Post by boltonbill on Mar 31, 2018 12:17:26 GMT
Final Scheduled league Fixtures - March 27th.
Alexandra 5 - 1 Dew Drop, Henty 5 - 1 BLEP, Locomotive 2 - 4 Sea View, Swan B 4 - 2 White Hart C, White Hart B 2 - 4 Swan A, White Hart D 3 - 3 White Hart A.
Going into the last week of fixtures, the championship title was still up for grabs. The Prince of Wales had completed their league season and held a 2 point lead and a 4 game “for” advantage over their rivals, the Swan B; who needed to win their remaining match by 5 games or more to clinch the title outright when they entertained the White Hart “C”. Lo and behold the Swan B did win but only by 4 games to 2 and as a consequence there was a tie at the top of the league, both teams finishing with an identical record. The odds on this situation occurring after 24 games can only be described as remarkable.
Therefore the LBBL rule 4 comes into play in order to decide the champions; meaning the overall aggregate scores throughout the season were taken into account and this showed in favour of the Swan B. Congratulations to Joe Oakley and his team in their first season in the LBBL. This was tough luck on Dave Ingram and his team from the Prince who made a gallant attempt to retain their title, in only their second season in the LBBL. Either way congratulations must go to both these teams for providing such an exciting and thrilling league season finale.
It would also be remiss not to praise Ken Williams and his White Hart “C” team in making a good fist of it last Tuesday night, indeed a comment which can also be applied to several teams over the last few weeks in their efforts to thwart this season’s two big guns.
This fitting tribute can really apply to all teams this season for demonstrating a competitive nature, sportsmanship, respect and upholding the integrity of the LBBL, with the overall standard of play having certainly improved during the last 2 seasons.
The Sea View won for the 5th. match in a row which sees them romping away with the B team championship and finishing in an overall league position of 4th. Congratulations to Steve Beach (Stan) and his team for finishing in such a high position; whether they retain their “B” team status next season remains to be seen.
League Table.
Individual Rankings Table.
No change to the top three positions in the individual rankings table. Nigel Senior finishes as top of the pops on 49 points playing in every match and winning 22 games of the 24 played. Matt Knight on 42 points finishes runner up with Stuart Mepham only 1 point behind in 3rd. place.
Top of the pops of the B team players is league stalwart Eric Mole who currently has a total of 29 points and qualifies for next season’s Masters tournament, Eric winning 16 of his 21 games played to date and will finish an overall 11th. Simon Chant is in 2nd. spot (overall 17th.) with Ken Williams on 21 points (overall 28th.)
There are two rescheduled games still to be played which will complete this season’s league fixtures and will decide the final master’s 16 qualifying positions.
The two games to be played are: -
BLEP v White Hart B, White Hart D v Alexandra.
Could the respective team captains please arrange to complete these fixtures as soon as possible.
Further details of player's individual performances can be found on the attached.
LBBL Individual Rankings Table.pdf (230.9 KB)
Team KO Competition
Next Week sees the start of the first series of team knock out competition games scheduled for April 3rd.
Fixtures.
Alexandra 5 - 1 Dew Drop, Henty 5 - 1 BLEP, Locomotive 2 - 4 Sea View, Swan B 4 - 2 White Hart C, White Hart B 2 - 4 Swan A, White Hart D 3 - 3 White Hart A.
Going into the last week of fixtures, the championship title was still up for grabs. The Prince of Wales had completed their league season and held a 2 point lead and a 4 game “for” advantage over their rivals, the Swan B; who needed to win their remaining match by 5 games or more to clinch the title outright when they entertained the White Hart “C”. Lo and behold the Swan B did win but only by 4 games to 2 and as a consequence there was a tie at the top of the league, both teams finishing with an identical record. The odds on this situation occurring after 24 games can only be described as remarkable.
Therefore the LBBL rule 4 comes into play in order to decide the champions; meaning the overall aggregate scores throughout the season were taken into account and this showed in favour of the Swan B. Congratulations to Joe Oakley and his team in their first season in the LBBL. This was tough luck on Dave Ingram and his team from the Prince who made a gallant attempt to retain their title, in only their second season in the LBBL. Either way congratulations must go to both these teams for providing such an exciting and thrilling league season finale.
It would also be remiss not to praise Ken Williams and his White Hart “C” team in making a good fist of it last Tuesday night, indeed a comment which can also be applied to several teams over the last few weeks in their efforts to thwart this season’s two big guns.
This fitting tribute can really apply to all teams this season for demonstrating a competitive nature, sportsmanship, respect and upholding the integrity of the LBBL, with the overall standard of play having certainly improved during the last 2 seasons.
The Sea View won for the 5th. match in a row which sees them romping away with the B team championship and finishing in an overall league position of 4th. Congratulations to Steve Beach (Stan) and his team for finishing in such a high position; whether they retain their “B” team status next season remains to be seen.
League Table.
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts. | |
Swan B | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 100 | 44 | 41 |
Prince of Wales | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 100 | 44 | 41 |
White Hart A | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 84.5 | 59.5 | 34 |
Sea View | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 79 | 65 | 30 |
Locomotive | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 82 | 62 | 28 |
Henty | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 79 | 65 | 26 |
Alexandra | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 74 | 64 | 24 |
BLEP | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 68 | 23 |
Swan A | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 70 | 74 | 22 |
White Hart C | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 90 | 13 |
Dew Drop | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 99 | 10 |
White Hart D | 23 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 41.5 | 96.5 | 9 |
White Hart B | 23 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 45 | 93 | 7 |
Individual Rankings Table.
No change to the top three positions in the individual rankings table. Nigel Senior finishes as top of the pops on 49 points playing in every match and winning 22 games of the 24 played. Matt Knight on 42 points finishes runner up with Stuart Mepham only 1 point behind in 3rd. place.
Top of the pops of the B team players is league stalwart Eric Mole who currently has a total of 29 points and qualifies for next season’s Masters tournament, Eric winning 16 of his 21 games played to date and will finish an overall 11th. Simon Chant is in 2nd. spot (overall 17th.) with Ken Williams on 21 points (overall 28th.)
There are two rescheduled games still to be played which will complete this season’s league fixtures and will decide the final master’s 16 qualifying positions.
The two games to be played are: -
BLEP v White Hart B, White Hart D v Alexandra.
Could the respective team captains please arrange to complete these fixtures as soon as possible.
Further details of player's individual performances can be found on the attached.
LBBL Individual Rankings Table.pdf (230.9 KB)
Team KO Competition
Next Week sees the start of the first series of team knock out competition games scheduled for April 3rd.
Fixtures.
| Team | Team | Venue | |
| Alexandra | v | Prince of Wales | Henty |
| Locomotive | v | Swan B | Prince of Wales |
| Swan A | v | White Hart A | Alexandra |
| Dew Drop | v | White Hart D | BLEP |
| BLEP | v | White Hart B | Locomotive |
Teams not listed above have an open date.