31st Oxfordshire Open 2024

[milhouse]

Hi Everyone,

Please find attached entry form for the 31st Oxfordshire Open 2024 on Saturday 20th July 2024

After such positive feedback, we will once again be playing at the Staff Club in Didcot, Station Rd, Didcot OX11 7NR - conveniently located right next to the train station for those wishing to travel that way.

For the local(ish) players, the inter area one day event will be taking place on the Sunday.

2024 Oxon Open Entry Form.docx (13.39 KB)

Look forward to seeing you all there!

1 Abbey Balchin
2 Alan Donovan
3 Alan Oliver
4 Andy Burns
5 Andy Skinner
6 Arthur McIntyre
7 Barry Holt
8 Bob Hall
9 Bob Osborne
10 Chris Cox
11 Cliff Slade
12 Clive Thompson
13 Curt Driver
14 Damian Coates
15 Dan Wheal
16 Dave Naylor
17 David Ingram
18 Dennis Atkins
19 Geoff Powell
20 Gerry Fitzjohn
21 Haydn Ingram
22 Ian Gordon
23 Jack Clements
24 James Whittle
25 Jason Neal
26 Jean Brackenridge
27 John Boal
28 John Slee
29 Jon Bamsey
30 Jon Scoones
31 Kevin Tunstall
32 Kyle Ingram
33 Mark Trafford
34 Martin Cole
35 Martin Smith
36 Matt Jones
37 Matt Knight
38 Melissa Beach
39 Melvyn Johnson
40 Michael Wilson
41 Michelle Baden
42 Mike Jones
43 Nigel Senior
44 Paul Butcher
45 Paul Lovegrove
46 Pauline Withey
47 Pete Phillips
48 Pete Soanes
49 Phil Collins
50 Phil McFarland
51 Phil Osborne
52 Sean Stratford
53 Simon Coleman
54 Steph Pearce
55 Stephen Coleman
56 Stuart Carruthers
57 Tony Jenner
58 Vince Brown
59 Wayne Dibley
60 Will Cormack

[milhouse]

Entry list updated. Hoping everyone waiting until the last minute to enter :)

[NigelS]

Can you put me in for this open please Mark

[milhouse]

Entry list updated

[kjingram]

Kyle Ingram please Mark

[therealmc]

Entry form and cheque posted today for Martin Smith

[NigelS]

Michelle Baden for the open please

[milhouse]

Updated - up to 40 entries now

[SirKT]

Please add me Mark, cheque on way

[billiardsmichael]

Please add Abbey Balchin

[melissasb]

Please add Melissa Beach & Barry Holt

[milhouse]

Up tp 52 entries, not long left to get your entries in if you want to play

[aland]

Can you please add Alan Donovan. Thanks.

[milhouse]

Jul 1, 2024 17:36:00 GMT aland said:

Can you please add Alan Donovan. Thanks.

I'm pretty sure you are already on the list lol

[milhouse]

53 entries. I will close entries on Fridat night and will do the draw during the Oxford Finals Evening on Saturday

Let me know asap if you want to enter

[TNT]

Please add Steph Pearce & Dan Wheal

[milhouse]

Up to 58 entries (same as last year!) with one day left to let me know if you wish to enter

[milhouse]

60

[tommo III]

Oxfordshire players did well in their own competition !
For the record, Last 16 in the main were:
Dennis Atkins, Daniel Wheal, Jon Bamsey, Kyle Ingram, Mike Jones, Matt Jones, Vinny Brown, Curt Driver
Mark Trafford, Gerry Fitzjohn, Dave Ingram, Phil Collins, James Whittle, Martin Smith, Phil Osborne, John Slee.

Plate Semi-finals were:
Bob Osborne (Sus) v Alan Oliver (Ox)
Matt Knight (Sus) v Melvyn Johnson (Ox)

Witnessed some great tussles:
John Slee 13k up against Ozzie, Ozzie overhauled.
Curt Driver 18k lead against Matt Jones, Matt overhauled.

Huge congratulations to FITZ, one of the nicest guys you could wish to meet, on winning his first Open Championship.

And many thanks to Traffs for laying on the tournament, an enjoyable day once again at the GWR Staff Cluib (in spite of my own abject failures ..)

[tommo III]

Crappy reporting after the event as per usual ..... did no-one else enjoy it ?
A good raffle organised by Beefy, with excellent rapid denouement from Silent.

Main Competition: Gerry Fitzjohn bt Matt Jones in the Final.

Qr.Finals: Gerry bt Dave Ingram; Martin Smith bt Phil Osborne; John Bamsey bt Dennis Atkins; Matt bt Curt Driver

Can anyone tell me the results of the Plate for the Timeline ?  Cheers

[curtd]

Jul 21, 2024 18:15:47 GMT tommo III said:

Crappy reporting after the event as per usual ..... did no-one else enjoy it ?
A good raffle organised by Beefy, with excellent rapid denouement from Silent.

Main Competition: Gerry Fitzjohn bt Matt Jones in the Final.

Qr.Finals: Gerry bt Dave Ingram; Martin Smith bt Phil Osborne; John Bamsey bt Dennis Atkins; Matt bt Curt Driver

Can anyone tell me the results of the Plate for the Timeline ?  Cheers

I think you will find that the organiser of yesterday’s event has been involved in another completion there today so how about winding it in a bit and giving them a couple of days to put something on here . Really unfair Clive …….

[tommo III]

Jul 21, 2024 18:22:51 GMT curtd said:

I think you will find that the organiser of yesterday’s event has been involved in another completion there today so how about winding it in a bit and giving them a couple of days to put something on here . Really unfair Clive …….

No criticism whatsoever of the organisers inferred here, Curt:
Quite the opposite in fact, was commenting on the general lack of excitement after the event from those who took part.

[billiardsmichael]

Jul 21, 2024 18:15:47 GMT tommo III said:

Can anyone tell me the results of the Plate for the Timeline ?  Cheers

Melvyn Johnson bt Bob Osborne

[BB Warrior]

Firstly, congratulations to Gerry Fitzjohn for winning the Oxon Open on Saturday beating Matt Jones in the final to claim his first County Open title, both had played well all day and were deserved finalists. A big well done also to Melvyn Johnson for winning the Plate Competition and keeping some of the silverware up in Oxford.

My thanks to the GWRSA Club for hosting the event and all involved in organising and running a very competitive tournament that gave us plenty of close games throughout the day.

The only suggestions that I would like to make would be that it would be nice if there was an easily accessible chart providing updates of the times of games and the results of games that had been played and that (personally) I found it quite hard to hear Mark when he was announcing players & tables before the next series of games so possibly a microphone (or "Silent" ) could be used to enable old gits like me to be able to hear those next year?

[milhouse]

Hi Everyone,

Now an exhausting weekend is finally over......

Thank you to all the players who entered. Thanks to Ian Gordon & Jon Scoones for helping with the setting up on the Friday and to Pauline Withey & David Naylor for their work Saturday morning.

Many congratulations to Gerry Fitzjohn on his maiden open win. He played well all day with an average of over 12k per game. Commiserations to Matt Jones on being runner-up. Was a great final between you 15,440 v 15,050. Matt played very well all day too, with an average of over 19k per game. Matt also walked away with the high break prize with 19,440, which was achieved while beating Curt Driver in the quarter final after he had an 18,150 break in the first leg!

Congratulations to Melvyn Johnson in winning the plate in another close final against Bob Osborne 10,070 v 9,060

Finally congratualtions to Jean Brackenridge on winning the ladies high break with 7,550 (against me!) - plus a well done for beating Matt Knight in the first round

Below are the table averages for the day in the main competition only

TOTAL Averages
	Count	Per Leg
Table 1	6	10,200
Table 2	7	8,112
Table 3	7	5,887
Table 4	7	8,617
Table 5	9	9,683
Table 6	7	6,156
Table 7	7	6,807
Table 8	6	12,624

[milhouse]

In response to the other comments made....

The Oxon open is unique with it being played on a Saturday and with playing on the SUnday in another competition, i struggle to get any report posted until Monday night. I appreciate Clive's comments were probably not aimed at me personally

In response to Dave's comments, i think this is the first time someone has said i dont talk loud enough I was offered a microphone but didnt think it was needed but i can change that for next year.
With regards to the chart, i printed one out but left it on my desk at work and only realised when setting up on the Friday night, so when i got home, i wrote the one out by hand that was in front of the admin table! I will admit this is the only thing i always keep forgetting about!

Any other comments regarding the day are gratefully received, so i can put on a better competition next year