Sussex County B & C Level Tournaments Sunday 28th April

On Sunday 28th April Sussex County hosted two of the series of these tournaments which are played at various locations across the country leading to a National Final later in the year.

The B Series is for players with handicaps of 3+ and the C Series for players with a handicap of 7+. There were 24 players competing in the B Series and 16 in the C Series. The format for both tournaments was block play followed by knockouts.

The idea was that all the club’s lawns would be in action with double banking throughout. Unfortunately the weather intervened with heavy rain the day before and into the night. Some lawns were unplayable and so the decision had to be taken to restrict play in the blocks to the best of 7 hoops although conditions improved later in the day to allow the knockouts to be 13 point games. No jumping was allowed.

Despite the problems everybody still seemed to enjoy the day helped by the excellent lunch provided by Angela and her catering team.

In the end the B Series event was won by Douglas Shand (Guildford) who beat Konstantin Yudinstev (Rottingdean & Sussex County) in the final 7 – 5. Third place was taken by Tony Nicholas (Cheam) beating Jill Richardson (Rother Valley) 7 – 6).

As for the C Series this was won by Michael Marcel (Phyllis Court) who beat Fiona Fall (Compton) 7 – 3. In third place was Hilary Bird (Guildford) who beat Truida Trevere (Dulwich) 7-3.

Andrew Stewart - Tournament Manager.

Thanks to Andrew for managing these two tournaments in difficult conditions.

Full results

B Series

Block A	DS	BH	BJ	SN	NW	PM	Wins	Position
Douglas Shand		1	4	4	4	4	4	2
Beryl Hughes	4		3	4	4	4	4	1
Brian Jamieson	2	4		4	2	4	3	3
Sue Nicholas	1	3	0		4	4	2	4
Nigel Wulcko	2	1	4	2		1	1	6
Patricia Mulcahy	1	1	2	1	4		1	5

Block B	PA	AB	AL	KY	PG	PR	Wins	Position
Peter Adams		4	4	3	4	4	4	1
Alastair Broom	3		4	0	4	4	3	3
Andrew Lockwood	2	2		4	4	3	2	4
Konstantin Yudintsev	4	4	1		4	3	3	2
Paul Green	0	2	1	3		4	1	6
Paul Rockall	1	3	4	4	2		2	5

Block C	VL	MG	RC	RP	LG	JR	Wins	Position
Vincent L'Estrange		0	4	4	4	4	4	1
Mark Green	4		1	2	3	0	1	6
Robyn Clark	0	4		4	4	3	3	3
Richard Platt	2	4	2		2	3	1	5
Linda Gavigan	0	4	1	4		4	3	4
Jill Richardson	3	4	4	4	3		3	2

Block D	AN	GT	IR	JL	RS	GO	Wins	Position
Anthony Nicholas		4	4	1	2	4	3	2
Gavin Taylor	0		4	4	1	2	2	5
Ian M Rees	1	2		4	2	2	1	6
John Low	4	3	3		4	4	3	1
Robert Scallon	4	4	4	2		1	3	4
Gerald O'Brien	3	4	4	1	4		3	3

Main Knockout 

Quarter-Final	Semi-Final	Final	Winner
Beryl Hughes	Konstantin Yudintsev 7-5	Konstantin Yudintsev 7-5	Douglas Shand 7-5
Konstantin Yudintsev
Jill Richardson	Jill Richardson  7-3
John Low
Vincent L'Estrange	Anthony Nicholas 7-2	Douglas Shand 7-2
Anthony Nicholas
Douglas Shand	Douglas Shand 7-3
Peter Adams

3rd - 4th place playoff: Anthony Nicholson beat Jill Richardson 7-6

Shield Knockout 

Semi-Final	Final	Winner
Beryl Hughes	John Low 7-6	John Low 7-6
John Low
Vincent L'Estrange	Peter Adams 7-6
Peter Adams

7th - 8th place playoff: Vincent L'Estrange beat Beryl Hughes 7-6

Bowl Knockout

Semi-Final	Final	Winner
Brian Jamieson	Brian Jamieson 7-5	Brian Jamieson 7-5
Gerald O'Brien
Robyn Clark	Alistair Broom 7-6
Alistair Broom

11th - 12 place playoff: Robyn Clark beat Gerald O'Brien 7-5

Plate Knockout

Semi-Final	Final	Winner
Sue Nicholas	Robert Scanlon 7-3	Andrew Lockwood 7-6
Robert Scanlon
Linda Gavigan	Andrew Lockwood 7-4
Andrew Lockwood

15th - 16th place playoff: Sue Nicholas beat Linda Gavigan 7-5

Saucer Knockout

Semi-Final	Final	Winner
Patricia Mulcahy	Gavin Taylor 7-5	Gavin Taylor 7-5
Gavin Taylor
Richard Platt	Richard Platt 7-5
Paul Rockall

19th - 20th place playoff:  Patricia Mulcahy beat Paul Rockall 7-5

21st - 24th playoff

Semi-Final	Final	Winner
Nigel Wulcko	Ian M Rees 7-6	Paul Green 7-6
Ian M Rees
Mark Green	Paul Green
Paul Green

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C Series

Block A	FF	TT	AB	AP	Wins	Position
Fiona Fall		4	4	4	3	1
Truida Trevere	3		4	4	2	2
Angela Barker	2	1		2	0	4
Alan Price	2	1	4		1	3

Block B	KH	DG	SG	KM	Wins	Position
Ken Hughes		4	4	1	2	2
Dave Grimshaw	2		4	4	2	1
Sandra Guildford	1	2		3	0	4
Kathy McColgan	4	1	4		2	3

Block C	HB	MM	SD	PG	Wins	Position
Hilary Bird		2	4	4	2	2
Michael Marcel	4		4	4	3	1
Stella Dutton	0	2		3	0	4
Paul Griffiths	1	1	4		1	3

Block D	RJ	DC	CR	AB	Wins	Position
Richard Jenkins		3	3	1	0	4
Dave Comber	4		2	4	2	2
Clare Rockall	4	4		1	2	1
Andy Barker	4	0	4		2	3

 Main Knockout

Quarter-Final	Semi-Final	Final	Winner
Fiona Fall	Fiona Fall 7-3	Fiona Fall 7-6	Michael Marcel 7-3
Ken Hughes
Hilary Bird	Hilary Bird 7-4
David Comber
Michael Marcel	Michael Marcel 7-5	Michael Marcel 7-6
Andy Barker
Truida Trevere	Truida Trevere 7-1
Dave Grimshaw

 3rd - 4th place playoff: Hilary Bird beat Truida Travere 7-3

Shield Knockout

Semi-Final	Final	Winner
Ken Hughes	Dave Comber 7-1	Dave Grimshaw 7-6
Dave Comber
Andy Barker	Dave Grimshaw 7-6
Dave Grimshaw

7th - 8th place playoff: Ken Hughes beat Andy Barker 7-2

 Plate knockout

Quarter-Final	Semi-Final	Final	Winner
Alan Price	Alan Price 7-5	Alan Price 7-4	Alan Price 7-4
Sandra Guildford
Stella Dutton	Clare Rockall 7-3
Clare Rockall
Paul Griffiths	Paul Griffiths 7-6	Kathy McColgan 7-6
Richard Jenkins
Angela Barker	Kathy McColgan 7-1
Kathy McColgan

 11th - 12th place playoff: Paul Griffiths beat Clare Rockall 7-3

Saucer Knockout

Semi-Final	Final	Winner
Sandra Guildford	Sandra Guildford 7-6	Richard Jenkins 7-3
Stella Dutton
Richard Jenkins	Richard Jenkins 7-2
Angela Barker

15th - 16th place playoff: Angela Barker beat Stella Dutton 7-3 

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