The Chris Cass 4x4 national team tournament 2023

[daveuk1]

The Chris Cass 4x4 national tournament will take place at the Masonic Hall in Sudbury Suffolk on Saturday 2nd September 2023.

We are looking for teams of four players to enter, playing 4 pin on narrow tables. The entry fee will be £40 per team

Please leave a message below or send me a PM if you are interested in entering a team. Numbers will be limited and entries taken on a first come first served basis.

The exact format will be decided once we know the number of teams entering.

Thanks

Dave
Suffolk BBA

[daveuk1]

Teams so far

Worthing
Surrey
The Brook
Half n Half's
Brook Gloves
White Horse
Snooker club 1
Snooker club 2
Brewery Tap 1
Brewery Tap 2

[alanturner]

Apr 23, 2023 14:45:04 GMT daveuk1 said:

The Chris Cass 4x4 national tournament will take place at the Masonic Hall in Sudbury Suffolk on Saturday 2nd September 2023.

We are looking for teams of four players to enter, playing 4 pin on narrow tables. The entry fee will be £40 per team

Please leave a message below or send me a PM if you are interested in entering a team. Numbers will be limited and entries taken on a first come first served basis.

The exact format will be decided once we know the number of teams entering.

Thanks

Dave
Suffolk BB

DONT FORGET .................ENTER NOW ............

ALSO ...............PRIOR to The Chris Cass 4x4 national tournament there will be a BLIND DRAWN PAIRS KNOCKOUT at the Masonic Hall in Sudbury Suffolk on Friday Night 1st September 2023 .

IF YOU ARE ON THE LIST BOOKED AND YOU HAVE NOT BOOKED IN BY 6.30 YOUR PLACE MAY BE TAKEN BY A RESERVE ENTRANT !!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ....DONT BE LATE !!!

The Charity ( all for SARS)... Drawn Pairs Competition , entry is limited to 16 to create 8 pairs , £5 entry fee per PERSON , you are guaranteed at least 7 games !!!. Format .. each pair plays all other pairs once league , then semi finals and final for the top 4 teams . Trophys to Winners , RunnersUp . Entry payment on the night GET YOUR NAMES DOWN IF YOU WANT TO PLAY

GET YOUR NAME DOWN NOW !!!!!!

SPEED BAR BILLIARD ... THE SPEED BAR BILLIARDS WILL RUN ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT AND ALL DAY SATURDAY ..CHARITY/CASH PRIZE .

PAY  ON THE NIGHT AND ENTER BEFORE 6.30

[daveuk1]

Entries are now closed for the 4x4 with 10 teams confirmed.

Unfortunately the seven sisters have had to withdraw and their place has been taken by The Brook.

[tommo III]

Any news as to the start time on the Saturday ?

[daveuk1]

Hi Clive, it's a 10am start but I did do the schedule to Surrey don't play their first game until 11 as I know you are traveling up in the morning.

[tommo III]

Thanks Dave,
Very considerate. 
Glad I can make it this year, looking forward to it.

Cheers,
Clive

[bigtj]

Hope this went well today and all had a great day,

[tommo III]

It was both an eventful day and a thoroughly enjoyable one.

Firstly some thank yous:  Jeremy Fry for tables, sponsorship, presentation etc.; Dave Lillie for has tireless work behind the scenes, including levelling and ironing the tables, all of which played well; Paul and Cathy for hosting at the Masonic;  Brett Parker for a huge part in maintaining the schedule and results via his own spreadsheet; Nancy for much running around getting the results slips in; Alan Mee for his efforts in running the Friday night competition and sponsorship of that, and Steve Hale for his work on the website. (Hope I haven't missed anybody) 

The play was of a high standard, great to see loads of youngsters taking part and demonstrating the different sort of skills needed for this variant of the game. Loads of laughs, especially in the raucous match between the two Snooker club sides, Bath Tubbers and Rub-a-dub-dubs (so named in honour of their R.G.Mitchell of Skegness fibrelass home table)

No doubt full results will be available on the Suffolk BBA website, but meanwhile I can reveal this summary of how it went:

Phase 1
Group 1 - 1st White Horse; 2nd Brook Gloves; 3rd Rub-a-dub-dubs.
Group 2 - 1st Brewery Tap 1; 2nd Surrey Blue Jays; 3rd Cornard Brook.
Group 3 - 1st Half'n'halfs; 2nd Brewery Tap 2; 3rd Bath Tubbers.

Teams were then placed into three sections, top middle and bottom for the final phase, which then resulted in the following overall postions:
1- White Horse (12pts) 2- Tap 1 (6pts) 3- Half'n'halfs (6pts)
4 - Brook Gloves (8pts) 5- Tap 2 (8pts) 6- Surrey Blue Jays (8pts)  - overall scores decided
7 - Bath Tubbers (10pts) 8- Rub-a-dub-dubs (8pts) 9- Cornard Brook 6pts)

Well done to Brett Parker and the rest of his White Horse team (P, A & D Shipley), convincing winners on the day - Brett winning all four of his games, a feat only matched by Jeremy Fry (B.Tap 2)

[stevehale]

Results are all now placed on the website.

They can all be found here - sbbasl.leaguerepublic.com/fg/2_143476682.html

The league tables do not show the total points accrued by each side as the website doesn’t offer that function unfortunately. However there are notes posted on each game with points totals to confirm that everything added up as per Brett’s excellent Spreadsheet used on the day.

[Chris_Sav]

Thoroughly enjoyed the short time I had there due to the rail strike. Interesting combination of modes of transport to get there! decidedly rattly old bus from Colchester

I got back ok on the final train from London at 1730hrs.

Thanks for the welcome as always, hope to see you in March (or possibly November??)

[daveuk1]

Sept 3, 2023 14:13:04 GMT Chris_Sav said:

Thoroughly enjoyed the short time I had there due to the rail strike. Interesting combination of modes of transport to get there! decidedly rattly old bus from Colchester

I got back ok on the final train from London at 1730hrs.

Thanks for the welcome as always, hope to see you in March (or possibly November??)

What could possibly be happening in November?

[tommo III]

quote:

What could possibly be happening in November?

Jersey ?  And a chance for a real pissup ?

[daveuk1]

I can't find my passport so I'm stuck in Sudbury having a real piss up

[daveuk1]

Just to let you know the Chris Cass 4x4 national team comp will take place next year on Saturday 31st August.

[tommo III]

From the excellent stats provided on the SBBA website, here's a full players' summary:

Pos.	Player	Team	PL	W	D	L	W%	Total Pts	Average
1	Brett Parker	White Horse	4	4	0	0	100	7780	1945
2	Jeremy Fry	Brewery Tap A	4	4	0	0	100	6970	1742.5
3	Matt Pawley	Half & Halfs	4	3	0	1	75	9140	2285
4	Steve Hale	Brewery Tap B	4	3	0	1	75	7700	1925
5	Chris Ackland-Lang	Cornard Brook	4	3	0	1	75	6030	1507.5
6	Dave Lillie	Half & Halfs	4	3	0	1	75	5900	1475
7	Pete Shipley	White Horse	4	3	0	1	75	5020	1255
8	Alan Giles	Brook Gloves	4	3	0	1	75	4900	1225
9	Sam Kerruish	Brewery Tap B	4	3	0	1	75	3980	995
10	Peter Whymark	Rub-a-Dub-Dubs	4	3	0	1	75	3890	972.5
11	Jim Balchin	Surrey Blue Jays	4	3	0	1	75	3780	945
11	Ollie Gooch	Bath Tubbers	4	3	0	1	75	3780	945
13	Jeff Bridges	Brewery Tap A	4	2	0	2	50	6020	1505
14	Brendan Hoare	Half & Halfs	4	2	0	2	50	5770	1442.5
15	Paul Gooch	Bath Tubbers	4	2	0	2	50	5520	1380
16	Joe Andrews-Worth	Brook Gloves	4	2	0	2	50	5340	1335
17	John Slee	Surrey Blue Jays	4	2	0	2	50	5250	1312.5
18	Damon Shipley	White Horse	4	2	0	2	50	5050	1262.5
19	Clive Thompson	Surrey Blue Jays	4	2	0	2	50	4820	1205
20	Tracy Reeve	Brewery Tap B	4	2	0	2	50	4680	1170
21	Nancy Ackland-Lang	Cornard Brook	4	2	0	2	50	3400	850
22	Dave Tozer	Rub-a-Dub-Dubs	4	2	0	2	50	3380	845
23	Dave Ritchie	Bath Tubbers	4	2	0	2	50	3300	825
24	Adam Shipley	White Horse	4	2	0	2	50	2760	690
25	Kevin Patrick	Rub-a-Dub-Dubs	4	2	0	2	50	1210	302.5
26	Andy Hill	Brook Gloves	4	1	0	3	25	4840	1210
27	Dan Ackland-Lang	Cornard Brook	4	1	0	3	25	4500	1125
28	Alan Mee	Half & Halfs	4	1	0	3	25	4420	1105
29	Lee Harman	Brewery Tap A	4	1	0	3	25	4380	1095
30	Graham Williams	Brook Gloves	4	1	0	3	25	3880	970
31	Debbie Ritchie	Bath Tubbers	4	1	0	3	25	3430	857.5
32	Connor Cansdale	Brewery Tap B	4	1	0	3	25	3140	785
33	Abbey Balchin	Surrey Blue Jays	4	1	0	3	25	2150	537.5
34	James Baker	Brewery Tap A	4	0	0	4	0	2500	625
35	Mike McAndrews	Rub-a-Dub-Dubs	4	0	0	4	0	2330	582.5
36	Mike Kempton	Cornard Brook	4	0	0	4	0	1270	317.5

[tommo III]

Big Al has sent me some photos to put on the Forum.

Firstly Friday night's Blind Pairs awards.  I hope I have this in the right order:




1st Jeremy Fry & Connor Cansdale  2nd Brett Parker & Lee Harman  3rd Mike McAndrews & Alan Mee.

[tommo III]

For the main event on the Sunday, some personnel missing, two snaps of the winning White Horse team, and one of half of R/up Brewery Tap B: 




Brett plus 2 Shipleys (one missing) Jeremy Fry (in red) presenting; Tracey and Connor of the Tap B (Steve Hale and Sam Kerruish missing)

[tommo III]

.......and now for a random selection, which I hope will help to catch the atmosphere of a great day :




Abbey in action;  Andy Hill in action ; Jim Balchin thinking "what am I doing off the table?"

[tommo III]

Balchins plus Sleezy; Brendan in action; Chris Ackland-Lang gives Tommo a good hiding ...

[tommo III]

Dave Lillie gets stuck in; tommo reflects on whether or not his teammates will arrive; Sleezy primed and ready to go.

[tommo III]

Jeff Bridges glued to the table; Jezza plus one; two old men in deckchairs - sorry! - Dillon and Sav.

[tommo III]

King Charles looks down approvingly; Mike McAndrews in action; Macca in flirting mode

[tommo III]

Matt Pawley receives award for highest break; me in action; interesting headgear choice for Nancy!

[tommo III]

Vanishing balls act; Sleezy in actions; all the smiling faces bear witness to a joyous event.

That's it, folks, done in rather a rush, so if I've misrepresented anyone let me know.

[johnslee]

Hi All
Just a few of my thoughts to add to Clives excellent posts on our exploits to Sudbury last weekend. An amazing day
Of competition playing 4 pin ,competitive but played in wonderful spirit. Sudbury guys and girls certainly know how to
Stage a lovely day. Tables were excellent set up by Dave, Jeremy and Alan and Brett produced a working format admined
By himself and Steve. Many thanks to Cathy and Paul for hosting us.
As tommo said a very respectable finish from us. The sight of Abbey making her debut against her first opponent wearing 
A Kilt was a sight to behold. 
4 pin may be different and not everyone's Cup of tea but watching so many young players thoroughly enjoying themselves shows
How popular it is in that part of the country .
Roll on next March.