a big score. Sav not only cleared it up but got a great 2,000 break. Jason went off again as he was just behind and blow me if he didn't leave the red in the same place again, and missed it completely again (so 2 x no score) and from there Sav took over.

it didn't have to be but I learnt so much on saturday. I thought i wouldn't alter my game (but I did). i didn't think pressure would get to other 'great players' but it did. it seems that by not cracking you create your own pressure even when you are behind.

for some, the 150 break is better but if you can't maintain it you are in trouble sometimes and Sav's 150 didn't falter when it mattered at the sharp end.

I'm already working on my '150' and i only have 363 days to get it right!

thanks again everyone! BTW, what does this mean in plain English:" wins Top points were David Lloyd 318 & Steve Hale 203. Dipper the only one to get any Bonus Points. "

cheers

Taffy

[Chris_Sav]

May 21, 2018 8:09:16 GMT taffy said:

BTW, what does this mean in plain English:" wins Top points were David Lloyd 318 & Steve Hale 203. Dipper the only one to get any Bonus Points. "

cheers

Taffy

Thanks for the write-up David, those points are for the tipsters' derby and reflect a player's current national ranking when a group winner, which you were. The lower ranked the player you correctly predict will win then the more points you accrue. 

[Chris]

Well done Chris X

Guess you had an excellent game according to the write up !!!