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Post by daveuk1 on Apr 15, 2022 13:43:55 GMT
The National 4x4 team event will take place at The Masonic Hall in Sudbury on Saturday 3rd September 2022.
Obviously teams of four playing four pin
We are looking for teams of four players to take part, it is hoped that each match will consist of two doubles games and four singles but that is dependant of the number of teams entering and time constraints as we appreciate some players may want to travel down in the morning and back home after the finish.
The exact format will be decided once we have an idea of the number of teams entering. But we will try to make sure every player gets a few games.
Please can you leave a message below or PM me if you are interested in entering a team into this fun competition
Thanks The Suffolk Bar Billiards Association
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Post by daveuk1 on Apr 17, 2022 10:38:32 GMT
I/ we are considering dropping the doubles as we would be allowing 45mins for the 2 doubles in each match and over the course of the day that will add a lot of time to the tournament. Also how would people feel about trying to go for a 10am start?
Btw I did forget to say entry will be £20 per team.
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Post by bigtj on Apr 17, 2022 15:49:38 GMT
10am okay with us team now confirmed and accomodation booked
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Post by dillon on Apr 18, 2022 4:54:22 GMT
I/ we are considering dropping the doubles as we would be allowing 45mins for the 2 doubles in each match and over the course of the day that will add a lot of time to the tournament. Also how would people feel about trying to go for a 10am start? Btw I did forget to say entry will be £20 per team. 10.00 start is a great idea Dave.
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Post by tommo III on Apr 18, 2022 8:30:03 GMT
Sounds like the Surrey Blue Jays may be up for it again, but unfortunately will have to exclude moi........date clashes with daughter's birthday.
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Post by daveuk1 on Apr 19, 2022 9:44:00 GMT
Sounds like the Surrey Blue Jays may be up for it again, but unfortunately will have to exclude moi........date clashes with daughter's birthday. Its a shame you will be missing another trip up to Suffolk, hopefully next year the dates will work out for you
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Post by tommo III on Apr 19, 2022 11:16:41 GMT
Its a shame you will be missing another trip up to Suffolk, hopefully next year the dates will work out for you Thanks Dave, Yes it was a freak situation this year for me with everything falling on a Saturday. Count me in for next year ! tommo
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Post by daveuk1 on Jun 18, 2022 16:33:48 GMT
So far we have two "away" teams confirmed.
Although it was always our intentions to rename this tournament in honour of Chris, when planning this years event none of believed Chris wouldnt still be with us.
The date of the 3rd of September has now taken on a greater significance for every one as it the very date Chris and Gillian finally tied the knot and therefore their wedding anniversary.
Lets hope we can make the tournament one Chris will be proud of.
Dave
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Post by Chris_Sav on Jun 18, 2022 17:02:51 GMT
Looking forward to it!
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Post by bigtj on Jun 18, 2022 19:49:26 GMT
Also looking forward to this see you in September
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Post by daveuk1 on Jul 6, 2022 12:30:04 GMT
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Post by daveuk1 on Aug 2, 2022 15:17:18 GMT
Just a month to go before the Chris Cass 4x4. teams confirmed so far as follows
The Surrey blue Jay's who have a guest player as they have kindly agreed to adopt Gillian Cass for the day Worthing Wallies Northampton the arf N arfs consisting of Alan Mee, Chris Saville plus a couple of local players The white horse The brewery tap The snooker club The red house The brook
Hopefully we will get more local teams but We would love more away teams so if you are interested in entering a team please let me ASAP.
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Post by daveuk1 on Aug 11, 2022 19:54:13 GMT
The Brook Gloves have confirmed tonight that they will be entering the Chris Cass 4x4 so the Suffolk BBA have decided to close entries now as we have 10 teams and an odd number of teams would make life very hard to schedule. I believe Northants are the only team travelling to Sudbury on the day so if they can make it ready for a 10am start on the day then that's what we will be aiming for. Start time and draw will be confirmed in a couple of weeks See you all next month Dave
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Post by daveuk1 on Aug 15, 2022 13:56:40 GMT
The Suffolk BBA will be holding a meeting tomorrow night (Tuesday) to finalise plans for the 4x4 and hopefully do the draw. The format will be teams split into two groups of 5. Top of each group then play each other for winner and runner up. Second from each group play off for 3rd and 4th and so on and on and on. It would be handy if teams could PM me the names of your players within the next week.
Alan Mee will be organising a blind doubles comp on the Friday night, 6-30 for a 7pm start. If you fancy entering please let us know.
See you all next month
Dave
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Post by alanturner on Aug 15, 2022 22:02:36 GMT
The Suffolk BBA will be holding a meeting tomorrow night (Tuesday) to finalise plans for the 4x4 and hopefully do the draw. The format will be teams split into two groups of 5. Top of each group then play each other for winner and runner up. Second from each group play off for 3rd and 4th and so on and on and on. It would be handy if teams could PM me the names of your players within the next week. Alan Mee will be organising a blind doubles comp on the Friday night, 6-30 for a 7pm start. If you fancy entering please let us know. See you all next month Dave As Dave has pointed there will be a drawn pairs comp on the Friday night . Please put your name down on HERE asap It will be a drawn on the night blind pairs , round robin format to suit number of entrants with a semi final and final knockout .£5.00 per entrant with proceeds going to SUFFOLK ACCIDENT RESCUE SERVICES (SARS) There will be trophys for winners and runners-up .6.30 for a 7.00pm start . Please support a great cause ...🙂🙂🙂
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Post by Chris_Sav on Aug 16, 2022 7:28:22 GMT
Plan on being there
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Post by bigtj on Aug 16, 2022 12:45:10 GMT
Tony Jenner, Rick Cunningham and Mal Spier for the blind pairs please.
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Post by daveuk1 on Aug 16, 2022 14:12:12 GMT
Hoping the bar will be open from noon of not before
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Post by daveuk1 on Aug 16, 2022 19:05:23 GMT
The draw has been done
Group A 1 Worthing Wallies 2 Red house 3 Brewery Tap 4 White Horse 5 Alf and Alfs
Group B 6 Cornard Brook 7 Surrey Blue Jay 8 Snooker Club 9 Cincinnati Scimitars 10 Northampton
Could teams 1-4 and 6-9 please check in by 9-40 ready for a 10am start Teams 5 and 10 do not play in the first set of games so can they be at the Masonic by 11-15 . Thanks Dave
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Post by johnslee on Aug 16, 2022 21:05:50 GMT
Hi Dave Myself and Jim will be up for Blind Pairs thanks. We are aiming to be at Sudbury Friday morning if.you need Some help with tables . John.
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Post by daveuk1 on Aug 16, 2022 22:20:23 GMT
Hi Dave Myself and Jim will be up for Blind Pairs thanks. We are aiming to be at Sudbury Friday morning if.you need Some help with tables . John. Nice one John, tables will be arriving at the Masonic from 10am on the Friday, I do seem to remember you helped last time while Jim sat back and supervised,,,,, oh,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and checked the quality of the beer
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Post by dillon on Aug 17, 2022 4:46:54 GMT
Hi Dave Myself and Jim will be up for Blind Pairs thanks. We are aiming to be at Sudbury Friday morning if.you need Some help with tables . John. Nice one John, tables will be arriving at the Masonic from 10am on the Friday, I do seem to remember you helped last time while Jim sat back and supervised,,,,, oh,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and checked the quality of the beer System worked perfectly last time. I suggest we stick with it.
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Post by daveuk1 on Aug 20, 2022 17:57:14 GMT
Players that I know of who are entering the doubles on Friday night. 1 Tony Jenner 2 Rick Cunningham 3 Mal Spier 4 Jim Balchin 5 John Slee 6 Chris Saville 7 Alan Mee 8 Brett Parker 9 Steve Hale 10 Jeff Bridges 11 Paul Gooch 12 Tracey Reeve
We need a maximum of 16 players.
We also plan to have a ninth table available over the weekend, this will be used for a little fun tournament, two minutes per play with the aim of making the highest break you can in the time. I suggest people put 50p in the kitty for each attempt and at the end of Saturday the player with the highest recorded break takes half the money while the other half is donated to SARS. I am just not sure if 50p per go is too much, let me know your thoughts before I draw up some kind of rules.
See you all in a couple of weeks
Dave
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Post by iang on Aug 20, 2022 18:14:57 GMT
Hi Dave.
here's my 10 pence worth, we used to hold a speed break comp at Finals nights some years ago and it was £1.00 per go winner takes all & 1 minutes play so 50p is a good deal especially if it's split.
Good luck for a great competition.
Ian.
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Post by daveuk1 on Aug 22, 2022 7:55:55 GMT
Hi Dave. here's my 10 pence worth, we used to hold a speed break comp at Finals nights some years ago and it was £1.00 per go winner takes all & 1 minutes play so 50p is a good deal especially if it's split. Good luck for a great competition. Ian. I know the break on 3 and 4 pin are totally different but what were the rules? If your break goes belly up do you get a chance to start again? There again I guess with 3 pin and only one minute if you break down there isn't really any reason to start again if you still have some time left. To stop the 150 break shot we are considering starting with the triangle break
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Post by Chris_Sav on Aug 22, 2022 9:59:00 GMT
Three pin speed break used to be a single break of up to three minutes.
Narrow table would probably be better to do two or three minutes continuous play rather than one break, pay you to set up big shots then.
Best with a visible clock or timer display on a laptop.
Hi from Manxland!
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Post by daveuk1 on Sept 1, 2022 7:16:35 GMT
Looking forward to the weekend. See some of you tonight See some of you tomorrow and see all of you on Saturday morning.
If I remember I will bring some entry forms with me for next year's World Four Pin open
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Post by bigtj on Sept 3, 2022 6:23:31 GMT
Good evening at the blind pairs yesterday and thank you to my partner Geoff Bridges for carrying me through to the finalk where we eventually beat Mal Spier and Steve Hale.
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Post by daveuk1 on Sept 3, 2022 8:09:12 GMT
The big question is Who had all the chilli jam?
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Post by daveuk1 on Sept 3, 2022 20:55:00 GMT
Romour has is that Worthing managed to win again.
A very big thank you from me to everyone who took part, it was a great day and a special thanks to Brett Parker who not only managed to play but also run the admin single handed while the rest of us just drunk beer and more beer 🍻
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