Week 10 9th January 2025.

Henty B v Stags Head A.

May Pole v Tarring Club.

Stags Head B v Henty A.

Blue Anchor v Alexandra.

Old House At Home have a bye.

Week 9 19th December 2024.

Alexandra 5 - 0 Tarring Club. James Whittle* 4450 - 1250 Bepo. Dave Ingram 10500 (7240 break) - 420 Matt Jones*. Tony Jenner 6470 - 2950 Tash Light*. Rick Cunningham* 11770 (7280 break) - 230 Tony Collins. Tony Jenner (4 player rule) 5160 - 4840 Dave Collins*. Another good evening with Tarring with the home team taking the chances presented to them. James opened with 3k+ and was always in charge. Matt got a kick on his 2nd beak shot and left both up, Dave took full advantage with a 7k+ break and touch. Tash opened with 1.5k and then built a 2k lead, I got them back but off at 2k, lucky enough to get them back 1st and just about make sure. Rick opened with 3k+ then added another 7k+ with Tony not really getting going. Dave opened with 2.5k then we both had plenty of chances to put it to bed with me falling over the line. Lovely spread of sausage and chips at the end.

Prince of Wales/May Pole 2 - 3 Stags Head B. Dan Wheal* 9980 - 4480 Chris Tupper. Chris Cox 5660 - 5180 Matt Knight*. Martin Cole 1240 - 11010 Phil Osborne*. Barry Holt* 4580 - 8520 Nigel Senior. Chris Lawman 2070 - 4520 Jean Brackenridge*.

Old House at Home 2 - 3 Henty A. Trevor Rees* 300 - 11500 Stuart Mepham. Dave Knight* 2520 - 4350 Terry Molloy. Paul Barnett* 10260 (7800 break) - 210 Stuart Carruthers. Ros Appleby* 960 - 10530 Kevin Tunstall. Gary Ridley* 7630 (7200 break) - Mike Daw 6920.

Stags Head A 4 - 1 Blue Anchor. Martin Smith 5140 - 4190 Paul Moyes-Robb*. Mark James 12330 (11180 break) - 1510 Liam Hurley. Geoff Jukes 3990 - 4660 Dave Jones*. Bob Hall 8620 - 4040 Andy Farmer-Wright*. Bob Hall (4 player rule) 16810 ( 12190 break) - 2530 Chris Lucas*.

Henty B have a bye.

Week 8  28th November 2024.

Tarring Club v Old House at Home. Postponed.

Stags Head B 2 - 3 Alexandra. Clash between the premier leaders and the 1st division leaders with the visitors receiving all 5 breaks from their illustrious opponents. A great evening as usual plenty of banter, some good bar billiards and a real array and large spread of sandwiches to finish. Game 1 Jean Brackenridge v Pete Hickman *. Pete usually has a liking for the Stags table so when Jean was put down I decided Pete was the best man to get us underway. Pete proved me wrong by leaving his one up short!! Jean got them back but out the one up behind. Then both players had the break back again but did not add a lot to their scores. Pete built a 1500 lead but off with 2.5 minutes left, Jean got them back and this time settled into the 100 split to take a scrappy leg. Jean 5290 - 3100 Pete. 1-0. Game 2 Nigel Senior v Michael Wilson*. Nige decided it was time for a captains innings so I went with Jersey runner-up and this table is crap, bandana man. Michael opened with 5k, Nigel did not get them back but Michael did and this time compiled an excellent 15200 break, in the process becoming the latest member of the Sussex 20k club (has had one before in Surrey), and also setting the 1st Division high score and break. Nigel 140 - 20700 Michael Wilson. Game 3 Phil Osborne - Rick Cunningham*. Rick joined Pete leaving the 1st one up short, a couple of goes each before Rick was first to get them back and added 7k = break, leaving Phil a very slight glimmer of a chance but it was always a big ask and despite a good effort, when the bar went Phil was over 1k short. Phil 7100 - 8820 Rick Cunningham* 1- 2. Game 4 Matt Knight - Dave Ingram*. Matt put down by his captain as the man for the occasion so I went in with former WC Dave. Dave ground out a 9880 break but to be fair had a number of excursions (in fact could have opened a coach company) but should great determination and skill to stay on the top. Might be said that with time still allowing Matt a chance, Dave had a huge slice of the run of the balls, when leaving the red to the left hand side of the 50 he went to play a delicate touch in and miscued the cue ball for it not only to just get to the red, sink it and then roll on slightly to leave it perfect for a 100/10 recovery shot and onwards with the break. Dave had left Matt no chance taking between 13 and 14 minutes on his break. Matt did get a rapid 5k. Matt 5420 - 10270 Dave. 1 - 3. Game 5 Chris Tupper - James Whittle*. With the away captain rested for the evening up stepped James to the table and opened he opened with a 2k break. The senior player for the home team first to get them back and added 3k and then another 5k, with James unable to get the break back. Tupps making the score line respectable. Chris 8790 - 2400 James Whittle. 2-3. Has to be said a good result for the away side but we did get the run of the balls but made the most of it, which is all you can do. So with one game left of the 1st half (plus some rearranged games) the Alex have played all 5 premier teams, taking the scalps of 4 of them all 3-2, but were unable to make it a full house when losing out to the Henty B at the Henty 4-1.

Blue Anchor v Henty B. Postponed.

Henty A v Prince of Wales/May Pole. Postponed.

Stags Head A have a bye.

Week 7  21st November 2024.

Prince of Wales  4 - 1  Stags Head A. Chris Cox * 2960 - 7490  Jim Millward.  Joe Oakley 9610 - 2300 Mark James*. Dan Wheal 11390 - 1470 Bob Hall*.  Martin Cole* 9940 - 1510 Martin Smith.  Chris Lawman 5700 - 2360 Geoff Jukes*.

Stags Head B  4 - 1  Henty B.  Chris Tupper * 9500 - 1860 Brian Richards. Nigel Senior 11290 (11100 break) - 3830 Roger Taylor*. Matt Knight 2540 - 3830 Colin   Green*.  Phil Osborne*  5530 - 4580 Vern Blake.  Jean Brackenridge* 10270 - 1500 Roger Taylor (4 player rule).

Old House at Home  3 - 2  Alexandra. Colin Southouse* 11330 (8610 break) - 1550 James Whittle.  Gary Ridley 8420 (5120 break) - 2230 Rick Cunningham*. Ros Appleby 610 - 9900 (5710 break)  Michael Wilson*.  Paul Barnett* 4960 - 1470 Tony Jenner. Paul Barnett (4 player rule) 2670 - 8360 (8110 break)  Pete Hickman*. Breaks -  Colin 8610. Gary 5120. Michael 5710 and Pete 8110. Good win for the home team with chances the mis section 3 games, Colin and Pete going off with enough at 1 and 5. Rick opened with 2k, Gary first to get them back but left one up short at 1.5k, Rick no luck getting them back Gary did and 5k break was enough. Michael off at 1.4k, Ros no luck at the back end of the table, Michael eventually first to get them back and 5k and touch to put us back in it. Paul off at 2k, I was going well and feeling comfortable, at just under 4k when I caught the 100 split thick, sinking the 100 but leaving the cue ball nearly touching the peg, tried to split it to no avail, both down giving Paul the break back, Paul added another 2k +. I did get them back needing 4k in about 3.5 minutes and again started well before the red fell off the spot as I played the break, got one down but pegged the next go, game over and a win for the home side. Needless to say not a happy bunny as I should have taken it to the decider, table playing well so no excuses. Good evening though with plenty of laughs and pizzas to finish.

Blue Anchor   4 - 1  Tarring Club.  Paul Moyes-Robb* 5450 - 140 Bepo. Liam Hurley 3290 - 6890 Matt Jones*. Dave Jones 4710 - 3600 Dave Collins*. Andy Farmer-Wright* 4590 - 250 Tony Collins. Chris Lucas 3760 - 2030 Tash Light*.

Henty A have a bye.

Week 6 31st October 2024.

Henty B  4  -  1 Tarring Club. Vern Blake 3210  -  5620 (5190 break) Mike Formoy*.  Roger Taylor 7200  -  580 Tash Light*. Colin Green 6620  -  3260 Dave Collins*. Doug Mahy 7010  -  1020 Tony Collins*. Brian Richards 3220  -  2180 Bepo*.

Old House at Home  2  -  3  Stags Head B. **Trevor Rees 1320 - 13,280 Phil Osborne - Trevor off early, Phil on fire with a 9040 break first go and a tap to keep them.
**Paul Barnett 6400 - 4010 Chris Tupper - steady 4560 opener from Barney taking up plenty of time. When Tupps got them back he was looking good but sadly left a one up short and that was 1-1. **Ros Appleby 5450 - 1580 Jean Brackenridge - Ros made a bright start with a couple of nice splits but she couldn't keep it going, Jean got them back and started well but a one up behind and off. Ros managing to get them back a couple more times edging further ahead as Jean had no luck getting them back. Going from 1-0 up to 2-1 down left us in a bit of a pickle with Senior and Knight left to take on the 4 pin expert...twice. Nige in the doghouse with admin/transport manager due to being 10 minutes late for pick up and slightly p****d. He was soon out of the doghouse with an awesome display. **Colin Southouse 880 - 13,070 Nigel Senior - Colin off first split and that was goodnight in the 4th leg as Nige smashed in a rapid 9970 with a tap. Crucially Col didn't get them back and Nige finished off leaving Gandalf with barely any playing time. Decider time Colin Southouse (4 player) 5650 - 9220 Matthew Knight** - my awesomeness lasted a couple of splits as somehow hit a split too thin and pegged. Oh dear....but nothing for Col and Knight back on with a pretty good clear. No mucking about this time as 9220 break and touch to give us a comeback win. Colin with break and score to the bar in quick time. Enjoyable night in good company, sorry about the decibels as Joseph turned up to help with the noise...  Hope those under the weather get well soon (Report from Matt Knight).

Stags Head A  3   -  2  Henty A. Geoff Jukes* 15330 (8670 break)  -  290 Terry Molloy. Jim Millward 7290  -  3890 Stuart Carruthers*. Bob Hall 9850 (9730 break)  -  7720 Stuart Mepham*. Martin Smith* 4850  -  9060 Kevin Tunstall. Mark James 1880  -  14550 Mike Daw*.

Prince of Wales  Postponed  Blue Anchor

Alexandra have a bye.

Week 4 17th October 2024.

Henty A 2  -  3  Henty B (played 3rd November 2024). Stuart Mepham* 9340  -  2170 Brian Richards.  Stuart Carruthers 5030  -  5880 Roger Taylor*. Kevin Tunstall 1990  -  9610 Colin Green*. Terry Molloy* 12650 (9060 break)  -  100  Vern Blake. Stuart Mepham (4 player rule_ 1480  -  8160 Doug Mahy*.

Stags Head A  2  -  3  Stags Head B.  Geoff Jukes * 8790 (8790 break)  -  7070 (7070 break) Jean Brackenridge. Jim Millward 1510  -  14630 (10620 break) Matt Knight *. Bob Hall 0  -  12300 Phil Osborne*. Martin Smith * 8280  -  5900 Chris Tupper. Mark James 6760 (6760 break)  -  11010 (11010 break) Nigel Senior*.

Old House at Home  5  -  0  Blue Anchor.  Paul Barnett * 8060  -  1280 Damien Hurley (nice to see Damien back playing). Ros Appleby 2890  -  600 Paul Moyes-Robb*. Trevor Rees  5100(4020 break)  -  5240 (4020 break) Dave Jones*. Gary Ridley * 7210 (3700 break)  -  4020 Chris Lucas. Gary Ridley (4 player rule) 8310 (5990 break)  -  1470 Andy Farmer-Wright*.

Alexandra  3  -  2  Prince of Wales. Pete Hickman * 1510  -  8180  Barry Holt. Dave Ingram * 9750 (9510 break)  -  2780 Joe Oakley. James Whittle * 2200  -  10220 (8140 break) Daniel Wheal. Rick Cunningham * 7120  -  590 Chris Cox.  Tony Jenner * 10760 (9250 break)  -  2560  Martin Cole. Good night with the Prince with plenty of banter and again we were treated to sausage and chips to finish the evening. Game 1 saw Pete off very early, Barry got the balls back but also early, Barry got them back twice more to make sure, with Pete unable to get the balls back. Good start for the away side. Game 2 and Dave opened with 9750 leaving Joe not enough time so match level. Game 3 saw James spin both balls out on the break and Dan got them back and made sure with a 8140 break to put the visitors back in charge. Fair to say both Pete and James guilty of being a bit heavy handed on their shots. Game 4 and Rick opened with around 3k. Chris got them back but unluckily pegged around 1500. Top of the table battle for a while till Rick got them back but was off quickly. Rick then first to get them back and made sure before tapping up to take it to a decider. Game 5 and the captains up to the table. I knew I could not afford to let Martin in so for a change the real TJ turned up and set about a 9250 and touch opening break leaving Martin not enough time to catch me. I had to make some good recovery shots but managed to retrieve the break straight away each time. So another good 3-2 win for the home side. As usual the Prince very sporting in defeat and we as a team wish them well if they do have to move venues due to a change of landlord. 

Tarring Club have a bye.

Week 3 10th October 2024.

Old House at Home  1  -  4  Stags Head A. Trevor Rees* 3720  -  7180 (6900 break) Bob Hall. Ros Appleby* 780  -  9280 (5510 break) Geoff Jukes. Paul Barnett* 0 (lost 5k break)  -  4420 Martin Smith.  Gary Ridley* 8070 (8070 break)  -  6200 (6200 break) Mark James. Ros Appleby* (4 player rule) 880  -  7050 Martin Smith (4 player rule).

Henty A  2  -  3  Alexandra.  Stuart Mepham 7380  -  7250 Rick Cunningham*. Terry Molloy 3930  -  8070 Dave Ingram*. Kevin Tunstall 6590 (6590 break)  -  9780 (9780 break) Michael Wilson*. Stuart Carruthers 4430  -  2220 Pete Hickman*. Terry Molloy (4 player rule) 3510  -  9120 Tony Jenner*.  Breaks - Dave Ingram 9780. Rick started with about 4k, Stuart balls back off at about 2k, Rick balls back 1700, Stu balls back and in front when the bar went but off 300 up and 5 balls left, Rick down to last 2 balls and needed to leave one u but both unluckily disappeared down the 30 hole. Dave off at around 2k, Terry balls back but off early as well, Dave balls back and made sure before touching up. Michael opened with 9780, KT finished off with 6590, so one go each, great pressure leg form Michael. Pete off early, Stuart 2.5k and then Pete unable to get going and Stuart stayed ahead. TJ off at 4k+, both players time at top of the table, TJ got them back first and touched up on another 4K + to make sure, Terry finished off. A good result for the away team and a complete difference to how they played the table last week. Nice burgers and chips to end the evening

Prince of Wales  5  -  0 Henty B. Chris Cox* 14560  -  0 Brian Richards. Daniel Wheal 5890  -  3220 Roger Taylor*. Barry Holt 11240  -  3900 Colin Green*. Martin Cole* 15990  -  1400 Vern Blake. Joe Oakley 8340  -  3350 Gareth Cornford+.

Stags Head B  5  -  0 Tarring Club. Nigel Senior 11,540 - 1460 Natasha Light**.  Chris Tupper 13,610 - 250 Matt Jones**. Jean Brackenridge 6640 - 1590 Tony Collins**.
Matthew Knight 10,820 - 280 Bepo**. Alan Brackenridge 10,570 - 1260 Dave Collins**. Breaks - NS-8180 - CT-9550 - JB-4810 - MK-7250 and tap  - AB-7600 . Friendly night - our thoughts remain with Bob and Phil (report from Matt Knight).

Week 2 3rd October 2024.

Henty B  4  -  1  Alexandra. Colin Green 840  -  10800 (break 7580)  Dave Ingram*. Gareth Cornford 6330  -  4140 Michael Wilson*. Roger Taylor 3170  -  2630 Pete Hickman*. Brian Richards 3380  -  1410  Tony Jenner*. Vern Blake 5200  -  3680 James Whittle*. Home team taking the chances presented to them by their opposition and a well deserved win. Table good just the Alexandra made a pigs ear of it. Dave was off early but got them back first and made sure.  Michael off early catching the split thick, then first to get the balls back but did the same. Gareth made a steady 5k leaving Michael no time. Pete opened with 2k and with Roger struggling early on looked to be going ok, Roger closed the gap and then Pete black pegged. Then the game got bogged down at the back of the table, Pete getting them back late but not enough time. I lost my opening break then Brian and I for 8 minutes conceived to see how many ways we could either lose a score or just score nothing and I led 70 to nil. Brian eventually had the balls back twice to make sure with me only getting the break back after the bar dropped. James opened with near 3k and then it was the same old story at the top of the table until Vern got them back and made a winning 4k+ break.

Tarring Club  1  -  4 Stags Head A. Tony Collins* 1480  -  6520 Martin Smith. Matt Jones * 7410  -  4060 Bob Hall. Dave Collins * 1100  -  11650 (10630 break) Mark James. Bepo* 1110  -  6040 Geoff Jukes. Bepo * (4 player rule) 1470  -  7860 Mark James (4 player rule).

Prince of Wales  4  -  1  Old House at Home. Joe Oakley 9280  -  2210 Trevor Rees*. Barry Holt 7320  -  1970 Paul Barnett*. Chris Cox 13150  -  1490 Gary Ridley*. Daniel Wheal 10930  -  3360 Ros Appleby*. Melissa Beach * 970  -  7600 Paul Barnett (4 player rule).

Blue Anchor  1  -  4  Henty A. Andy Farmer-Wright* 6400  -  1280 Kevin Tunstall. Paul Moyes-Robb* 2980  -  6710 Stuart Mepham. Dave Jones* 810  -  10630 Terry Molloy. Liam Hurley* 1350  -  5390 Stuart Carruthers. Andy Farmer-Wright (4 player rule) 930  -  8470 Kevin Tunstall (4 player rule).

Week 1 25th September 2024.

Stags Head A  5  -  0  Henty B. Martin Smith * 11770  - 680 Chris Richards. Bob Hall 12130  -  3480 Roger Taylor *. Jim Millward 7710  -  3670 Colin Green *. Geoff Jukes * 11190  -  610 Brian Richards. Mark James 10520  -  1730 Vern Blake *.

Henty A  0  -  5  Stags Head B Terry Molloy * 6280  -  6390 Alan Brackenridge. Kevin Tunstall 4000  -  9000 Nigel Senior *. Mike Daw 6350  -  6720 Jean Brackenridge *. Stuart Carruthers * 0  -  6550 Chris Tupper. Stuart Mepham 5050  -  8190 Matt Knight *. Shocking start of the season for the Home team but the result doesn’t tell the whole story. Games 1 & 3 , the bar dropped 20-30 seconds short with both home players on a break. So instead of being 2-1 up, we were 3 down. Game 4 , Stu B/pegged at the end on about 5k (From Kevin Tunstall). Henty A 0-5 Stags Head B - I don't have the scores, Kevin does. Suffice to say one team were pretty happy and the other not so (From Matt Knight).

Tarring Club  1  -  4  Prince of Wales. Mike Formoy * 570  -  9650 Chris Cox. Matt Jones * 3050  -  2290 Barry Holt. Dave Collins * 1710  -  13390 Dan Wheal. Tash Light * 2030  -  2080 Melissa Beach. Tony Collins * 150  -  20080 (12080 break) Martin Cole.

Alexandra  3  -  2  Blue Anchor.  Pete Hickman * 2710  -  950 Kevin Stoner. Michael Wilson 13330  -  1050 Chris Lucas *. Dave Ingram 1780  -  4580 Dave Jones *. Tony Jenner * 4880  -  3750 Andy Farmer-Wright. James Whittle 3440  -  5280 Paul Moyes-Robb *. Good evening with the Blue Anchor and we fell over the line. Michael showing us all how to play the table, which was good on the night, just the rest of us made hard work of it. All 4 other games could certainly have gone either way with both Pete and I only making sure near the end of our games. In the battle of the Dave`s it was a matter of Dave J making more of his 3 breaks to Dave Is 2 breaks. Paul opened with close on 3k and James came back to level only to leave the one up short giving Paul the chance to make sure. Lovely spread of sausages and chips to finish the evening.