Played on Sunday 12th April 2015

Played at Kennys Sportsbar

HOP POLE C 4-1 ST GEORGES A

2013/14 league Champions Hop Pole C put behind them a difficult Season with a 4-1 victory over fellow 1st Div side St Georges A to claim the Subsidiary Team KO for the 2nd time (previous winners 2004/5).

Winter Subsidiary team KO Semi Final results. Played on Sunday 29th March.

Hop Pole C 4-1 Hop Pole B @Hop Pole

St Georges 4-1 Radford Rejects @Perkins Social

Hop Pole C reached the final of team Subsidiary KO after a 4-1 win over their 'B' team. Duncan Sunderland (capt), Simon Key, Mick Addison & Baz Davies all won. James Heath was the sole reply for the 'B' team.

Meeting them in the final are St Georges A who overcame 2nd division Radford Rejects. Kev Plimmer, Mick Ferguson, Steve Smith & Jason Armishaw all won. John Wallbank was the sole reply for the 'Rejects'.

The Final is on Sunday 12th April @Kennys Sportsbar. 8pm start.

Stan Bent Team KO Round 2 Results

Played on Sunday 18th January 2015

KENNYS POTTERS 4-0 Luckpenny B

St George's 3-4 KENNYS BEAR

PERKINS CUE 4-3 Perkins Z

Hop Pole D 1-4 METROPOLITAN BAR A

KENNYS WSR 4-3 Metropolitan Bar

PRINCESS ROYAL B 4-3 Highfields Club

GPO Club A 3-4 STAR & GARTER A

Joiners Rebels 2-4 GPO CLUB B

Star & Garter A (2nd div) saw off the challenge of 1st div GPO A with a 4-3 victory to put themselves in the quarter finals. Liam Collins, Saul Perry, Andy Bent & Tom Gilman saw them through.

Princess Royal B (3rd div) also beat higher league opposition with a 4-3 victory over 2nd div Highfields. Lee Harrington, G Hughes, J Harper, Chris Harter & Paul Pritchard also saw them through.

3rd div GPO B were another team to beat higher league opposition with a 4-2 victory over 2nd div Joiners Rebels. Ben Heath, Kirsty Lawrence, Rob Balding, John Lainton & Barry Brown put them through to the last 8.

In 2 all 1st division ties saw Perkins Cue come out 4-3 winner over their Perkins Z team. Mike Barker, Dave Barker, Martin Priestley, Alan Sim & Dave Whitfield put the 'Cueists' through. Kennys Bear also worked hard for their 4-3 victory at St George's. Gav Davies, Giles Eastwood, Andy Rawlinson & jim Simpson saw them through.

Metro Bar A went through with a 4-1 win at the Hop Pole D. Roy Brown, Dave Ashton, Andy Palin, Alan Farrow and Paul Shepherd will be looking forward to the quarter finals.

Kennys Potters claimed a 4-0 win over the Luckpenny with Clair Maslin, Nick Lenton, Stuart Hardy & Russ Pibworth looking forward to the quarter finals.

Kennys WSR were made to work hard for their 4-3 success over the Metro Bar. Shaun Cooper, Charlotte Shelley, Rich Davies, Sean Lucas and Chris Clark also put them through.

Next round will be February 22nd, draw to be made soon.

Below is a list of cancelled matches which are still to be rearranged. Team Captains must now start setting dates for these matches as ALL matches MUST be completed before the LAST LEAGUE match of the season. Teams in CAPITALS originally cancelled the original date. These teams CANNOT cancel anymore matches until these outstanding matches are played. I will put the confirmed dates of these matches as soon as I get the details from the captains. Please sort these ASAP. Thank you.

 

Division One - 4 matches.

09/11/2014 Match 3 - KENNYS BEAR v Metropolitan Bar A - to be played on Sat 14/03/15

16/11/2014 Match 4 - KENNYS BEAR 6-2 Perkins Cue - (played on 20/02/15)

21/12/2014 Match 8 - Hop Pole C v PERKINS Z - to be played on Sun 15/03/15 @ 6pm

11/01/2015 Match 10 - HOP POLE B 3-5 Joiners Arms - (played on 15/02/15)

 

Division Two - 3 matches.

23/11/2014 Match 5 - RADFORD REJECTS 3-5 Joiners Rebels - (played on 15/02/15)

07/12/2014 Match 6 - KENNYS WSR 3-5 Metro Bar - (played on 18/01/2015)

21/12/2014 Match 8 - Joiners Rebels v STAR & GARTER A

 

Division Three - 2 matches.

21/12/2014 Match 8 - Princess Royal A 7-1 KENNYS CUE (played on Sunday 22/02/15)

04/12/2015 Match 9 - KENNYS CUE v GPO Club B

 

Just a reminder, there are NO AVAILABLE Bank Holidays to play these matches as the season finishes before the Easter period begins. However as matches have been played before the turnaround, there is an opportunity to double up when teams meet up for the 2nd half of the season. That is a suggestion and both captains must contact BEFORE this happens. Please keep me (Dave Whitfield) informed, so I can update these matches. Thank you.

Bin Singh finally popped his 8-Ball cherry on Sunday.

Bin was representing Joiners Arms in their first division clash against Perkins Cue. The Joiners were playing at home so a few of the locals were able to witness history being made.

His clearance of the table was made in the first half of the match and Bin was promptly dropped from the home side's line-up for the second half! In fact, it was one of two 8-balls produced by the home team on the night but, to no avail, as the Cue team claimed a 6-2 victory.

Martin Priestley, his victim, was very gracious in defeat and even posed with Bin for a celebratory photo (see desktop website).

So, congratulations to Bin on his achievement and other players should also feel free to send in photos of themselves claiming their first career 8-Balls.

Played on 30th November 2014

Kennys Potters (Div 2) created a big shock in the 1st round of the Stan Bent team knockout by knocking out 2013/14 league champions Hop Pole C. Pole C were 3-0 up but a resurgent comeback by the Potters saw them win 4 frames in a row to run out 4-3 winners. Stuart Hardy (2), Nick Lenton & Clair Maslin were the winners. Another win over higher league opposition saw Star & Garter A, also from the 2nd division inflicted a 4-2 win over 1st division Joiners Arms. Wins for Liam Collins, Tom Gilman, Saul Perry & Andy Bent saw the 2nd div leaders through.

Perkins Z picked up their first win of the season with a 4-1 win over fellow 1st division side St Georges A. Allen Hill, Kev Genner, Dean Smith & Chris Nolan all won. 1st division leaders GPO A were made to work hard for their 4-3 win over the 3rd div Princess Royal A and had Mark Sheerin (2), Mick Bryant & Phil Alldiss to thank. Joiners Rebels picked up their first win of the season with a 4-1 win at fellow 2nd div side Staffs Bull B while another all 2nd division tie saw Metro Bar win 4-1 at the Radford Rejects.

4 times winner and 2013/14 runners up Perkins Cue saw off the challenge of 3rd div Waggon & Horses with a 4-0 victory. Kennys Bear also won 4-0 against fellow 1st div side Hop Pole B while the all Hop Pole 'derby' between the E and D sides saw the D side win 4-3. Another 'derby' between two Kennys teams saw the WSR side run out 4-2 winners over the Titans team.

Newcomers Kennys Cue never got going against in form 1st div side St Georges as the the latter ran out 4-1 winners. 3rd div leaders Princess Royal B ran out 4-2 winners against rivals Tap n Spile to progress to the 2nd round. An all 3rd div tie saw Luckpenny B win 4-2 at the Bear & Pheasant A and join GPO B, Highfields & Metro Bar A who all had byes into the 2nd round. 

All the dates for the County trials are below, these are open to ANY player in Staffordshire, just come along on the day.

The Juniors have to be 17 or under on December 1st 2014 and the Seniors 49 years young on December 31st.

The Seniors will be running two sides next season so it open to all.

Ladies, Juniors and Seniors 2015 County Team trials will start at 11am on Sunday December 14th at Players.

The date for the Men's county trials is Sunday January 11th at Players.

The 8 re-trialists (TBC) and the players through from the first week will play-off for county places on Sunday 18th January.

Venue - Kennys Sportsbar on Sunday 12th October 2014

Congratulations to both Dave & Mike Barker (Perkins Cue) on defending their Doubles crown after a 3-2 win in the final against Chris Nolan & Kev Genner (Perkins Z) who pushed the twins all the way. In a match reduced to best of five frames due to a late start to the final, it was the Barkers who took the first frame with little incident. Then Nolan & Genner then settled down and took out the next 2 frames with some fine clearances. The remainder of the match saw some tactical play with both doubles showing caution and waiting for their opportunities. As it progressed, it was the Barkers who gradually took their chances to secure their 2nd doubles title together. It was Dave Barker's 4th doubles title (with Martin Priestley in 1998/99 & Dave Whitfield in 2007/08. It was also Mike Barker's 3rd title (along with Chris Hanlon in 2008/09).

Other notable performances in the Quarter Finals saw Pete Sandhar & Ben Crossley (Metro Bar) pull off a fine 2-1 win over Martin Priestley & Dave Whitfield (Perkins Cue). The Barkers ran out 2-0 winners over Lynda Simpson & Pippa Steele (Luckpenny), Kev & Aaron Lewis (Hop Pole B) won the all Hop Pole battle against Mark Shaw & Jonathon Lowe (Hop Pole E). Genner & Nolan played well against Baz Davies & Duncan Sunderland (Hop Pole C), winning 2-0.

The first Semi Final saw a family affair as the Barkers paired up against the Lewises and this was a cliffhanger of a game. With the Lewises taking a 2-1 lead it looked as though the twins were staring at defeat. Then fine tactical play swung it back for the Barkers as they seized their chances and eventually ran out 3-2 winners. The other Semi saw Sandhar & Crossley take on Genner & Nolan. The former took the first frame with a fine black by Sandhar. But then an unfortunate 'in off' the black in the second frame was the turning point and Genner & Nolan took control to run out 3-1 winners and book their place in the final.

Quarter Final results - 

D Sunderland & B Davies 0-2 K Genner & C Nolan
P Sandhar & B Crossley 2-1 D Whitfield & M Priestley
D Barker & M Barker 2-0 L Simpson & P Steele
K Lewis & A Lewis 2-0 M Shaw & J Lowe

Semi Final Results -

P Sandhar & B Crossley 1-3 K Genner & C Nolan
D Barker & M Barker 3-2 K Lewis & A Lewis

Thanks to Kev Brown, Dave Whitfield & Shaun Cooper for refereeing on the night and thanks to Kennys Sportsbar for their hospitality.

QUARTER FINAL DRAW

Date - 19th October 2014

Venue - Kennys Sportsbar

Start - 7:30pm. Scratch - 7:45pm

Mike Barker (Perkins Cue)(Runner up 2007) v Duncan Sunderland (Hop Pole C)

Paul Loughead (Joiners Arms) v Dave Whitfield (Perkins Cue)(Runner up 2011)

Rob Wharne (Kennys Whackpack)(Four time Winner 2010-13) v Alan Mason (Hop Pole C)

Gavin Davies (Kennys Bear)(Runner up 2004) v Shaun Cooper (Kennys WSR)

All matches best of FIVE Frames

SEMI FINAL DRAW to be made after the conclusion of the Quarter Finals. Semi Finals is best of SEVEN frames

THE FINAL to be played after the Semi Finals. Final is best of NINE Frames

SUNDAY POOL LADIES SINGLES FINALS NIGHT 2014

Held @Kennys Sportsbar, Stafford on Sunday 5th October 2014

Charlotte Shelley became the 'Stafford Ladies Singles Champion' for the 3rd time in 4 years. With victories in 2011 & 2013 she was made to work hard for her win over a determined Lynda Simpson who also has been champion in 2012. This was Lynda's 3rd final and 2nd against Charlotte, so they had alot of respect for each others game. Lynda won the first frame, as both players took time to settle. The 2nd frame was a different story as Lynda had the first chance and was very close to potting the black coming off the side rail but unfortunately missed. Charlotte with 7 yellows and the black took them on and showed great skill with the cueball to clear the table and level at 1-1. The next 2 frames were shared with little fuss. So it went to a best of 3 and nerves started to show as both players started to miss crucial pots. But it was Charlotte who took it by the scruff of the neck and won the match with a long black into the top corner to lift the crown. A good size crowd witnessed a good final played in great spirit and congratulations to both players on their performance.

Also well done to all the other ladies who entered this competition. Also a thank you to both Shaun Cooper & Dave Whitfield for refereeing the Final.

Full results are -

Group A.

Clair Maslin (Kennys Potters) 0-3 Charlotte Shelley Morrisman); Pippa Steele (Luckpenny) 2-3 Jennie Clarke (Hop Pole D).

P. Steele 0-3 C. Shelley; C. Maslin 3-1 J. Clarke.

C. Maslin 1-1 P. Steele; J. Clarke 1-2 C. Shelley.

Group Winner - Charlotte Shelley

Group B.

Kirsty Lawrence (GPO Club B) 0-3 Jo Genner (Perkins Z);

Lynda Simpson (Luckpenny) 3-0 J. Genner

K. Lawrence 3-1 L. Simpson

Group Winner - Lynda Simpson

Summer Plate Team KO Final Result & Report

Played at the Hop Pole on Sunday 14th September 2014

KENNYS POTTERS 4-3 JOINERS ARMS

Kennys Potters won their 2nd Summer Plate, winners in 2010 and now 2014. It was a close Final with the Joiners Arms leading 3-2 at one stage. Wins for Brendon Ruttledge (v Nick Lenton), Paul Loughhead (v Clair Maslin) & Gaz Bryant (v Stuart Hardy) put the Joiners in a good position. However the Potters Came back and wins for Russ Pibworth (2)(v Simon Davies & Paul Loughead), Nick Lenton (v Brendon Ruttledge) & Stuart Hardy (v Gaz Bryant) in the final frame along with Stuart Skelton sealed the trophy for the Kennys Potters.

Also thanks to Neil Addison & Jason Armishaw for refereeing the final

Summer League Team KO Final Result & Report 

Played at the Kennys Sportsbar on Sunday 14th September 2014

PERKINS CUE 4-2 KENNYS BEAR.

Perkins Cue are the Summer League champions for a 7th time. Winners in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and now 2014. This Final was a repeat of the 2012 final and the Cuemen were made to work hard for their 4-2 win over the Kennys Bear. They went 3-0 up in no time with Mike Barker (v Jim Simpson), Dave Barker (v Gav Davies) & Alan Sim (v Giles Eastwood) all winning. However Andy Rawlinson (v Dave Whitfield) then pulled one back and Giles Eastwood (v Martin Priestley) then made it 3-2. Rawlinson looked on course to level the match but a missed yellow let Dave Barker in and he potted a long black into the top corner to seal the trophy. The Final was played in great spirit with fine potting and safety play.

A thank you to both Lynda Simpson & Shaun Cooper for refereeing the Final.