A big turnout for the 11th Berkshire Open yesterday, with 55 players from Region 7 and beyond.

After a long drawn battle between Maurice Sheehan and Vikas Sabharwal, Maurice came out with a tight win of 4-3 in the Final. Outstanding performance from Bob Love and Videsh Sabharwal saw them through from start all the way to the Semi Finals. The Quarter Finalists were Neil Cameron, Del Sim, Granville Fowle and Robert Uzzell. All in all, the cup competition went really well with some really tight situations. For all the results please see the results chart.

In the Plate competition, Keith Walls beat John Shiel 3-0 in the Final. The other Semi Finalists were Hughie Sutherland and Scott Matthews.

There will be a referee seminar & exam, to take place on 18th Oct from 10am to 6pm, at Lady Haig in Slough (70 Stoke Road, Slough, Berks. SL2 5AP. 01753 522573). £10 seminar/exam fees applies.

Men A
Lost: 26v18
The match was a struggle all the way through, pull back a few times but did not manage to grab the trophy at the end. There were more or less 10 dishes from the opponents, the Hants team has improved immensely from previous season. Granville Fowle as a first timer for the Berkshire A team played well. Some solid performance also seen on the day, and so as some of the disappointing performance, RU included, hee…hee...
Outstanding Performance: Peter Loft & Sefton Payne, both won 4 out of 4

Men B
Lost: 26v18
Frank Callaghan did well as a first timer for the B team, managed to win 2 out of 4. Disappointment from 3 players who didn’t manage to win any frame. A referee was caught refereeing games sitting down. Referee should stand up while refereeing. Senior referee should be called to address this during the match.
Outstanding Performance: Steve Ring won 4 out of 4, Scott Matthews won both of his games.

Men C
Won: 19v25
Lost 6-5 in the first quarter then won 8 frames on the trot, turn the match around to 13v6. Disappointment in the last quarter, only managed to win 3 frames. Two quacks in the team, you know who you are! Team selection still need to be completed early enough between team captains to allow the line up to be done well in advance.
Outstanding Performance: Dean Preston & Dean Hardesty both won 4 out of 4. Ben Kiely won both of his games and Ann Middleton won 3 out of 4.

Ladies:
Draw: 22v22
Disappointment with a draw as a result, it could have been close to a win for Berkshire. Poor performance this match was Dominique, who only manage to win 1 out of 4 games. Two poor ducks for the Berkshire ladies! RU was well pleased with the ladies team performance this season. First quarter with 3v8 up, second quarter 7v4 down and 5v6 on the last two quarters.
Outstanding Performance: Michaela Vaughan, Lisa Floyd & Ann Middleton, all won 4 out of 4.

Bracknell Young Guns Tour 4 this Sunday 15th June. £5 entry. 1:30pm start at The Willaim Twigg. For full details, go to http://www.bracknellascotpool.com

Mens A
Draw: 22v22
This is a remarkable result after taken a 21-13 down, manage to win the last 9 frames out of the 10 frames.
Personal thanks to Steve Ring, Gary Hoad and Brad Robinson to give a final push to get a draw against Sussex.
Outstanding Performance: Vikas won 4 out of 4, Sefton Payne, Lucky and Brad all won 3 out of 4.

Men B
Lost: 20v24
A bit of a disappointment, bearing in mind we won 3 out of the four quarters of the match. The team has an issue with number of players available in this match, especially losing Chris Stocker.
Outstanding Performance: Granville Fowle won 4 out of 4.

Men C
Lost: 19v25
The team was left with 10 players after filling up the B team, ended up taking a player from the ladies team to help out, thanks must give to Claire Dormer for helping. Ashley Dingley stepped in as substitute, complete all the necessary administrations and running around for the team. Great work and thanks, Kiddo! Many thanks to Baron Staples for his great support to the C team.
Outstanding Performance: Terry Dingley won 4 out of 4, Joey Alpino & Adam Haywood, both won 3 of 4.

Ladies
Draw: 22v22
Could have been a better results, at one point, the score was 17-13 up. We have a couple of players short, Bev played for the team the first time, considerably not bad at all. Kirsty played great but just very unlucky in-off on the last frame. Everyone did play very well on the day. Both Ladies teams have a fantastic atmosphere with great supports from both teams.
Outstanding Performance: Jacquie Vann won 4 out of 4. Claire Dormer and Sarah Newton won 3 out of 4.

Mens A
Lost: 15v29
We were at a loss starting off this match missing Jimmy H, Vikas & Andy Brant from the line-up. Thanks go to Mick Worsfeld who stepped up from the B team at short notice and put in a good performance although slightly affected by A team nerves which was totally understandable. After the disappointed of last month to Surrey the guys made a great start racing off to a 4-1 lead and from there we were unlucky in places & put simply outplayed in others. No-one played badly and the score did not reflect the effort of the team to get back into the tie, at half time we were 7/15 down. James McCarthy got duck on the day was disappointing, his capability did not reflect his performance on the day. Although it was a disappointing result but all in all, it was a great effort by the lads to get us up to 15 as London continued to turn up the heat and move further away the gap became almost impossible to close. Rob, the best on the day chalking up two very well played out dishes. We will come back stronger and beat them away on the 12th Oct!!!
Outstanding Performance: Robert Uzzell, Lucky, Sefton Payne, Peter Loft and Del Sim, all won 2 out of 4.

Mens B
Lost: 19v25
The B team boys played well up to half time when we were 11-11. Last two quarters, we got smashed 7-4. Difficult day with 5 dishes for us and 4 against. Thanks to Matt Leppard (2/4) and Shaun Carter (0/2) for turning up at short notice.
Outstanding Performance: John Harling and Granville Fowle, both won 3 out of 4.

Mens C
Won: 25v19
The C continued their good form for the season and made it 3 wins out of 4 as they overturned their London rivals. At the start of the day London were only two points behind us and we were only two points behind Surrey so the whole team was made aware of just how important this game was to us. The team is gelling superbly responded as a united effort after a bit of a slow start. We lost the first quarter 6-5 but quickly kick into gear and won next quarter with 7- 4. With Berkshire holding a slender at 12v10 half time lead the game stayed tight until the C found their second wind and stepped up another gear towards the end to kill off any further challenge from the opponents. Special mention for Sukhveer Singh who was selected to make his debut and done very well coming away with 2-4
Outstanding Performance: Scott Matthew and Joey Arpino, both won 4 of 4.

Ladies
Lost: 18v26
A bit disappointed in the score as it did not reflect the closeness of the individual frames and felt that London had the luck on their side with some interesting play and ball potting, which was not played for. Two new players Tracey and Gemma fitted into the squad very well.
Outstanding Performance: Jacquie Vann won 3 out of 4. Most outstanding player of the day was newcomer Gemma Moore winning 2 out of 4, but was very close with other 2 frames.
Outstanding Performance: Ann Middleton and Jacquie Vann, both won 3 out of 4.

The World Masters 2008 Final is held in Blackpool 5th/6th July with £21,000 guaranteed prize fund. 2x places will be made available to any registered Berkshire County card holder.

There will be a knock-out and the 2x top players will get there £40.00 entry fee paid and dependant on entries there travel and some accommodation money included. This is the same as last year.

Provisional date Wed 11th June 7.30 start £10.00 entry best of 5 frames. Location Chiswick Snooker Club

Email secretarty@berkshirecountypool.co.uk for entry and more info.

Men A
Lost: 31v13
A very disappointed loss, the day was a struggle. The whole team came so close to many frames but somehow seemed to turn the wrong way, at one point, we lost 13 frames in a row. Surrey played very well as a team but not a lot of differences between the players.
Outstanding Performance: James Harness won 2 out of 4.

Men B
Lost: 27v17
We were beaten by a better side; Surrey was definitely a very strong team. Four frames however, could have been won and we would have tightened the gap of the result. The 16 frames out of our best four players, we only managed to win four frames.
Outstanding Performance: John Harling won 4 out of 4, Steve Ring won 3 out of 4

Men C
Won: 20v24
Team talk at the beginning of the match was very positive. All players worked as a team and it turned out to be an amazing result. Though some of the players were 2v0 down in the first half, but the captains decided to keep the team as they were and it worked out well. Shot of the day went to Adam Haywood.
Outstanding Performance: Scott Matthew won 4 of 4, Frank Callaghan and Terry Dingley both won 3 out of 4.

Ladies
Lost: 31v13
Ladies squad clocked up four ducks by four seasoned players. The team jelled very well but all games seemed so close and yet so far. The result this year however, was an improvement from last year, clearly the team is climbing up slowly and steadily.
Outstanding Performance: Claire Dormer 3 out of 4.

Enid would like to see as many of Steve's friends there as possible. If you wish to go, call me and I will sort out drivers and passengers travelling. For all info please call Robert Uzzell on 07939 006147

A Service of Remembrance will take place on Friday 27th June 2008 at 2 pm St Michael´s Church. Minchinhampton. Glos

Please try to join Enid along with his and her family and friends to say ´thanks´ for his life and also a good-bye.