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Post by BB Warrior on May 19, 2008 5:59:51 GMT
Just 2 weeks left of the season and some interesting matches this week:-
Hurst B 5 Plough 0 Bravos 1 Watermill A 4 Sportsman 2 Greyhound 3 White Horse 1.5 Handcross Z 3.5 Postponed until next week, something to do with a football match being watched in a crowded pub....!! :o :P Watermill B 2 Droops 3 Windmill 1 St Francis 4 CKRBL 3 Hurst Club 2
The following re-arranged match will be played on Thursday:-
Plough 1 Greyhound 4
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Post by specialone on May 21, 2008 22:10:15 GMT
St Francis 4 Windmill 1 Really good night, Cracking match played in the right spirit. Table nice and straight, did not do it justice, due to trying to watch extra time and play at the same time.
Who the **** let John Terry take a pen?
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Post by BB Warrior on May 21, 2008 22:12:27 GMT
CKRBL 3 Hurst Club 2
Jenny Edwards 1860 - 6520 BB Reaper Kevin started with a 3.5k break and never looked back. Well done Kev, who retains top spot in the players listings! 0-1 ;D
Derek Taylor 5280 - 1370 BB Warrior Derek off early but I couldn't take advantage as I seemed to lose the ability to pot a ball! A hard worked 3k break in the middle of the game from Derek sealed his victory and kept up his challenge for premier player of the year. 1-1 :( :'(
Ted Stringer 1370 - 3640 The Old Fella Roy played a solid game to record a good win, his score would have been better if he hadn't lost nearly 2k at the end. 1-2 ;D
Peter Edwards 4430 - 1430 Papa Hall A close game until the big fella pulled out a 3k break to level the match. 2-2 :(
Shaky Coles 3080 - 1790 Bobhall Rob off early, Shaky had a good reply which was then almost matched by Rob, but the momentum stayed with Shaky while Rob suffered at the back of the table. 3-2 :(
Well done Kleiners who deserved the win, with most of their team playing the table better than we did! ::)
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Post by Sparky on May 21, 2008 22:24:53 GMT
Watermill 'B' 2 - 3 Brewers Droops
we may have won but that table is dire and it was more luck than judgement in the end, although strangely all games went with break :-/
Next week's results will be interesting as Droops now have 4 point lead but Hurst A will play a premier side so if we win less than 4 games they could overtake us :o :o :o
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Post by Ros on May 21, 2008 23:12:06 GMT
we may have won but that table is dire and it was more luck than judgement in the end, although strangely all games went with break :-/ Dire might be rather a kind word?? When we last played there I thought it was borderline unplayable, with more than a full ball roll to the right at the back even with a bit of pace, although the front of the table and break were not too bad. We have to play there next week, none of us are looking forward to it, I will insist on rolling balls up the table, but in the interests of peace we will probably play anyway, but at least we can all see exactly how bad the roll is before we start. :( There are always going to be tables that have their quirks and problems, but surely a table that is so far out of true is against our rules? ???
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2008 23:18:59 GMT
White Horse v Handcross Z - Postponed until next week, something to do with a football match being watched in a crowded pub....!! :o :P Yes, a sorry tale: Handcross Z team turned up at the White Horse, to be greeted by a pub packed to the rafters to watch the Champions League Final. A very apologetic Uncle Max said it was a shock for the home team as well. It was resolved that the kick-off (of the bar billiards match, that is) would be delayed until 9.30 by which time it was hoped that the football would be done and dusted. But should it go into extra time, that would put the kibosh on it. Well as history will reveal, it went to extra time and penalties, but four of our team being footie fans, we stayed to the end (10.30pm). And we were made most welcome - the landlord bought us a round of drinks for our wasted journey, and the sandwiches came out as per usual. An amicable agreement has been reached to play the match next Tuesday which just gets in before the last series of fixtures, and I have squared this with Jan.
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Post by Ros on May 21, 2008 23:25:10 GMT
Sportsman 2 Greyhound 3
Gary Foster 2130 Geoff Fairs 2740 Pam 880 Peter Burchell 6780 (including a nice 4750 break) Gordon Brett 1620 Chris Watson 1900 Ros 2650 Neil Burchell 1040 Sir Trevor 2610 Keith Newsam 2510
Hard luck Pam who was travelling well until she uncharacteristically 4-downed the break :'(
Well played Sir T, who only got his new cue on Saturday and played really well to chase down Keith Newsam who had built up quite a lead. Cracking game this, with both players level at the last ball. Keith had first go at the 100 and narrowly missed, Sir T took home advantage to make sure! :)
Most of the other games could have gone either way too, but I think the eventual scoreline was a fair reflection of the evening.
Landlord Mike and Pam played a great friendly doubles to win in style! :)
The Greyhound were good company as always 8-)
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Post by BB Warrior on May 22, 2008 5:46:01 GMT
we may have won but that table is dire and it was more luck than judgement in the end, although strangely all games went with break :-/ Dire might be rather a kind word?? When we last played there I thought it was borderline unplayable, with more than a full ball roll to the right at the back even with a bit of pace, although the front of the table and break were not too bad. We have to play there next week, none of us are looking forward to it, I will insist on rolling balls up the table, but in the interests of peace we will probably play anyway, but at least we can all see exactly how bad the roll is before we start. :( There are always going to be tables that have their quirks and problems, but surely a table that is so far out of true is against our rules? ??? The Watermill table played reasonably well a couple of weeks ago when we played there, but that was only because BB Reaper had phoned Norman prior to the game to say that he had heard that it wasn't level...... ::) Strangely, by the time we had got there, it was fine when we got there for the match as Norman had levelled it....! It still rolled a bit at the back, but the break was good and you could play "normal" shots on it. ;) Maybe the table gets moved about between matches...... maybe the teams there are just used to it's "quirks"......... and happy to leave it like that. >:(
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Post by theoldfella (R.I.P.) on May 22, 2008 11:26:32 GMT
match results in full
Hurst B 5 Plough 0 Bravos 1 Watermill A 4 Sportsman 2 Greyhound 3 Watermill B 2 Droops 3 Windmill 1 Saints 4 CKRBL 3 Hurst Club 2
played/won/points premier Hurst B 25/18/96 CKRBL 25/16/92.5 Zeds 24/15/88 Greyhound 24/16/87 Saints 25/13/79 Plough 24/13/77 Watermill A 25/12/75
division 1 Droops 25/21/124 Hurst Club 25/20/120 Sportsman 25/8/68 White Horse 24/8/61.5 Windmill 35/3/51 Bravos 25/5/50.5 Watermill B 25/5/49.5
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2008 11:47:20 GMT
Looks very much then like the Hurst B only need to win their last match 3-2 to win the Premier. And in the light of their recent results, they will fully deserve it.
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Post by BB Warrior on May 22, 2008 11:51:45 GMT
Looks very much then like the Hurst B only need to win their last match 3-2 to win the Premier. And in the light of their recent results, they will fully deserve it. Agreed Tommo, an excellent 5-0 win for them last night has put them firmly in control....... although big wins for Zeds and Greyhound in their re-arranged matches could still make it a close thing. Similarly, in Division 1 the Droops have destiny in their own hands after last nights results........... :( :( :(
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Post by Sparky on May 22, 2008 16:26:06 GMT
we may have won but that table is dire and it was more luck than judgement in the end, although strangely all games went with break :-/ Dire might be rather a kind word?? When we last played there I thought it was borderline unplayable, with more than a full ball roll to the right at the back even with a bit of pace, although the front of the table and break were not too bad. We have to play there next week, none of us are looking forward to it, I will insist on rolling balls up the table, but in the interests of peace we will probably play anyway, but at least we can all see exactly how bad the roll is before we start. :( There are always going to be tables that have their quirks and problems, but surely a table that is so far out of true is against our rules? ??? You're right Ros I was being rather kind, perhaps one would have detected a bit of sarcasm in real life ;D and Jocko kept his calm while playing but had to go outside after as he was really angry (he would use stronger language ::)) As first up I didn't have the luxury of watching others and found it a strange table as it had the general roll to the right but pulls left easily if you go down the right hand side of the Black Peg - watchout. The break was OK and so if you could stay on the break you would win as it is difficult to get the break back later - score & keep at every visit. Better to split balls than go for one-ball slow pace shots but Lorraine did well with some of those too. It looks like it's uphill and with the right hand roll would take a reverse break (saw someone play it when I arrived early) but it's what happens after 3 down that matters ;D ;D ;D Suggest you ring Norman and check table before starting but still make decision before second game, but we did what you said and just played the match anyway.
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Post by iang on May 22, 2008 18:02:22 GMT
Carefull Tommo don't you go doing a Murray Walker curse on us it ain't in the bag yet Tonigh't result will have a big bearing on things & of course you rearranged match.
Really looking forward to next week but will be sad when it's all over. ;D
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Post by iang on May 22, 2008 18:07:11 GMT
Well done Sir Trevor. I will have to give you a game to sort out season tally in the Trev V Ian show ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2008 19:25:28 GMT
It has certainly been an amazing season of ups and downs, Ian. The Zeds have both scaled the heights and plumbed the depths. I wish I could have the first half of the season to play again, as it took us until Christmas to come to terms with the home table, and of course having Graham for the entire second half has helped our results considerably.
But your team has been consistent, and that's what wins Leagues. This year's Premiership has been the most exciting for years, and next season is going to be even tougher with the Hurst A and the Droops out to prove that their impressive results against exactly the same teams wasn't just because Premier teams were 'going easy on them'. ;D
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Post by iang on May 22, 2008 21:36:22 GMT
I agree that next year looks to be just as exciting as The Droops & Hurst A have fought an excellent campaign & will be right up there. You talk of mixed fortunes in the first half The Plough looked like they were unbeatable but now are fighting for Premership survival with the game in hand, & whoever ends up going down will bounce back
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2008 22:16:35 GMT
Yes, amazingly the Plough, who have some talented players, have blown up in recent weeks. Their last six results (not counting tonight) have been 0-5, p'pd, 1-4, 2-3, 2.5-all and 0-5: a measly 5.5pts. Who would have thought it ?
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Post by BB Warrior on May 23, 2008 5:36:20 GMT
Yes, amazingly the Plough, who have some talented players, have blown up in recent weeks. Their last six results (not counting tonight) have been 0-5, p'pd, 1-4, 2-3, 2.5-all and 0-5: a measly 5.5pts. Who would have thought it ? Their luck didn't improve last night...... :o Plough 1 Greyhound 4 Revised Premier Division Table shown below Played / Won / Points Hurst B 25 / 18 / 96 CKRBL 25 / 16 / 92.5 Greyhound 25 / 17 / 92 Handcross Z 24 / 15 / 88 St Francis 25 / 13 / 79 Plough 25 / 13 / 78 Watermill A 25 / 12 / 75 Still all to play for in the final round of matches next week! ;D
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Post by Sir Jock o The Strap on May 23, 2008 7:07:37 GMT
Brewers Scrape and I mean Scrape the victory
Sorry for the late posting of the results chaps.
Paul Blackburn 1210 Sparky 1410 Sabina Williams 2760 Mama Hall 1790 Tony Williams 1460 Andy FW 2970 Gavin Boyd 1940 Me 1740 Martin Range 990 noddy 1810
Highlight of the evening was young Sabina, whom we all decided could be quite some player provided she didn't play on this table.
Too many lows to even begin to list, and no smileys today, table was a disgrace AGAIN nuff said.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2008 9:36:52 GMT
Looks very much then like the Hurst B only need to win their last match 3-2 to win the Premier. And in the light of their recent results, they will fully deserve it. Carefull Tommo don't you go doing a Murray Walker curse on us it ain't in the bag yet Tonigh't result will have a big bearing on things & of course you rearranged match. I reckon even grabbing 2pts in your last game will be sufficient now. ;D ;D
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Post by BB Warrior on May 23, 2008 10:45:40 GMT
Looks very much then like the Hurst B only need to win their last match 3-2 to win the Premier. And in the light of their recent results, they will fully deserve it. Carefull Tommo don't you go doing a Murray Walker curse on us it ain't in the bag yet Tonigh't result will have a big bearing on things & of course you rearranged match. I reckon even grabbing 2pts in your last game will be sufficient now. ;D ;D I wouldn't be too sure about that Tommo....... a 5-0 win for you at the Hornless Unicorn next Tuesday would only put you a couple of points behind them! ;) Everything to play for still I reckon...... in both Divisions!! ;D ;D
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Post by iang on May 23, 2008 15:52:10 GMT
EXCATLY it's by no means over there so many variables that my finger nails will be eaten away ;D ;D ;D ;D. We have a revitalised T I R to contend with as well
Come what may it has to be the best for many years.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2008 23:44:12 GMT
I wouldn't be too sure about that Tommo....... a 5-0 win for you at the Hornless Unicorn next Tuesday would only put you a couple of points behind them! ;) Everything to play for still I reckon...... ;D ;D Well we didn't get a 5-0 at the Hornless Unicorn, but the result that we did get is mighty interesting as it puts everything in the mix. White Horse 1.5, Handcross Z 3.5Colin Mansfield 1260, tommo 1760 (tommo's break shot went hurtling down the table: table had been slow the night before but Uncle Max had given it a good brush and it was really quick. A sort of wrestling match ensued, neither player getting the break back and tommo won it with some 50 play at the bar).. 0-1 Jim Quinn 1740, Johnny Haigh 1740 (yes, incredibly another tie to match the Plough v CKRBL one of a couple of weeks ago): John was 400 behind with the bar gone, and balls scattered round the table. He potted everything available to leave himself a shot to nothing - difficult to see how he could avoid potting a 10 and 20 which would not have been enough to win. He crashed one ball at the other full on, and somehow the red came back and dropped down the 50. This left 200 with the white to win or 100 to tie. He went for the tie but both players had several goes at it before John potted it at the fourth attempt. 8-) 0.5-1.5 Ian Powell 920, Graham Daniels 10,160 Graham just decided to go for it and won in spectacular style. The League's Highest Away Score to date ? 0.5-2.5 Giles Garnett 4060, MrMike007 3600 This was cut and thrust. Giles (a fantastic prospect in only his FIRST season) was away with 2k and Mick struggled at first to make any sort of impact. Then when 600 behind, Mick embarked on an epic break of 1900 full of good shots at awkward balls - which put him 1300 up and not much time left. This did not daunt Giles at all and he handled the pressure well to come back at the end. 1.5-2.5 At this point, the merits of having taken the tied frame earlier were being debated. A 2-5-all result would have been no good to the Zeds with no bonus point accruing, so there were two juicy points to play for in the last game. Ben Dutson 800, Barry Timson 3990 Barry showed a cool head under such pressure, and managed to avoid any pitfalls - of which there were plenty. 1.5-3.5 Well played the White Horse, you were good hosts. Nice sandwiches with prawn salad and smoked salmon. Yummy ! So - everything to play for tomorrow (or rather tonight ! ;D) and this is now the position, showing the four teams, two of which will come away with Premiership glory: Hurst B P25, W18, Pts 96 CKRBL P25, W16, Pts 92.5 Handcross Z P25, W16, Pts 92.5 Greyhound P25, W17, Pts 92I must say that it's a fantastic end to the season - really gripping. Last season was close but this season it's closer. Whoever wins now fully deserves it !
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Post by BB Warrior on May 28, 2008 7:11:21 GMT
So - everything to play for tomorrow (or rather tonight ! ;D) and this is now the position, showing the four teams, two of which will come away with Premiership glory: Hurst B P25, W18, Pts 96 CKRBL P25, W16, Pts 92.5 Handcross Z P25, W16, Pts 92.5 Greyhound P25, W17, Pts 92I must say that it's a fantastic end to the season - really gripping. Last season was close but this season it's closer. Whoever wins now fully deserves it ! It sounds like a good evening was had by both teams, well done the Zeds for your victory and a fantastic score for "supersub" which shows that you can hit big scores on that table! ;D Well played Giles as well..... ;D ......as Tommo rightly says, his first season playing and his best score in the League so far. A bit of practice in the summer and he will be even better next year! 8-) Last nights result certainly makes for an interesting finale to the season..... With CKRBL playing Hurst B (and a 3-2 scoreline one way or the other being the most likely result) it does open the door for the Zeds (playing bottom of Division 1 new boys Watermill B at home) and Greyhound (home to White Horse) to leapfrog one (or both! :o) of the teams above them...... A great end to the season, good luck to all tonight! ;) ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2008 10:33:44 GMT
Thank you, Warrior, on behalf of all four teams, for your good wishes. ;D
As I know you like your statistics (from your cricketing days, according to Uncle Max ;)), here's what I have worked out in terms of variables for tonight:
Hurst B need just a win to become champs; a 2-3 defeat (98 points) should at least assure them of Runners-up.CKRBL need to win 5-0 to be assured of Runners-up. A 4-1 win (97.5 points) would see them finish above Hurst but possibly only third. Handcross Z need to win 5-0 to be assured of Runners-up. A 4-1 win (97.5 points) might only be good enough for third. Greyhound need to win 5-0 (98 points) to stand a chance of honours. 4-1 (97 points) could be okay but would be dependent on how the other results went.
Speaking to my team of heroes after last night's match, we are mindful of the fact that the two teams heading the lower division have exceeded the performances of the Premier top four as they have won more matches - but having played exactly the same teams ! This rather sobering thought makes us feel rather humble in the circumstances, so good luck too to the "real star performers of the league" tonight. And as you point out, nothing wrong with the new White Horse table (as a 10k score shows) so long as it continues to be looked after.
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Post by BB Warrior on May 28, 2008 11:40:52 GMT
An excellent summary Tommo........ ;D
With so many variables tonight, it's going to be a great end to the season.
Hurst B must be favorites, although much will depend on how well they adapt to the Legion table, which is very different to the Hurst Club!
CKRBL will be missing 2 of their regular players tonight and will have to rely on their own "supersubs" performing well, which - knowing who they are - I think they will! ;) But CKRBL need to win 4-1 and I think that is unlikely...... :o ???
On paper, your game against the "newbies" should be easier than the Greyhound's match against the Hornless Unicorn....... on that basis, I think the title will go to either Hurst B or yourselves...... which probably means that CKRBL or the Greyhound will actually be champions!! ??? :o 8-) :-/
With regards to Division 1, it is a much easier scenario.........
If Droops win 5-0 or 4-1, they are champions, regardless of what Hurst Club do. A 3-2 win for Droops, and Hurst could still pip them if we win 5-0 against St Francis....... who of course probably also need to win the match to preserve their Premier status for next year. :) Droops must be firm favorites here....... we just hope for miracles! ;)
Interestingly, the Old Fella worked it out that if both Droops and Hurst Club were in the Premier Division this year, then Hurst would be top and Droops in second place.......!! :o :o
Next year looks interesting already.....! ;D
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