Week 22 of 22 - 2017/18 season

The Final week's League fixtures:

Week 22 - 18/04/2018
Plough 2 HHUSC A 3
HHUSC B 3 St Francis 2
Hassocks B 0 CKRBL 5
Watermill 2 Cock United 3
Windmill Z 3 Hassocks A 2
Bye v BHCC

[bazwest]

Hassocks B 0-5 CKRBL

Dilly lost to Peter
Jack lost to Andy
Ash lost to Paul
Barry lost to Ted
Dom lost to Neil

A comprehensive victory for the visitors.
Dilly couldn't do anything .
Jack started with a grand , but then watched the master at work.
Ash stepped in for only his third game in two years, and got close due to his opponents liking for the black peg.

As the home top became difficult , the away captain put me in my place.
Neil got more and more frustrated with table, but still had enough to beat Dom.

Congratulations to Neil Higgins for winning top Division 1 player , and Ros the runner up, as I couldn't get across the line.

BUT

Congratulations to us for holding on to the spoon , in a contest which went right down to the wire. Hassocks B retain the trophy !!!!!

Windmill Z 3, Hassocks A 2
Graham 6020, Rolly 1280
Johnny 3310, Boball 9440
Clive 5560, Derek 5380
Jim 3450, Lorraine 2070
Barry 2710, Peter 6660

Match played in relaxed conditions, some good bonding between the teams.
Hassocks outscored us by more than 3k, Bob particularly mastering the quick table.
Result went to us though, Derek allowing me a second go at the 100 hole to win.

Elsewhere we heard that both Chase and Richard won their games in the Plough v HHUSC A tie, meaning Chase held on for Best Performance runner-up, so congratulations to him. Also to Neil Higgins and Ros in Div.1 and commiserations to Barry West (I'd have lost my bet).

[Horny Lodger]

Watermill 2, Cock Utd 3

So, as it turned out, no banana skins for the Cocky Ones with wins for Huw, Jan and yours truly to secure runners-up place, and Craig and Tony winning for the Millers.

A very enjoyable, relaxed evening at their temporary home with bangers and chips to round things off. I hope they get back to their rightful home soon though - that refurb seems to have taken ages!

[iang]

HHUSC B  3 St Francis 2

Paul Jobbins 2190 Roger Walbank 1570
Steve King 6470 Chris Little 640  
Chris Kirkham 850 Bob Ellis 1610
iang 480 Shaun Morris 2730
John Lear 3900 Andy Robus 350

Shaun was down to 4 players at short notice so the order of play changed around, thanks to Andy Robus who made his League debut and played with injured wrists after a fall recently came along and stopped the walk over. (yes he is registered)

so we won the final match but still end up bottom of the pile so it's back to Div 1 for us.

 

[specialone]

Only me
I found this to be a particularly enjoyable and friendly season, typified by Ian doing everything he could to help me field a full side this week.
Every team can find something to play for. For my ageing team, who were bottom for much of the season, I told them I was not prepared to be handed the wooden spoon, and they delivered. I also handed a Bar Billiards debut to a snooker player, whom I hope will play for us next year. I love it when I can do this, as I feel it is a little bit towards keeping the game going. Knocking the Hassocks A out of the cup, on a cracking table, was without doubt, the highlight of the season. I make no apology for bringing this up. We do not moan about our many defeats, so I think it is okay to celebrate our victories, a lot. The individual performance of our season goes to Roger, the youth academy player, for beating Graham Daniels, again. Graham was a gentleman in defeat. My regret for the season is that we could not always field a full side. I hope we can put this right next year.
As for the Mid Sussex league, we lost two of the true gentlemen of the game. I have never heard a bad word said of either, and I go a long way back with them. I first encountered Darrel, in the Crawley league, during the 70s. Both will be massively missed.
The sun is shining, and there are golf balls to be lost, and come June 16th, Large Barbel in the river to be caught. See you next season.
TSO

[iang]

Apr 20, 2018 10:24:46 GMT specialone said:

Only me
I found this to be a particularly enjoyable and friendly season, typified by Ian doing everything he could to help me field a full side this week.
Every team can find something to play for. For my ageing team, who were bottom for much of the season, I told them I was not prepared to be handed the wooden spoon, and they delivered. I also handed a Bar Billiards debut to a snooker player, whom I hope will play for us next year. I love it when I can do this, as I feel it is a little bit towards keeping the game going. Knocking the Hassocks A out of the cup, on a cracking table, was without doubt, the highlight of the season. I make no apology for bringing this up. We do not moan about our many defeats, so I think it is okay to celebrate our victories, a lot. The individual performance of our season goes to Roger, the youth academy player, for beating Graham Daniels, again. Graham was a gentleman in defeat. My regret for the season is that we could not always field a full side. I hope we can put this right next year.
As for the Mid Sussex league, we lost two of the true gentlemen of the game. I have never heard a bad word said of either, and I go a long way back with them. I first encountered Darrel, in the Crawley league, during the 70s. Both will be massively missed.
The sun is shining, and there are golf balls to be lost, and come June 16th, Large Barbel in the river to be caught. See you next season.
TSO

Enjoy the summer Shaun.

[iang]

Plough 2 HHUSC A 3

High Away Score Richard Wooton 14060

[iang]

Pos	Premier Division	P	W	L	D	F	A	Bon	Pts
1	Windmill Z	20	18	2	0	74	26	18	92
2	Hassocks A	20	15	5	0	68	32	15	83
3	Plough	20	13	7	0	64	36	13	77
4	HHUSC A	20	14	6	0	60	40	14	74
5	CKRBL	20	7	13	0	49	51	7	56
6	HHUSC B	20	9	11	0	38	62	9	47
Pos	Division One	P	W	L	D	F	A	Bon	Pts
1	BHCC	20	16	4	0	62	38	33	95
2	Cock Utd	20	7	13	0	36	64	16	52
3	St Francis	20	4	16	0	34	66	12.5	46.5
4	Watermill	20	4	16	0	34	66	11.5	45.5
5	Hassocks B	20	3	17	0	31	69	9.5	40.5

[iang]

	THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
1	Richard Wooton	14060 (A)
2	Rob Hall	9440 (A)
3	Andy Farmer Wright	6960 (A)
4	Pete Edwards	6660 (A)
5	Steve King	6470 (H)
6	Graham Daniels	6020 (H)
7	Ben Procter	5780 (A)
8	Clive Thompson	5560 (H)
9	Derek Taylor	5380 (A)
10	Chase Newman	4850 (H)

[iang]

Player Of the Year 
Graham Daniels P 20 W 17 Avg 6129

Div 1 Player of the Year 
Neil Higgins P 18 W 14 Avg 4984

Men's High Score
Richard Wooton 14060

Men's High Break 
Richard Wooton 12100

Ladies High Score 
Jan Bithell 8320

Ladies High Break 
Jan Bithell 5620

[bobhall]

Both sets of high scores and breaks still not fully done for yet as both can still be beaten