Saturday 2nd December 2023 (free tables from 3.30pm)
At Clubcue Leisure in Worthing
Team registration
at 6.00pm sharp.All finals to start
at 6.20pm (unless doubled) and
teams that are late will lose frames in their competition.
Competitions Roll Call 4.15 Start time 4.30 Tables are on free play from
3.30pm for practice.
SUMMER CUP FINAL
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ODD BALL CUP FINAL
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KNOCK OUT CUP FINAL
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KNOCK OUT PLATE FINAL
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CAPTAINS CUP FINAL
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HOUSE INDIVIDUAL CUP FINAL
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HOUSE INDIVIDUAL PLATE FINAL
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MIXED PAIRS CUP FINAL
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LADIES CUP FINAL
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MANAGERS/LANDLORDS CUP FINAL
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CHIEF'S CUP FINAL
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WOODEN SPOON FINAL
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OPEN SINGLES
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FRIENDLY FINALS (1)
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FRIENDLY FINALS (2)
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FRIENDLY FINALS (3)
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CAPTAINS AVERAGES
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FINALS NIGHT REPORT 2014
It's always a bit of a tall order to do a report on Finals Night in the Summer League, as it is such a huge event in terms of running, playing and DRINKING.
Luckily for me, I now live away from Sussex, so it's a toss up of two things, Drinking and staying with a friend, or Driving and have to stay sober. You would have thought that as I chose the latter options this year (never again), I would be able to produce this great piece of literature about how finals night went? Well no, I'm sorry, I cannot.
The thing, as I have explained about finals night, is that the event is so 'full on'. I didn't even get a chance to take a snapshot of any of the evening as I had not a minute to myself.
Of course, those of you who attended who have known why I didn't have a minute to myself, wouldn't you, as Chief did his normal thing of catching me from left-field with an "on the night" surprise.
Normally, the Senior Referee is Carly (and rightly so) due to her EPA qualifications. However, Carly couldn't attend this time, so Chief came up to me about ten minutes before his initial welcome speech and said "Don't run off when it comes to my welcome speech, as I have something that will interest you".
Ooh, something that would interest me?. Maybe its a thank you for the website, or the to'ing and fro'ing of phone calls? Wait; hang on; he's already done that. What could it be?
He only went and bloody made me Senior Referee!! Where the hell did that come from?
The only problem with that is that I have an expired E qualification, and also, due to someone letting him down, I also had to referee a match!.
Ok, these things are there to try us, I suppose.
Anyway, from what I could see, as usual, the whole evening went swimmingly. People played pool, socialised, got drunk, and were fed. Some people/teams won, and some lost. But, at the end of the evening, from what I saw, everyone was happy.
During presentation last year, it's rumoured that Chief caused a few droplets of water to roll away from the general vacinity of my eyes with his speech and present he gave to/about me.
As you can imagine, these rumours are completely untrue. There were no water droplets! I just has something (a small insect) fly into my eye JUST as Chief had his speech. There, now you have the truth.
This year, he made two presentations, of which the last one for this particular subject was made 14 years ago.
Mr Newman, our friend The Chief, is a caring old sole, and takes his pool "fathering" very seriously. He cares a great deal about the people in the Littlehampton Leagues, specifically the LDWRPL and the "Chiefs" Summer League.
Now and again, he sees something in people, that maybe others don't. He tries to nurture that talent, and the person who, he knows, will shine through at the end, whether it be within the great game of pool, or maybe just in life itself.
Fourteen years ago, Mark presented the first "Triumph Over Adversity Award" to Les Goran.
On this evening he awarded Trophy 2 to Mr Rob Wadey, and number 3 to Michael Parsons. Both of these men had overcome issues in the past to become both better people, and better pool players.
Congratulaions to them both. This award is rarer than hens' teeth.
