THERE ARE NOW FOUR TEAMS within the Oxshott Membership as the brand new season of the Oxshott Snooker and Billiards League will get underway tomorrow.
The Oxshott Membership has 4 groups at current, with doubtlessly, 5.
The season has been prolonged from 15 weeks to 21 weeks, and every month, a staff will get a “week off” from taking part in.
Oxshott A, B, C, D are the provisional groups, and outdoors of the Oxshott groups, there’s Hersham, Surbiton, and Leatherhead C taking part in out of Leatherhead, with Leatherhead B taking part in out of Surbiton – in the interim.
Groups will discipline three gamers on a night, with two gamers in reserve, with C groups within the League getting a 21 level begin handicap.
The Oxshott League is considered one of Surrey’s oldest leagues courting again to 1910, and a few main faces have seen their faces by it together with the likes of Harry Champion, a founding member of the Oxshott Membership in 1910 who handed away within the 60s, (we’ve researched Harry Champion by speaking to different members of the membership, studying the British Newspaper Archive, and in addition the e book One Hundred Years of the Oxshott Membership) who was one of many stars of the previous of billiards and snooker, and, in additional fashionable occasions, Jimmy White, the six occasions World finalist has additionally visited the membership. There has additionally been others.
The fixtures are on a Tuesday night.
First fixtures to be performed this week, are…
- LHead C v Hersham
- Oxshott C v Oxshott B
- Surbiton v Oxshott A (SnookerZone’s Chris Gaynor is in Oxshott A)
League Snooker is for everybody, so pop right down to your native snooker membership, or social membership if there may be one close to you and see in the event you can put your identify down for a staff if there are areas obtainable. Play for a bit and see in the event you can work your means up.
There may be additionally a Staff Cup after completion of the League which this time might be in Could and in addition a couple of different occasions occurring till the top of the season.
These embrace the Snooker Singles, Pairs competitors, Billiards, and Cyril Wadham/Harry Champion occasion.
There are thus far 18 entries for the Snooker Singles occasion, which now we have additionally entered. The draw for the occasions might be up throughout the season.
As new groups have been added at late discover, the Oxshott admins have been working arduous to inform individuals and get the league up and working on schedule for October fifteenth. Properly achieved to their nice organisation and common data to gamers!
Good luck to everybody who has entered the League and competitions and benefit from the season!