PAUL & BERNIE’S SECOND PAIR’S VICTORY IN BOURNMOUTH
Readings Paul Sainsbury and Bernie McCluskey lifted the British Open Pairs title for the second time as they defeated Oxford pair Ray Sturgess and Keith Sheard in the final, after two days of absorbing bar Billiards at the Queens Hotel.
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pairs started out in the quest for the title, losing 1st and 2nd
round pairs going into the Queens Hotel Plate. No major shocks from this round
Peter Sainsbury from Kent with 12,140 break and Berkshire’s Dave Alder put out
Sussex pair Richard Dewdney and Gareth Lloyd. A.E.B.B.A. President Eric Hill
Dorset and Berkshire’s Phil Hawkins lost by 80 points to the Oxfordshire
pairing of Gary Johnson and Leon Beer.
Jersey
pair Graham Bisson and Harry Barbet lost also lost out in this round, former
winners Pete Farrelly and Steve Biggs moved into the next round, Kent’s Chris
Saville teamed up with his former Kent team mate again, now playing as the Greek
Champion Les Green they moved forward to the next round. Former winners
Berkshire’s Bill Trinder and Mark Sawyer lost out to Sussex pair Sue
Galleymore and Stuart Mepham while Paul and Jane Wood Oxfordshire held a 7,000
lead going into the second leg against Buckinghamshires Ernie Jordan and John
Burrows but John hit back with a 12,570 break for victory.
The
third round saw Johnson and Beer beating All England Chairman Keith Lewendon and
Paul Yeo Berkshire, biggest shock in the third round was former winners Kevin
Tunstall and Tony Martin Oxfordshire leading the first leg by 11,000 going out
to Pete Phillips and Steven Sheard 15,270 break in the second leg for victory.
Green and Saville made it into the next round as did the Oxfordshire pairing of
Sam Goddard and Derek Payne, Galleymore and Mepham lost a close game to Ian
Street Sussex and Lorin Clough Warwickshire?.
Jordan
and Burrows put out the strong pair of Paul Wing Hampshire and Berkshires Tony
Walsh 11,280 to 13,880.
Round
4 saw Kevin and Bella Stoner beating another Sussex pair of Michelle Baden and
Doug Dawson, Northants Jim and Matthew Thomson also moved on as did Saville and
Green against Phillips and Sheard. Two 7,000 breaks saw Sturgess and Sheard
going through while McCluskey and Sainsbury had a 15,000 victory against
Farrelly and Biggs, a slip up from John Burrows was the downfall for him and his
partner Ernie Jordan as Payne and Goddard reached the next round, as did Johnson
and Beer, Street and Clough also reached the next stage.
Sunday
saw the Quarter Finals taking place Johnson and Beer reached the Semi’s
beating the Stoner’s while McCluskey and Sainsbury just edged out Thomson and
Thomson in a low scoring affair, with Keith sheards 21,020 break enough to put
out Saville and Green. The elder statesman of Payne and Goddard put an end to
Street and Clough.
The
Semi Finals saw McCluskey and Sainsbury beating Johnson and Beer and Sturgess
and Sheard against Payne and Goddard winning all in three legs. The final saw
Sheard winning the first leg with a 9,630 after Sainsbury broke down early on,
McCluskey levelled the score with a 9,440 and the third leg saw McCluskey in
good form as he hit 17,480 to put his side in command going into the forth leg.
Sturgess broke down early and with the score standing at 5,290 to Sainsbury and
McCluskey and 1,770 to Sturgess and Sheard the game was conceded.
The
Queens Hotel Plate started on Saturday afternoon for the 1st and 2nd
losing players hoping to make a better start than the mornings endeavour’s. So
such luck for the Jersey pairing of Bisson and Barbet as they lost out to
Berkshires Ron and Eileen Britton, Who also won first prize in the raffle. Hill
and Hawkins had to come from behind to beat Buckinghamshires Ray Hussey and
Terry Isard by 3,000.
Sunday
saw the 3rd round of the plate with no major shocks taking place.
Alan Oliver and Ian Moss Oxfordshire had to restart the second leg against
Cambridgeshire’s Keith MacDonald and Phil Buckle after MacDonald played out
turn. The quarter finals saw Hill and Hawkins going through, Berkshires Brian
Dawkins and Mike Gibbons put out Sussex pair Nigel Senior and Richard Wooton by
90 points, Oliver and Moss moved on as they beat Dave Mitchell and Bill Gosling
Berkshire, the final pair into the semi finals was Sussex pair Rick Dewdney and
Gareth Lloyd who beat Oxfordshire ‘s Jane and Paul Wood.
Hill
and Hawkins 16,390 beat Dawkins and Gibbons while a close game saw Dewdnwy and
Lloyd beating Oliver and Moss 7,630 to 8,220.
The
Final saw Hill and Hawkins 14,000 up from the first leg
again in command in the second leg leading with 5,000 the game was
conceded.
The
trophy presentation was done by Simon Fox Deputy
operations manager for Blue Mermaid Hotels
British
Open Pairs Winners £75 each and a Week End break at the Queens Bernie McCluskey
and Paul Sainsbury, Berkshire
Runners
Up £75 each Ray Sturgess and Keith Sheard Oxfordshire
Losing
Semi Finalists £25 each Gary Johnson and Leon Beer, Derek Payne and Sam Goddard
all Oxfordshire.
Merit
Award Trophy to Steven Sheard and Pete Phillips Oxfordshire
Queens
Hotel Plate
Winners
£25 each Eric Hill and Phil Hawkins Dorset and Berkshire
Runners
up £10 each Rick Dewdney and Gareth Lloyd Sussex