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Post by BB Warrior on May 11, 2008 6:09:59 GMT
Finals Night will be held at the Hurst Club on Wednesday 11th June.
Players & Teams that have qualified so far:-
Team Cup
Plough v Greyhound
Team Plate
Handcross Z v Hurst Club
Charity Cup
Brewers Bravos v Watermill B
Mens Singles
Dave Ingram (Hurst Club) v Graham Sparksman (Brewers Droops)
1st Division Singles
Kevin Hall (Hurst Club) v Dave Ingram (Hurst Club)
Ladies Singles
Lynne Storr (Windmill) v Ros Appleby (Sportsman)
Open Doubles
Andy Farmer-Wright & Richard Jeffrey (Brewers Droops) v Kevin Hall (Hurst Club) & Lorraine Hall (Brewers Droops)
Mixed Doubles
Kevin Hall & Hayley Tunstall (Hurst Club) v Trevor Rees & Jean Cook (Greyhound)
Senior Singles (to be played on Home & Away basis - not on Finals Night)
Paul Jobbins (Hurst B) 3 Ted Stringer (CKRBL) 2
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Post by Baby Guinness on May 11, 2008 11:09:30 GMT
Charity Cup
Brewers Bravos v Watermill 'B'
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Post by BB Warrior on May 26, 2008 22:28:40 GMT
Finals night list updated above. ;D
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Post by BB Warrior on Jun 4, 2008 6:19:39 GMT
Full list of Finalists now shown above.
Good luck to all.....! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 9:39:06 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]The Mid Sussex Finals Night is tonight !!![/glow]
So good luck to all taking part.
Kicks off at 7.30pm with the Team Plate Final, Hurst A v Handcross Z.
Some well-known Forum luminaries are taking part in various Singles and Doubles Finals : Sparky; BB Warrior; BB Reaper; Aunty Ros; JollyFatFarmer; Sir Jock o'the Strap; TIR; Mama Hall - and LadyH. All your favourites ! ;D
Don't forget to bring a prize for the raffle. ;D
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Post by BB Warrior on Jun 11, 2008 9:54:07 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]The Mid Sussex Finals Night is tonight !!![/glow] So good luck to all taking part. Kicks off at 7.30pm with the Team Plate Final, Hurst A v Handcross Z. Some well-known Forum luminaries are taking part in various Singles and Doubles Finals : Sparky; BB Warrior; BB Reaper; Aunty Ros; JollyFatFarmer; Sir Jock o'the Strap; TIR; Mama Hall - and LadyH. All your favourites ! ;D Don't forget to bring a prize for the raffle. ;D Indeed...... good luck to all taking part tonight! ;D May the best men..... and ladies.... win! ;) 8-) |
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Post by BB Warrior on Jun 11, 2008 10:30:19 GMT
1st Division Singles Kevin Hall (Hurst Club) v Dave Ingram (Hurst Club) I will be playing one of my favorite records very loudly on the way to Finals Night....... in a (vain!) attempt to be noisier than Kevin's shirt was on Sunday....... :o :o The song is by Blue Oyster Cult........ 8-) ;) ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 11:22:41 GMT
Don't Fear The Reaper. ;D
A very good strategy, one I've adopted myself in the past.
I prepared for my Final against Q a few years ago by playing "Eye of the Tiger" ;D
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Post by BB Warrior on Jun 11, 2008 11:43:07 GMT
Don't Fear The Reaper. ;D A very good strategy, one I've adopted myself in the past. I prepared for my Final against Q a few years ago by playing "Eye of the Tiger" ;D Yes, that's the one Tommo....!! ;D I would have thought "Pussycat, Pussycat, I love You....." would have been more appropriate for your match with Q......... ;) :o |
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Post by Sparky on Jun 11, 2008 16:56:18 GMT
Good luck to everyone taking part tonight and may there be good billiards, good company, good food and good beer (or whatever you may drink) :D
don't forget to bring your cues ( and £1 coins) for the Speed Break Comp from about 8.30 to 10.30 I believe :-*
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 0:52:26 GMT
Another Mid Sussex Finals Night has passed, not without its drama, and some ‘firsts’ were achieved along the way.
The mighty BB Warrior lifted both the Mens Singles title and the 1st Division singles title – the first person ever to achieve this.
The Ladies Singles cup will have a new name on it as Lynn Storr managed to win it in her first Final appearance.
The BB Reaper lifted both the Open Doubles and the Mixed Doubles title, with a different female partner each time.
His Mixed Doubles partner Lady H has won FOUR Mixed Doubles awards in the same season (three in leagues in Sussex, plus the National Title with hubby K.T.) – undoubtedly a record.
And the Reaper also managed a strange but unenviable record: losing a final 1-2 after clocking up an impressive 13k in the first frame.
And Handcross Z managed a strange ‘double’ : Premier Champs and Team PLATE winners – the first season for 15 that they had been dumped out of the main competition !
Winners and runners-up, following the order of play:
Team Plate Final:
Handcross Z 3, Hurst A 2
C.Thompson 5620, D.Ingram 2870
J.Turner 1300, R.Wells 2200
G.Daniels 5150, P.Hall 1480
B.Timson 1530, K.Hall 4280
M.Holmwood 5540, B.Hall 1250
Team Cup Final:
Greyhound 3, Plough 2
T.Rees 3890, D.Gasson BP
P.Burchell 4450, M.Webber 760
P.Goodwin 3290, K.Potter 3890
N.Burchell BP, M.Fuller 5360
G.Fairs 2650, G.Parsons 1520
Charity League
Brewers Bravos bt Watermill B
Open Doubles
Lorraine & Kevin Hall bt Andy Farmer-Wright & Richard Jeffrey
1st Div Singles
Dave Ingram 2, Kevin Hall 1
Ladies Singles
Lynn Storr 2, Ros Appleby 1
Mens Singles
Dave Ingram bt Graham Sparksman
Mixed Doubles
Kevin Hall & Hayley Tunstall 2, Trevor Rees & Jean Cook 1
England Number 1 Kevin Tunstall was on hand to present the prizes.
Adam Bateup won the Speedbreak prize (over 1000 in a minute) – well done to him.
The Sportsman Inn received a cup for the most funds raised in the Charity League.
Lorraine Hall and Jenny Edwards were presented with the Sussex Ladies Doubles Cup which they had won earlier in the year.
There were other awards for the League, Performance awards etc which can be detailed later, but all of those present witnessed a strange and mysterious – almost mystical – event during the course of the Ladies Singles Final……..
An enormous moth (someone present described it as a Hawkshead Moth) landed on Lynn’s top while she was waiting her turn at the table. She didn’t notice it at first, but it looked like an enormous brooch and a ripple of laughter went round the room. When she eventually spotted it and brushed it away, it flew straight towards the table and took the black peg out !!! Needless to say a huge cheer heralded this feat. This inspired comments such as “I didn’t realise John Slee had come along tonight and opened his wallet” and “I bet there’s nothing in the All-England Rules to cover that !”
Anyway, a great evening, enjoyed by all those present, players and spectators alike.
Well done to the Mid Sussex Committee, and especially Lorraine Hall for her tireless efforts, in once again making it all possible.
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Post by BB Warrior on Jun 12, 2008 8:55:05 GMT
I would certainly add my words of thanks to Lorraine and the rest of the Committee for all of their hard work in organising the evening...... and to the Hurst Club itself who hosted us so well - as always! ;D
Congratulations to all of the winners on the night, commiserations to the losers in some really good and close matches in all of the Finals. 8-)
For myself, I am still in something of a state of shock this morning at having won both singles...... :o
The match against Kevin was probably the toughest that I have ever had...... his break (13,690 :o) in the first game was great to watch ;) 8-) - but a nitemare for me in my break game! :-/ :-[ :(
I definitely had the luck of the balls in game 2 and the decider could so easily have gone either way. Kevin's a great opponent and he has had a fantastic season (again!) this year - I'm sure that he will be back next year and tougher than ever. ;) 8-)
In the other match against Sparky, I had something of an advantage having already played 4 games on the evening while Graham was coming in cold.
It was a shame that the table we played on was nowhere near as good as either of the others that I had played on already...... the break was almost impossible and there were numerous rolls that weren't even consistant.... >:(
The first game was very close..... and very low scoring. :( In the second game, although I got a reasonable start, Sparky played some some brilliant shots to get the break back.... only to miss it. :( The same happened later in the game, which made the final score more one-sided than the match deserved to be. >:(
Unfortunately, I didn't see the moth incident in the Ladies Final which will doubtless be recorded in the history of the League ( :o) but congratulations to Lynn in overcoming BOTH of her tough opponents....!! ;D 8-)
My thanks to everybody for their support on the night, greatly appreciated. ;D
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Post by Chris_Sav on Jun 12, 2008 9:31:38 GMT
An enormous moth (someone present described it as a Hawkshead Moth) landed on Lynn’s top while she was waiting her turn at the table. She didn’t notice it at first, but it looked like an enormous brooch and a ripple of laughter went round the room. When she eventually spotted it and brushed it away, it flew straight towards the table and took the black peg out !!! Needless to say a huge cheer heralded this feat. This inspired comments such as “I didn’t realise John Slee had come along tonight and opened his wallet” and “I bet there’s nothing in the All-England Rules to cover that !”Interesting and you are right that it's not in the AEBBA rules!! Rule 31 in the old rules That's been lost somehow in the new rules and obviously needs peg (kamikaze juggernaut moth) disturbance added to it!! One for another thread!! Well done to all who took part and to the organisers Sav. |
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Post by Chunky Monkey on Jun 12, 2008 11:25:27 GMT
A Big Well Done to Mama Hall for the organising of the evening and to the rest of the committee.
A Big well done to all the winners and comiserations to the losers.
Well played mum in our open doubles final. On what was the trickiest table of the evening. It was nice to win it after being Knocked out in the semi final 2 years running 3rd time is always definately lucky.
Well done to you BB Warrior for winning our singles match. It appeared that me playing the table out for 13690 wasn't enough to rattle you like it would most opponents. You kept your cool and deserved the win.
The Biggest well done from me has to go to my mixed doubles partner Lady H who i can say is a very strong lady as she had to carry me through all 3 legs of our final. I couldn't hit a beach ball through a barn door whilst sitting on the latch. Lady H you are awsome, Hope you will partner me next year to hold the title 3 years running.
Well done to the Zeds on beating us in the plate final 3-2.
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Post by ladyh on Jun 12, 2008 12:25:59 GMT
Loved the evening ;D
Its always great to catch up with good friends.
Kevin, you were .............. everywhere ........... going by how many trophies you picked up!!! 8-)
Quite a challenge for the organisers to make sure your games were spaced out and on different tables.
Well done Lorraine and all those who helped you organise last night - like Pete on the microphone, did you have to pay him to do that act?? ;D ;D
Player of the evening has to go to the moth, such precision to aim straight for the black and felling it in one swoop 8-)
H xx
p.s. Kev, I would be honoured to be your partner next year, thankyou for asking me again :-* :)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 14:36:40 GMT
Just to add a couple of further comments, firstly on the team finals. In the Main Cup, Greyhound went 2-0 up and Plough pulled it back to 2-all before Geoff Fairs won the Battle of the Geoffs (v Geoff Parsons) to secure victory for Greyhound.
In the Plate, the first four games kicked off simultaneously and all four went against the break ! Then at 2-all I felt for BobHall as he battled valiantly against the very experienced MrMike007 without having any luck as the pegs seemed to thwart any plans for him to compile a score of any consequence. And no-one to give him any encouragement as his team were involved in playing doubles or singles elsewhere. :'(
And talking of new records set, the Reaper has now equalled a tommo record (from 2004 & 2005) of winning all three blue riband events (Singles, Open Pairs and Mixed Doubles) in back-to-back seasons. So the Warrior now needs to win the Pairs again next year with Uncle Max plus the Mixed to be able to claim full bragging rights ! ;D ;D ;D ;D
PS Kev, Hayley was indeed awesome. She came up with several big breaks at crucial times. Spoke to TIR afterwards and he was quite chuffed to have taken one frame off you.
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Post by BB Warrior on Jun 12, 2008 15:24:11 GMT
And talking of new records set, the Reaper has now equalled a tommo record (from 2004 & 2005) of winning all three blue riband events (Singles, Open Pairs and Mixed Doubles) in back-to-back seasons. So the Warrior now needs to win the Pairs again next year with Uncle Max plus the Mixed to be able to claim full bragging rights ! ;D ;D ;D ;D Well, I'm sure that I will be back next year to try to re-claim the doubles...... and I'm hopeful of finding a partner for the Mixed Doubles as well next season since Uncle Max refuses to dress as Auntie Maxine..... and I haven't got the legs for a skirt! ;D ;D I even have someone in mind....... ;D :o :-X |
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Post by Sir Jock o The Strap on Jun 12, 2008 18:27:20 GMT
And talking of new records set, the Reaper has now equalled a tommo record (from 2004 & 2005) of winning all three blue riband events (Singles, Open Pairs and Mixed Doubles) in back-to-back seasons. So the Warrior now needs to win the Pairs again next year with Uncle Max plus the Mixed to be able to claim full bragging rights ! ;D ;D ;D ;D Well, I'm sure that I will be back next year to try to re-claim the doubles...... and I'm hopeful of finding a partner for the Mixed Doubles as well next season since Uncle Max refuses to dress as Auntie Maxine..... and I haven't got the legs for a skirt! ;D ;D I even have someone in mind....... ;D :o :-X Its not a skirt its a DRESS!!!!! :o ;D ;D ;D ;D I'm in. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 18:33:43 GMT
Errrr, I don't think that Jock in a kilt is permissable as Warrior's partner in a mixed doubles. ::)
However, in these days of political correctness............. ;D
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Post by iang on Jun 12, 2008 18:40:34 GMT
Just to add my congratulations to all of the Winners.
What an amazing feat for the big man winning both of the mens singles titles something I'm sure won't happen again for many years. Also to Lynn storr who has quietly played her games through out the seasons & then makes the Ladies Final & wins it first time round, Bad luck goes to Ros I know how much you wanted it & I know you will come back for more next year.
As for the Reaper I don't know how you fitted that much in to one evening A big well done Kev.
& of course Mr Jobbins on taking the Seniors.
Thanks to sir K T for presenting the trophies & good to see Ian Lelliot as well.
Well done bravo 1080 in the speed break can't be bad
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Post by Sparky on Jun 12, 2008 21:41:59 GMT
Another good Finals night with drama and upsets, well organised by Lorraine and helped by the committee in the ample surroundings of the Hurst Club.
Very well played Dave as you adapted to the table far better than I did and that was after playing against Kev in such a thrilling battle to win 2 great events.
Kev all those rewards are well deserved and expect you to go on improving.
Congratulations to all the other winners and well done to the loosing finalists for such honourable efforts.
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Post by DA-DM on Jun 13, 2008 1:34:53 GMT
congratulations to all... ;D ;D
but i think the aforementioned moth has now taken up residence in my kitchen........ >:(..it couldn't have hitchhiked cos i wasn't there, had to play league in pompey.
it's bloody huge !!!! it's the MOTHer of all moths, or the father i s'pose.
i'm no good at throwing moth balls.....i keep missing the little blighters..... ;D ::)
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Post by BB Warrior on Jun 13, 2008 8:29:31 GMT
Errrr, I don't think that Jock in a kilt is permissable as Warrior's partner in a mixed doubles. ::) However, in these days of political correctness............. ;D You would have to shave your legs Jock old Buddy before we tried to get away with that one....... either that or get the full wax treatment I suppose!! :o :'( ;D ;D |
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Post by BB Warrior on Jun 13, 2008 8:34:18 GMT
congratulations to all... ;D ;D but i think the aforementioned moth has now taken up residence in my kitchen........ >:(..it couldn't have hitchhiked cos i wasn't there, had to play league in pompey. it's bloody huge !!!! it's the MOTHer of all moths, or the father i s'pose. i'm no good at throwing moth balls.....i keep missing the little blighters..... ;D ::) So........ that's where it went to!! :o ;D It must be MALE...... since it seems to be attracted to ladies! ;) 8-) If you could give it some directions to the Loci in Littlehampton then I would be very grateful...... Jenny & I are due to play Sandra & Kevin there in the Sussex Mixed Doubles soon and a giant moth doing a "kamikaze" on the black peg could be the best chance we've got if Kevin decides to play the table out on my break again....!! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2008 9:06:13 GMT
congratulations to all... ;D ;D but i think the aforementioned moth has now taken up residence in my kitchen........ >:(..it couldn't have hitchhiked cos i wasn't there, had to play league in pompey. it's bloody huge !!!! it's the MOTHer of all moths, or the father i s'pose. i'm no good at throwing moth balls.....i keep missing the little blighters..... ;D ::) Well, DA, Im sure you've heard of the expression 'like a moth to a flame'. ::) You'll just have to use your feminine wiles. ;D If I need to spell it out to you, light a candle in a dimly lit room. As the moth flutters (or Fleders for Pete's benefit ;D ) towards it, snuff the candle and catch it in a net. At each Mid Sussex Finals Nights from now on there will be butterfly nets on standby. ;) |
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Post by DA-DM on Jun 13, 2008 16:01:19 GMT
Im sure you've heard of the expression 'like a moth to a flame'. does that make me 'hot stuff' then ??..... ;D :P It must be MALE...... since it seems to be attracted to ladies! ;) 8-)If you could give it some directions to the Loci in Littlehampton then I would be very grateful...... 2nd star to the right and straight on til morning.......... ;D |
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