WCC Centenary Snooker Post #24

WCC Centenary Snooker Post #24

Continuing our series (we've a lot of history to get through!), here is the Wallingford Comrades Club Snooker Teams end-of-season Stats Tables for the D&DB&SL for the 1993-94 Season (thank you Phil Hall).

As you can see, we now had a newly formed D Team, comprised of quite a few players who had migrated from the Kings Head PH Pool Team.  Captained by Kev Willis, they romped their first season in the D&DB&SL & won the Fourth Division Title by 6 clear points.

Captain Kev played a sterling season, leading from the front & finished as top percentage player.  To give him due reward for a fabulous first year, he was awarded the prestigious Tanner Trophy as Player of the Season.

Stu Mogford made a plethora of breaks which challenged Phil's XL skills (huh, he should try accommodating all Phil Collins high breaks!).  For his 45 break Stu took the Bill Billingham High Break Trophy, which was to be his start of 3 consecutive years of him holding this award.

House Competitions

In the Veterans a 'whistling' Gilbert Shepherd regained the title after a 2 year gap.  Dave Greathead, having 'moved up' to the A Team, retained the Singles title, becoming only the 3rd player in Comrades History to do so (Robert 'Bob' Seares won the first back-to-back Singles titles in 1974 & '75, repeated the feat again in 1983 & '84 & Colin Baker won in 1985 & '86).

Ian 'Tiny' Burtenshaw & Kevin Gray both got their first Gold Leaf moments as they won the Doubles.  Tiny doubled up with another House Winners trophy with a win in the Darts Singles.

Snooker cue-wielding brothers Pete & Mick Soden proved they were dab hands with the arrows too as they won the Darts Pairs.

As always, please feel free to message me with any information or contributions of your own which you may have (photographs, newspaper cuttings, etc.) & I'll add them to the feeds.  

Snooker Rep.