County Championships 2018

[NigelS]

Hi Everyone

This year’s championships will be made up of a combination mens and ladies teams (7 a side), each county has the right to send one mens side and one ladies side. Each county should state what sides they wish to send to participate no later than the 31 August.

After the 31 August if less than 14 teams have entered the remaining slots will be invited to be filled in the following order.

- A ladies select side (captain appointed by AEBBA committee) made up of players from counties that have not submitted a ladies side.
- B sides that are currently in Division 1 – (currently Sussex B)
- B sides invited in order as to where their A side finished in last years championships.

So can the following counties submit what sides (mens, ladies or both) they will be sending to Arborfield on 16 September (Division 1) and 23 September (Division 2) (the sooner the better please).

Sussex – A team & Ladies team
Kent - A team
Berks – A team
Oxon - A team & Ladies team
Bucks - A team
Northants - A team
Surrey – A team
Hants - NO TEAM

I am assuming no Cambs, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Jersey, Guernsey – I believe actually only Suffolk may have paid their fees to be an associate member – perhaps Chrissie could confirm? These counties have not participated recently, so assumed not in unless told otherwise….

[Chris_Sav]

Suffolk are full members as far as I am aware, there is no fee for associate membership.

Member counties must also have paid those fees to be able to compete in AEBBA comps

[Chris]

Hi Nigel

The following counties are all Full Members of the AEBBA 2018

Hampshire £20
Suffolk £20
Northants £20
Kent £20
Sussex £20
Surrey £20
Berkshire £20
Oxfordshire £20
Buckinghamshire £20
Nottinghamshire £20
Cambridgeshire £20

Thanks
Chris

[milhouse]

Oxfordshire will send a Mens and Ladies side, plus will have a "B" side if available.

[dillon]

When I press 'calendar' on the top bar of the forum home page, there is only the Bucks open. For the following month there is nothing. When are the county championships and what else may be happening over the next three months?

Jul 28, 2018 15:44:34 GMT dillon said:

When I press 'calendar' on the top bar of the forum home page, there is only the Bucks open. For the following month there is nothing. When are the county championships and what else may be happening over the next three months?

Agree, the situation not satisfactory......

A quick check of the welcome page of the Billingshurst website (link given below) should give you what what you're looking for.

tommo

[barbelman]

Jul 28, 2018 15:44:34 GMT dillon said:

When I press 'calendar' on the top bar of the forum home page, there is only the Bucks open. For the following month there is nothing. When are the county championships and what else may be happening over the next three months?

They have been on the site since December 2017 but not in  the calendar;

Look here;
barbilliards.proboards.com/thread/20342/aebba-tournaments-2018

Tony

[Chris_Sav]

Any forum member may enter calendar events. If there is any difficulty in doing this then let forum staff know please.

[barbelman]

Jul 28, 2018 17:23:55 GMT Chris_Sav said:

Any forum member may enter calendar events. If there is any difficulty in doing this then let forum staff know please.

I have added the AEBBA dates to the calendar but as Chris said......

Tony

Hi All,

Please accept my apologies that the event dates have not been shown in the forum calendar - i did not realise I have the relevant access to do so. Thanks, Tony, for adding them.

They have been available in list form on this site and, of course in the event calendar on the AEBBA website AND the competition entry page on the site too. So many choices!! :-)

Please note that entries can be made for a number of the forthcoming AEBBA events via the Competition Entry page on the website. This will enable you pay your entry fees on registration should you wish.

Any questions - just give me a shout.

Best wishes,

Lorin

[JB]

Sussex will have a team and a ladies team
Also a B side if invited

[curtd]

Kent will have an A team only

Curt

Aug 8, 2018 9:03:41 GMT curtd said:

Kent will have an A team only

Curt

Thanks Curt. When you can, please complete the form on the website.

Cheers.

Aug 7, 2018 23:00:57 GMT JB said:

Sussex will have a team and a ladies team
Also a B side if invited

Many thanks for this, Jean.

Could I ask you to submit your teams, once known, via the competition entry form on the website?

Lorin

[daveuk1]

Sorry but, I am from silly Suffolk

Can someone send me a pm explaining what the county championships are please.
I have been asking around and there is some interest from a few Sudbury players

[Chris]

Hi Dave

There are two Divs and I feel that if you entered you may go into Div 2 not Div 1 on the 16th, so I think it would be 23rd. The composition of Div 2 is different including Ladies Teams.

Nigel please correct me if I am wrong.

So yes you will have a great day

Chris x

["Silent"]

Aug 14, 2018 19:37:26 GMT Chris said:

Hi Dave

There are two Divs and I feel that if you entered you may go into Div 2 not Div 1 on the 16th, so I think it would be 23rd. The composition of Div 2 is different including Ladies Teams.

Nigel please correct me if I am wrong.

So yes you will have a great day

Chris x

Sorry my mistake.....

From the AEBBA website

This highly competitive event sees teams from around the country compete for the Division 2 title and promotion to the very highest level of Bar Billiards competition.

The very best players from counties all around the country will square up for one of the most closely contested events in the Bar Billiards Calendar.
Current Division 2 holders Hampshire won promotion last year and so there are plenty of teams aiming to land this prestigious crown.

This event will take place at Arborfield British Legion Club on the 23rd September. The address is:

Arborfield British Legion
Eversley Road
Reading
RG2 9PR

Aug 14, 2018 19:58:36 GMT "Silent" said:

Aug 14, 2018 19:37:26 GMT Chris said:

Hi Dave

There are two Divs and I feel that if you entered you may go into Div 2 not Div 1 on the 16th, so I think it would be 23rd. The composition of Div 2 is different including Ladies Teams.

Nigel please correct me if I am wrong.

So yes you will have a great day

Chris x

Sorry my mistake.....

From the AEBBA website

This highly competitive event sees teams from around the country compete for the Division 2 title and promotion to the very highest level of Bar Billiards competition.

The very best players from counties all around the country will square up for one of the most closely contested events in the Bar Billiards Calendar.
Current Division 2 holders Hampshire won promotion last year and so there are plenty of teams aiming to land this prestigious crown.

This event will take place at Arborfield British Legion Club on the 23rd September. The address is:

Arborfield British Legion
Eversley Road
Reading
RG2 9PR

Thanks all, for helping out here.

Dave, it would be fantastic if you were able to enter a team from a Suffolk into the County Championships. As Chris rightly said, you’d be in Division 2 in the first instance with a chance to win promotion thereafter.

For the avoidance of doubt - the format played is 3-Pin.

Hope you can secure a team but let me know if there is anything we can do to assist.

Best wishes,

Lorin

[Chris]

Lovely to see someone helping to promote the game Matt - well done you xxx

[NigelS]

Thanks for the responses to Dave's query guys.

Just to add it is 7 a side, and Suffolk would indeed be entered into division 2.

Hopefully there will be 7 teams in each division but that depends on the entries from each county. If there are 7 teams in div 2 then each player will get 6 single leg games on the day.

You can see all the past results on the AEBBA website that should give you an idea as to the standard and the format the day takes.

aebba.co.uk/county-championship

I would strongly encourage Suffolk to enter a side if they can field 7 regardless of standard, this is supposed to be a county championships and the more counties represented over the two weekends the better.

The deadline for teams to enter their A sides and lady sides is 31 August, at which point B sides will be invited to fill in the empty slots.

[Coleman Jnr]

Northants A are attending and registered on the website

[gandalf the untidy]

Aug 14, 2018 17:56:10 GMT daveuk1 said:

Sorry but, I am from silly Suffolk

Can someone send me a pm explaining what the county championships are please.
I have been asking around and there is some interest from a few Sudbury players

i'm tempted Dave

[curtd]

I would check the Sussex rules first before committing to this Colin. From my understanding you would not be able to enter any Sussex county comps....... ever. By playing in Sussex only competitions this year you are signing up to be a Sussex player only and would not be able to play for another county.
I think it’s something like that but am happy to be corrected.

Curt

[triplex]

I think that’s correct Curt.

[daveuk1]

Aug 15, 2018 18:19:57 GMT curtd said:

I would check the Sussex rules first before committing to this Colin. From my understanding you would not be able to enter any Sussex county comps....... ever. By playing in Sussex only competitions this year you are signing up to be a Sussex player only and would not be able to play for another county.
I think it’s something like that but am happy to be corrected.

Curt

Think Curt could well be right as I'm sure we went down similar lines last year, with people offering to help us out and make the numbers up and then being they couldn't

[Mark James]

Aug 15, 2018 18:19:57 GMT curtd said:

I would check the Sussex rules first before committing to this Colin. From my understanding you would not be able to enter any Sussex county comps....... ever. By playing in Sussex only competitions this year you are signing up to be a Sussex player only and would not be able to play for another county.
I think it’s something like that but am happy to be corrected.

Curt

I can confirm that Curt is correct.

[daveuk1]

Still seems crazy to me that players are wanting to help us poor four pinners out and obstacles are plonked in the way. I think it is basically excepted that Suffolk is 4 pin and for me to find 7 players willing to play 3 pin will probably never happen. So far I have 3. We do however have a couple of players who have played in my league 4 pin team who are not from these parts, their inclusion into our team could be enough to drum up some more interest

Aug 15, 2018 20:52:00 GMT daveuk1 said:

Still seems crazy to me that players are wanting to help us poor four pinners out and obstacles are plonked in the way. I think it is basically excepted that Suffolk is 4 pin and for me to find 7 players willing to play 3 pin will probably never happen. So far I have 3. We do however have a couple of players who have played in my league 4 pin team who are not from these parts, their inclusion into our team could be enough to drum up some more interest

Hi Dave,

I do understand some of your frustration - I know from personal experience how challenging it can be to be the evangelist with the task of elevating enthusiasm in an ocean of apathy. In fact, I am doing that just now to secure an additional league team locally.

The rules that exist for the County Championships are not there to penalise you - or Suffolk, but (I suspect) rather more to prevent 'Dream Teaming' in more established counties. Once again, it would be both highly welcome and significant to get a Suffolk team - that goes for Notts too - within the eligibility criteria. As per my previous post - if we can help, we shall where possible.

As for players 'who are not from these parts' they may either be restricted by their own counties (as with Sussex) or by the eligibility criteria for this event set by the AEBBA. For some players - they may still be free to make a choice so long as they comply with the criteria set out - and be willing to make that in your favour. For my part, I hope they can and do.

Best wishes,

Lorin

[Martin Pellett]

Surrey will have one team, no ladies team, can you please confirm we will be in division B as we were relegated last year so that we can organise a team.

thanks

Martin

[NigelS]

Aug 16, 2018 7:13:50 GMT Martin Pellett said:

Surrey will have one team, no ladies team, can you please confirm we will be in division B as we were relegated last year so that we can organise a team.

thanks

Martin

Thanks Martin,

I will confirm the division as soon as possible. If all the teams confirm that they are playing who are in div 1 then you will definitely be in div 2. If we can't fill all the spaces we may have to make a decision for the best of the competition. Just to be clear as to why I say this, Hampshire are at the moment a doubt, they should be taking a place in div 1. They still have 2 weeks to confirm either way if they have a team.