ALL LEAGUE MATCHES IN THE BYFLEET LEAGUE START AT 7.45PM.
May 15, 2012
Despite a change in the draw format making the starting of matches easier a number of teams are consistently not ready to start at 7.45pm. The committee will be introducing penalties if this persists. Captains nominate their playing order so in effect each team only requires one player to be ready to start at 7.45pm. [Full Story]

CANCELLATION OF LEAGUE MATCHES
May 15, 2012
At last nights league meeting the 'cancellation of matches' was again discussed and I have been asked to put the rule and procedure on the website. The process is that if a team seeks to cancel a match they must contact either the match secretary, Trevor Connors 07947687930 or Kelvin Jones 07767796102 and give their reason for the cancellation. If agreed they should contact the opposing captain and try and arrange an alternative date within 28 days or before the end of that season, whichever is soonest. If no date is arranged at that point then the opposing captain can offer three dates of their choice, not all in the same week, to play the match. Lastly and very importantly itis the committee that will decide on the allocation of points on unplayed matches, not the cpatains. [Full Story]

BILLIARDS TOURNAMENTS FINALS NIGHT DATES
May 6, 2012
The Billiards Handicap semi finals and final will be held at Woking Snooker Centre on Tuesday 12th June starting at 7.30pm. The Billiards Championship semi finals and final will be at Chertsey SS and NR Club on Wednesday 20th June starting at 7.30pm. These dates have been arranged to avoid clashes with Englands matches in the European Championships so please make sure that you are available on these nights if you are in the final four of these tournaments. [Full Story]

MEARS & BAREFIELD WIN DIVISION ONE & TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS.
April 25, 2012
It wasn't all plain sailing but both pre tournament favourites, Ryan Mears and Andy Barefield, came through to take the honours in their respective divisional championships at Woking Snooker Centre last night. [Full Story]

BROOKER & COOK PIP CUMMINS & STOCKER IN PAIRS CLOSE ENCOUNTER!!!
April 17, 2012
The Guildford City A pairing of Max Brooker & Mick Cook edged a close and tense Snooker Pairs final over Division One rivals Chris Stocker & Neil Cummins from Sunninghill Comrades at Chertsey SS last night with victory on the final pink. [Full Story]

WORKING MENS ARE JERSEY TRIPLES KINGS!!!
April 12, 2012
An awesome performance by Walton Working Mens Andy Barefield aided by solid efforts from team mates Joe Churchill and James Cullen was the story of last nights semi finals and final of the prestigious Jersey Triples Cup competition. [Full Story]

SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP - CHRIS BARNARD WINS PULSATING FINAL.
March 23, 2012
Chris Barnard the 2009 and 2010 champion defeated Paul Bunyard the 2011 champion in a wonderful snooker championship final at the Knaphill Club tonight by three frames to one. [Full Story]

RYAN MEARS WINS EXCITING SNOOKER HANDICAP FINAL!!!
March 14, 2012
Chertsey SS Club hosted this seasons Snooker Handicap finals night and what a night of snooker it was. RYAN MEARS capped a fine display with victory in the final against last years holder LEWIS FRAMPTON after an exciting tussle. [Full Story]

DIVISION TWO LEAGUE RECORD BREAK BY ANDY BAREFIELD
March 11, 2012
DIVISION TWO RECORD - In a league match on Thursday 8th March Walton Working Mens ANDY BAREFIELD toppled Mike Woods 1993 break of 61 with a superb 79 break against West Byfleet Socials 'C'team captain Peter Simpson. A report is shown on the match card on this website. [Full Story]

BILLIARDS - THE HANDICAP SYSTEM EXPLAINED!!!
March 2, 2012
Despite the Billiards Seasons league fixtures not commencing until March 22nd, due to the high number of competition entries it has been necessary to stage the first rounds of both the Billiards Championship and Billiards Handicap already. The draws and deadlines have been on this website for a while now so I hope that players drawn in the first round are aware. The Billiards Championship is a straight 200 up until the final which is played over 90 minutes. The Billiards Handicap is based on 200 but players receive, owe and sometimes a match involves both. Players receiving are to deduct the amount from 200 and players owing are to add the amount to 200 in order to achieve the handicap. Examples = Peter Warren receives 85 against Andy Allen. Peter now has to reach 115 points before Andy reaches 200. Mark Leonard against Martin Doherty though has both Mark owing 100 and Martin receiving 30. In this match Mark has to score 300 before Martin reaches 170. If Mark was only owing say 100 then he would have to reach 300 before Martin scores 200. The handicapping committee try and take account of each player and make the matches result in a close a finish as possible. Ultimately we can only try and make the handicap seem fair prior to the match starting, and as such if you think that we have made a mistake and you can give a constructive reason why it may be wrong, then we will reconsider the handicap of the match in question. Often a handicap seems very fair but one player is on top form and enjoys a very favourable run of the balls, aiding him to win by a big margin. We wouldn't consider that the handicap was wrong. Any exceptional performances deserve the player being successful. Good luck and enjoy your matches. [Full Story]

FOR SALE & WANTED - SEE MAIN STORY.
February 11, 2012
If you have snooker or billiards related item to sell or are looking for something in particular then let me know and it will be published on this site. Kelvin Jones E-mail 'StayingPositive@aol.com'. [Full Story]

MOBILE PHONES!!!!
January 6, 2012
PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL MOBILE PHONES ARE SWITCHED OFF DURING MATCHES. IF YOU MUST USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE, LEAVE THE SNOOKER ROOM AND GIVE THE PLAYERS THE RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE. [Full Story]

LEAGUE RECORD BREAK BY PAUL BUNYARD
November 1, 2011
In a league match on Thursday 10th November Woking Snooker Centre's PAUL BUNYARD eclipsed Sean Harvey's 2005 break of 135 with a magnificent 139 clearance. This is PAUL'S 5th century break in the Byfleet League having made his first in 1995. Despite having had two breaks from playing league and competitive snooker PAUL returned last season and helped his team retain the Premier title, won the Snooker Championship and hit the winning shot for the Inter League team. Seemingly enjoying the game again he has been playing well and good judges at Woking having been saying that in practice he has been playing some super snooker and a ton in the league was imminent. With team mate MARK LEONARD holding the Billiards Highest ever break with a staggering 141 and NEIL CLAYTON notching up two centuries last season both Woking and the Byfleet League have talent in abundance. [Full Story]

THE DRAW, MEMBERSHIPS, MISS RULE, PRESENTATION EVENING.
October 16, 2011
Some guidelines follow for the above 4 topics. THE DRAW IN THE PREMIER DIVISION - last week two Premier teams nominated their order in a way that is contrary to how the league rule should be interpreted. For clarification whilst you are permitted to play with more than three players in all cases each two frames have to be in the following order: 1 & 2, 3 & 4 or 5 & 6. Any player playing two frames in a Premier match has to play in any of the above order. No penalty will be issued for last weeks matches but in future there will be points deducted for any manipulation of the playing order. MEMBERSHIP - The league rule that all players must be bona fide members of the club they are representing is being relaxed in order to accomodate 1. juniors 2. players that have applied for membership 3. where the club have given their permission for the player to represent them. MISS RULE - As a result of feedback at the October meeting it seems that the miss rule is again causing a problem. Following discussion this proposal was agreed, 'that as well as the referee the two players may be included in consultation if a possible miss occurs'. What does this mean? the referee doesn't call a miss but the opponent of the striker who fouled, thinks it should have been called, they may now ask their opponent 'do you agree that it should have been a miss'? If both players agree then the referee calls a miss and the cue ball may be replaced. If both players do not agree then the referee makes the final decision. This should take the onus away from referees that are not qualified and may feel in an awkward position. However, this will not apply to matches refereed by E.A.S.B. qualified referees. PRESENTATION EVENING - The 2012 Presentation Evening will be decided at the January meeting. Any clubs that wish to be considered should notify myself or a committee member before 31st December 2011. Clubs that so far have registered availability are: ADDLESTONE R.B.L., CHERTSEY SS, KNAPHILL, WEST BYFLEET SOCIAL and WEYBRIDGE SERVICES CLUB. My contact details are: Text 07767796102 or email 'Kelvin@byfleetleague.co.uk.' [Full Story]