The Portsmouth Open

[MID]

Just to let you know that the entry list is full and can the last few people who have not sent on their cheque yet do so.

Anyone who wants to enter will now be put on the reserve list and please do so as there are always people dropping out of Opens.

We hope to do the draw in the next couple of weeks.

Take care
Mary

[fazza]

Long awaited draw/times for the Portsmouth Open:
(will be confirmed by Mary)

SHEET 1
SECOND ROUND


10.00 a.m. Table 8
Nigel Senior SUS
Sandra Race SUS
10.00 a.m. Table 5
Jean Brackenridge SUS
Kevin Tunstall SUS
1.00 p.m. Table 6
Andy Haines BUC
Dennis Claydon HAN
1.00 p.m. Table 7
Leon Beer OXF
Joyce Mannell HAN

SHEET 2
10.45 a.m. Table 9
Alan Messer SUS
Barry Radford HAN
1.00 p.m. Table 5
Ian Moss OXF
Richard Wooton SUS
1.00 p.m. Table 8
Fred Large HAN
Steven Sheard OXF
10.45 a.m. Table 8
Alan Brackenridge SUS
Jed Long NOTTS

SHEET 3
1.00 p.m. Table 10
Brian Daniels HAN
Brian Dawkins BER
10.00 a.m. Table 7
Ian Lelliott SUS
Dave Tallack HAN
1.45 p.m. Table 7
John Cole HAN
Tony Walsh BER
10.45 a.m. Table 7
Tony Jenner SUS
Chris Newson HAN

SHEET 4
10.45 a.m. Table 5
Richard Jeffrey SUS
Geoff Jukes SUR

FIRST ROUND

11.30 a.m. Table 10
Mick Payne HAN
Mark Trafford OXF
10.45 a.m. Table 10
Dennis Atkins OXF
Eric Hill HAN
12.15 p.m. Table 10
Charlie Gildersleve BUC
Michelle Baden SUS
10.00 a.m. Table 10
Chris Wing HAN
Rik Dewdney SUS
11.30 a.m. Table 5
Dave Alder BER
Gerry Fitzjohn KEN
12.15 p.m. Table 5
Paul Wood OXF
Curt Driver KEN

SHEET 5
11.30 a.m. Table 3
Darren Woolvin HAN
Pauline Withey OXF
12.15 p.m. Table 3
Stuart Penney HAN
Martin Russell KEN
10.45 a.m. Table 6
Kevin Hall SUS
Jimmy Greensted SUR
10.45 a.m. Table 3
Pete Farrelly OXF
Dave Ingram SUS
11.30 a.m. Table 1
Richard Corbould KEN
Trevor Appleby SUS
10.00 a.m. Table 9
Mal Spier SUS
Lorraine Hall SUS
12.15 p.m. Table 4
Richard Plaw SUR
Sue Atkins OXF
11.30 a.m. Table 4
Jean Claydon BER
Syl Murphy BUC

SHEET 6
12.15 p.m. Table 8
Gary Johnson OXF
Chris Toner HAN
11.30 a.m. Table 8
Alan Peters HAN
Sarah Maconochie OXF
12.15 p.m. Table 7
Andrea Yearwood BUC
Ros Appleby SUS
11.30 a.m. Table 7
Daniel Woolvin HAN
Paul Butcher OXF
1.00 p.m. Table 9
Mike Messenbird HAN
Mike Jones OXF
10.00 a.m. Table 3
Bill Kerr SUS
Chris Reeves SUS
10.00 a.m. Table 4
Mark James SUS
Bill Messenbird HAN
10.45 a.m. Table 4
Colin Robbins SUR
Richard Hockey HAN

SHEET 7
10.00 a.m. Table 2
Graham Crosbie HAN
Tony Woolvin HAN
12.15 p.m. Table 6
Clive Thompson SUR
Ray Sturgess OXF
11.30 a.m. Table 6
Jane Wood OXF
Pete Sainsbury KEN
10.00 a.m. Table 6
Jenny Edwards SUS
Dave France SUS
12.15 p.m. Table 2
Phil Collins OXF
Simon Ellam OXF
11.30 a.m. Table 2
Dave Bartlett OXF
Lee Radford HAN
12.15 p.m. Table 9
Mark Brewster KEN
Paul Lovegrove OXF
11.30 a.m. Table 9
Pete Edwards SUS
Colin Winstone OXF

SHEET 8
10.00 a.m. Table 1
Stuart Chant SUS
John Haddon HAN
12.15 p.m. Table 1
Dave Rowley HAN
Martin Leach KEN
1.00 p.m. Table 2
Keith Sheard OXF
Alan Chaloner HAN
10.45 a.m. Table 2
Anne-Marie Woolvin HAN
Dave Constable SUR
1.00 p.m. Table 3
Gina Sherratt SUS
Vinny Mitchell KEN
1.00 p.m. Table 4
Merv Yearwood BUC
Sean Stratford OXF
10.45 a.m. Table 1
Dave Jones SUS
Paul Sainsbury BER
1.00 p.m. Table 1
Jon Bamsey OXF
Jason Wadsworth SUR

[DA-DM]

can i please have details of the charity night ?

ta x

Sheet 1 seems to be the 'group of death' this time. :o

[JB]

oh well
pity me and sandra arent on tables next to each other so we can have a chat!! Either that or the plate could be strong :) ;D ;D

[fazza]

tommo said:

Sheet 1 seems to be the 'group of death' this time. :o

Yeah, that Joyce Mannell is going to be difficult to beat!

[MID]

Sorry for taking my time getting back to you, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Pete Farrelly for doing the draw for us once again. Below is a quick view of what time people are playing.

10.00 am
Nigel Senior
Sandra Race
Jean Brackenridge
Kevin Tunstall
Ian Lelliott
Dave Tallack
Chris Wing
Rik Dewdney
Mal Spier
Lorraine Hall
Bill Kerr
Chris Reeves
Mark James
Bill Messenbird
Graham Crosbie
Tony Woolvin
Jenny Edwards
Dave France
Stuart Chant
John Haddon

10.45 am
Alan Messer
Barry Radford
Alan Brackenridge
Jed Long
Tony Jenner
Chris Newson
Richard Jeffrey
Geoff Jukes
Dennis Atkins
Eric Hill
Kevin Hall
Jimmy Greensted
Pete Farrelly
Dave Ingram
Colin Robbins
Richard Hockey
Anne-Marie Woolvin
Dave Constable
Dave Jones
Paul Sainsbury

11.30 am
Mick Payne
Mark Trafford
Dave Alder
Gerry Fitzjohn
Darren Woolvin
Pauline Withey
Richard Corbould
Trevor Appleby
Jean Claydon
Syl Murphy
Alan Peters
Sarah Maconochie
Daniel Woolvin
Paul Butcher
Jane Wood
Pete Sainsbury
Dave Bartlett
Lee Radford
Pete Edwards
Colin Winstone

12.15 am
Charlie Gildersleve
Michelle Baden
Paul Wood
Curt Driver
Stuart Penney
Martin Russell
Richard Plaw
Sue Atkins
Gary Johnson
Chris Toner
Andrea Yearwood
Ros Appleby
Clive Thompson
Ray Sturgess
Phil Collins
Simon Ellam
Mark Brewster
Paul Lovegrove
Dave Rowley
Martin Leach

1.00 pm
Andy Haines
Dennis Claydon
Leon Beer
Joyce Mannell
Ian Moss
Richard Wooton
Fred Large
Steven Sheard
Brian Daniels
Brian Dawkins
Mike Messenbird
Mike Jones
Keith Sheard
Alan Chaloner
Gina Sherratt
Vinny Mitchell
Merv Yearwood
Sean Stratford
Jon Bamsey
Jason Wadsworth

1.45 pm
John Cole
Tony Walsh

Directions reminder

When coming into Portsmouth you need to come in via PORTSMOUTH E (EAST) A2030, When coming into Portsmouth from M27 don't go down M275 ferries turning, keep going on M27 which turns into a 4 lane duel carriage way, then you will get the sign Portsmouth E / A2030, Football sign should be there.
If heading from Sussex on A27 or London via A3 (A3M) then the A2030 is the 1st turning off for Portsmouth.

When on the A2030 at the 4th set of traffic lights turn right into Tangiers Road. Then go virtually to the end of Tangiers road and turn right into Folkestone Road, carry on straight until you see Moneyfields Club at end,Parkings limited so try and arrive early.

PLEASE NOTE THAT BURRFIELDS ROAD (3RD SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON THE A2030) SHOWS A ROAD GOING TO MONEYFIELDS CLUB, BUT THIS IS A BUS LANE ONLY AND THERE IS NO WAY DOWN IT.

Also the name/address for the club is Moneyfield Sports & Social Club. Moneyfield Avenue, Portsmouth. PO3 6LA (Handy for anyone with sat-nav!) Also it would be worth while remembering that parking can be difficult if the local Sunday football is on, so make sure you leave in plenty of time for parking.

Brian's mobile no. is 07775617671.

[MID]

Friday 11th April is a Charity Nite, its in memory of Emily Cole (John and Janet Coles daughter) who died of Cancer a couple of years ago, all proceeds will be going to MacMillan Cancer.

If you want to play please be at Moneyfields Club at 7.45pm, and play hopes to start at 8pm. But we we appreciate it if you could call Brian to say that you will be coming so we have a rough idea of numbers coming.

take care
Mary

PS Brians phone no is 07775617671

[fazza]

Anything being played on Saturday? May see you then if so!

[MID]

Hiya Pete

Saturday is our local Off The Spot Invitation, we have limited it to 24 players this year, play starts at 11am and is on til about 7pm ish, and then we are doing the 2007 Summer League Presentation afterwards.

Take care
Mary

[DA-DM]

congratulations barry radford for friday & saturday wins. thank you for the checking practice friday night, sorry about the 2 phone calls - luckily it didn't seem to put you off !!

colleen xx


it was lovely to meet Pete Farrelly & Sue & Dennis Atkins xx :-* :-* :-*

[DA-DM]

I would like to say thank you & very well done to Mary & Brian Daniels & tony Webster (and anyone else responsible) for making the whole weekend possible. A greta job by all of the admin staff to ensure the event ran smoothly, on time (even early !), and well organised.

I personally, as a portsmouth open virgin, had a really great weekend & am already looking forward to next year.


also, congratulations to Mark James for winning the Portsmouth Open final, & to Keith Sheard for winning the Portsmouth Open Plate final.

[fazza]

Rarely has any Open been staged with so few problems. Well done to all the hard workers over the last three days. The energy levels reached by Brian, Mary, Kady and especially little Tony were remarkable.

Relief that the two finals last night could be played on the less-testing, higher-scoring tables, and it was a pleasure to score the final between two really nice blokes, and Ian:

I will re-set the black pin again any time you like. Promise!

The only trouble was that doing that exhausted me so much that I had to pull over into a service station on the way home and have a 30-minute kip to avoid veering off the road during my 140 mile drive. Arrived home at 12.15ish and slept right through till 7.30, almost a recent record.

I'd like to add my thanks to the organisers of this event which ran like clockwork.

And congratulations to the winners of the Main event and the plate, Mark James and Keith Sheard, respectively.

And to the runners-up in Main event and plate, Ian Lelliott and Curt Driver, respectively.

And commiserations to any who took part and had a 'bad day at the office' such as myself. ::) ;D

[SirKT]

Just like to add my congrats to Mark for his second Open win. Well done to Ian for reaching the final .
Another good tournament for Sussex with 6 players in the last 8, they were -

John Bamsey bt Dave France
Mark James bt Mal Spier
Ian Lelliott bt Dennis Atkins
Kt bt Richard Wooton

Semis

Mark bt John
Ian bt Kt


Well done to all the organisers, a good range of tables, the majority excellent but two very difficult ones in 2 & 5.

Roll on Guernsey ;D

[NigelS]

Congratulations to Mark on a great win. He missed very little all day with wins over Chris Reeves and Jon Bamsey with table runouts. And he didn't miss either against Gary Johnson after Gary went off with 5k. A last ball win on tricky table 5 against Mal was his slice of luck that every open winner needs on the day. This is Marks 3rd individual major adding to the All England Singles (2001), & Berks Open (2003). Oh, and many thanks for the curry Mark, in Worthing, that we enjoyed to celebrate your win!

Ian also had a great day to make another open final, again he was to fall just short, but he keeps knocking on the door and surely will come through it at some stage.

Great tournament as usual in Portsmouth, many thanks to the organisers for a well run day

[fazza]

Apr 12, 2008 21:49:44 GMT DA-DM said:

it was lovely to meet Pete Farrelly & Sue & Dennis Atkins xx :-* :-* :-*

I was also lovely to meet you,


and Sue and Dennis

[DA-DM]

:'( you didn't say goodbye.... :-/

p.s. thank you for the mint aero - i won my game ! (then got knocked out by alan chaloner) ::)

oh, well, there's always next year...................

Apr 14, 2008 13:22:53 GMT NigelS said:

Congratulations to Mark on a great win. He missed very little all day with wins over Chris Reeves and Jon Bamsey with table runouts. And he didn't miss either against Gary Johnson after Gary went off with 5k. A last ball win on tricky table 5 against Mal was his slice of luck that every open winner needs on the day.

Those semi-finals actually are worthy of further commentary. KT was kicking himself over missing a split - which turned out to prove fatal.

And there was drama in the other match: After Jon Bamsey had played out the first leg for a 13k lead, Mark knew that nothing less than playing the table out would see him into the Final. He was on 9k when he left himself a ball right at the back, behind the 10 hole. He made the shot and the cue ball went down the 20, but the object ball squeezed across to behind the left hand 30. With Jon Bamsey out of his chair, Mark whacked a load of right-hand side on the next shot - and got the break back! He carried on relentlessly towards his target after this, and finished with a thousand to spare.

With such a fine line between success and failure, you had to feel some sympathy for the losing semi-finalists. Well done though to the
Stadium duo.

[bigtj]

Yes excellent day, well run and good from my point of view to see two old adversaries and team mates in the final. Both played well all day. Congrats to Keith Sheard for awin in the plate, eventually getting to play his favourite table.

[davejones]

Congratulations to Mark and Keith. and well done to Ian and Curt.

And I second the thanks to the organisers on a very well run day.

Like you Tommo, I had a bad day at the office

[peetee]

Apr 14, 2008 7:31:42 GMT @fazza said:

Rarely has any Open been staged with so few problems. Well done to all the hard workers over the last three days. The energy levels reached by Brian, Mary, Kady and especially little Tony were remarkable.

Relief that the two finals last night could be played on the less-testing, higher-scoring tables, and it was a pleasure to score the final between two really nice blokes, and Ian:

I will re-set the black pin again any time you like. Promise!

The only trouble was that doing that exhausted me so much that I had to pull over into a service station on the way home and have a 30-minute kip to avoid veering off the road during my 140 mile drive. Arrived home at 12.15ish and slept right through till 7.30, almost a recent record.

You deserved a kip well done. :) Did you buy your magazine from the Service Station, same as mine was it? ;D ;D

[fazza]

Peetee, you couldn't have reached the magazine shelf that I use!!!!

[DA-DM]

being as you're so tall, that'd be the top shelf ?

let's see....on my top shelf it ranges from women's weeklies to pregnancy & you, to the economist, to your horse, to loaded & zoo..... ;D ;D ;)

[fazza]

No, I only get "dust" on my top shelf

[peetee]

Apr 17, 2008 4:24:27 GMT @fazza said:

No, I only get "dust" on my top shelf

Get your duster out then ;D

[DA-DM]

go on - do a ken "ooh i'm tickled" dodd !

[fazza]

Err, what's a duster?

[DA-DM]

it's made of feathers................. ;D

[fazza]

I call that "a bird"