2023 to 2024 season started on the 21st September 2023.
Martin Cole, Prince of Wales takes the high score and break for the season on the last match week 11th April 2024 with a break of 24470 at the Stags Head, on the same night Nigel Senior, Stags Head B had a 21000 break at the Blue Anchor.
Henty B secured the 1st division title despite losing 3-2 at home to Tarring Club.
Please use either the results page on Whats App, post on the bar billiards forum or result cards to Joe by the Friday following the match being played. Please record high breaks when posting the results. Football cards have been distributed with the starter packs please all try to sell them on league and cup nights as this raises valuable funds for the league.
The summer league singles will go ahead as enough interest time to get your entries in before 5th May 2024.
Chairmans Cup and Shield 18th April 2024 Prince of Wales beat the Stags Head A 3-2 at the Blue Anchor in a very high class match so the Prince are League and Cup winners. The Shield was played on the same evening at the Old House at Home and the Stags Head B proved to strong for the Henty B recording a 5-0 win.
Saturday 23rd March 2024 the East Anglian 4 Pin Open was played at the Masonic Hall, Sudbury. The competition was won by Jeff Bridges of Sunbury who beat Richard Cox of Surrey in the final. The plate was won by Jeremy Fry of Sudbury who beat Worthing`s Mal Spier (Alexandra) in the final.
WBBA Competitions.
The inaugural World Bar Billiards Alliance event took place on the weekend of the 4th and 5th of February 2023 at the Aviator Hotel, Northampton. The event split players into 4 categories :- Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze according to the players standards. Each player was able to enter 2 categories and the format was decided by the number of entries. Trophies and prize monies were up for grabs and the event was a success and further events are being planned (see below for next dates). It was good to see players of all standards being given a chance to win an event and great to see names on the trophies that we would not normally see. The idea of grading players so as to encourage more people to participate is certainly and great one and maybe a way to help our wonderful game to progress going forward. A huge thank you to Lorin Clough for coming up with the idea and getting the events off the ground.
The Platinum event was won by Curt Driver who beat Matt Jones. The Gold event saw a reversal with Matt Jones beating Curt Driver in the final. There was a Plate competition in the Gold event and this was won by Kevin Tunstall (The Henty) who beat Dave Ingram (Stags Head A) in the final.
The Silver event was won by Kyle Ingram who beat Aiden Cole in the final. The Silver Plate was won by Joe Foxon who beat Keith Thomson in the final.
The Bronze event was won by Keith Thomson who beat Abbey Balchin in the final.
The next event has been booked in for the weekend 27th and 28th May 2023 at the Aviator Hotel, Northampton.