AEBBA National Off the Spot 2022

[NigelS]

Jun 23, 2022 9:20:34 GMT aland said:

Hi, I am really sorry but I now need to work this weekend which means I am no longer available to attend. Alan Donovan

Thanks for letting us know Alan

["Silent"]

Live draw on Nigel's Facebook in about 30 mins

[billiardsmichael]

Jun 23, 2022 20:35:49 GMT "Silent" said:

Live draw on Nigel's Facebook in about 30 mins

Friend request incoming...

[NigelS]

Draw done on Facebook LIVE yesterday. KT dropped out moments after we drew him and Mark Trafford in the same group ....so 38 players drawn into 8 groups

AEBBA OFF THE SPOT
Group A
Melissa Beach
Steve Beach
Dave Ingram
Matt Knight
Ashley Harrison
Group B
Dawn Jordan
Abbey Balchin
Phil Osborne
Damian Coates
Stephen Coleman
Group C
Ernie Jordan
James Whittle
Stuart Carruthers
Simon Coleman
Michael Wilson
Group D
Martin Cole
Chris Cox
Tony Jenner
Bye2
Mark Trafford
Group E
Paul Jobbins
Clive Thompson
John Slee
Joe Oakley
Gerry Fitzjohn
Group F
Jim Balchin
Jim Millward
Bob Osborne
Mark James
Alan Brackenridge
Group G
Bob Hall
Cliff Slade
Ian Lelliott
Michelle Baden
Jean Brackenridge
Group H
Nigel Senior
Rick Cunningham
Matt Jones
Stuart Mepham
Bye1

[NigelS]

Had a play with the start times so no Sussex/Surrey players on at 10.30. Please understand we are under the time constraint of the line dancers needing to be in by 8pm so we need to start on time. 6 games on first series so hopefully we will have scorers for those games.

Time	Table
10.30	1	A1	Melissa Beach		v	A2	Steve Beach
10.30	2	B2	Abbey Balchin		v	B3	Phil Osborne
10.30	3	H5	Bye1		v	H4	Stuart Mepham
10.30	4	D3	Tony Jenner		v	D4	Bye2
10.30	5	E1	Paul Jobbins		v	E2	Clive Thompson
10.30	6	F1	Jim Balchin		v	F2	Jim Millward
10.30	7	G3	Ian Lelliott		v	G4	Michelle Baden
10.30	8	H1	Nigel Senior		v	H2	Rick Cunningham
10.55	1	A3	Dave Ingram		v	A4	Matt Knight
10.55	2	B5	Stephen Coleman		v	B1	Dawn Jordan
10.55	3	C3	Stuart Carruthers		v	C4	Simon Coleman
10.55	4	D1	Martin Cole		v	D2	Chris Cox
10.55	5	E3	John Slee		v	E4	Joe Oakley
10.55	6	F3	Bob Osborne		v	F4	Mark James
10.55	7	G1	Bob Hall		v	G2	Cliff Slade
10.55	8	H3	Matt Jones		v	H4	Stuart Mepham
11.20	1	H5	Bye1		v	H1	Nigel Senior
11.20	2	A5	Ashley Harrison		v	A1	Melissa Beach
11.20	3	B3	Phil Osborne		v	B4	Damian Coates
11.20	4	C5	Michael Wilson		v	C1	Ernie Jordan
11.20	5	D5	Mark Trafford		v	D1	Martin Cole
11.20	6	E5	Gerry Fitzjohn		v	E1	Paul Jobbins
11.20	7	F5	Alan Brackenridge		v	F1	Jim Balchin
11.20	8	G5	Jean Brackenridge		v	G1	Bob Hall

[tommo III]

Mar 30, 2022 15:25:35 GMT curtd said:

Me and Fitz please

Curt

Curt not in the draw ??

["Silent"]

Jun 25, 2022 22:46:30 GMT tommo III said:

Mar 30, 2022 15:25:35 GMT curtd said:

Me and Fitz please

Curt

Curt not in the draw ??

He's not available

["Silent"]

But

Martin Smith is now "bye 1"
Dave Reeves is now "bye 2"

[billiardsmichael]

Bye bye byes

["Silent"]

Mark Trafford has withdrawn, trying for a replacement

[BB Warrior]

Congratulations to Martin Cole on winning the AEBBA OTS competition today, beating Joe Oakley in a closely fought final that could easily have gone either way, Joe did win the high break award to complete a brilliant weekend for him.

Rick Cunningham "successfully" defended his plate title, beating Clive Thompson in the final.

Thanks as always to both Stuart's, Nigel, Jean and Matt for all their hard work organising and running another brilliant day and to the Roffey Club for hosting us again. 😀😎

[StuC]

Congratulations to Martin Cole on winning the AEBBA Off The Spot beating Joe Oakley in the Final.

Martin started the day slowly and only just got though his group, but after beating Nigel in the play-off round he got his head in the game and found some great form to take the title.

Joe Oakley was close to completing a weekend Off The Spot double having won the Sussex title the day before, but was just edged out in the Final where both players had chances. Joe also won the highest break with 14,900 in the second-leg of his semi-final against Matt.

Losing semi-finalists were Stephen Coleman and Matt Jones.

The Plate was won by Rick Cunningham who beat Clive Thompson in the Final. As has been said elsewhere this completes a double for Rick as he also won the Plate in 2021 (despite not even being able to remember playing in the tournament).

Have to say massive thanks to the following people:

Stuart Mepham for setting-up and levelling the eight tables
Stu, Tony Jenner, James Whittle, John Slee and my nephew Alfie for moving the tables into the venue on Friday
Dave Ingram for helping with set-up on the morning and for offering to drive the van back up North
Nigel Senior for doing the format and running the admin desk
Matt Knight for organising players and scorers and getting them to the tables on time. Also for doing the draw and presenting the trophies
Jean Brackenridge for running the raffle and collecting the entries
To Kirstie for proving the food and to the Roffey Club for hosting us
To everyone for helped take down tables and clear the venue; this includes Stuart Mepham, Alan Brackenridge, Tony Jenner, John Slee, James Whittle, Chris Cox, Martin Cole and Rick Cunningham. Massive apologies to anyone I have missed, there was a lot of people helping which was great to see but difficult to remember!
And finally for everyone who played and made it a great day.

["Silent"]

Excellent report Stu

Massive thanks to everyone involved in making yesterday possible and contributing to an excellent weekend of bar billiards. As mentioned it was great to see so many helping taking down the tables, makes the job so much easier when there are plenty of people

Well done to Martin on winning the title, looked down and out earlier in the day but once he got through his group many people thought he would be a massive danger. Joe can certainly be proud of his performance over the weekend and was agonisingly close to a unique double, well done to him

Rick Cunningham "retained" the Plate, I will be accepting no excuses from him on a Wednesday night anymore! Well done mate, well done Tommo too on being runner-up - think he is my lucky scorer as I got one back on Mr J Slee

Nigel worked tirelessly on the format and, as Martin said in his victory speech the format had been debated long and hard but hopefully everyone enjoyed it, there was certainly plenty of bar billiards and names to call out!! Cheers Nige

Finally, and he would certainly not mention himself, thanks to Stuart Carruthers for all his hard work and effort in making both days such a success, he also played very well on both days too

[tommo III]

I would like to express thanks to the Sussex organisers for running what was a first-class event. 

Nigel's formats for the weekend of "Off-the-Spots" proved popular - where else can you have a Plate run and finish up playing 11 frames of bar billiards in one day (-yes, knackered !)  or if you're a top man like Joe O play 20+ legs over two days - the equivalent of a whole season - in getting to both finals ??

Tables offered a challenge and there was quite a bit of cursing (including from me) with lost breaks - but hey, that's the joy with OTS.

Already looking forward to next year and no doubt some of the top players who couldn't make it will do so next time around.

tommo