The 9th Cobbetts Poppy Appeal Doubles was held on Remembrance Sunday, November 12th at Burridge. The maximum number of 38 entries was reached several weeks before the competition was held and numerous other teams had to be turned away! There were players present from all parts of the region including Parley, Dorset in the West, Worthing and Handcross in the East and Oxshott and Bordon in the North but the two teams who had travelled the furthest were from Cardiff.
There were 8 morning leagues of 4 teams and 1 with 6 teams with the top 16 qualifying to play in the main competition in the afternoon, the next 16 in the plate and the final 6 in the wooden spoon. David Cruz was attempting to defend the title he had won for the previous 3 years, this time partnered by Glenn Floyd. They comfortably made it into the last 16 as 3rd seeds winning all 3 morning games. In top place were Mike Tull and Harrison Ash closely followed by Phil Bradshaw and Nic Baxter. Also on 3 wins were Steve and Karen Lombard, Steve Love and Sue Sandy and Stuart Floyd and Callum Lombard. At 11am play was stopped for the traditional two minutes silence for Remembrance Sunday.
The afternoon saw some hard fought games with David and Glenn losing out to Glenn’s son Stuart and Callum in the quarter-finals. This pair then went on to beat the Cardiff team in a long, tough semi-final. Meanwhile Harrison and Mike beat Dave and Richard (winners of the first Cobbetts Poppy competition in 2009 and again in 2013) but then fell to the husband and wife team of Steve and Karen Lombard in the other semi-final. This put Steve and Karen up against son Callum in the final and youth prevailed with Callum and Stuart taking the title.
In an East v West Plate final, the Handcross team of Peter and Justin had a comfortable win over Tony and Peter from Parley. The Wooden Spoon competition was won by the junior team of Marc and Liam from the home club, who won all 3 of their afternoon games.
Thanks to the great support shown by club members and all the visiting players, it is hoped that we will at least match the £600 raised for the Poppy Appeal last year. A tremendous achievement considering we were limited to 10 fewer teams.
Full Results:
Main
- Winners Callum Lombard & Stuart Floyd (Beacon View)
- Runners-up Steve Lombard (Cobbetts) & Karen Lombard (Beacon View)
- Semi-finalists Phil Bradshaw & Nic Baxter (Cardiff)
- Semi-finalists Mike Tull (Cobbetts) & Harrison Ash (Bordon)
- Quarter-finalists Dave Stubbs & Richard Greeves (Cobbetts)
- Quarter-finalists David Cruz & Glenn Floyd (Cobbetts)
- Quarter-finalists Paula Fauvel & Carol Collyer (Cobbetts)
- Quarter-finalists Tony Kidd (Handcross) & Tony Mann (Brighton)
Main Consolage
- Winners Alison Stubbs & Mike Porter (Cobbetts)
- Runners-up Stuart Cursley (Oxshott) & Jackie Lee (Fareham)
Plate
- Winners Justin Ellis & Peter Kidd (Handcross)
- Runners-up Tony Giordano and Peter Aldersley (Parley)
- Semi-finalists Alan Forse & Steve Brickell (Cobbetts)
- Semi-finalists Frank Charlesworth & Christine Peat (Oxshott)
Plate Consolage
- Winners Malcolm McKenzie & Shelley McKenzie (Fareham) Runners-up Allan Paice & Carol Paice (Bordon)
Wooden Spoon
- Winners Marc Franco-Llado & Liam Floyd (Cobbetts)
- Runners-up Steve Davies & Nick Corner (Bordon)
