World four pin 2022 draw

[daveuk1]

Forgive me but trying to do a grid on my phone with a smashed screen is impossible so either Steve or my self will do it tomorrow, so for now here are the groups

Group 1 Steve Hale. Clive Minihane. Joe Ellison. Bob Osborne

Group 2 Peter Payne. Jason Lawrence. Jonny Hamblin. Kieran Pettitt

Groub 3 Dave Lillie. Colin Norledge. John Tyson. James Baker

Group 4 Paul Gooch. Billy Anderson. Luke Cole-Watts. Micheal Wilson

Group 5 Curt Driver, Elaine Wright, Tony Jenner. Tracey Reeve

Group 6 Alan Mee. Brett Parker. Dick Cheshire. Jammir Minihane

Group 7 Michelle O'Flynn. Mike McAndrews. Dan Ackland-Lang. Chris Ackland-Lang

Group 8 Tom Arbon. Brendan Hoare. Matt Webb. Lee Harman

Group 9 Jason McKay. Richard Cox. Jeremy Fry. Olly Gooch

Group 10 Colin Southouse. Debbie Ritchie. Jason Neal. Chaz Zilla

Group 11 Connor Cansdale. Matt Pawley. Mike Kempton. Steve Henry

Group 12 Chris Saville. Mal Spier. Jim Greensted. Simon Coleman

Group 13 Mike Reilley. Damian Coates. Stephen Coleman. Kevin Patrick

Group 14 Jim Balchin. Nigel Senior. Rick Cunningham. Chris Clark

Group 15 Jeff Bridges. John Slee. Phil Osborne. Nancy Ackland-Lang

Group 16 Chris Haynes. Casey Parker. Dave Ritchie. Joe Ackland-Lang

[stevehale]

Group Number	Name	Name	Name	Name
1	Steve Hale	Clive Minihane	Joe Elleson	Bob Osborne
2	Peter Payne	Jason Lawrence	Johnny Hamblin	Kieran Pettitt
3	Dave Lillie	Colin Norledge	John Tyson	James Baker
4	Paul Gooch	Billy Anderson	Luke Cole-Watts	Michael Wilson
5	Curt Driver	Elaine Wright	Tony Jenner	Tracey Reeve
6	Alan Mee	Brett Parker	Dick Cheshire	Jamie Minihane
7	Michelle O’Flynn	Mike McAndrews	Dan Ackland-Lang	Chris Ackland-Lang
8	Robert Cook	Brendon Hoare	Matt Webb	Lee Harman
9	Jason McKay	Richard Cox	Jeremy Fry	Ollie Gooch
10	Colin Southouse	Jason Neal	Chaz Zilla	Debbie Ritchie
11	Connor Cansdale	Matt Pawley	Mike Kempton	Steve Henry
12	Chris Saville	Mal Spier	Jim Greensted	Simon Coleman
13	Mick Reilly	Damian Coates	Stephen Coleman	Kevin Patrick
14	James Balchin	Nigel Senior	Rick Cunningham	Chris Clark
15	Jeff Bridges	John Slee	Phil Osborne	Nancy Ackland-Lang
16	Chris Haynes	Casey Parker	Dave Ritchie	Joe Andrews-Worth

[stevehale]

We’re not sending out programmes this year so if you see this please make sure you tell anyone else within your circles of their groups. We will be sending out e-mails, texts or calling people to make sure everyone knows where they need to be and at what time

Groups 1-8 - Please be at the venue between 10.00 & 10.15am to register to start at 10.30.

Groups 9-16 - Please be at the venue between 12.30 & 12.45 to register to start at 1pm.

We will only be running a raffle on the day this year as our lotteries licence had expired during the pandemic and it won’t be active again until after the tournament.

As per usual there will be food available at the Masonic Hall during the day. If anyone has any special dietary requirements please let us know. If anyone has any further questions. Drop us a message and we’ll do our best to answer

[tommo III]

Group of death (there's usually one !)  = Group 12.  

[daveuk1]

Robert Cook has been forced to drop out of group 8 as as he is starting a new job on that day, becoming a manager in a pub and I have to agree it wouldn't look too good if he failed to turn up on the first day.

If anyone wants to take his place let me know as we will also start asking around some local players.

See you all in three weeks

[daveuk1]

Tom Arbon has taken Bob's place in group 8 but now both Clive and Jamie minihane have withdrawn so still 2 places available

[daveuk1]

Jane and Dave Cox have taken the last two places so entries are full again at the moment

[daveuk1]

Hi folks
With our open, the first ever World Four Pin, just over a week away here are a few notes.

The main differences in our rules.
In single leg games the second player has the option to have the balls back for their FIRST break or to continue from where the balls are

A player may only play the same break shot three times in succession and then they must change their break shot, a mirror image shot is fine. If during the break shots the bar drops and the red is therefore not available, the break shot will be considered to be the same if a white ball is potted down the hole where the red had previously been sunk. If a player does play the same break shot four times in a row it will be called a foul and the score accumulated in that break lost.

If a ball comes to rest behind or obsructing the tram lines when viewed from directly above it will be called a foul and the score accumulated in that break will be lost and the ball returned to the tray. If a ball touches or goes over the line formed by the end of the cloth that ball shall be deemed as having crossed the baulk line and removed from play and a foul called with the player losing any points accumulated in that break.
In other words a ball may cross the tram lines but must return completely over them, we believe this is fair as there could be times where it is impossible for the scorer to tell if a ball has completely crossed the line while it is moving, especially given the pace some players hit the ball.

Remember, if the red ball is potted then it must be used for the next shot unless the bar has dropped.

Can players drawn in groups 1-8 please be at the venue in plenty of time to register and by 10-15 at the latest ready for a 10-30 start
Can players drawn in groups 9-16 please make sure they have registered by 12-45

Cathy will be providing food during the day including I believe breakfast rolls along with tea and coffees. We would ask people to be polite and not bring their own food or drinks into the venue unless they have first spoken to Cathy and gained her permission.


As always we will be holding raffles etc during the day to raise funds for The Suffolk Accident Rescue Service, SARS and any donations of raffle prizes will be gratefully appreciated. Every penny raised will go directly to SARS.

Finally on a down note.
Nationally Covid is on the increase big time again and if before the 26th new restrictions, guidelines or rules are put in place we will obviously have to abide by them.
We ask all players and spectators to be responsible and respectful of others. Hand sanitizer will be available by each table and throughout the venue. We will leave it up to individual players as to whether or not they shake hands with others and ask people not to be offended if a hand isn't offered before or after a game

See you all in two Saturdays time

Dave

[daveuk1]

Well this time next week it will all be over, we will have a lost an hours sleep and some of us will be back at the venue clearing up.

But just to keep everyone updated, we have had some bad news,

Cathy, our host and main cook has managed to break her wrist. This obviously means cooking food will be problematic.

Our plan is to still have breakfast rolls for sale from early doors until about 11am, from then on Gary from the white horse has agreed to put on a limited delivery service, so you order and pay for your food at the Masonic Hall, Cathy then phones your order through and it will be delivered.
Food available will be
Chilli and chips £4-50
Small scampi (5 pieces) and chips £5-50
Chicken nuggets and chips £5-50
Sausage bap £3-50
A portion of chips £2-00

We appreciate this is a limited menu but Gary wants to keep it simple so he can get the food delivered quicky as he is also running a busy pub, for those of you who are not playing you do have the option of walking down to the white horse and eating in, where the full pub menu will of course be available. I will get a few of the pubs menus so you can look before walking the couple of hundred yards down to the white horse and I am sure we could phone orders through in advance so you are not waiting too long as the pub does get very busy.

We know this is not ideal but it's the best we can come up with in the time we have

From a committee's point of view we want to do all we can to stop people going into spoons for cheap microwaved food especially after the way they shafted us with our open a few years back.

See you all next weekend

Suffolk BBA

[daveuk1]

Unfortunately Dave Cox has been forced to drop out of the open this Saturday so if you know of anyone who is interested in taking his place please us know asap

[tommo III]

Good luck to all taking part in the First World Four-Pin tomorrow.

Sorry I can't be there (due to a prior engagement).

Hope it goes off successfully, and all being well I'm looking forward to taking part next year. 

tommo

[stevehale]

Great weekend! Proud to be the 1st 4 pin World Champion!

[tommo III]

Well done Steve.

Good to see an ambassador for the game rewarded for his efforts.

[daveuk1]

Hopefully everyobe enjoyed the day and well done to everyone who took part.

Congratulations to Steve and Lee on winning the main and plate finals.

On a personal note can I please thank
Chris Saville
Alan Mee
John Slee
For all your help on the Friday, Saturday and again this morning.
I spose I should also mention Jim Balchin who took it apon himself on Friday to sit back and supervise the setting up of the tables while taking on the arduous task of sampling the beers to make sure they were all up to the required standard and then retutnig this morning to make sure what ever beer was left was still drinkable



I did get this message from the SARS rep who was at the hall all afternoon. Comments like this make it all worthwhile and comments like this are a credit to each and everyone of you who took part
.

Dave, Clare here from SARS I hope the rest of the afternoon /evening goes well. I have done many fundraising events over the years but I was blown away today . What an incredible crowd of such fantastic people, so friendly, so welcoming, such great entertainment and support of SARS. It was brilliant. Let me know the date for next year, I'm there!🤩😁

[milko]

Can I have the group winners and the player that Steve beat in the final. Well done to him

[Chris_Sav]

Steve beat Jeff Bridges in a very close and tense final.

Match was not decided until after the bar when almost dead level and Jeff lost a 250 break having to try to hit a ball snug up in front of the 100 hole peg. That ball came back and Steve finished off.

Jeff absolutely slaughtered me in the qtr final.

[stevehale]

Mar 27, 2022 19:17:17 GMT milko said:

Can I have the group winners and the player that Steve beat in the final. Well done to him

As soon as I get the spreadsheet from Jeremy I’ll post them up on here bud.

[Chris_Sav]

A pleasure to see you guys again, thanks to all the organisers, a brilliant weekend in the convivial atmosphere of four pin.

My wallet's very much lighter and a positive LFT this morning, so I guess I'll be regretting taking a chance for a while!.

[stevehale]

Mar 28, 2022 9:52:56 GMT Chris_Sav said:

A pleasure to see you guys again, thanks to all the organisers, a brilliant weekend in the convivial atmosphere of four pin.

My wallet's very much lighter and a positive LFT this morning, so I guess I'll be regretting taking a chance for a while!.

That sucks bud. Was great to see you over the weekend. Hope it doesn’t hit you too hard.

[johnslee]

Hi all
Well that was some weekend what a smashing time with all the oh so friendly Sudbury lads and ladies. Great first 4 pin world championship 
with some terrific games and as saved said what a final. Congratulations to all the winners and a special thanks from me to Dave,Steve,Alan ,
Jeremy and all the organisers terrific effort. Thanks to Kathy and Paul at the Masonic for keeping us refreshed. I hope we raised a good  total 
for SARS they so deserve it .On a different note sorry to hear Sav your down with covid fingers  crossed for you. 
Sleezy.

[tommo III]

Mar 28, 2022 11:22:29 GMT johnslee said:

On a different note sorry to hear Sav your down with covid fingers  crossed for you. 
Sleezy.

Not sure about Covid (I've always tested negative) but I found the following useful in overcoming a recent bout of "Man Flu":

• Chicken soup
  
• Pickled onions (fiery as poss)
  
• Lemsips
  
• Jakeman's lozenges
  
• Jack Daniels honey flavour
  
• Tickly cough medicine
  

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[daveuk1]

I have some really nice emails from SARS today and they have also asked if we have pictures of the day, all I have is the presentations so if by chance any of you happened to take any photos I would be grateful if you could forward me some.

Thanks again to everyone and stay safe

Dave

[Q]

Mar 28, 2022 11:56:27 GMT tommo III said:

Mar 28, 2022 11:22:29 GMT johnslee said:

On a different note sorry to hear Sav your down with covid fingers  crossed for you. 
Sleezy.

Not sure about Covid (I've always tested negative) but I found the following useful in overcoming a recent bout of "Man Flu":

• Pickled onions (fiery as poss) Geoff Parsons Specials?
  
• Lemsips
  
• Jakeman's lozenges
  
• Jack Daniels honey flavour
  
• Tickly cough medicine
  

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[tommo III]

Mar 28, 2022 13:49:00 GMT Q said:

Mar 28, 2022 11:56:27 GMT tommo III said:

Not sure about Covid (I've always tested negative) but I found the following useful in overcoming a recent bout of "Man Flu":

• Pickled onions (fiery as poss) Geoff Parsons Specials?

More recently, Billy Hammond's reach the spot.
But many years ago Sleezy presented me with a jar of his own make for driving him all around Sussex for his Singles - and they cured my cold instantaneously !

[tommo III]

Hi Steve........ Hale the Champ !



Realise you may be still up there in the clouds, but can you remember:

a) who were the Semi-Finalists ?

b) who was runner-up to Lee in the Plate Final ?



Information needed for the bar billiards Timeline.



Cheers,

Clive

[bigjimsilverfox]

Plate runner up Stephen Coleman
Losing plate semifinalists
Joe ellison & Foxy

Not sure on main

[stevehale]

Mar 28, 2022 16:05:28 GMT tommo III said:

Hi Steve........ Hale the Champ !



Realise you may be still up there in the clouds, but can you remember:

a) who were the Semi-Finalists ?

b) who was runner-up to Lee in the Plate Final ?



Information needed for the bar billiards Timeline.



Cheers,

Clive

Semi Finalists ands scores -

Steve Hale - 1470 & 910 (2380) v Jason Lawrence 1250 & 0 (1250)

Mal Spier 800 & 1490 (2290) v Jeff Bridges (1710 & 1720 (3430)

Plate

Lee Harman 1410 & 1640 (3050) v Joe Elleson 1150 & 1070 (2220)

Stephen Coleman 1430 & 630 (2060) v Jim Greensted 1130 & 580 (1710)

[tommo III]

Thanks Steve,
Have added to Timeline (4 of 4).
If photos materialise I'll add one too.

tommo

[stevehale]

Mar 28, 2022 23:14:28 GMT tommo III said:

Thanks Steve,
Have added to Timeline (4 of 4).
If photos materialise I'll add one too.

tommo

Happy to e-mail some over if that suits? Ping me your e-mail over

[tommo III]

Happy to e-mail some over if that suits? Ping me your e-mail over

Pinged !