OVER THE WEEKEND, the London and House Counties Snooker hosted the Snooker Shootouts and the interleague Group Championships, which noticed a handful of snooker league groups compete for the title.
A modest 9 groups in whole competed from Teams A and B with the semi-finals seeing Harrow, Byfleet, and Eastbourne and Eastbourne B compete for a spot within the closing.
It was Harrow and Byfleet who met within the closing of the Group Championship in a better of 9 encounter and it was Harrow that got here out on prime with a 5 – 2 win.
Harrow now have 9 title wins to their identify.
High newbie Wayne Townsend made the best break of the occasion with an 88, stated the London and House Counties consultant.
The occasion was hosted at Racks Snooker and Pool Membership the place 1997 World Champion Ken Doherty is on the excessive breaks board with a 122. Frank Dezi made a 147 there.
Additionally, there have been two Shootout one body occasions on the weekend, starting on the Saturday, which noticed members of the Byfleet League competing within the closing with Snooker Legends 900 star from final season Ryan Mears compete within the closing in opposition to Paul Bunyard.
We’ve reported extensively on the occasions, some involving Ryan Mears previously such because the English Novice Billiard occasions held at Woking, together with the Snooker Legends 900 – season 2 on TV – see all of our reviews on these.
Bunyard claimed the Shootout body.
On the Sunday, the Shootout closing noticed the 1977 UK Championship winner Patsy Fagan, nonetheless competing on the age of 73, proof that you’re by no means too previous to proceed competing within the recreation, no matter age, capability, and nonetheless huge or small your objectives are within the recreation!
Fagan was additionally a runner-up within the English Novice Championship in 74.
He got here up in opposition to prime newbie Wayne Townsend within the one body Shootout closing with Townsend popping out on prime.
Congratulations to everybody who performed within the occasion.
The following occasion is the Champion of Champions and the primary qualifier is on the December twenty second, simply earlier than Christmas.
Snooker is for all and it could be good if the LHC had a number of extra League entries within the coming months.
The motto of the LHC is that this, because it says on its web site:
LHC Snooker, is selling newbie and membership stage snooker throughout the South East. Extra competitors for all. Supporting native leagues and gamers.”
This web site can also be making an attempt to advertise extensively native league snooker from the Oxshott League to the Epsom League to the Byfleet League and others just like the Guildford League.
League snooker is the place all of it begins and anybody of any capability can be part of a league.
The Oxshott League is without doubt one of the oldest leagues in Surrey, and has been going since 1910!
