Goodbye Rob House, we will miss you.

With the season having drawn to a close, the Wallingford Comrades Club will sadly say Goodbye to one of its longest standing players, Rob House.

Rob & his partner Mandy are moving to pastures new up in Lancaster to run a Narrow Boat Business. They have thought long & hard over this move for some time, but decided its now or never.

I am told that their new house is only 3 doors down from the local Snooker Club, although he says that this was not a factor in the purchase!

Rob has been playing for the Comrades for 20 seasons in the D&DS&BL, starting when he made his debut for the D Team back in 1999. He then moved up to the B, had a short spell with the A before moving back to the B.

He finished top percentage player in the B Team this season on 83% & has an impressive Historic Stats record over his 20 seasons.

Played: 375 frames
Won: 228
Lost: 147
Points For: 18,484
Ave Points For: 49
Points Against: 15,048
Ave Points Against: 40
Percentage: 61
Highest Break (League): 62

He has also won a number of trophies throughout the years & his impressive Snooker CV reads like this:

1999 GSMS Winner,
2002 Bill Billingham High Break Winner (39),
2002 GSMS Winner,
2009 Comrades Billiards Winner,
2012 Comrades Billiards Winner,
2013 Comrades Doubles Winner (with Simon Ellam),
2014 Comrades Billiards Winner,
2017 Comrades Veterans Winner,
2018 Comrades Billiards AND D&DB&SL Billiards Winner.

Here he is shown receiving the 2017-18 D&DB&SL Billiards Trophy from the League Secretary, Dawn Saunders. This was one of his greatest achievements, especially considering he had to defeat multiple Billiards Champion, Nigel Winney in the Final. And he did it the hard way, coming from behind in the closing stages. An awesome win.

We wish you both all the very best for the future, in your new home & in your new business. And Rob, you are more than welcome to come back & guest at any of our tournaments in the future to see all your Comrades for a catch up.