David Brabiner wins Island Billiards Championship.
Brabiner was in brilliant form in defeating Chris Alexander in less than two hours. Brabiner recorded breaks of 45,32,33,61,48,& 29 to reach his 500 points. Alexander’s potting was not enough even with breaks of 32,29,& 44 could not dent Brabiner’s game. Brabiner will meet the Guernsey Champion on Friday the 29th April in Jersey to contend the Channel Island Championship.
Domino Cabs Billiards League.
Team Billiards report for Wed 26th January.
Mechs 2 - 1 St Aubin.
Mechs did well to take two games off league leaders St Aubin. St Aubin started well with Richard de la Haye defeating Phil Smith 250 to 199. Next Daniel Cavey took full advantage of his good fortune to reach his 250 leaving Byron le Cornu eighty three points short. Last on for the Mechs, Island Champion Guy Heys wasted little time in defeating St Aubin Veteran Bert Soyer by fifty five points.
Tower B 2 - 1 Tower A
Good result for the B team. Bunny White started well with a 23 break, Tony Venton replied with breaks of 27,& 31 to reach 250 to Whites 163 in reply. David Brabiner ex-professional snooker player played next versus young Greame Duhamel. Duhamel who is ever improving
could not match Brabiners excellent Billiards. Brabiner ran away with breaks of 62,23,33,& 23 to finish 250 to Duhamels 182.
Services 3 - 0 Tower C
Services bounced back with a three-nil result versus Tower C. Bob Bradshaw recorded a 23 break in defeating Richard le Noa by 65 points. Next Malcolm Malzard was in cracking form to reach his 250 leaving Bob Denison on 158. Last Robbie Kilpatrick made a 34 break in his defeat of Bernie Birch, Birch reach 207.
Billiards 24.11.10
Tower A 0 Tower C 3
Bob Denison and Colin Jehan were both beaten by the clock with Denison winning by 17 points. Richard le Noa playing away to Graeme Duhamel showed his experience and made his 250 to Duhamels reply of 206. Tony Venton made hard work of Bernie Birch and lost by just 4 points to give the C team a clean sweep.
Services 3 Mechs 0
Mechs caught a cold at the Services club on Wed. Robbie Kilpatrick made short work of Daniel Cavey and won by 67 points. Next Guy Heys suffered another defeat at the hands of Malcolm Malzard by just a hand full of points.Last on Bob Bradshaw potted well and defeated Phil Smith to make it three for Services.
St Aubin 3 Tower B 0
St Aubin bounced back to top the league at the halfway point of the season with a 3-0 defeat of the league leaders Tower B. Richard de la Haye celebrated his Birthday with a 39 point win over Bunny White. Byron le Cornu followed on by scoring 250 to Howards Smiths 212.
St Aubin’s Captain Bert Soyer & Martyn le Gallais both struggled to find any form, ending in Soyer reaching 247 before the clock stopped play, defeating le Gallais by 18 points. The evening ended with champagne and Birthday cake to everyone's delight.
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Team |
Played |
Won |
Points |
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St Aubin |
18 |
11 |
11 |
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Tower C |
18 |
10 |
10 |
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Tower B |
18 |
9 |
9 |
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Mechs |
18 |
8 |
8 |
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Services |
18 |
8 |
8 |
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Tower A |
18 |
7 |
7 |
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Billiards 15th Nov Individual League.
Pot White Double Baulk Reports.
Bob Denson 217 - 339 G Heys
Guy Heys playing away to Bob Denison played up to expectation and reach 339 points to Bobs 217.
M Malzard 273 - 280 R Kilpatrick
An all Services match proved close, the lead changed hands several times with Kilpatrick reaching 280 points to Malzards 273.
G Duhamel 320 - 267 R de la Haye
Graeme Duhamel played his best this season defeating Richard de la Haye by 53 points.Duhamel never missed a pot off the red spot, supported by some excellent Billiard play including a 37 break reaped a just reward. De la Haye was left little to follow, even with a 38 break he could not catch Duhamel after falling over 100 behind.
M le Gallais 299 - 258 T Venton
Martyn le Gallais home to Tony Venton struggled early on falling over 100 points behind.
When the run eventually changed breaks of 36,39 helped le Gallais defeat Venton by 41 points.
B Birch 0 B White 2
Bernie Birch could only make 150 over two 45min games to Bunny’s 235.
S le Noa 1 H Smith 0
Howard Smith away to Scott le Noa made 119 in his first game to Scott’s 110.
No result yet for the second game.
R le Noa 2 P Smith 0
Phil Smith away to Richard le Noa came close in both games. Losing the first by 17 points, and the second by only 6 points.
Billiards report for Wed 10th Nov 2010
Tower B 1 Tower C 2
Bunny White suffered his first defeat away to Bob Denison, Bob also has only lost one game this season. Next Scott le Noa made it two for the Tower C team against an out of form Martyn le Gallais, le Gallais’s third consecutive defeat. It was left to David Brabiner to prevent the whitewash against Bernie Birch, Brabiner rose to the occasion and clawed one back for the B team.
Mechs 3 Tower A 0
Guy Heys gave his team a good start against Colin Jehan. Phil Smith playing consistently made it two against young Greame Duhamel. Last on was the ever improving young Daniel Cavey, Cavey defeated Tony Venton by 42 points, a good result as Venton has been playing consistently of late taking a few surprise scalps.
Services 1 St Aubin 2
Bob Bradshaw gave Byron le Cornu a good run but was still ten points short of le Cornu’s 250. Malcolm Malzard and Bert Soyer enjoyed a close game. Scoring breaks of 26,23 Soyer still lost by eight points making it one each with ex Island players Robbie Kilpatrick versus Richard de la Haye in the decider. De la Haye much improved this season recorded a 32 to help him win by 66 points.
With only two points separating the top five teams surprises could well be forthcoming.
Tower B 9, St Aubin & Mechs 8, Tower A & Tower C 7. Services 5.
Rive starts 27th November.
Results for Wed 3rd Nov.
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Div 1 one game of 90 mins. |
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Robbie Kilpatrick |
315 |
1-0 |
M le Gallais |
198 |
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Guy Heys |
386 |
1-0 |
Greame Duhamel |
174 |
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R de la Haye |
306 |
1-0 |
Malcolm Malzard |
201 |
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Tony Venton |
267 |
0-1 |
Bob Denison |
291 |
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Div 2 best of 2 45min games |
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Daniel cavey |
131/184 |
2-0 |
Bernie Birch |
111/96 |
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Bunny White |
87/103 |
2-0 |
Scott le Noa |
86/91 |
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Howard Smith |
138/145 |
2-0 |
Phil Smith |
93/108 |
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Pot White Double Baulk reports for Wed 27th Oct 2010
Towers Week, Tower have won eight out of eight fixtures with one game to play.
Tower A 3 St Aubin 0
League leaders St Aubin came a cropper down at Tower last night. First on for Tower was young Greame Duhamel, playing against an ex Tower President the experienced Byron le Cornu. Young Duhamel settled well and played solid elementary Billiards missing little, potting well and playing some excellent slow long losers to take a commanding lead and win by 46 points. Second on for Tower was reserve Colin Jehan, an ex tower President. Jehan was drawn against the ancient Bert Soyer, (Berts 89th Birthday details 17th Nov are posted all along Victoria Avenue.) Bert Could not match Colin’s potting but still made 246 before Jehan made the magic 250. Last on were Richard de la Haye v Tony Venton, the pair met recently in the Individual league where de la Haye won by 26 points. However last night the tables turned. Venton playing at his best got over a hundred ahead in the first 15 minutes with the help of 37 & 28 breaks. De la Haye’s best break was a 28 but not enough to stop Venton’s excellent potting and good all round Billiard play, Venton went on to make his 250 leaving de la Haye 59 points short.
Tower B Services 0
Again Tower were on top form, Bunny White started the ball rolling by defeating Bob Bradshaw 240 to Bobs 222 Clock stopped play at 75 minutes. David Brabiner playing as reserve scored 250 (37 break) against Malcolm Malzard. Last a much improved Howard Smith in his casual approach and thoughtful play managed to defeat Robbie Kilpatrick by the small margin of 6 points.
Tower B now leads the League with 8 wins, followed by Tower A 7 wins. St Aubin are third with 6 wins. Mechs and Tower C have 5 wins each with one game to play. Services follow on 4 wins.
Pot White & Double Baulks Billiards Report for 13th Oct 2010.
St Aubin 2 Mechs 1
St Aubin’s at home continue their good run by defeating Mechs. First on was Bert Soyer, verses Phil Smith, Soyer played his best game this season recording breaks of 30 & 31 to win by 52 points. Next Byron le Cornu had his hands full with an up and coming Daniel Cavey, after exchanging the lead several times le Cornu reached his 250 leaving Cavey 4 points short. Next Richard de la Haye v Guy Heys, de la Haye started well with a 28 break, but was not consistent enough allowing Heys a 55 point win.
Tower A 1 Tower B 2
Again Bunny White led the way by defeating Graeme Duhamel 250 to 167. Next Howard Smith played consistently to defeat Tony Venton by 17 points. It was then left to the A’s reserve Colin Jehan to save the white wash against Martyn le Gallais. Le Gallais was favourite but was unable to produce the form he showed the night before when he won his two frames as reserve in the 3rd division Snooker league. Colin Jehan may be a little rusty but he demonstrated his knowledge of the game and make his 250 leaving le Gallais 1 point short.
Tower C 2 Services 1
Robbie Kilpatrick bounced back this week recording a 38 break the highest this week in defeating Richard le Noa by 58 points. The next game was a two Bob affair. Bob Denison taking advantage of the home table played well and defeated Bob Bradshaw 250 to 188.Last but not least Bernie Birch built on his two frame Snooker Victory the night before and gave Malcolm Malzard a lesson in Billiards, Bernie 250 to Malcolm’s 163.
Pot White Double Baulk Billiards Report for 29th Sept 2010.
St Aubin 3 Tower C 0
First on for St Aubin was Chris Blampied v Bob Densison, Blampied demonstrated he still has his potting skills coupled with a few good billiard shots out scored Denison 250 to 173, thus giving St Aubin a good start. Next Veteran Bert Soyer struggled against Richard le Noa, Le Noa was unable to find any form and allowed Soyer to win by 24 points, the clock stopping play with Soyer on 240 to Le Noa’s 216. It was now Scott le Noa’s task to save his team a white wash. Alas Richard de la Haye, on his home table proved too strong and with a little luck made it three nil for the St Aubins team. De la Haye scored 250 to Le Noa’s 190.
Mechs 2 Tower B 1
Daniel Cavey’s home advantage gave him the edge in defeating Howard Smith in a close fought encounter. Cavey scoring 250 to Howard Smith’s 244. next Island Champion Guy suffered a rare defeat at the hands of Tower’s Bunny White. White played consistently missing little and coasted home 250 to Hey’s 234. Next on the table was Phil Smith, again taking advantage of his home table made short work of Island player Martyn le Gallais and coasted to his 250 points to Le Gallais weak reply of 199 points giving Mechs a two to one win.
Services 2 Tower A 1
Robbie Kilpatrick managed a two point win against a much improved Tony Venton to put Services one up. Next Bob Bradshaw made it two for services by defeating Graeme Duhamel 250 to 190, both players made 31 breaks.
Last on was Andy Stentiford who continues in fine form to save the team white wash by defeating Paul Destro by 35 points.