Roffey F win 1st KO Title
Roffey F celebrate their victory!
Roffey F upset the form book with superb 3-2 victory over 'in-form' Pulborough A at Loxwood on Friday 1st May.
Loxwood Sports is fast becoming the Crucible of the Horsham & Disctrict Snooker League and the scene was set with a good crowd, lovely food and a great venue. Roffey F, receiving a 39 start from the Division 1 champions were up against it in the 1st frame where Taffy faced the Doubles champion Zak Richardson. Zak started slightly nervously, but with Taffy relieving the pressure with some in offs, he was able to get into his stride with a well crafted break of 44. He sealed the 1st frame with a 20 clearance to the pink to leave Pulborough 1-0 up.
Frame 2 was contested by Danny Peppard & Mike Collier. Mike, having not lost a single frame in Division 1 this season, was very uncharacteristically hesitant, leaving the Roffey player to start with some confident pots. Danny continued to pile on the pressure and took the frame on the colours. 1-1
Our Chairman Keith Speer was up against the 'tall man' Dave Cottington in the 3rd and as ever used all his experience to win back the 39 start. With great safety play and long potting ability he crafted a useful 29, before settling the frame on colours. Pulborough re-take the lead 2-1.
Peter Mitchell and Kevin Ward faced each other in the crucial 4th frame. Kevin opened the scoring with some well timed shots; however this fluency didn't last and he let Peter in to build on his 39 start. Peter took good advantage of his opponent’s mistakes with some great reds that ultimately left Kevin needing 3 snookers with blue, pink & black remaining. An amazing display of snooker laying followed, with Kevin achieving snooker after snooker to reduce the deficit, only to foul himself and have to start over again - at last Kevin reduced the deficit to 18 and cleared the colours for a respot. Unluckily for him, after all the effort and an hour's table time, he failed to pot the black and the frame went to Roffey F. 2-2
The final frame saw Alan King face 'Mr Consistent' Clive Belchamber. Clive looked to be in good touch with the first few reds; however this proved to be the only colour he was able to pot and the points against him started to build. Alan capitalised on some of the chances he was given and left Clive needing snookers when down to the colours. With 2 snookers required with pink & black left, Clive only managed one before Alan potted the pink to take frame & match for Roffey F. 2-3
We would like to thank George Crocker, Adrian Morris for preparing the club & table @ Loxwood, Win Crocker (Georges wife) for preparing a wonderful buffet and Paul Knight & Dominic Wakefield for refereeing the match
Pulborough A
Roffey F
Lethal Liley takes Billiards Title
Dave Liley, Maurice Wickins (Ref) & Sean O'Byrne
In a repeat of last years handicap billiard final Dave Liley playing of scratch made a slow but gradual start as he reduced the arrears of the 206 received by Sean O'Byrne. Sean having made a sprinkling of teen's maintained the lead up to a score of 106 - 259.
Dave then warmed up and found his range with breaks of 21 and a well crafted tournament best of 93, (improving on his 89 of last years final), as his score moved to within 30 of Sean (220 - 259). Liley quickly followed this with a break of 65 when after unluckily sinking his opponents white in making a cannon had to halt his break after 15 hazards. This then moved him into the lead for the first time (284 - 276).
There were further breaks of 28 and 27 from Liley and 17 from O'Byrne before an unfinished 29 saw Liley over the line with a final score of 400 - 322 to take his 16th title in 23 years.
Many thanks to referee Maurice Wickens and Horsham Club for the use of the venue.
The Chairman Speers Victory!
L to R; Keith Speer, Referee Bob Elliot & Vic Hawkins
League Chairman, Keith Speer defeats Vic Hawkins 2 - 1 in Veterans Final.
Conceding 42 points, Speer of Pulborough A needed to start quickly and the first frame went to plan for the Chairman. A break of 33, which was only ended by a horrible kick on the red, was instrumental in taking the opener. The next also started well for Speer and two breaks of 20 put him in a good position. However, Hawkins of Rudgwick E was not to be deterred and took colours with each of the last three reds and laid a couple of very good snookers in the process to leave Speer 25 behind with 27 on. Requiring all the balls to win, Speer missed the pink with the rest and Vic duly took his opportunity to level the match. The final frame went the way of the first with Keith taking charge early on. A break of 28 lay the foundation to what would ultimately be a match winning performance.
Frame Scores: 83 (33) - 46, 61 (20, 20) - 78, 81 (28) - 48
Many thanks to Barns Green Social Club and to the referee Bob Elliott.
Hat trick of wins for Doubles Pair
The Dynamic Duo at the 2008 AGM
History made as Pulborough duo complete hat trick of wins.
Zak Richardson & Michael Collier coasted to a 3-0 win against Mark Thompson & Norman Irons in the final of the Doubles held at Warnham and became the first pairing to win the title three years consecutively since records began in 1958/59. In a low scoring contest, Zac Richardson had breaks of 26 in the first frame and 28 in the second in a match that lacked the quality of previous rounds.
Frame Scores: 76 - 21, 62 - 11, 56 - 15
Our thanks to Warnham Comrades Club for hosting the match and to the Referee, Clive Belchamber.
For the record: J Eason of Horsham BL D won the Doubles three years in a row from 1962/63 to 1964/65 but with two different partners (I Baker & F Cordell). M & D Davis won the competition on three occasions but never consecutively and several other players have won it three times or more but with different partners.
Zac Richardson has also made the highest break in the tournament for the past three seasons; a 66 in 2006/07, 78 last season and this year a run of 66.
Jon Giddings wins Under 21 Final
Jon Giddings (right) Green Baize "E' has won the under 21s at Pulborough 29th March 2009.
There were 12 players involved in the competition this year.
It was a hotly contested tournament with very close finishes.
The quarter finals were as follows,
Jon Giddings (Green Baize "E") bt Adam Wardell (Pulborough "E") 2-0 Ryan Brown (Pulborough "E" ) bt J Chriss Pulborough "E") 2-1 Keron Busby (Pulborough "E") bt Louis Dowins (Pulborough "E") 2-0 Tom Boulton (Pulborough "D") bt Shane West (Pulborough "E") 2-0
Semi Finals
Jon Giddings bt Ryan Brown 2-0
Keron Bushby bt Tom Boulton 2-0
Final
Jon Giddings bt Keron Bushby 3-0
Frame scores 61-29 68-63 58-47
Breaks made by players
Highest break 29 Jon Giddings
Other breaks
Keron Bushby 24, 22, 20
Jon Giddings 29, 22,22,20.
Ryan Brown 21
Tom Boulton 24, 22, 20
Shane West 22
I would like to thank Michael Collier and Russel Smith who along with myself did a great job as ref's for the day. (aprox 20 frames each)
Thanks
Paul Garland
Pulborough Snooker Club
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AGM & Presentation Night 2nd June 2009
The Horsham & District Snooker League AGM & Presentation Night is on Tuesday 2nd June @ 7.30pm at Roffey Sports & Social. All teams are required to send a representative to register their team for the 2009-2010 season. I have attached the relevant documents and also sent emails & mail to all team representatives.
The presentations will follow the AGM and the league have provided a wonderful buffet & Taffy's raffle to end the night. Please bring as many team members (& partners) as possible to ensure we have a a good representation.
See you there,
Dominic
HDSL Fixtures Sec.
Classy Cooper takes Nutty crown
Tom Boulton & Bob Cooper contest the Nutty Final
Bob Cooper defeated Tom Boulton 3-0 in the 2009 Nutty Final.
Bob, giving Tom a 46 start, set off at a canter with a useful break of 32 and recovered the handicap within 3 visits. Tom looked slightly edgy in his first final and let Bob settle into his stride, allowing the Horsham Club Wanderers player to wrap up the 1st frame with a 56 clearance.
Frame 2 proved to be no different with Bob recovering the handicap with an opening 50 break. The frame became slightly bogged down from then on, but with no real opportunities for Tom, Bob took the frame on the colours.
Cooper knocked in a useful 29 break in frame 3; however any further fluency was difficult due to the pack split. Tom failed to capitalise on some good red pots and left Bob to clear up the remaining balls to win on the yellow.
Frame 1: Tom 51 - 111 Bob (32 & 56 clearance) 0-1
Frame 2: Tom 48 - 92 Bob (50) 0-2
Frame 3: Tom 50 - 76 Bob (29) 0-3
Our thanks to Roffey Sports & Social, Roger Birchmore for preparing the table & Clive Belchamber for another superb job as referee. Our thanks also to the 15 strong group of supporters for making the trip to the final.
Young Master defeats Elder Statesman
David Morgan & Dave Liley before their enthralling contest at Pulborough.
David Morgan recaptures the Individual Title.
David Morgan 5 v 3 Dave Liley
David Morgan captured the Individual title for the fifth time with victory over Dave Liley in the Final held at Pulborough Snooker & Billiards Club. Morgan & Liley had won the title seven times before tonight's match but had never faced each other in the final.
It was Morgan who settled first to take the opening frame with a break of 65 after Liley had rolled in run a of 20. The next was a scrappy affair with both players missing good chances. Liley looked in good position to level matters but missed the black with the last red and Morgan cleared to pink to snatch it and open a two-frame advantage. A similar tale began to unfold in the third frame with Morgan missing balls you would not expect to see from the young star. Seeing his opponent falter Liley seized his chance and crafted a frame-winning break of 37 to open his account. Both players knew the significance of the fourth frame and neither was giving an inch. After excellent safety play from both, David Morgan clinched a low scoring game to lead 3 - 1 at the interval. As is often the way the interval can have quite an affect on the game. Dave Liley looked very much in the groove afterwards and closed the gap to one frame with a well-constructed break of 49. The momentum was now certainly with the veteran and he levelled the match in the next with a fine run of 53. Liley, who lost in the final last year to Bob Cooper, was now on a roll and an early break of 27 put him in charge of frame seven. Morgan who had never lost in a final was on the ropes but found inspiration from somewhere to compile a break of 39 to go one up with two to play. The balance had now swung in Morgan's favour and a match winning break of 59 clinched his fifth title in nine years.
Frame Scores: 97 (65) - 20 (20), 57 (20) - 39, 16 - 64 (37), 67 - 38, 16 - 59 (49),
48 - 68 (53), 71 (39) - 30 (27), 71 (59) - 15.
Our thanks to Pulborough for hosting the match and to the Referee, Keith Speer.
Riley takes Grand Masters Crown
Mick Riley on the right with Mick Norris before their close encounter at Pulborough
Mick Riley defeats Mick Norris 2 - 0
A thoroughly enjoyable and close encounter saw Mick Riley defeat Mick Norris 2 - 0 to win the Grand Masters Final held at Pulborough.
There was nothing between them in the first with both players potting well. As the game entered the final colours, Riley of Sporting Roffey held a 12-point advantage and with an excellent brown, blue and pink clearance, he wrapped up the frame.
The result of the first frame had an obvious and positive impact on Riley as he clearly started the more confident of the two players in the next and established a good early lead. But Norris, who plays for YMCA 'A' and spurred on by his enthusiastic support came back well and he looked the more likely to win the frame and level the match. Mick Riley though kept a cool head to pot a great black and secure his first win.
Frame Scores: 63 - 36, 50 - 41
Our thanks to Pulborough Snooker & Billiards Club for hosting the match and to the Referee, Paul Garland.
Thanks also to the supporters of both players for making it a really good evening.
2008 Presentation Night & AGM
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