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Colin Britt wins Sussex GC 0+ Series Competition
14 players contested this new event at Sussex County over the weekend of 14th-15th August. Playing conditions were largely good, if not exactly August weather, with only a little rain on the Sunday.
The competition was played as a single American Block.
From the start Colin was on track to win, though there were a some set-backs - an early loss to Stephen Custance-Baker and a more surprising one to Andrew Fall in a later round.
Meanwhile Neil Humphreys was also winning his matches with losses only to Bridget Goodman and Gavin Taylor until the final round.
With both on 10 wins final round saw Colin beat Neil Humphreys 7-6 to take the competiton. Third and fourth places were taken by Liz Farrow and Stephen Custance-Baker and all four take points forward in the 0+ Series.
Colin's 10 points in this event takes him to joint 4th place in the points table for the Series.
Colin also gains the new GC Gold Merit Award by virtue of winning this competition.
Full Results
| SCCC GC 0+ | LF | NH | SC | CJ | JG | GT | RC | MH | CB | JH | CH | LT | AF | BG | JL | JP | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz Farrow | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | |||
| Neil Humphreys | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Stephen Custance-Baker | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Chris Jackson | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |||
| John Gosden | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Gavin Taylor | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Richard Carline | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| Mark Hamilton | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Colin Britt | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Jane Humphreys | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Chris Heath | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Louise Taylor | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |||||
| Andrew Fall | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | |||
| Bridget Goodman | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | |||
| John Low | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | (15) | ||||||||||
| Jane Powell | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | (14) |
GC Level Play 12th August
44 players took part in the GC doubles competition run on 12th August, played in three separate blocks. Thanks to Fiona Phillips for managaing the day.
Full Results
| Block 1 | CM&MC | IS&BA | LF&JI | FP&TJ | LT&RW | GT&MH | JT&iR | AS&CK | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrissie Merrington & Morgan Case | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Ivan Segal & Brian Aikens | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Liz Farrow & Jonathan Isaacs | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| Fiona Phillips & Tony Jolly | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Louise Taylor & Robin Wootton | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Gavin Taylor & Mike Huxly | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | |
| Julie Tremble & ian Rees | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
| Andrew Stewart & Cathy Kirkby | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Block 2 | S&TN | D&MK | FB&EP | JW&AS | DL&S | DHD&MB | R&jS | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sue & Tony Nicholas | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| David & Marion King | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Fran Box & Eileen Prodger | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |
| Jocelyn Wootton & Audrey Sherwin | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Di Langridge & Steve | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| David H Doyd & Maggie Boyd | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Roger & jenny Sutton | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Block 3 | LG&RF | PB&MA | L&CA | P&RW | PM&DC | R&TE | PH&MF | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Gavigan & Rosemary Falkner | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Paul Brown & Mike Akester | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Les & Chris Ardley | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Peter & Rosemary Wyld | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Pat Mechen & David Comber | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Richard & Trish Ellis | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Pat Harden & Margaret Funnell | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
GC Level Play Singles Competition 5th August
This one-day competition was played in the usual three groups based on ability. Thanks to Roger for running it.
| A | LF | NH | JH | CH | MC | CM | TJ | RW | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz Farrow | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Neil Humphreys | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Jane Humphreys | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | |
| Chris Heath | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Morgan Case | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Chrissie Merrington | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tony Jolly | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Robin Wootton | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| B | AF | DK | GT | AS | TH | BH | MB | IR | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Fall | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| David King | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | =3 | |
| Gavin Taylor | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Andrew Stewart | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
| Trevor Hopper | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Beryl Hughes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | =3 | |
| Malcolm Beacham | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Ian Rees | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| C | BC | LA | AO | kH | CA | PH | PM | LG | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Carr | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Les Ardley | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Avril Oulton | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | =7 | |
| Ken Hughes | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Chris Ardley | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Pat Harden | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | =7 | |
| Pat Mechen | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Linda Gavigan | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
Winning start to Club's SECF Restricted League Campaign
Our SCCC Team kicked off their GC Level Play Restricted * League programme with a fine 6-1 win over Tunbridge Wells on Tuesday 10th August at Southwick.
The team - Tony Jolly (2), Andrew Fall (4), Di Langridge (5) & Phil Harrison (6) - led 2-1 at the lunch break, with Di and Phil each winning their singles matches, our only loss coming in the doubles - each individual match is best of 3 games. After lunch each of our players won their singles matches, to round off a good day. Don't get the idea that it was all easy going - of the 7 matches (consisting of 19 games), 5 matches went to the third game to decide the winner. Well done to Di, who won both her matches 2-0.
Next match: V Littlehampton at home on 20th Aug, with fixtures V Reigate Priory (H) and Ealing (A) to be confirmed.
David King
* This league is "Restricted" in that a team consists of 4 players, whose combined handicaps must total at least 16 - the lowest handicap permitted is 2.
David Marcus wins AC B Class at Budleigh
Sussex County was well represented at the Budleigh Salterton AC August Tournament by David and Deborah Marcus - the only players from SCCC to attend this year.
David and Deborah came joint second in the doubles competition.
David won the B Class event, winning all his games (and gaining 76 handicap points in the process) and the final by the tight margin of +1 on peg out.
Congratulations to them both!
David pegs out in final.
The block stages are now closed and the draw for the quarter-, semi- and finals is on the website.
Federation GC League win for Sussex over Woking
Sussex B Beat Woking away in a hard fought match at Woking on 3rd August. Chris Heath & Jonathan Isaacs won both of their singles matches to record a 4 - 3 win over an impressive Woking team.
The doubles pairing of Roger Sutton and Ian Cobbold narrowly missed victory against Jeff Dawson & Malcolm Bigg. It went to the golden hoop with the Sussex yellow ball in the jaws and blue more than half way back towards the boundary. Jeff Dawson took a spectacular jump with his blue ball to gain victory.
The full results were:
Jeff Dawson & Malcolm Bigg beat Ian Cobbold & Roger Sutton 5-7, 7-6, 7-6
Chris Heath beat Bernard Jones 5-7, 7-2, 7-6
Jonathan Isaacs beat Colin Brim 7-3, 7-5
Jeff Dawson beat Ian Cobbold 7-2, 7-3
Malcolm Bigg beat Roger Sutton 7-2, 6-7, 7-3
Jonathan Isaacs beat Bernard Jones 6-7, 7-4, 7-6
Chris Heath beat Colin Brim 7-3, 4-7, 7- 5
The overall result was SCCC B 4 matches Woking 3
Jonathan Isaacs
The Annual Midweek Tournament 2021
Both GC and AC events have taken place over Tuesday to Friday this last week. It's good to see competitions operating nearly normally again, even if entries remain rather low.
AC Competitions
The AC competition took place on Tuesday and Wednesday and was in two classes: A and B; the conditions were generally OK as the heavy rain had largely finished by the time play started on Tuesday and the forecast strong winds on Wednesday were not as prolonged or as strong as feared. We finished in pleasant sunshine.
The A Class event was won by Mark Fawcett who is a Sussex member. As last year the players got on with the competition without need for manager involvement - thank you all for that - and played a large number of extra games, over and above the formal single block play that determined the winner.
The B Class event by visiting player from Scotland George Plant. He also won all his games.
During the competition Joel Taylor completed his first sextuple peel and gained the CA platinum merit award; and Neal Bacon completed his first triple peel and gained the CA Gold merit award. Congratulations to them both.
Full results
A Class
| A Block | NB | MF | NP | PC | JT | LF | Match Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Bacon | +12 | +20, +9tp | +22 | 3 | =3 | |||
| Mark Fawcett | +22 | +26tp | +3 | +19 | +5 | 5 | 1 | |
| Nick Parish | +19qnp | +26, 26tp | +15tp, +17tp | +26tp | 4 | 2 | ||
| Paul Castell | +15 | +16, +25 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Joel Taylor | +11qp | +17 | +25, +13sxp | 3 | =3 | |||
| Liz Farrow | +3 | 1 | 6 |
B Class
| B Block | DM | AH | JMT | CR | PD | JL | MH | DHB | JI | GP | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Marcus | +14 | +3 | 2 | =5 | ||||||||
| Anthony Hardwicke | +22 | +1 | 2 | =5 | ||||||||
| John M Taylor | +10 | +7 | +7 | 3 | =3 | |||||||
| Christopher Rolph | +2 | +9 | 5 | 2 | =5 | |||||||
| Phil Dunk | +20 | +6 | +21 | 3 | =3 | |||||||
| John Low | +13 | +12 | +15 | +15 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Mark Hamilton | +5 | +1 | 2 | =5 | ||||||||
| David H Boyd | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Jonathan Isaacs | +21 | +4 | 2 | =5 | ||||||||
| George Plant | +2 | +16 | +2 | +17 | +11 | 5 | 1 |
GC Competitions
The A Level competition was won by Richard Brooks who beat Tony Butcher in the final. This is Richard's third win in the competition, having previously won it in 2016 and 2017. Richard is the Club's longest standing A class GC player, with appearances at national and international competitions including the British Opens in nearly every year since 2009, in the European Championship in 2016, the World Championship in 2017 and the Worlds in 2019.
The B Level competition was won by Andrew Fall who beat Anthony Nicholas in the final.
The C Level competition was won by Jean Cobbold who won all her games in the single competition block.
B Level Results
Block Stage
| B Class All | RC | SD | AF | TH | BH | DK | FL | AN | SN | RP | Wins | Block Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robyn Clark | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | B 3 | |||||
| Simon Draper | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | A =4 | ||||
| Andrew Fall | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | B 1 | |||||
| Trevor Hopper | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | A 3 | |||||
| Beryl Hughes | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | B 2 | |||||
| David King | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | A 2 | |||||
| Frances Low | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | A =4 | |||||
| Anthony Nicholas | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | A 1 | |||||
| Sue Nicholas | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | B =4 | |||||
| Richard Platt | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | B =4 |
Final Round
Andrew Fall beat Anthony Nicholas 7-4
David King beat Beryl Hughes 7-2
Robyn Clark beat Trevor Hopper 7-2
Frances Low beat Sue Nicholas 7-4
Simon Draper beat Richard Platt 7-4
C Class Results
| C Class | JC | LG | KH | PB | DC | MK | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Cobbold | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Linda Gavigan | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | =2 | |
| Ken Hughes | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | =4 | |
| Paul Brown | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | =2 | |
| David Comber | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | =4 | |
| Marion King | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
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GC Level Play Singles Competition 16th July 2021
This was in the now usual format of 3 separate blocks according to skill class.
| A | RB | RS | MC | CM | BA | RW | DK | AC | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Brooks | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |
| Roger Sutton | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Morgan Case | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Chrissie Merrington | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Brian Aikens | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Robin Wootton | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
| David King | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Alan Cottle | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| B | BH | TN | SN | TH | MB | RF | FA | LA | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beryl Hughes | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tony Nicholas | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Sue Nicholas | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Trevor Hopper | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Malcolm Beacham | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Richard French | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Francis Ainley | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
| Les Ardley | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| C | CA | SA | PM | KH | TS | PH | PB | SC | Wins | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Ardley | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Simon Ancell | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Pat Mechen | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
| Ken Hughes | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Tim Stevenson | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Pat Harden | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Paul Brown | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Susan Caulfield | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Thanks to Fiona for managing the day.