D&DB&SL League Tables - Week 10

WCC Stats 29/11/2017 - Match 13

D&DB&SL Novice Cup Quarter Finals

2017 Greene King Snooker Tournament

So, on a cold & frosty morning, where else would we rather be?

Playing for the 2017 Greene King All Day Autumn Snooker Tournament.

After the obligatory Dolphin Breakfast Club had finished, it was straight to the warmth of the Comrades for event organiser, Andy Rance's briefing & Order of Play for the Group Stages.

Play started fairly promptly & with a few notable absences due to family commitments (gents, you know who you are, our thoughts are with you & you were missed), the Group Stages were completed quite quickly with 2 lastminutedotcom withdrawals meaning 10 less matches to play.

So including an Oz's Special Winter Warmer Chilli lunch, the Group results were finalised very early in the day.

It was around this point that Quote of the Day was heard from our newest Comrade, Grant Weber nearing the end of the Group Stages, 'I really hope I go through' - don't well all mate, don't we all!  Lol!

Best Non League Player came from the 'usual suspects' quartet who have consistently been stalwarts of supporting these events & this time was claimed by Ian Pearce.  Well done mate - decided by his first frame win of the day... against Gavin Twigg! 💪. Bragging rights til the GSMS then. 😉

The Knockout Stage was determined by the traditional Winner & Runner Ups from the Groups.

With the knockouts being best of 3, only one match went the distance which was the mouthwatering tie of Jon ('Hawks') v Phil ('World Champion'), which Phil took 2-1.

That wasn't the only all A Team tie as Rowey faced Cap A, which was a close match, with Cap A winning 2-0.

Stu Foley played Alan Milton & MILF (who was spotted in the Club all afternoon Friday getting 'sharp') won 2-0.

Table 2 saw Grant from the C Team face B Team Anchorman, Dave & it was a 'no quarter asked or given' as Dave showed his experience to progress 2-0 to the Semis.

That gave a Semi Final line-up of Dave v Alan & Phil v Pete.  Alan & Phil both progressed 2-0 to then face each other in the Final.

Dave Greathead receiving his Semi Final 'cheque' from his Captain & Event Organiser, Andy Rance.

Cap B presenting Cap A with his Semi Finalist 'cheque' - subsequently spent on a Chinese for Supper!

It was a cracking final as Alan took the first frame on the black.  Phil responded in the second, knocking in a 45 break in the process.  With the math poised at 1-1 & tiredness taking its toll, both players missed chances in the decider before Phil ran out a 64-37 win to take the trophy (all done by 9.10pm - is that a record Phil Hall?).

Phil receiving the 2018 Greene King Trophy, Shield & Winners Cheque (also promptly spent of a Chinese Supper!).

Alan receiving his Runner Up Shield & 'cheque'

Phil also bagged both High Breaks (48 in the Group Stages & 71 in the Knockout).

Special mention for 'Turnaround of the day' which has to go to Stuart Foley who said on the lead up to the event, 'I'm not drinking this time & gonna give it a proper go', yet somehow managed to run up a £70+ Bar tab?!  Quite impressive as he qualified as Runner Up in his Group, only losing in the knockout stages to eventual Runner Up, Alan.  Warning, do not go drinking with this 'experienced' man - he reckons it's his Irish heritage?!

Thanks go to -

Event Organiser, Andy Rance for all his hard work preparing, printing, running & stressing about handicaps.  Thanks mate, you are a star!

John Beardsley for his table preparations- they were, as always, immaculate, thank you.

Oz & Lucy & their staff for feeding & watering us throughout the day - hope you enjoyed 'investing' your drink money!

Russ & Liz for providing & engraving the lovely Greene King glass shields.  Top work, thank you both.

Greene King brewery for their sponsorship of the event to keep our running costs affordable.

And lastly Gents, to all of you guys who regularly keep turning up to these events to make them the success that they are.  Without you we wouldn't be able to run these tournaments, so thank you one & all.

We will be back for the next All Day Tournament, the 2018 Gilbert Shepherd Memorial Shield next year, so keep your eyes peeled on the Snooker Notice Board, Snooker Blog & our FaceBook page.

Next main event is Club Finals night on Friday 8th December.

D&DB&SL John Evans Cup - Semi Finals

D&DB&SL Jim Taylor Cup - Semi Finals

D&DB&SL Chairmans Cup - Semi Finals (2 Comrades Tables in use on 27/02/2018)

D&DB&SL Captains Cup - Semi Finals

D&DB&SL Doubles - 2nd round

D&DB&SL League Tables - Week 9

WCC Team Stats 22/11/2017 - Match 12

A TEAM	Pl	W	L	Pts for	Av	Pts ag	Av	%	Breaks (25 & over)
Phil Collins	9	9	0	753	84	258	29	100	27,45,31,64,92,52,(81-JE),(44,33-DP),(48,65,58-CS),(74-GS)
Jon Hawkins	5	5	0	378	76	254	51	100	34,35,(29,32-CD),(29,52,32,56-DP)
Tom Hamilton-Williams	11	9	2	702	64	512	47	82	29,(35-JE)
Kev Higgs	9	7	2	568	63	433	48	78	46,26,(29,36-CD),(32-CB),(30-CS)
Pete Billingham	7	4	3	328	47	318	45	57	34,(50-CS),(37,32-CC),(30-DP)
Dave Rowe	8	4	4	495	62	432	54	50	(37,46,46-CS)
Nigel Woods	2	0	2	100	50	152	76	0
Nigel Barker	3	0	3	110	37	193	64	0
Dave Baker	1	1	0	66	66	41	41	###	27
A Team host Wantage & win 3-2. Opening frame is Captains Innings with Cap A v Ian 'Sid' Barnes (0), who starts well, but then fizzles out. Both missed pots & shots, but the home team take the lead with a 69-19 win. Bagger pulls Neil Craycraft (0) & struggles with his form, going down, 17-59. Tom faces Chris Rose (7) who can't get to grips with our quick table & Tom secures a solid 48-26 win to put the A's back in front. Cuz plays Mark Andrews (14) & despite going well behind, battles back to be in striking distance on the colours. Sadly it wasn't to be as Wantage level at 2-2 with a 46-70 win. Phil plays Paul Robinson (14) in the 5th to decide the win & both miss easy openers at the start. Phil then kicks in with a 20+ before knocking in a frame & match winning 52 break to win, 96-24. Well done lads, take a BYE week off next week.
B TEAM	Pl	W	L	Pts for	Av	Pts ag	Av	%	Breaks (25 & over)
Soheil Meskini	5	5	0	318	64	156	31	100
Dave Greathead	9	9	0	564	63	391	43	100
Rob House	8	6	2	428	54	341	43	75	31,27,35,(CV-47,45,38)
Stuart Foley	10	6	4	530	53	518	52	60	27,36
Simon Ellam	4	2	2	212	53	208	52	50
Andy Rance	8	3	5	373	47	405	51	38	31,25,(32-CD)
Brian Orton	6	2	4	296	49	310	52	33
B Team travel to Abingdon RBL & lose 3-2. Stu (7) opens v Paul Archer (7) & pots well, clearing up with a 22 to win, 25-58. Cap B (7) plays his old mucker, Keith Bennett (21) & knocks in a 25 to pull back the handicap. Despite another 16, Andy then succumbs to Keiths snookers onslaught & loses, 71-60. Brian (14) faces Nigel Archer (7) & slogs it out to the colours. Nigel takes green to blue, leaving Brian needing a snooker on the pink. He sadly goes in-off to lose, 58-32. Rob (7) plays Duncan Price (0) who scores impressively in an 83-8 win. Can't do much when he's in potting mode. Anchorman plays Norman Price (35) & pulls back the handicap with ease. Norman gets close at 40-41 before DG salvages some B Team pride with a 40-66 win. Home v Harwellian A next week gents.
C TEAM	Pl	W	L	Pts for	Av	Pts ag	Av	%	Breaks (16 & over)
Baz Alexander	10	5	5	493	49	618	62	50	20,16
Alan Wells	10	5	5	488	49	503	50	50	24
Grant Weber	2	1	1	87	44	87	44	50
Ashley Brown	3	1	2	118	39	162	54	33
Mark Tinsey	7	2	5	380	54	414	59	29	21
Hugh Baker	7	0	7	306	44	496	71	0
Adam Beasley	8	0	8	252	32	499	62	0
Joey Edwards	2	0	2	59	30	99	50	0
Chris Alexander	1	0	1	52	52	67	67	###
C Team Travel to Harwellian A & win 2-3! Baz (14) opens v P Muldoon (35) & scores well, limiting his opponent to just 9 points scored for a 44-50 win. Ash (21) plays John Vaughan (21) & it's a close frame, decided on the colours in Ash's favour to get his first 'W' of the season, 39-51 for 0-2. Hugh (14) plays Simon Saunders (7) who knocks in a 38 break in a 71-33 win to pull a frame back for the home side. Step up C Team stalwart Alan Wells (14) v M Porter (21) & Alan knocks in a C Team High Break of 24 in a solid 35-63 win to secure the C's second win of the season. Grant (28) faces Ian Cooksley (21) in the 5th & sadly there's no repeat of his maiden 'W' from last week as he goes down on the colours, 48-40. So, 2 wins & both against Harwell teams - bet they love you lot! Marlborough A at home next week. Will Cap C make a return?!