Bournemouth Pairs Draw

[NigelS]

Draw for Bournemouth done at Oxon Open -

(Done by Steven Sheard so if you don't like your draw blame him - I do!)

I will enter the times etc when I have done them but thought I would copy the draw for your interest now. Thanks to Chris Toner for emailing me and writing the draw down yesterday

Round 2
Nicky Oakley / Chris Richards v Ray Hussey / Darren Isard
Geoff Jukes / Dennis Atkins v Paul Lawson / Maxi McDonald
Luke Storch / James Kidd v Joyce Mannell / Debbie Witney
Bert Lovegrove / Paul Butcher v Ernie Jordan / Terry Isard
Alan Chaloner / Bill Trinder v Sean Getty / Paul Jellis
Sue Haberman / Amanda Felstead v Richard Hare / Ian Jellis
Geoff Powell/Max Dick v Chris Toner / Chris Newson
John Birch / Dave Neilan v Marcus & Lee Chipman
Steve Aylmore / Eric Butler v Jim Thomson / Tony Britten
Ray Jones / Len Harton v Dave France / Geoff Mace
Ron Britten / Jackie Watson v Leon Beer / Phil Collins
Pete Soanes / Andy Skinner v Mel Stanbridge / Adam Thorn
Dino Clark / Andy Haines v Damon Coates / Leeanne Higginson
Alan Oliver / Ian Moss v Doug Mahy / Nick Brown
Bernie McCluskey / Paul Sainsbury v Brain Daniels / Dave Tallack
Gina Sherratt / Charlie Cooper v Tony Martin / Tony Walsh
Brian Dawkins Mick Gibbons v Dave & George Alder
Pete Farelly / Harry Barbet v Janet Burns / Lee Warner
Nigel Senior / Chris Reeves v Richard Wooton / Gareth Lloyd
Maria Hearne / Richard Hawes v Rick Cunningham / Bill Kerr
Dawn Jordan / Sue Atkins v Dave Tooke / Phil Hawkins
Leigh Holmes / Mick Loake v Adam Cox / Andy Burns
Joe & Chris Storch v Mark Trafford / Keith Sheard
Pauline Withey / Kevin Godfrey v Martin Leach / Pete Sainsbury
Nicola Dowden / Sarah Cooper v Simon & Ian Coleman
Pete Welch / Pete Lee v Sam Goddard / Derek Payne
Janet Yeoman / Caroline Gower v Lorraine Hall / Sandra Race
Dave Evans / Rich Botterill v Sandra Storch / Karen Cross
Penny Birch / Myra Hawkins v Simon Ellam / Sean Stratford
Sabrina Storch / Carla Long v Brian Richards / Phil Oakley
__________________ v Jean & Alan Brackenridge

Round 1
1 Pete Phillips / Steven Sheard v Kevin Tunstall / Kevin Hall
2 Tony Jenner / Dave Ingram v Dave May / Jackie Brown
3 Kevin Murphy / Hayley Tunstall v Tony Hearn / Cliff Slade

[doug1502]

Think that should be Denise Mahy playing in the first round rather than Dave May.

Don't remember her having a sex change.

[ladyh]

Ahh, I see only special people have been picked to play in the first round .......... ::) ;D :P

Talking of sex change - its not Denee who's got to wear the black leather dress to get into the elite team Dolphin ;). Don't forget to accessorise, red silk handkerchief and all that :-X :-X

[Chris]

Really sorry Denise... that was me..
Any names not spelt correctly will be adjusted at the event I know.. I take full blame here.
I went away with the draw but forgot to take the original list

Chocolate will always make it better for the special people... not that they need it..
Best wishes
Chris ;)

Good luck to all taking part in this competition.

The sun is shining 8-), so most of all enjoy your weekend. 8-)

[SirKT]

Congratulations to Nigel & Chris on taking the British Open Pairs title. They beat Den Atkins & Geoff Jukes in the final.

Losing semi finalists were Kt & Mr Reaper :-/ (over 4 games and by 800 :-X) and Phil Collins & Leon Beer .

Plate winners were Maxi McDonnell & Butch Lawson

Full results to follow

[Chunky Monkey]

Congratulations Nigel and Chris on a fine victory ;) 8-)
Commiserations to Geoff and Dennis.

[BB Warrior]

Congratulations to Nigel & Chris on their victory in Bournemouth today beating Dennis & Geoff in the Final, also Maxi & Paul who beat Gareth & Richard in the Plate Final.

Some terrific matches over the weekend, probably none more so than the semi-final between Nigel & Chris and Kevin & Kevin which saw the table played out twice in the first 2 games (20k for Nigel, nearly 17k for SirKT) followed by 2 games that had more twists and turns than the average Agatha Christie book and a very exciting finale..... :o 8-)

Many thanks to Dave Alder, Eric Hill, Graham Alder and Leo for all their hard work in organising everything and ensuring that everything ran so well...... a brilliant weekend. ;D ;D

[Colemanator]

Yes well done to all ;D

[bigtj]

Well done to all victors and runners up. Well organised weekend and as usual great bar billiards, good laughs and plenty of drama.

[NigelS]

Thanks for the congratulations. I don't think I have ever played so well over a whole weekend helped mainly by the standard of the tabes which was excellent (I didn't get to play the table of death (no 7) which always seems to be in that corner!).

The semi final Dave mentioned had everthing. Two runouts, then Kt pegged a break looking to go 2-1 up, I then got a kick on 5k looking to build a big lead which forced me to miss both balls on the break and probably also caused a lot of the cursing!. We still got a 6k lead going into leg 4, Kev Hall missed the break, but KT gets the break back only to get another kick on 7k. Chris then somehow kept it together to win the match with a 2k break on a table he was really struggling with. Amazing game.

I would like to thank Chris - he could see I was playing well and let me take all the breaks but was brilliant in back up - especially in the semi and killing off the final. Unlucky to Geoff and Dennis but they had a great run in the other half of the draw to make the final.

And also thanks to Dave Alder and his team of helpers, the event went fantastically well and I already look foward to next year at the Queens.

[milko]

Congratulations Nigel & Chris on winning your 1st British Isles Open Pairs title, I'm sure it will not be your last.

Well done Dennis & Geoff for making your 1st Final.

Well done also to Maxi & Paul on winning the Plate against Gareth & Richard.

Both Plate Finalist's happened to lose in the 1st Round to the Finalist's of the Main Tournament.

Great weekend as usual, but it was a shame we had to have TWO meetings for the Tables situation, hopefully with the good news that came from the second meeting we are on the right track to keeping our National Tournaments, etc, going. :D

There was a good turn out of people for both meeting as well, which was a pleasant surprise, as we don't get many at the All England A.G.M's.

Keith.

[Martin Leach]

I'd just like to add my congratulations to Nigel, Chris, Dennis and Geoff for the main comp, and Maxi, Paul, Gareth and Richard in the plate.

I'd also like to add my appreciation for all the work Dennis put in to levelling the tables. After some recent negative posts (including one of mine), it was nice to play (and in my case lose!) on nice, straight tables. Thanks too to Dave and others for their organisation over the weekend.

In all a great weekend - only let down by the debacle over the quality and quantity of some of the food on offer at the hotel, and the rather poor response of the Maitre D' to the many complaints.

[Colemanator]

Mar 9, 2009 16:35:12 GMT Martin Leach said:

In all a great weekend - only let down by the debacle over the quality and quantity of some of the food on offer at the hotel, and the rather poor response of the Maitre D' to the many complaints.

Food was OK quality wise, there just wasn't enough of it on Saturday night, I wanted some black pudding for breakfast though and there weren't any >:(
Maybe it's time to move on to another venue and resort? afterall I heard that the place was up for sale and some prospective buyers were due in on Sunday.........anyone for Great Yarmouth ;D