Team Champs and Special Ladies

[NigelS]

Ok guys info gathering time again - I need to know what team and if a team is coming from each county for the All England Team Championships in 2 weeks - 19th October. in addition there is the Special Ladies competition which is open to all ladies. I would like an idea of numbers - it would be good to get the entry up from around 12 in the last few years.

Sussex - Brewery Tap
Oxon- Horse & Harrow
Berks- Caversham Working Mens Club
Bucks- Royal Standard
Surrey - South Park Constitutional Club
Northants - Burton Latimer Conservative Club
Kent- White Hart from Rusthall
Hants - LHFA Club
Cambs - not attending
Guernsey -

Special Ladies
1 Chris Toner
2 Jean Brackenridge
3 Dawn Jordan
4 Maria Hearne
5 Hayley Tunstall
6 Pauline Withey
7 Carla Jolly
8 Myra Hawkins
9 Sue Atkins
10 Jenny Abbott
11 Janet Burns
12 Eileen Britton
13 Jackie Watson
14 Enid Wain
15 Debbie Barton
16 Ruth Collett
17 Anne-Marie Woolvin
18 Lisa-Kim Woolvin

Surrey qualifiers are South Park Constitutional Club A but they may be waiting for an invite. Captain is Dave Constable. I will PM you his number, Nigel.

[Colemanator]

Northants - Burton Latimer Conservative Club 8-)

[milhouse]

Just an update that Didcot CC lost to the Horse & Harrow in the semi-final last night.
Final between Nelson and Horse & Harrow is scheduled for next Tuesday TBC

[keithmacdonald]

Nigel, have contacted Dave. Only two teams would ever make the trip and both have players unavailable so Cambs. will not be represented.

Keith

[NigelS]

Oct 7, 2008 19:20:12 GMT keithmacdonald said:

Nigel, have contacted Dave. Only two teams would ever make the trip and both have players unavailable so Cambs. will not be represented.

Keith

Ok thanks Keith.

This reminds me to say that if the county champions cannot go, then the runners up should be invited.

[peetee]

Oct 7, 2008 15:44:05 GMT milhouse said:

Just an update that Didcot CC lost to the Horse & Harrow in the semi-final last night.
Final between Nelson and Horse & Harrow is scheduled for next Tuesday TBC

Confirmed Tues 14th Oct at Gladiators Club.

[Pete S]

Kent will be represented by the White Hart from Rusthall who play in the Tunbridge Wells league

[triplex]

Do we know any formats or times yet please, as it would be nice to get a rough time on getting home as i need to arrange with my kids. ;D

[NigelS]

Oct 16, 2008 9:07:59 GMT triplex said:

Do we know any formats or times yet please, as it would be nice to get a rough time on getting home as i need to arrange with my kids. ;D

Should finish around 6.30pm

[triplex]

Thanks for that ;D

[Colemanator]

Oct 16, 2008 10:40:43 GMT NigelS said:

Should finish around 6.30pm

That's if you get to the final.

So we should be home by then 8-)

[barbelman]

Nigel

Could you make sure that Debbie Barton (was Surman), Enid Wain and Ruth Collett are on the list for the Special Ladies please? They informed Dave at Reading so I assume he is aware but they are not on the above list. Jane W and Jenny P can't make it this year unfortunately.

thanks
Tony

[NigelS]

Oct 17, 2008 10:21:28 GMT barbelman said:

Nigel

Could you make sure that Debbie Barton (was Surman), Enid Wain and Ruth Collett are on the list for the Special Ladies please? They informed Dave at Reading so I assume he is aware but they are not on the above list. Jane W and Jenny P can't make it this year unfortunately.

thanks
Tony

Cheers Tony, they weren't on Dave's list but i have added them on to the list above so no worries there.

[SirKT]

Congratulations to the Brewery Tap on becoming All England team champions.
They beat Caversham WMC (BERKS) in the final 4-0.

Congrats also to Jean on winning the Special Ladies open, beating in form Chris Toner in that final.
A big well done to Lady H :-* on recording her highest break ever of 7,090 against Jean. She just caught Hayley to win by 400 in their quarter final.

Well done to Dave Alder and his helpers for a well run day :)

[davejones]

congrats to the Brewery Tap team. glad the trophy is coming to Sussex.

Congratulations to Jean on her win also to Hayley on her big break

[BB Warrior]

Congratulations to the Brewery Tap...... well played guys! 8-) ;D

Also a big well done to Jean on her victory in the Special Ladies...... and Lady H for her highest break which pushed Jean all the way in their match. ;)

[Sparky]

Well done to Jean and the Brewery Tap, brilliant :) :)

and congrats to Lady H for her PB 8-)

[Colemanator]

Well done Tap boys :D

Can't say that I enjoyed the day meself as i played like a novice (make that tw*t) :'( had a lovely fry up in the morning along the road 8-) and I really had chances to win my matches, ::) well played my team mates, we knew that we had to beat the Tap to stand a chance to make the final, I saw Hayley get her break but Jean proved too strong well done ;D

Ian 8-)

[NigelS]

Thanks for the congratulations guys, it was a happy car on the way home with me and Marc having won the team champs and Jean the ladies tournament ;D.

A few more details of the Team Champs

The 8 county champs were drawn into 2 groups of 4 and it was more kind to the 2006 runners up Brewery Tap from Sussex, (who were drawn in Group 2) than the other favoured contenders from Oxon, Berks and Surrey. So Group 1 was tougher with Berks double winners (2001 & 2004) Caversham WMC, 2006 champs the Horse & Harrow from Oxon and the South Park Constitutional Club from Surrey who reached the final in 2005.

Group 1 saw the Oxon and Berks teams get off to flyers with 5-0 wins. Berks coming against Surrey, and Oxon's against the team from Hants. This made the game between Caversham (Berks) and the Horse & Harrow (Oxon) crucial. It went 2-2, before Dave Alder made a cracking opener of 8k on tough table 8 to beat Den Atkins, and put his Caversham (Berks) side a leg up with one match to play. A 4-1 win by Caversham (Berks) against LHFA (Hants) meant the other match was academic and although South Park (Surrey) beat Horse & Harrow (Oxon) 3-2, the Oxon side were second in the group

Group 1
P W L Score Player Ave Pts
C Caversham WMC, Berks 3 3 0 120,390 8,026 12
D Horse & Harrow, Oxon 3 1 2 85,390 5,693 9
B South Park Con Club, Surrey 3 2 1 75,790 5,053 7
A Langstone Harbour Fishing, Hants 3 0 3 36,380 2,425 2

Group 2 was dominated by the Brewery Tap (Sussex). They started with a 4-1 win over the Royal Standard (Bucks). A 4-1 win over the Burton Latimer CC (Northants) followed. The White Hart (Kent) also suffered a 4-1 defeat at the hands of the Brewery Tap. The Burton Latimer CC (Northants) recovered well from their 4-1 defeat gainst the Tap to beat the other teams 4-1 to make second place in the group. Their match could with the Tap could have been closer but Chris Lawman lost a tight game with Chris Reeves (after many goes at the break), as did Ian Coleman to Marc Chipman putting the Tap 2-0 up, Simon Coleman played well against Dave Reeves to make it 2-1, but Nigel Senior and Gareth Lloyd won big legs to take that match 4-1 and that effectively settle the group

Group 2
P W L Score Player Ave Pts
E Brewery Tap, Sussex 3 3 0 106,060 7,071 12
G Burton Latimer CC, Northants 3 2 1 71,780 4,785 9
F White Hart, Kent 3 1 2 46,360 3,091 5
H Royal Standard, Bucks 3 0 3 47,520 3,168 4

Final

Brewery Tap 4 - 0 caversham WMC

Gareth Lloyd 10,320 - 2,490* Paul Sainsbury
Nigel Senior 5,300* - 230 Keith Lewendon
Chris Reeves 8,000 - 7,390* Dave Alder
Marc Chipman 5,280* - 2,590 Tony Walsh
Dave Reeves v Bernie McCluskey not played

Keith Lewwndon won the toss and elected after much deliberation (he went back 3 times to confer with his team ::)) breaks 1,3 & 5. It was a bit of a blow as I had wanted those breaks for my team.
4-0 may sound convincing but it could have been very different. Nigel and Marc were soon off in their opening breaks, and Dave Alder was in full flow against Chris Reeves. Gareth and Paul were struggling to assert themselves in their game. Keith only made 150 off his opener against Nigel, and Nigel made a 5k lead with his next attempt at the break, a handy and eventually decisive lead on tough table 3. Dave Alder missed on 7,390, at which point Chris made his attmept to clawback the defecit and about the same time Marc got the break back against Walshie now about 2k down. Chris overhauled Dave Alder with a magnificent 8k, and Marc banged in a cracking 4k break to beat poor Walshie. While this was going on Lloydy had got 10k against Paul Sainsbury on the other side of the room. So all of a sudden it was 4-0 ;D And the title was finally on the way to the Tap ;D

Surrey's Jim Greensted made a top break of 16,320. The 3 Tap players Nigel Senior, Chris Reeves, & Gareth Lloyd were unbeaten with 4 wins. Ernie Jordan (Bucks) and Simon Coleman (Northants) won all 3 of their group games. Highest average? 9,163 to a certain Nigel Senior :D
Player Averages

Code Player County P W L Brks Score Ave
1 E2 Nigel Senior Sussex 4 4 0 2 36,650 9,163
2 E1 Gareth Lloyd Sussex 4 4 0 2 32,660 8,165
3 E3 Chris Reeves Sussex 4 4 0 2 31,200 7,800
4 C3 Dave Alder Berks 4 3 1 3 29,910 7,478
5 H4 Ernie Jordan Bucks 3 3 0 1 19,310 6,437
6 G5 Simon Coleman Northants 3 3 0 1 18,600 6,200
7 C1 Paul Sainsbury Berks 4 3 1 3 23,260 5,815
8 B2 Jim Greensted Surrey 3 2 1 1 25,910 8,637
9 D2 Gary Johnson Oxon 3 2 1 2 24,330 8,110
10 C4 Tony Walsh Berks 4 2 2 1 32,210 8,053
11 G2 Steve Oram Northants 3 2 1 2 23,880 7,960
12 C5 Bernie McCluskey Berks 3 2 1 2 23,670 7,890
13 E5 Dave Reeves Sussex 3 2 1 2 22,070 7,357
14 D4 Paul Lawson Oxon 3 2 1 2 20,860 6,953
15 C2 Keith Lewendon Berks 4 2 2 1 24,040 6,010
16 D1 Pete Burton Oxon 3 2 1 1 17,550 5,850
17 G3 Chris Lawman Northants 3 2 1 1 16,060 5,353
18 D5 Maxi McDonnell Oxon 3 2 1 1 15,930 5,310
19 B4 Dave Constable Surrey 3 2 1 1 12,790 4,263
20 F4 Martin Leach Kent 3 2 1 2 11,970 3,990
21 E4 Marc Chipman Sussex 4 2 2 2 12,380 3,095
22 G1 Penny Burch Northants 3 2 1 1 6,290 2,097
23 A3 Barry Radford Hants 3 1 2 1 14,030 4,677
24 B3 Vernon Sparkes Surrey 3 1 2 2 13,420 4,473
25 A5 Tony Woolvin Hants 3 1 2 1 12,940 4,313
26 F2 Vinny Mitchell Kent 3 1 2 2 12,740 4,247
27 B1 Laurie Roberts Surrey 3 1 2 2 12,380 4,127
28 B5 Andy Finn Surrey 3 1 2 2 11,290 3,763
29 H3 Cliff Slade Bucks 3 1 2 2 9,320 3,107
30 F1 Bryan Stevens Kent 3 1 2 1 8,270 2,757
31 D3 Dennis Atkins Oxon 3 1 2 1 6,720 2,240
32 F5 Pete Sainsbury Kent 3 1 2 1 4,740 1,580
33 H5 Jon Kitson Bucks 3 0 3 2 8,990 2,997
34 F3 Martin Russell Kent 3 0 3 1 8,640 2,880
35 G4 Ian Coleman Northants 3 0 3 2 6,950 2,317
36 H1 Richard Hawes Bucks 3 0 3 2 5,730 1,910
37 A2 Lee Radford Hants 3 0 3 2 4,190 1,397
38 H2 Tony Hearne Bucks 3 0 3 1 4,170 1,390
39 A1 Fred Large Hants 3 0 3 1 3,340 1,113
40 A4 John Cole Hants 3 0 3 2 1,880 627


Special Ladies - Jean Brackenridge made 3 great comebacks in her 4 matches to win the title. She was in trouble 4k down against Debbie Barton who played very well. She also pipped Hayley Tunstall, after Hayley made that great break in the 2nd leg. She led most of the her semi against Myra, and got her own back on All England Ladies champ Chris Toner with a 3k break at the death to win the final. Chris' great run of recent form continued with a win over Pauline Withey in the quarter final. A much better turnout for the ladies - good to see 20 ladies making the trip for this competition

Many thanks to Dave Alder for his considerable efforts during the day

[Chunky Monkeys other half]

Well done Brewery Tap :D :D :D

Well Done Jean & well played Hayley ;D ;D ;D

[Chunky Monkey]

Congratulations Brewery Tap and Jean ;)
Well Done Hayley on the new PB ;)

[Richard]

Very well played guys well done. And well done to Jean also.

[bigtj]

Excellent achievement by the Tap and some great personal performances. Well done to Jean on her win and Hayley tremendous effort considering how pissed off you were on Thursday when we saw you. 10K not that far away now. TJ.

[bigjimsilverfox]

Just like to add my congrats to the Brewery Tap and an awesome result in the final although I think if Surrey had not been caught cold in the 1st match we would have given you a closer/tougher test. But no taking it away you did the job!

And Jean also making it a Sussex double well done Jean :)

[Baby Guinness]

Congratulations Jean & Brewery Tap,

Well played Hayley

[Josie]

Very well done Jean on winning the Special Ladies - and an extra congratulations to Hayley for getting her PB. ;D

Well done to both of you.

Josie & Mick x

[ladyh]

Aww, I may have been the bridesmaid this time but next time ............... ;) ;D ;D

Thanks for the lovely messages, it was a bitter sweet moment, I lost the match but I had got my bestest break yet!

Congrats on the win Jean - let me know when you're free for a re-match!!

H xx

[milko]

May I add my congratulations to the Brewery Tap for winning the Team Championship for the first time, I thought you might win it this year.

Well done to Jean on her fine win in the final against Chris who nearly made it a superb double after being crowned All England Ladies Champion a few weeks before.....How many times is that now?

Also well done to Hayley on improving her highest ever break, she must have given Jean a real fright in their Quarter Final match.

Who won the Special Ladies Plate? or have I missed it somewhere!

I suppose that also went back to Sussex. ;)



Keith :-* :-* :-*

[NigelS]

Keith, yes we should mention the plate winner,...., that was Dawn Jordan, who beat Carla Jolly in the final. Sussex would have had trouble winning this one as no Sussex ladies went into the plate (only Hayley and Jean made the trip from Sussex out of the 20 ladies)

I made it Chris' 5th AE ladies title, just one behind Jan Taylor, and 5 behind Viv Wright who has won 10.