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All the latest news (9th June 26).

  26th June Sussex Off The Spot at Roffey Club.

Sussex Home and Away Inter League

Worthing A win Division 1 and Worthing B are Division 2 champions. Both division are close ruin but both of our inter league sides are triumphant.

The As captained by Joe Oakley and the Bs by Tony Jenner. Thank you to all players that took part for the league and hope to see you all playing again next season.

Sussex Doubles and Singles.

These were played at the Burgess Hill Constitutional Club over the weekend of Saturday 24th and Singles on Sunday 25th January. A weekend of high quality bar billiards with the tables offering different challenges but all playable.

The Open Doubles were won by Martin Smith (Stags Head A) and Stuart Carruthers (Henty A) who beat the Maypole pairing of Martin Cole and Barry Holt in the final. The plate was won by Alan Brackenridge (Stags Head B) and Kevin Stoner (Blue Anchor) beating the Alexandra pairing of Rick Cunningham and Tony Jenner in the final.

The Ladies Singles was run as a round robin competition, with 4 ladies taking part and Jean Brackenridge (Stags Head B) retained her title.

The Mens Singles was won by Nigel Senior (Stags Head B) who beat last years winner Matt Knight (Stags Head B) in the final. Matt had beaten Alan Brackenridge (Stags Head B) in the semi finals and Nigel had defeated Tony Jenner (Alexandra). The Plate was won by Martin Cole (Maypole) who beat Stuart Carruthers (Henty A) in the final.

Sussex One Day Inter League.

B team was played on Saturday 21st February.  Worthing B (Tony Jenner, Dave Ingram, Roger Taylor, Alan Mepham, James Whittle, Dave Jones and Pete Hickman) prevailed by half a point with Redhill B 2nd. Worthing beat Brighton C  11 -  10, Brighton B 18 -3 and going into the last series of games were half a point behind Redhill B but won that match 11 - 10 to snatch the win. Dave Ingram (Worthing), Alex Hornby (Redhill), Clive Thompson (Redhill) and Jim Greensted (Redhill) all won 5 out of 6 legs and scored 8 points. Alex also had the top score of the day with 9,060.

The Division 2 competition was played at the same venue on Sunday 22nd. Littlehampton were the winners with Billingshurst Runners Up. Colin Green of Littlehampton won 7 out of  8 legs. Colin and Iain Tarrant (Billingshurst) were the high point scores with 10 each and Colin Southouse (Hastings) top scored with 11,620.

 The Ladies was played on Saturday 28th. Redhill were the comfortable winners from Brighton, with Mid Sussex 3rd and West Sussex 4th. Jean Brackenridge high scored with 10,940. Jean, Denise Wills, Tracy Guy and Anita Blackman were the high points scorers all with 8 points.

 Division 1 was played on  Sunday 1st February. The winners were Brighton A with Worthing A Runners Up. High score was by Martin Cole with 19,070. Bob Hall was top points scores with 11 points. Worthing were represented by Joe Oakley, Stuart Carruthers, Stuart Mepham, Mike Daw, Martin Smith, Kevin Tunstall and Terry Molloy. Stuart Carruthers was their best player on the day winning 6 out of 8 legs and averaging 10,361.

Sussex Over 50s and Mixed Doubles.

Over 50s was played on Saturday 21st February. The winner was Matt Knight who beat Tony Jenner in the final. Jim Greensted won the Plate beating Steve Burns in the final.

 Mixed Doubles were played on Saturday 28th February. This was played in 2 groups of 4 as a round robin format, the top of each group playing in the final and the 2nd to play in the Plate Final. The groups were close and not decided until the  last games. The final was won by Jean Brackenridge and Matt Knight who beat Steph Pearce and Dan Wheal in the final. The Plate was won by Melissa Beaqch and Martin Cole beating Zoe Stoner and Joe Oakley in the final.

Sussex Off The Spot

This will be held at Roffey Club, Horsham on Saturday 27th June 2026.

Sussex Masters.

Were held at Roffey Club, Horsham. The Masters will be on Saturday 6th June 2026. The winner was Joe Oakley, Maypole who beat Bob Hall, Stags Head A, in the final. Matt Knight, Stags Head B won the Plate beating Stuart Carruthers, Henty A, in the final.

General Sussex News

The next Sussex events are the Sussex Masters and the Sussex Open over the weekend of 6th/7th June at Roffey Club.

The Masters list is now out on the bar billiards forum and features many players that play in the Worthing League.


The Sussex Off The Spot is at Roffey Club on Saturday 27th June and entries are now being taken.

Worthing Finals Night.

Was held on Thursday 21st May 26 at Tarring Club.

Winners

Mens Singles -  Nigel Senior

Ladies Singles - Jean Brackenridge

Lower Div Singles - Gary Ridley

Over 50s  -  Chris Tupper

Mens Doubles -  Chris Cox/Dan Wheal

Mixed Doubles - Melissa Beach/Martin Cole

Lower Div Doubles - Chris  Lucas/Andy Farmer-Wright

A competitive night of bar billiards, tables excellent and a high standard of play. Commiserations to the runners up and well done to the victors.

 

Brighton Finals Night.

Brighton Masters and Off The Spot.

The Masters is on Saturday 13th June 26. Off The Spot Sunday 14th June 26. Both at the Stags Head, Portslade.

Confirmation awaited for the Masters and 1 spot left for the Off The Spot.

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