Watney Mann 2022

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Entries now being taken for the above, closing date for entries 30th April 2022, entry form with the rules attached.

WATNEY MANN 2022.docx (14.27 KB)

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1) Prince of Wales
2) Alexandra
3) Henty
4) Stags Head B (Thursdays)
5) Stags Head C (Wednesdays)

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Upated

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5 teams so far closing date end of April and intend to do the draw on Saturday or Sunday whilst in Guernsey

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Another week left to enter this any more takers

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Preliminary Round
Henty	8	2	Alexandra A
Semi-Finals
Stags Head C	6	4	Stags Head B
Prince of Wales	6	4	Henty
Final
Stags Head C	5	6	Prince of Wales (4th and 11th August 2022)

Preliminary play by 19th June 2022
Semi-Finals play by 24th July 2022
Final play by 28th August 2022

RULES FOR SUSSEX TEAMS COMPETITION



1. This competition will be known as the Sussex Team Championships. It will bear the name of the current sponsors and be controlled by the Association's Committee. The cup will be retained and be competed for only within the County of SUSSEX.

2 The Competition is open to any Pub or Club Team in Sussex

3. A Team will consist of 5 players all of which must have been registered for that Team during the previous season of the league, together with one guest player who must be notified to the Competition Secretary before the start of the Competition.

No player may play for more than one team in this competition during the same season.

4. All games in the final match to be played.

5. The competition will be played on a home and away knockout basis. The first Team drawn, to play at home in the first match. In each match the away Team to have 2nd, 3rd and 5th breaks and the home team to have 1st and 4th breaks. The order of play to be drawn for. At the start of the second match the Captain of each Team shall nominate a player to play off in the event of a drawn result with each player having the break, the away player to nominate who breaks first.

6. The Committee shall have the power at any period to strike out from the competition any Team, which by reason of their engagement or lack of playing facilities is liable to delay unduly the progress of the competition.

7. The Competitions Secretary must be informed of each result.

["Silent"]

Dates agreed as below:-

Stags Head C v Stags Head B - 1st leg Thursday 19th May 2022
Stags Head B v Stags Head C - 2nd leg Thursday 26th May 2022

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			Stags Head C	v	Stags Head B
Brk	Player	Legs	Score		Score	Legs	Player	Brk
*	Rob Hall	0	620	v	12,870	1	Phil Osborne
	Martin Smith	1	13,010	v	860	0	Chris Tupper	*
	Mark James	1	11,610	v	2,790	0	Jean Brackenridge	*
*	Jim Millward	1	15,000	v	360	0	Nigel Senior
	Dave Ingram	0	1,500	v	11,090	1	Matthew Knight	*
		3	41,740	v	27,970	2

Chances in 4 of the 5 legs tonight, with only Jim kicking off with enough (10.8k) on his opening break, 3 of the chances taken first visit by the player against the break.  A result that keeps everything to play for next Thursday in the 2nd leg. 

As always, an enjoyable evening in great company with some lovely hot roast potatoes with toppings provided by Jim and Heather. 

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			Stags Head B	v	Stags Head C
Brk	Player	Legs	Score		Score	Legs	Player	Brk
*	Phil Osborne	1	12,050	v	500	0	Rob Hall
	Chris Tupper	0	290	v	14,580	1	Jim Millward	*
	Matthew Knight	0	70	v	17,360	1	Mark James	*
*	Jean Brackenridge	1	10,970	v	3,480	0	Martin Smith
	Nigel Senior	0	370	v	14,110	1	Dave Ingram	*
		2	23,750	v	50,030	3

A closely fought encounter with all games going with the break tonight, although there were chances in 3 of the games....

Game 1 - Phil started well but came off on just under 3k, no luck for Bob in trying to get the break back and Phil made sure next visit. 1-0
Game 2 - Jim caught a split thick on 5k and came off, leaving one ball right in front of the white peg, Tupps tried to clear it but just knocked it over and Jim made enough next visit. 1-1
Game 3 - Excellent 10k and touch from Mark to give Matt no chance, Mark then showing no mercy to finish the game off. 1-2
Game 4 - Jean put her one up behind on just under 2k, Martin had to work hard to get the break back but then came off on 1.4k. Jean made a very good 7k break to level the match on the night with both players having another break each after that. 2-2

So, all square on the night and the visitors 5-4 up overall going into the last leg with my break to come....

Game 5 - A couple of slightly nervous 10 splits combined with an excursion around the back of the table after catching a 100 split too thick was not an ideal start, but I then managed to settle down and touched on just under 11k to make sure. Nigel had no luck trying to get the break back and, after a few visits each, I finished the game off to take the win. 2-3

A 6-4 overall win for the "Bronze Medallists" against the Worthing League Champions to take us into the final. 

It would probably be fair to say that we had a good draw in both matches, which always helps, and they were both very enjoyable evenings with plenty of laughs and friendly banter.  Many thanks to Jim and Heather for another helping of the roast potatoes that were loaded with tasty toppings. 

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The Stags Head C are the first team in the final, thank you to both teams for getting the game played promptly.

Preliminary game arranged leg 1 at the Henty on 31st May and leg 2 at the Alexandra on 7th June.

["Silent"]

May 26, 2022 23:14:39 GMT BB Warrior said:

2 very enjoyable and entertaining evenings spent in excellent company, with some high quality bar billiards. Raucous at times, no surprise considering some of those in attendance  That being said it was eerily silent when Dave was on the table in the tenth leg, compiling an excellent break to win the tie for his team. Showed how close the two matches were that it came down to that, after Jean had compiled an excellent break of her own to keep the tie alive

The draw is always going to make life harder for us, especially in this tie as Nigel did not get a meaningful go in either leg

Good luck to the Seas in, what I am sure will be a blockbuster final whoever they play, wonder if they will turn "bronze" into "gold"? 

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May 28, 2022 10:56:40 GMT "Silent" said:

May 26, 2022 23:14:39 GMT BB Warrior said:

2 very enjoyable and entertaining evenings spent in excellent company, with some high quality bar billiards. Raucous at times, no surprise considering some of those in attendance  That being said it was eerily silent when Dave was on the table in the tenth leg, compiling an excellent break to win the tie for his team. Showed how close the two matches were that it came down to that, after Jean had compiled an excellent break of her own to keep the tie alive

The draw is always going to make life harder for us, especially in this tie as Nigel did not get a meaningful go in either leg

Good luck to the Seas in, what I am sure will be a blockbuster final whoever they play, wonder if they will turn "bronze" into "gold"? 

Thank you for your kind words Matthew, although you have obviously forgotten that your opponents in this particular match were Brighton League Champions rather than the Worthing Bronze Medallists! 🤣

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Henty 5 - 0 Alexandra

Terry Molloy  *	11690	0	Pete Hickman
Stuart Mepham	4940	2860	Steve Aylmore *
Mike Daw	1620	650	James Whittle *
Stuart Carruthers *	8140	3660	Rick Cunningham
Kevin Tunstall	8640	3740	Tony Jenner *

Chances in all games with the table catching many out with the left hand drift, especially if you took the pace of the ball, but a well deserved whitewash for the home team. 2nd leg next Tuesday at the Alexandra seems to be academic but as we know it`s a funny old game.

Terry not fluent but opened with 6.5k giving Pete a chance but he was unable to get the break back and Terry made sure.

Steve off at under 1k and then scrappy game before Stuart got the balls back and made an interesting 4k, Steve balls back near the end with just enough time but not to be.

James first one up behind, Mike balls back 1st and worked a good 8k break only to peg it with 2 minutes left leaving him 500 ahead, James unable to capitalise.

Stuart opened with 4k +. Rick no luck at top of table and Stuart 1st to get them back and make sure, Rick just about played the time out.

TJ never settled but built a 3.5k break but the inevitable happened KT balls back and made sure of the white wash.

Thank you to the Henty for hosting us and suppling a chicken pasta back. Look forward to the return next week.

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Steve Aylmore *	1070	2000	Mike Daw
Rick Cunningham	13850	370	Stuart Carruthers *
Tony Jenner	2670	10060	Kevin Tunstall *
Pete Hickman *	3560	1170	Terry Molloy
James Whittle	1790	5560	Stuart Mepham *
	2	3

As expected the Henty progress to the semi-final where they will play the Prince of Wales.

Steve off at 800 and then neither Mike or Steve could get the break back but Mike out battled James at the top of the table to take the vital leg.

Stuart lost his opening break and Rick had a break 0f 5k and 4k to secure the leg before adding some more at the end. 

Kevin touched on enough then time spent at top of table before I got the balls back with about 2 minutes left and finished off

Pete off at 1.5k and with Terry showing no interest in a dead leg Pete got himself 2.5k ahead before Terry did get the balls back with over 3 minutes left. Terry decided to play one handed and break 3 times, one up but missed the split leaving Pete the win

Stuart off at 200 James break back but off early, Stuart pegged close on 5k but was still leading by 700 when James got the break back but off early again, Stuart balls back and made sure this time with 4k break

Well played the Henty and good luck in the semi-finals.

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Semi-Final 1st Leg
Prince of Wales v Henty scheduled for Sunday 3rd July

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Prince of wales VS Henty

*Chris Cox 5270 Vs 8770 KT
Daniel Wheal 7190 VS 1670 Terry Molly*
Joe Oakley 480 VS 9770 Stu C*
*Martin Cole 16,220 VS 70 Mike Daw
Barry Holt 8080 VS 4650 Stu Mep*

Very competitive game Chris cox not showing the away team the table done us the world of good first split inside! KT enough and touch!

Terry second split inside moved them about got no luck and Daniel excellent break getting 7k and touch! Terry had enough and shook hands!

Stu C highlight of the night never in trouble 9.7k and touch!

Martin score didn’t show the game second 1 up very high touched a few 50’s left the white behind the 50 hole…….. more swag and then a bank robber strolls up smashed it with right hand side up and down 50 hole and 30 hole balls back they flew all over the place!

Stu first 1 up behind moved the white peg off the spot so ball back barry 100 split balls back then 2k Barry 1 up behind…. Stu balls back kick on the break (ouch) Barry balls back touched on enough

Thanks to the POW brilliant food plenty of beer and very loud night (Molly had ear plugs in)

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In the second leg Prince of Wales beat the Henty 3-2 to the win the match 6-4 on aggregate

All 3 of the Prince's break players went off with enough so well done to Daniel Wheal, Chris Cox and Barry Holt

I don't have the scores

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Final dates

at Stag - Thursday 4th August
at Prince - Thursday 11th August

Should be a cracker!

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Thanks Matt updated

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Jul 17, 2022 10:20:59 GMT "Silent" said:

In the second leg Prince of Wales beat the Henty 3-2 to the win the match 6-4 on aggregate

All 3 of the Prince's break players went off with enough so well done to Daniel Wheal, Chris Cox and Barry Holt

I don't have the scores

Scores were

Mike 14410 Martin 80
Terry 790 Daniel 11170
Stu C 8600 Chris 9080
Kev 15660 Joe 0
Stu M 0 Barry 10390

Well done to the Prince of Wales on getting the win, playing very well over both legs.


Have also updated the page on the website with all scores and stats

scbba.co.uk/watney-mann/watney-mann-2022/

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1st Leg of the final tonight at the Stags Head good luck to both sides, please post the result and scores soonest thank you.

2nd leg at the Prince of Wales next Thursday

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Live scores of first leg of Watney Mann Cup Final....

Stag's Head C 2 Prince of Wales 0

Dave Ingram 13,570* Barry Holt 870
Unusual start to the evening with the bar trapping balls in the right hand 50 from almost the start of the game and I ran out of white balls to use! We decided to restart the game and I touched on a slow 10.5k that included a few excursions. We both had small breaks after that before the bar started playing up again, luckily the bar dropped before we ran out of balls.... 1-0

Jim and Martin Cole had another look at the table before the next game started and they made a temporary fix.

Mark James 10,420 Martin Cole 0*
Martin off on 1.3k, Mark took full advantage with an excellent 10k and touch. Martin had to fly to have any chance but took the black peg out trying to clear the balls. 2-0

Martin Smith 1,720 Joe Oakley 11,250*
Lovely 11k opener from Joe to give Martin no chance. Martin got the break back but the bar dropped at around 16 minutes. 2-1

Jim Millward 13,230* Daniel Wheal 150
With the noise levels definitely increasing, Jim did well to retain his concentration to open with 10k to take the leg. Jim added a few more at the end. 3-1

Grant Tully 920 Chris Cox 9,680*
Chris never really looked comfortable but played some good recovery shots to make sure first visit, Grant got the valls back and didn't miss but the bar dropped earlier than usual again. 3-2

A good result for the home team which makes it all to play for in the second leg next week at the Prince of Wales. 😀

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Prince of wales 4-2 stag C

*Barry holt 10,580 vs 1780 Grant Tully
Joe oakley 8,860 vs 4680 Mark James*
Dan wheal 740 vs 10,720 Dave Ingram*
*Martin cole 15,100 vs 100 Jim Milward
Chris cox 0 vs 11,270 Martin Smith

Leg 1 Barry 9.8k and touch.
Leg 2 mark 3k and 1 up behind, Joe balls back 8k and touch.
Leg 3 Dave off 5.5k (never settled) Dan didn’t get balls back Dave enough and touch.
Leg 4 Martin 10 and touch and took full advantage to not show Jim the table.
Leg 5 Martin off around 4K a few goes each and Martin first back and made sure on 6k

Leg 6 (WOW) Jim Millward 14490 v Martin Cole 14590

Jim table run out a few excursions 14,980

Martin kicked off well got to 8k without looking like missing then drama!
Got the 100 hole off the split but the 50 going inside or out? Leaving it in the middle of the table between the 100 and 200……….
Off the side got one ball in the hole a few interesting shots one nearly missing the ball he got them back to make enough!

Many shots and celebrations went on! Away team amazing company and great supporters and wish us all the best of luck in the team championships!

Thanks to Matt for scoring the 6th leg and Ian and Nigel for supporting anyone that got them a drink!

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Sounds a great game can you confirm Martins score please and good luck to the Prince of Wales representing Sussex in the Team Championships

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Sounds a great game can you confirm Martins score please and good luck to the Prince of Wales representing Sussex in the Team Championships

Hi Tony,

It was a great game which could easily have gone either way on the night.

Joe beat me to put the result up, two corrections to his scores with Martin Smith scoring 11,270 rather than 11,870 and Jim Millward setting a target of 14,490 rather than 14,980.

With regards to the decider, what a super game to watch.... it literally had a bit of everything!

Jim whipped his first split but then settled down to play the table out for a very steady 14,490 albeit with a couple of excursions up the table, but he didn't look like missing.

It's never easy to chase a target like that but Martin started superbly and didn't look like missing until around 8k when the red ball whipped out of the 50 hole on a split shot to end up smack bang in the middle of the table. Martin played off the side cushion, balls could have gone anywhere but he deserved his bit of luck when one found it's way into one of the holes at the top of the table. Then the real drama started.... his next 5 or 6 shots really showed the pressure that he was under, I don't think any of the balls he aimed at actually went in the holes he intended. He nearly completely missed a ball behind the 20 hole, next shot and both balls were missing the holes until they double kissed and one went down, he then played a good shot and got the break back.... after that, Martin played superbly to chase Jim's score down with a couple of minutes to spare and ended up with 15,590.

A superb evening, great atmosphere and camaraderie between the teams, two top quality games in the final between 2 very good teams. Congratulations to the Prince of Wales team on winning the competition this year and best of luck to them when they represent Sussex at the AEBBA Team Finals.

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I think Martin’s score must have been 14,590 rather than 15,590, as the game finished with the shot that overtook Jim’s score.

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Thank you Dave and Mark and sure the Prince of Wales be worthy representatives of Sussex at the Team Championships.

The standard by both teams in the Watney Mann final shows why Sussex bar billiards sets a high standard. Look forward to Worthing Premier Division this coming season with both of these teams competing, the Stags Head B defending their title, The Henty looking to once again push for honours and the Vine looking to upset the apple cart.

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What a great match over both games, well done the Prince of Wales and good luck in the finals.

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Fantastic entertainment for the neutrals with a high quality decider befitting the two matches

Well done to Martin and his team on their win and hard luck to the Stags Head

Good luck to the Prince of Wales in the Team Championships