On the trail of the former South Yorks League

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and so the countdown begins as on the 23rd of august 2014 the first Yorkshire intercity match takes place two teams from the cross scythes and the gardeners rest join forces to take on a strong York side the Sheffield guys will make there way though the York bar billiards venues hoping to bring the billiards trophy home this is great for Yorkshire bar billiards and our game in general we will be posting a full report after the contest should be a great day of bar billiards

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Sheffield try to line up another challenge last night i spoke to a guy in the news-house notts were i am informed they have around 12 dedicated players who are in need of some one to play but with only 1 table in notts means no matches so i have invited them to come to Sheffield to do another challenge match Sheffield will take on Nottingham now whats the history on Nottingham? any old leagues again still early stages but will keep you all posted<br/>

The last piece of the jigsaw of the county's early bar billiards history falls into place.........

27/11/1982 AGM @ Caversham Bridge Hotel, Reading;
Doncaster League adopted as full members of AEBBA as South Yorks;

4/9/1982 @ Fox & Hounds, Reading
Charlie Wheeler reported that the Doncaster League had increased from 6 teams to 12 teams and wished to affiliate to AEBBA;

The former league's heyday was from 1983-1994 and the league was the Doncaster League: It was only when taking part in national events that they were known as "South Yorkshire".

Another archive from when bar billiards was all the rage in Sheffield the first time around:

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11-04-2007, 22:16
Used to be a bar billiards table in back room of The Gower. I'm sure Bladebloke will remember the "played behind closed doors" bar billiards final there....


"mid to late 80's it was. i got to the final of the gower arms bar billiards open.
played a bloke called roger schofield. we arranged to play at 8 bells on a friday night before it got busy. i had a break of over 1,000 points and still going strong when i picked a white ball up instead of the red i should have picked up. one of my "fans" a member of the longley ultras told me the red was down so i put the white back and picked up the red. to the utter dismay of the landlord mr been who went ballistic shouting that was'nt allowed. my rival roger shrugged his shoulders and said it did'nt matter as we had agreed before the game to share the prize of a gallon of stones. (the bar had gone the bottle had gone and my lot had gone) but mr been was having none and said we would have to replay the game behind closed doors with no ultras allowed in.

we played the following sunday 7.30 before the landlord opened at 8.00 and i came a close second but still 4 pints better off. it was over 20 years ago but still one of the highs of my sporting life"

.......and the sad fate of the Gower now.......

www.closedpubs.co.uk/yorkshire/sheffield_gowerarms.html

May 19, 2015 13:24:31 GMT tommo III said:

The last piece of the jigsaw of the county's early bar billiards history falls into place.........

27/11/1982 AGM @ Caversham Bridge Hotel, Reading;
Doncaster League adopted as full members of AEBBA as South Yorks;

4/9/1982 @ Fox & Hounds, Reading
Charlie Wheeler reported that the Doncaster League had increased from 6 teams to 12 teams and wished to affiliate to AEBBA;

The former league's heyday was from 1983-1994 and the league was the Doncaster League: It was only when taking part in national events that they were known as "South Yorkshire".

Archive of Former Doncaster League venues (NB. tables were supplied by Tarratt Tables)

Tadcaster Arms, Doncaster Road, Armthorpe DN3 2BY

Selby Arms (later Askern Hotel), Doncaster Road, Askern, Doncaster DN6 0AL
Railway Hotel, Moss Road, Askern, Doncaster DN6 0JS
Three Crowns (later Buttercross), Northgate, Tickhill, Doncaster DN11 9JX
Spinky’s (later The Venue & Manhattans), Doncaster Road, Conisbrough DN12 3AG
Gower Arms, 47 Gower Street, Burngreave, Sheffield S4 7JW
Cocked Hat, Worksop Road, Attercliffe, Sheffield S9 3TG
Springvale Tavern, 1 Commonside, Crookes, Sheffield S10 1GA
Swan (later White Swan), 78 Chesterfield Road, Dronfield S18 2XF
Royal Oak, 101 Eckington Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield S18 3AU
Miners Arms, Hundall Lane, Hundall, Dronfield S18 4BS
Little John Hotel, Station Road, Hathersage, Hope Valley, Sheffield S32 1DD
Old Nags Head, Edale, Hope Vale, Sheffield S33 7ZD