Our Summer School (for children aged 8-14) is coming up. No prior experience required but we also take children who have played before. If you would like to come, please get your parents or guardians to book you in. If you have children / grandhildren / relatives / friends of the relevant age range do please encourage them to consider it.
Reg Bamford again won the AC Open Singles Championship at Surbiton, beating long-standing rival Robert Fulford -3sxp, +25sxp, +24sxp, +19sxp. Nottingham member Paddy Chapman had been narrowly beaten in an exciting and tight-fought semi-final -4, +19sxp, +26sxp, -20, -16sxp. Alain Giraud, also of Nottingham, had been beaten by Bamford in the quarter-finals.
The extraordinary number of sextuple peels in the tournament (unimaginable a decade ago) reflects the very high calibre of the entry, improvements in capabilities of top players, the conditions at Surbiton and also the use of the super-advanced version of the game which makes it more worth attempting.
The Plate was won by Jamie Burch and the Z event by Joel Taylor.
Full results available here.
