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Post by NigelS on Nov 14, 2023 12:42:08 GMT
Greetings from Jersey. Boat cancelled again tonight so have managed to calculate the qualifiers with good old pen and paper.
Qualifiers for the Grand Prix below, if people can please confirm whether or not they are going to attend, I will update the list as I get answers. let me know ASAP as there are only 2 weeks to confirm. Grand Prix is on Sun 26th Nov at Totteridge Club. I will confirm start times shortly
1 Kevin Tunstall 56 - confirmed
2 Matt Jones 43 - confirmed
3 Curt Driver 37 - confirmed
4 Martin Cole 35 - confirmed
Mark James 31
5 Mark Trafford 27 - confirmed
Paul Sainsbury 25
6 Nigel Senior 22 - confirmed
Trevor Gallienne 21
7 Joe Oakley 20 - confirmed
Bob Chapple 18
8 Dave Jones 15 - confirmed
9 Dave Ingram 12 - confirmed
10 Geoff Jukes 12 - confirmed
11 Gerry Fitzjohn 11 - confirmed
12 Daniel Wheal 11 - confirmed
13 Matt Knight 10 - confirmed
14 Chris Cox 10 - confirmed
15 Stuart Carruthers 9 - confirmed
16 Simon Coleman 8 - confirmed
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Post by NigelS on Nov 17, 2023 11:48:38 GMT
We have our final 16.
So our groups are
Group A
(1) Kevin Tunstall
(8) Dave Jones
(9) Dave Ingram
(16) Simon Coleman
Group B
(2) Matt Jones
(7) Joe Oakley
(10) Geoff Jukes
(15) Stuart Carruthers
Group C
(3) Curt Driver
(6) Nigel Senior
(11) Gerry Fitzjohn
(14) Chris Cox
Group D
(4) Martin Cole
(5) Mark Trafford
(12) Daniel Wheal
(13) Matt Knight
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Post by NigelS on Nov 21, 2023 13:00:50 GMT
Just a reminder re dress code for Sunday - waistcoat, bow ties, black trousers and black shoes....
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Post by NigelS on Nov 22, 2023 17:30:55 GMT
11.30am start time Sunday
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Post by bigtj on Nov 25, 2023 11:07:12 GMT
Good luck to all taking part tomorrow.
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sleezy
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Post by sleezy on Nov 25, 2023 22:06:17 GMT
Hi all
All the best and good luck to all the "Guys and Girls " playing in the Grand Prix's " and under 30's
At totteridge tommorow. Special best wishes to all my Surrey friends and mates. Have a great
Day
John.
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Post by NigelS on Nov 27, 2023 10:53:53 GMT
Congrats to Matt Jones on winning his 2nd Grand Prix title. The World Champ beat Kev Tunstall in the final. 2 breaks in the first leg saw Matt accumulate a 17k+ lead. Kev never really got going and conceded early The top 16 players of the year competed in 4 groups. And each group had its twist and turns Group A was won by number 1 seed KT, but he was in trouble after losing to Dave Ingram. Dave Jones played Kevin last and could lose by less than 13k and progress, but Kevin beat him 22k to 3k. Group B has been called the greatest Group in Grand Prix history. But that was by Joe Oakley who may have been a little biased as he was competing in it. Matt Jones went through unbeaten but that was only after Joe let him off the hook in the final match. This meant Stu Carruthers was 2nd, who had a good day making Matt run the table out in the first match to beat him after being 17k in front. Group C was also tight, all 4 player went into the last match with one win a piece. Nigel Senior was in control, only needing a win to see him through and was 18.4k up on Curt Driver. Curt though came back with 19,720. This however only acheived the result of knocking himself and Nigel out as Chris Cox got the required score and win against Gerry fitzjohn to put him thorugh by just 1,480 points. Group D was no less exciting. Martin Cole got through and that was after being battered (Matt knight's words) by Matt Knight in his first match. So by the final match Mark Trafford was in control with a 30k plus lead over Martin and 2 wins. However Mark missed early on 2k against Martin, so Martin went hell for leather scoring 14k then another 21,330 for the highest break of the day. This result though kept Matt Knight in the hunt for a first semi final at the Grand Prix. He would need to beat debutant Daniel Wheal but also score around 19k. Dan though played his best game of the day to deny Matt the win. In the semis Coxy had golden chances to beat Matt - only 3k behind with his break to come but left the one up short. Martin played Kevin in the other semi final - 2 breaks put him 9k up, but Kev didnt miss after that to end Martin's run. Below are a copy of the Group tables, thanks to Matt Jones for setting up the tables. Clearly from the scores you can see once again he set them up to be of great standard. | Group A | | P | W | L | Score | Player Ave |
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| Kevin Tunstall | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 57240 | 9540 | | Dave Jones | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 51760 | 8627 | | Dave Ingram | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 35730 | 5955 | | Simon Coleman | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20700 | 3450 | | Group B | | | | | | | | Matt Jones | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 54990 | 9165 | | Stuart Carruthers | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 42920 | 7153 | | Joe Oakley | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50220 | 8370 | | Geoff Jukes | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 32530 | 5422 | | Group C | | | | | | | | Chris Cox | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 45980 | 7663 | | Curt Driver | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 44500 | 7417 | | Nigel Senior | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 59150 | 9858 | | Gerry Fitzjohn | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24900 | 4150 | | Group D | | | | | | | | Martin Cole | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 53300 | 8883 | | Mark Trafford | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50580 | 8430 | | Matt Knight | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 41530 | 6922 | | Daniel Wheal | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 35890 | 5982 |
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Post by BB Warrior on Nov 27, 2023 17:04:12 GMT
Congratulations to all 3 winners of the AEBBA Competitions played at Totteridge Community Centre yesterday.... Matt Jones in the Grand Prix, Pauline Withey for her record-breaking 6th Ladies Grand Prix title and to Max Burt for winning the Under 30's title.  A HUGE THANK YOU to Nigel Senior, Mathew Knight, Jean Brackenridge, Matt Jones and anyone else involved for all of their hard work organising and running the AEBBA Competitions both yesterday and throughout the whole year.... these competitions that we all enjoy playing would not take place without the time and effort that you give to make this happen and we all appreciate it.  Also, thank you to the Totteridge Club for hosting these events for us, we are always made to feel very welcome whenever we come here.  |
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Post by geoff on Nov 27, 2023 19:00:44 GMT
I agree wholeheartedly with Dave. Especially about the contribution made by the tournament organisers.
As regards Group B, it was a tough group, in with 3 very good 'youngsters', (my son is about the same age
as these 3 cueists)... T took a leg off all 3 off them, but lost on aggregate... ran the clock out against
Matt but of course he scored more in his leg, one go each. 9k lead over Joe and he wiped that out with his
break.. and one of them is the now both the World Champ and the Grand Prix champ, one hell of a group.
A pleasure to be part off.
On a more sober note, I have just found out an old friend of myn (same age as me), passed on this weekend,
I last saw him just before we all went out to Jersey. Take care.
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