Club Melees 2022

Description    Melee Winners   
25th January postponed until 1st February
A good turn-out of 17 for the first melee of the year on a mild February evening.
After 3 rounds only Dave Lucas and Graham had won all of their games and Jim was also undefeated having drawn his first match. The draw put Dave and Graham together and a narrow 6-4 win meant they couldn’t be caught, despite Jim’s best efforts in winning his last match 12-1! Congratulations to one of our newest members, Mark White, who took 4th place in his first melee.
1st Dave Lucas
4 wins +19
2nd Graham Blake
4 wins +14
3rd Jim Ireland
3 wins 1 draw +19
4th Mark White
2 wins 1 draw +2
22nd February
15 present for the 2nd melee in February, a combination of the January melee being postponed for a week and a short month! Congratulations to Steve Love on taking home the George melee trophy. Going into the final round only Steve had won all 3 games but with a small plus of 7. There were 7 players on 2 wins waiting to pounce if he failed to win his final game. Steve, drawn with new player Mark and Robin, held his nerve to win 6-0 against Lee, Diane and Jim . Dave was 2nd with 3 wins +14, Ali and Janet were equal 3rd on +10 and Sue also finished on 3 wins and +5.
1st Steve Love
4 wins +13
2nd Dave Stubbs
3 wins +14
=3rd Janet Dalton & Ali Stubbs
3 wins +10
5th Sue Sandy
3 wins +5
29th March
After a turn-out of 24 at the previous Tuesday club night, it was disappointing to have only 13 present for the melee. After 3 rounds Ali was the only unbeaten player but there were 7 others on 2 wins ready to step in. The third round saw some big wins (13-0 and 12-4) but Ali held on for a narrow 5-4 win to thwart them all and take home George.
1st Ali Stubbs
4 wins +19
2nd Jim Ireland
3 wins +14
3rd Dave Stubbs
3 wins +12
26th April
A big welcome for Mark Robertshaw and Carrie Litchfield playing in their first club night melee. After 3 rounds only Mark and Vi had won all of their games and they were drawn against each other in the final round . It was a close game but a 9-7 win to Mark’s team saw him finish unbeaten and take home George at the first attempt! There were 5 players on 3 wins.
1st Mark Robertshaw
4 wins +21
2nd Vi Parsons
3 wins +15
3rd Dave Stubbs
3 wins +10
31st May
It was great to see Mike and Nick Hillier pay us a visit again and take part in the melee. There were drawn games in each of the first 3 rounds involving 12 of the 17 players! Ness looked to be favourite going into the 4th round as the only player with 3 wins. Dave S and Mari, both on two wins and a draw, were drawn to partner each other and ran out 12-4 winners. With Ness losing this left Dave as winner and Mari a close runner-up.
1st Dave Stubbs
3 wins 1 draw +17
2nd Mari Gravell
3 wins 1 draw +12
3rd Ness Raynbird
3 wins +7
28th June
Congratulations to Jay on winning Tuesday’s club night melee attended by 17. He was the only player to win all 4 games and with a massive difference of +30.
Great to see Pete Tomlin out again and he was runner-up on 3 wins +25. The only other 3 winner was Jim who managed to take third place with a difference of -6!
1st Jay Willcocks
4 wins +30
2nd Pete Tomlin
3 wins +25
3rd Jim Ireland
3 wins -6
26th July postponed until 2nd August
An amazing turn-out of 26 for the delayed July melee. Great to see a number of players attending their 1st club melee including Sue Davey, Dave Kilshaw, Pat Dennis and Jim B. Jim Ireland and Bernie were both on 3 wins but were drawn against each other in the last round. They fought out a 6-6 draw while Dave K., another player on 3 wins, narrowly lost 4-6. Steve D won his game 11-2 to take home George as the only player with 4 wins.
1st Steve Daykin
4 wins +31
2nd Bernie Miles
3 wins 1 draw +21
3rd Jim Ireland
3 wins 1 draw +16
30th August
Another good turn-out of 20 players. Congratulations to Steve Daykin who retained the ‘George Melee Trophy’. After the 3rd round Steve was trailing in 3rd place with a points difference of +15 behind Viv Tilbury (+23) and Carrie Litchfield (+18). A 13-1 win in the 4th game saw Steve leap into first place ahead of Carrie who won 9-4 and Viv who drew 4-4!
1st Steve Daykin
4 wins +27
2nd Carrie Litchfield
4 wins +23
3rd Viv Tilbury
3 wins 1 draw +23
27th September postponed until 4th October
The September melee was postponed due to a clash with a Bees league match. It was played on a mild, dry October evening but sadly only 12 players turned-out. After 3 rounds our newest member, Jim Bardell, appeared to be favourite as the only player with 3 wins. A loss for Jim in the 4th round saw a couple of players overtake him. Out of the 5 to finish on 3 wins, Dave had the much better points difference, and would have taken home George but for the previous winner, Steve Daykin, being in France!
1st Dave Stubbs
3 wins +16
2nd Roy Cook
3 wins +6
3rd Jim Bardell
3 wins +3
4th Viv Tilbury
3 wins +2
5th Peter Dawson
3 wins -1
25th October
The October melee was postponed until November 1st to allow some club doubles matches to take place. The melee was then cancelled as unfortunately, after a very wet day, only 7 turned up in the evening, even though it was now dry for the most part.
Cancelled
29th November postponed until 6th December
The November melee was postponed because of the England v Wales World Cup football match on the 29th. There were 13 present on the cold December evening. After 3 rounds, Dave was the only player on 3 wins but there were 6 others close behind on 2 wins. Mark R won his 4th game 13-1 to finish on +19. Dave’s game was at 3-3 going into the final end. With Dave on +18, a defeat would have meant a win for Mark but Dave’s triple managed to take the end for a 4-3 win, in one of the many low scoring games on the evening.
1st Dave Stubbs
4 wins +19
2nd Mark Robertshaw
3 wins +19
3rd Robin Tucker
3 wins +13
Sunday, 18th December
Christmas Melee