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Maurice Batchelor Trophy

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Semi Finals
Warwick Uni v Nelson
1st Leg
Warwick Uni	3	-	1	Nelson
Max Burt (120) 307 - 248 Richie Evans (120) Sam Matto-Willey (110) 227 - 374 Tony Baylis (80) Zach Roberts (150) 409 - 325 Martin OReilly (250) Max Burt (120) 384 - 312 Tony Marsh (170)  Other Information/30+ Breaks: Breaks; Max Burt 32. Tony Baylis 74, 37. Tony Baylis was on absolute fire this week, making a 74 break in his first visit and beating Sam by an ironic 147 points. Max, playing twice, potted lots of reds against both Tony Marsh and Richie, winning both matches comfortably. Max was noted for saying the words "sit sit sit" a lot, which lead to Richie describing Max as a dog owner. And Zach played impressively against Martin to turn a 100 point deficit into a 84 point victory. So despite their relatively low handicaps, Warwick University managed a 3-1 win and take a 68 point advantage going into the second leg at Nelson Club.
2nd Leg
Nelson	2	-	2	Warwick Uni
Tony Baylis (80) 273 - 300 Max Burt (120) Richie Evans (120) 292 - 346 Michael Wilson (200) Martin OReilly (250) 358 - 329 Zach Roberts (150) Richie Evans (120) 366 - 357 Harrison Whitworth (220)  Other Information/30+ Breaks: 2-2 on the night, Warwick Uni win 5-3 on aggregate. Breaks; M.Burt 32, R.Evans 30. Max started best against Tony and went 70 up, but Tony pulled the handicap back and it was all square with 15 minutes left. But Tony ran out of steam, and Max went on to win. Michael held Richie off on the other table, so the match was all over with Uni having a 5-1 lead. With Tony Marsh not fit to play, Richie was drawn out for a second game and played some decent stuff to overhaul Harrison's 100 start and get a narrow win. Martin also used his 100 start to good effect on the other table against Zach, so Nelson made the overall score respectable, although who knows what would have happened if the last 2 games had been important? Good luck to the Uni lads in the final!!
Aggregate
Warwick Uni	5	-	3	Nelson
Nelson Bowls v Lillington
1st Leg
Nelson Bowls	3	-	1	Lillington
Geoff Barrett (0) 324 - 309 Johnny Grubb (240) Chris Hudson (240) 369 - 375 Simon Gelfs (160) Sid Deeming (170) 364 - 281 Alan Batchelder (120) Geoff Barrett (0) 296 - 217 Alan Batchelder (120)  Other Information/30+ Breaks: Breaks; Alan Batchelder 36, 32. Geoff Barrett 35, 32, 30, 35, 50, 56. Both teams failed to get four players to turn up for the first leg of the Maurice Batchelor Trophy. Geoff Barrett was selected to play twice, and produced some excellent billiards, scoring 6 30+ breaks to win both of his games. Sid Deeming, after a slow start, turned up the heat on his opponent to take Nelson Bowls to 3 wins. Lillington's captain, Simon Gelfs, managed to stem the tide, in a game where there was never an obvious winner. This left Lillington with a mammoth task for the 2nd leg - needing to win 4-0 to get to the final and a chance of retaining their trophy.
2nd Leg
Lillington	2	-	2	Nelson Bowls
Simon Gelfs (160) 344 - 309 Sid Deeming (170) Johnny Grubb (240) 338 - 443 Chris Hudson (240) Simon Gelfs (160) 355 - 326 Mike England (160) Alan Batchelder (120) 252 - 287 Geoff Barrett (0)  Other Information/30+ Breaks: Breaks; Simon 31. Sid 33. Geoff 68, 70, 36.
Aggregate
Nelson Bowls	5	-	3	Lillington

Final
Nelson Bowls v Warwick University
1st Leg
Nelson Bowls	3	-	1	Warwick University
Geoff Barrett (0) 242 - 257 Zach Roberts (150) Mike England (160) 325 - 310 Michael Wilson (200) Chris Hudson (240) 383 - 369 Sam Matto-Willey (110) Sid Deeming (170) 329 - 293 Max Burt (120)
2nd Leg
Warwick University	2	-	2	Nelson Bowls
Michael Wilson (200) 339 - 304 Mike England (160) Sam Matto-Willey (110) 247 - 436 Sid Deeming (170) Max Burt (120) 345 - 338 Chris Hudson (240) Zach Roberts (150) 226 - 373 Geoff Barrett (0)  Other Information/30+ Breaks: The board of Nelson Bowls' breaks: Prince Sid of Deemingville 31, 56, 74; King Geoff of Barrettland 36, 40, 45, 65, 67, 69. The final night of the LDBSA 2018/19 season was highly anticipated and the grandstands were so full that some people had to overflow downstairs at Kenilworth SnS to watch on the big screen! The home support were hoping to cheer on Warwick University to victory in the only team billiards tournament they are yet to capture. Their opponents, Nelson Bowls, had other ideas though. Their vociferous crowd were looking to help their team to only a second victory in this prestigious competition. In a rematch of last week, the two Mike's battled on the baize first and it was the Uni's captain Rambo who controlled the tie, steadily building his lead to 80 points but due to a quick burst from the Welshman, England, that lead was cut to just 35 at the buzzer. It should be noted that Mike, who had to leave to do some work which is apparently much more important or something, was cueing perfectly straight with no unwanted side at all. None. Amazing. Over on table four, Prince Sid decided to recapture the form of yesteryear with a truly superb performance against Matto, who spent the match sitting down and warming a spot up for Zach later. A high break of the night of 74 and some general magnificence saw Sid sail to victory and all but take the title for the Bowls. At this point, the vast crowds moved from the Billiards to watch some men kicking a ball around and not putting it in one of the net-type things at the ends of the green turf they were dilly-dallying around on. Consequently, they missed out on Alan Batch... sorry, I mean Max Burt's wonderful display of 'Billiards' with points being scored in so many novel ways that flirty wirty didn't know how to apologise any more. He went on to claim the consolation victory and was able to promptly leave as he'd been protesting he'd wanted to both before and during the match. He's now free to revise to become an actuary much like the man he is in absolutely not copying in any way at all, Sam. Finally, the King graced the billiards tables of Kenilworth and referee Mike had to roll out the red carpet for every shot from his most royal of highnesses. Zach was glad that Sam had kept the seat warm, too, as Geoff went about compiling six superb breaks. Outside of that though he was rubbish, with a maximum break of 6 if you ignore those six flukey breaks. Overatted, should have just rolled out an old rug or something! So, at the end of all that, the Uni lost 5-3 to a Nelson Bowls side that had handicaps so inflated that I'm surprised they weren't an exhibit at Bristol's Air Balloon festival. As well as that, this is the final report I shall be writing as the captain of Warwick Uni, I'm sure the whole committee are tremendously sad to hear that. It has to be said I've had a lot of fun playing billiards and I hope to play every so often next year so to finish my final report I thought I'd give a very short review of the Uni Billiards players, my final thought as captain! Harrison 'The Master' Whitworth: "The three cushion billiards expert returned to the team this year and showed he is the greatest cannoner in the league. He's actually quite good." Max 'The Happy One' Burt: "For a man who is usually relentlessly positive Flirty has moaned alot this year. If he hadn't tried to play Billiards properly his handicap would probably be even lower!" Sam 'The Matto' Matto-Willey: "Consistent performer who continues to pot many balls. He'll be delighted to be at the Stewart Ball level of Billiards." Zach 'The Welsh Dragon' Roberts: "He's added (some) Billiards shots to his repertoire this season which has coincided with his handicap coming down, like the rest though his superb potting is key." Dickie 'Rambo' Wilson: "Very sad I'm not gonna be able to play Billiards as much now, anyone fancy live-streaming the matches next year?" If you've made it to this point I must give you a hearty congratulations, you have permission to shout gleefully "gettt innn" as the great Grubby would do!
Aggregate
Nelson Bowls	5	-	3	Warwick University