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Half Term reportChristmas is over and we look forward to the second half of the season. I hope everyone had a super Christmas and I wish you all a very Happy New Year. The Cup Finals will now be played on Thursday 5th January and the following week, Thursday 12th January. The Knockout Cup Final will be between Misfits and Lets Go Mental to be played at Barnstaple Ex Service and Social Club. The Vickers Cup Final will feature Fort Chiefs and Lets Go Mental and will be played at the Liberal Club. Good luck to all involved ! At this stage the League leaders are South Molton Con B with 36 points from the 11 games played. They have won eight of them and even in defeat their three losses still netted six points. A late change of Captain saw Rob Smale take over the reins and he contributed seven wins. Nine wins out of eleven for Lewis Hutter marked a fine performance, and the rest of the team have shown good consistency. They are six points clear at the halfway stage. Misfits stand second on 30 points. They started very well winning their first five matches, but have won only one from their last six. Mitch Wood has continued his rich vein of form, taking 9 wins from 11 with two good breaks over 50. Fort Chiefs lie third, one point behind Misfits. Excellent performances in particular from James Middlemass, Tim Southon and Paul Standen – James having recorded 10 breaks over 20 including a 52. Four teams share fourth spot on 28 points. Jackpots, with good contributions from Jack Brown and Darren Howlett. Legion Cues have benefited from the resurgence of Colin James with 9 wins from 11 and also Matt Ovey with 7 from 11. Magnets have another veteran returning to form – an excellent seven wins from nine for League President Dave Woolley. Peter Essam has taken over the captaincy of South Molton Con A and after losing his first two games, now has a run of six wins. Kevin Bastable holds the highest breaks in a remarkable frame against Spurs with a 60, quickly followed by a 58 clearance. England 7 and Spurs share eighth place on 27. Ross Toleman and Frank Jefferies have each recorded 7 wins for England 7, whilst Dale Carpenter (8) and Neil Payne (7) have been Spurs’ leading lights. Liberal A are on 26 points and Lets Go Mental have 24. They will both be disappointed, but are more than capable of bouncing back in the second half. The strongest team, holding up the rest of the League is South Molton Con C with new Captain Ernie Lewis. Following seven earlier defeats, they are now fighting back and have achieved two well deserved wins in their last four matches. If anyone has any comments or suggestions, I am usually available and would be pleased to hear from you. Finally, my New Year’s message. Please make as much use as possible of this website – a lot of time and effort has been put in by Rob Field of Blue Moon to set it up and update it regularly from my input. And please support your sponsors themselves – Blue Moon Leisure – http://www.snookercues.com/ Also, Greg Moyse has put a lot of effort into a new website which has a slightly different slant on all matters of interest. Check it out - http://barnstaplesnooker.zymichost.com/ Don’t forget – our Bilby Cup Teams will be in action again on Saturday January 7th. The B Team travel to Torbay and the A Team are home to Tiverton. This match will be held at South Molton and all are welcome to come and support. Have a great second half ! Bob |
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Knockout Plate Final 26th April 2011 at South Molton Con Club In a dramatic, tense contest , Lets Go Mental are the new Plate winners. A close first frame went to Dom Stacey by just two points, Dan Moore taking the final two colours to reduce his deficit. In the second, a strangely off-form John Gaydon succumbed to the table craft of Mike Jewell by twelve points, leaving England 7 leading by ten points. The third frame went to Steve Rowe, who despite giving 50 points start, ran out a 2 point winner over Ross Toleman. In the fourth frame, a very determined Ivor Cooper overcame Darren Horsman by 33 points, putting England 7 31 points ahead entering the final frame. With Martin Phillpotts conceding 30 points start to Phil Jewell, he needed to win by 62 points to ensure victory for Lets Go Mental. With the final three colours left, he was still 24 points behind, but a well placed snooker forced an error conceding seven points, reducing the deficit to 17. Still requiring all three balls to win, Martin eventually potted each ball one by one to win the match by one solitary point. Final result: Lets Go Mental 328, England 7 327. Banfield Plate Final 29th April 2010 at Barnstaple Con Club Liberal A are the new holders of the Banfield Plate, proving too strong for their opponents, South Molton Con A, running out 3-1 winners. Paul Steed took the first frame with a well-timed 23 break after a scrappy opening to the frame. In the next Kevin Bastable levelled for the Molton side, but comfortable victories for both Tony Babb and Kevin Lock ensured success for the Liberal team. League Play-off 26th April at British Legion Club With the completion of the League fixtures, Brians New Jeans and Misfits were tied on 79 points meaning that a play-off was necessary to decide the League winners for the John Smale Memorial Trophy. Victories for Greg Moyse, Matt Pincombe and Dave Brayley for Misfits earned success for Misfits by a 3-1 margin, Lee Halling being Jeans only winner.
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11th February 2011 COMPETITIONS 2010/11
INDIVIDUAL Semi-Finals (Best of 5 frames) To be played by 12th March
P. Standen v L. Halling K. Bastable v M. Wood
WARWICK BEHAN Semi-Finals (Best of 5 frames) To be played by 12th March
R. Winkles (-8) v D. Brayley (20) J. Gaydon (12) v M. Wood (13)
20 & OVER Final ( Best of 7 frames) To be played by 31st March
M. Pincombe v M. Wood
PAIRS Final (Best of 5 frames) To be played by 31st March
Wood/Howlett (17) v Moyse/Whiteley (18)
VETERANS (Best of 3 frames) To be played by 31st March
D. Woolley or M. Bray v M. Lewis
BILLIARDS 400 up (Handicap x 4) To be played by 31st March Handicaps to be applied before start of play.
B. Warr (30) v R. Winkles (10)
SECRETARY TO BE ADVISED OF RESULTS BY WINNERS 01769 572812 - BUT NOT AFTER 9 pm PLEASE. OR BY TEXT TO 07982 048965 OR BY EMAIL - boblambell@aol.com
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10th January 2011 COMPETITIONS 2010/11
INDIVIDUAL (Best of 3 frames) To be played by 5th February
J. White or P. Wooldridge v L. Halling P. Standen v J. Middlemass G. Moyse v K. Bastable M. Wood v M. Pincombe
WARWICK BEHAN (Best of 3 frames) To be played by 5th February
R. Winkles (-8) v D. Carpenter (13) M. Beer (8) or G. Moyse (-1) v D. Brayley (20) M. Wood (13) v L. Palmer (23) M. Pincombe (23) v J. Gaydon (12)
20 & OVER ( Best of 3 frames) To be played by 5th February
M. Pincombe v R. Smale G. Whitcomb v M. Wood
PAIRS (Best of 3 frames) To be played by 5th February
Hutter/MacCaig (22) v Moyse/Whiteley (18) Wood/Howlett (17) v Southon/Heafield (-4)
VETERANS (Best of 3 frames) To be played by End of March 2011
D. Woolley or M. Bray v M. Lewis
BILLIARDS 300 up (Handicap x 3) To be played by 5th February Handicaps to be applied before start of play.
S. Warren (20) v R. Winkles (10) Winner to play B. Warr (30) in Final SECRETARY TO BE ADVISED OF RESULTS BY WINNERS 01769 572812 - BUT NOT AFTER 9 pm PLEASE. OR BY TEXT TO 07982 048965 OR BY EMAIL - boblambell@aol.com |
Half Term Report 2010 - 2011 SeasonChristmas is over and we look forward to the second half of the season. I hope everyone had a super Christmas and I wish you all a very Happy New Year. Obviously our last matches of the first half were hit by the snow and ice, and these will now be played on Thursday 6th January, or before if mutually arranged. The matches up to 14th December will be included in the statistics, with that last match result being carried over into the second half. Both Cup Finals will now be played on Tuesday 4th January The Knockout Cup Final will be between Misfits and South Molton Con B to be played at Barnstaple Ex Service and Social Club. The Vickers Cup Final will feature Liberal A and Lets Go Mental and will be played at South Molton Con Club. Good luck to all involved ! At this stage the League leaders are Brians New Jeans with 39 points from the 11 games played. They have won nine of them and even in defeat their two losses still netted four points. Outstanding performances from the Halling brothers with only one loss apiece and some 19 recorded breaks between them. Brian Draper also only lost one of his 8 outings. Joint second are Misfits and South Molton Con A on 32 points. Mitch Wood has been playing exceptionally well, taking 9 wins from 11 with five breaks, well supported by consistent performances from the rest of the team. South Molton Con A have benefitted from 7 wins apiece from Kevin Bastable and Bob Lambell. In fourth place are Fort Chiefs, James Middlemass going from strength to strength with 8/11 wins. Lets Go Mental are fifth – John Gaydon being their star with 9 from 11. In sixth are Legion Cues, Stuart James taking the captain’s lead from the front with 8 wins. Club mates England 7 are next with 28 points with good shows from Mike and Phil Jewell and Dan Moore. Spurs are currently eighth on 26, followed by Magnets and South Molton Con B, both on 24. Liberal A, after a disastrous start, won their last 4 matches to bring them up to 23 points, whilst Jackpots and South Molton Con C currently hold up the rest of the League with 21 points. If anyone has any comments or suggestions, I am usually available and would be pleased to hear from you. Finally, my New Year’s message. Please make as much use as possible of this website – a lot of time and effort has been put in by Rob Field of Blue Moon to set it up and update it regularly from my input. And please support your sponsors themselves – Blue Moon Leisure – http://www.snookercues.com/ Have a great second half ! Bob |
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Banfield Plate Final 29th April 2010 at Barnstaple Con Club Liberal A are the new holders of the Banfield Plate, proving too strong for their opponents, South Molton Con A, running out 3-1 winners. Paul Steed took the first frame with a well-timed 23 break after a scrappy opening to the frame. In the next Kevin Bastable levelled for the Molton side, but comfortable victories for both Tony Babb and Kevin Lock ensured success for the Liberal team. |
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Knockout Plate Final 27th April 2010 at South Molton Con Club In a dramatic contest lasting almost 4 hours, Jackpots are the new Plate winners. In the first frame, a very determined Jackpots skipper, Chris Brown just failed to overhaul Tim Southon, losing by 4 points. The second frame saw a strangely lacklustre performance from Jack Brown, succumbing to some excellent potting from Ross Maynard who triumphed by 23 points. Frame three and a magnificent performance from Dom Stacey, who, wven though receiving 43 start from Mark Heafield, still ran out a deserved winner by 118-59. A battling potting competition in the fourth frame resulted in a black ball win by Martin Phillpotts over James Middlemass. This put Jackpots 39 ahead going into the final frame which was beginning to look a formality for the Liberal Club side. But they reckoned without the sheer determination of Phil Richard against John White. Aided by a superb 24 break, Phil pulled back the deficit so that the teams were level on aggregate at the brown. He potted the brown, White took the blue and pink, leaving Richard needing the black to force the tie. He did, which meant a re-spotted black to decide the winners. Richard won the toss and put White in to break. A nerve jangling exchange of shots until eventually White potted the black at the thirteenth attempt to great acclaim from both teams for a wonderful match. |
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Banfield Plate Final 7th May 2009 at Liberal Club
A close encounter with the result going to a last frame decider.
Liberal A 3 Fort House 2
Frame details:
Paul Steed beat Steve Coles 1-0 John Selby lost to Paul Standen 1-1 Dave George beat Jack Drayton 2-1 Kevin Lock lost to Neil Turner 2-2 Tony Babb beat Andy Sim 3-2 |
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Knockout Plate Final 5th May 2009 at Liberal Club
A fascinating contest brought together England 7 and South Molton Con A, both having shared the honours by 3-2 in their respective League matches.
The opening frame produced a comfortable win by Bob Lambell over Dan Moore whose luck was certainly against him. A lead of 42 points for SMCA. The second frame had a determined Eric Arnold overcome an early deficit to beat Ross Toleman by 13, increasing the A team lead to 55.
Kevin Bastable now had to face England 7 captain Phil Jewell and found that giving 50 start to his opponent was too much, as Phil impressively powered to a 37 point win, reducing the lead to 18.
A team skipper Syd Warren got the better of Mike Jewell to win by 13, leaving anchor man Bernie Warr to defend a 31 point lead for SMCA against Greg Moyse for England 7 in the final frame. An 18 point handicap start gave control to Bernie, and Greg was unable to peg back the necessary score, eventually capitulating on the colours.
Final score: England 7 206 South Molton Con A 252 |
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Half Term report - By Bob Lambell
Christmas is over and we look forward to the second half of the season. I hope everyone had a super Christmas and I wish you all a very Happy New Year. First on the agenda will be the Cup Finals. The knockout Cup Final will be between League leaders Fort Chiefs and Legion Cues to be played at South Molton on 6th January. The Vickers Cup Final will feature two Liberal Club teams, Spurs and Magnets and will be played at the Liberal Club on 13th January. Good luck to all involved !
At this stage the League leaders are Fort Chiefs on 41 points, with Jackpots only two points behind on 39. Nine teams are then bunched on between 34 and 28 points, with newcomers Misfits slightly adrift on 22, leaving South Molton D as the strongest team holding up everyone else on 7.
Chiefs must be particularly pleased to have gone halfway only losing one game (to England 7). Three players stand out as doing particularly well – James Middlemass (9 wins and 8 breaks 20 & over), Phil Richard (8 wins out of 9) and Tim Southon (8 wins out of 11).
Jackpots are not far behind thanks mainly to the efforts of Chris and Jack Brown, Jon White and the so far unbeaten Martin Phillpotts with 7 straight wins.
South Molton A sit comfortably in third place, having been joined this year by both Bob Lambell and Bernie Warr from the old B team. They have each contributed 8 wins out of 11.
England 7, South Molton C and Spurs are tied in fourth place. For England 7 good first halves from both Mike Jewell and newcomer Ross Toleman have boosted their performance. South Molton C have strength in depth, with vice-captain Don Harrison doing particularly well. Spurs have Andy Horton continuing to improve – now down to 23.
Liberal A on 7th place must be disappointed, none more so than Tony Babb who was undefeated until the last match, having had a run of 9 wins and a walkover.
Fort House and Magnets are not having the best of times, nor are Legion Cues although they have battled through to the Knockout Cup Final.
South Molton B are an all new team from last year and have had some good successes, even though they are third from bottom on 28.
Total newcomers Misfits should be encouraged, having had three wins, and should be helped by their increased handicaps.
The same applies to wooden spoon candidates South Molton D who have had a nightmare start, losing all their games. Skipper Howard Jefferies has three wins from their total of 7 points. They really must concentrate on fielding a full team for the back half of the season.
If anyone has any comments or suggestions, I am usually available and would be pleased to hear from you.
Finally, my New Year’s message. Please make as much use as possible of this website – a lot of time and effort has been put in by Rob Field of Blue Moon to set it up and update it regularly from my input. And please support your sponsors themselves – Blue Moon Leisure – http://www.snookercues.com/
Have a great second half !
Bob |
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