WE ARE pleased to announce the Christmas Party Night will be held on Saturday 15th January 2011 @ 6.30pm. Entry forms are now on the notice board, £1 per competition (to be paid on the night) with winners taking all for each event - snooker (3 reds), darts (501 up), dominoes (running out) and crib. Buffet also to be held, and members encouraged to bring in their own offerings. Entries need to be in by the Thursday in order for the draw to be made beforehand to save time.
Two days later its time for the Annual General Meeting and all members are strongly advised to attend this to have your say on Monday 17th January @ 7.30pm.
Finally the Alternative Games Night will be held on Saturday 5th March 2011 @ 6.30pm. Again entry forms are on the notice baord, £1 per competition (to be paid on the night) with winners taking all for each event - Brazilian snooker, darts (round the clock), dominoes (5s and 3s) and cards (knock out whist). Members similarly invited to bring in food for the buffet. Entries again need to be in by the Thursday in order for the draw to be made beforehand to save time.
A reminder that the regular competition fees are due and should go to competition secretary Ricki Slack or one of the other committee members to pass on. The draws have been made and sheets are now up, but matches commence on Monday 24th January.
Also note that new dates have been put on the J Haywood Cup matches (see below) in order to help get them played, I've changed them on the noticeboard too for your convenience - if anyone can't make it they will have to arrange an alternative date or forfeit the match as its getting too late for any other course of action, no charge obviously if you have to withdraw. Thanks.
BOLEHILL INSTITUTE pictured on the annual toboggan racing festival day.
Monday 29 November 2010
Wednesday 3 November 2010
QUARTERLY LEAGUE REVIEW
WELL THE NEW Darley Dale League snooker season is underway and already a quarter of the way through (for those teams who have not had a bye!!) Doesn't time fly!!
It's been an encouraging start for our teams this year although of course there's still a long way to go!!
The No 1 team suffered a 5-0 loss at perennial bogey opponents Belper Strutt Club No 1 second game in - after winning their first by the same score - but have since recovered to post three successive wins so four out of five ain't bad (as Meatloaf almost said but not quite lol).
The No 2 team had a torrid start with two defeats against fairly tough opposition early doors (OK one of them was us!!) but it was always going to be a learning curve and they have bounced back very well indeed with a 4-1 win and a brilliant 3-2 win over previously mentioned unbeaten opponents Belper Strutt Club No 1 last time out. Really pleased for Dwayne and the lads in what for most of them is their first season involved and it should give them some great encouragement for the rest of the year to come.
Our youngsters in the No 3 team also put up a great effort a couple of games back losing only 3-2 away to last seasons league champions the Edgefold Club which is definitely their best result so far in what has been a tough set of opening fixtures for the lads. Its unfortunate their first home game was cancelled against a fellow "B" team but the more matchplay they get the better they should become and hopefully their first win is just around the corner!!
Also, unfortunately the early games have been postponed in the Jack Haywood Cup competition for various reasons so hopefully we can get them arranged and back on track ASAP. Thanks all.
It's been an encouraging start for our teams this year although of course there's still a long way to go!!
The No 1 team suffered a 5-0 loss at perennial bogey opponents Belper Strutt Club No 1 second game in - after winning their first by the same score - but have since recovered to post three successive wins so four out of five ain't bad (as Meatloaf almost said but not quite lol).
The No 2 team had a torrid start with two defeats against fairly tough opposition early doors (OK one of them was us!!) but it was always going to be a learning curve and they have bounced back very well indeed with a 4-1 win and a brilliant 3-2 win over previously mentioned unbeaten opponents Belper Strutt Club No 1 last time out. Really pleased for Dwayne and the lads in what for most of them is their first season involved and it should give them some great encouragement for the rest of the year to come.
Our youngsters in the No 3 team also put up a great effort a couple of games back losing only 3-2 away to last seasons league champions the Edgefold Club which is definitely their best result so far in what has been a tough set of opening fixtures for the lads. Its unfortunate their first home game was cancelled against a fellow "B" team but the more matchplay they get the better they should become and hopefully their first win is just around the corner!!
Also, unfortunately the early games have been postponed in the Jack Haywood Cup competition for various reasons so hopefully we can get them arranged and back on track ASAP. Thanks all.
Thursday 30 September 2010
NEW DATES FOR J HAYWOOD CUP
AS WAS the usual procedure, some names were put forward to make up the 16 for the Jack Haywood Cup competition.
Two frames of singles, each seeded player plays each other (those on left of pairings), then the others play each other and then theres a doubles match with overall aggregate to count.
We weren't very successful getting the matches played on time first up so have put some revised dates on these, if a pairing can't make the date or arrange an alternative they'll have to forfeit the fixture as its getting a bit late now, obviously we'll waive entrance fees for any such occurrences.
I'd suggest a new format for this competition in the future as its very hard work getting all four players from different walks of life tied down to one date!
J HAYWOOD CUP 1st round draw:
1: C Marchington/J Hopkinson v M Bunting/C Brough
(Thu Feb 24, 7.30pm)
2: J Lynam/L Murphy bt R Slack/I Cresswell.
3: S Zoppi/J Bradbury v A Brough/J Fretwell (Wed Mar 09, 7.30pm)
4: S Bunting/D Martin bt I Peacock/A Hopkinson.
Semi finals:
1 v 2 (Thu Mar 24, 6.30pm)
3 v S Bunting/D Martin (Thu Mar 24, 8pm)
Final (Wed Apr 06, 7.30pm)
If you don't hear anything, presumably the match will go ahead on schedule but best check up anyway!!
Good luck to everyone participating.
Two frames of singles, each seeded player plays each other (those on left of pairings), then the others play each other and then theres a doubles match with overall aggregate to count.
We weren't very successful getting the matches played on time first up so have put some revised dates on these, if a pairing can't make the date or arrange an alternative they'll have to forfeit the fixture as its getting a bit late now, obviously we'll waive entrance fees for any such occurrences.
I'd suggest a new format for this competition in the future as its very hard work getting all four players from different walks of life tied down to one date!
J HAYWOOD CUP 1st round draw:
1: C Marchington/J Hopkinson v M Bunting/C Brough
(Thu Feb 24, 7.30pm)
2: J Lynam/L Murphy bt R Slack/I Cresswell.
3: S Zoppi/J Bradbury v A Brough/J Fretwell (Wed Mar 09, 7.30pm)
4: S Bunting/D Martin bt I Peacock/A Hopkinson.
Semi finals:
1 v 2 (Thu Mar 24, 6.30pm)
3 v S Bunting/D Martin (Thu Mar 24, 8pm)
Final (Wed Apr 06, 7.30pm)
If you don't hear anything, presumably the match will go ahead on schedule but best check up anyway!!
Good luck to everyone participating.
MARCH DATE FOR NEW COMP NIGHT
There was a well attended meeting last night at the Institute which marked the welcome return of the chairman Alan after his recent enforced layoff.
A second competition/social evening was agreed for the first week in March. Ricki suggested it be billed "Brazilian Snooker Evening" complete with a few grass skirted local ladies, OK the last bit isnt true (though we are always open to offers) but the first bit is! Other games put forward were round the clock (darts), 5s and 3s (dominoes) and knock out whist (cards) with the theme being simple to understand games which anyone can play.
Rules for Brazilian Snooker are to be left in the club if anyone wants to give it a try in the interim (I've updated them slightly from the original set of rules I left, which were slightly incorrect) but this particular version does seem an ideal alternative to 3-red snooker. You only actually play with one red, but the main differences are you have the option of taking on a "penalty shot" where you concede the relevant points should you miss or take on the lowest value ball without this clause as per normal snooker.
The penalty shot option in effect means theres very little safety play so games are over very quickly which is ideal for the format. Fouls will be worth 7pts whatever the colour attempted. I think I have pinned it down to the bona fide version of the game eventually anyways.
Round the clock (darts) is fairly self explanatory, you go around all the numbers on the board and finish with 25 and then the bullseye to win the leg. There are some variants where you can skip a number if you get a double or two numbers if you get a treble but we'll decide nearer the time.
5s and 3s is mainly points scoring for getting multiples of 5 and 3 (depending on how many times those numbers go into the total number you create from each end) and also a point for being first to finish each hand. You have to get the exact score to win which would probably be 31.
Knock-out whist is the card game most people played when they were in their youth, with decreasing hands of 7 cards, then 6 then 5 right down to 1. Its simple trick taking with trumps nominated by the winner of the last leg or via turning up cards at the start of play.
If someone fails to win a trick in any hand, the way I used to play they'd have a "dogs chance" the next deal which is one card only played at any time. Should they fail to win that or not win a trick in a subsequent hand, they'd have "a blind dogs chance" which is one card only played at any time without being able to look at it. Thats the last chance saloon.
Quite often though it goes down to the final hand of one card each a fair amount of the time.
There was also some discussion about the No 2 team which Jason (Fretwell) agreed to run at late notice, they may be scrambling around for players on the odd occasion by the sounds of it due to unforeseen developments so it would appreciated if anyone could help out now and again to keep the team going rather than create large gaps in the league schedule by not being able to fulfil the fixtures.
Its only really about three quarters of an hour a week to play and referee a game usually and hopefully it will be some fun too, as I'd imagine the reason most people joined the Institute was to play snooker after all!!
The league starts next week with the No 3 team away at Matlock Club and the other two teams playing each other on Tuesday night, good luck to everyone!! You can follow it all on http://www.leaguesnooker.co.uk/league/online-snooker.asp?leagueid=106&SeasonID=327&DivisionID=653
A second competition/social evening was agreed for the first week in March. Ricki suggested it be billed "Brazilian Snooker Evening" complete with a few grass skirted local ladies, OK the last bit isnt true (though we are always open to offers) but the first bit is! Other games put forward were round the clock (darts), 5s and 3s (dominoes) and knock out whist (cards) with the theme being simple to understand games which anyone can play.
Rules for Brazilian Snooker are to be left in the club if anyone wants to give it a try in the interim (I've updated them slightly from the original set of rules I left, which were slightly incorrect) but this particular version does seem an ideal alternative to 3-red snooker. You only actually play with one red, but the main differences are you have the option of taking on a "penalty shot" where you concede the relevant points should you miss or take on the lowest value ball without this clause as per normal snooker.
The penalty shot option in effect means theres very little safety play so games are over very quickly which is ideal for the format. Fouls will be worth 7pts whatever the colour attempted. I think I have pinned it down to the bona fide version of the game eventually anyways.
Round the clock (darts) is fairly self explanatory, you go around all the numbers on the board and finish with 25 and then the bullseye to win the leg. There are some variants where you can skip a number if you get a double or two numbers if you get a treble but we'll decide nearer the time.
5s and 3s is mainly points scoring for getting multiples of 5 and 3 (depending on how many times those numbers go into the total number you create from each end) and also a point for being first to finish each hand. You have to get the exact score to win which would probably be 31.
Knock-out whist is the card game most people played when they were in their youth, with decreasing hands of 7 cards, then 6 then 5 right down to 1. Its simple trick taking with trumps nominated by the winner of the last leg or via turning up cards at the start of play.
If someone fails to win a trick in any hand, the way I used to play they'd have a "dogs chance" the next deal which is one card only played at any time. Should they fail to win that or not win a trick in a subsequent hand, they'd have "a blind dogs chance" which is one card only played at any time without being able to look at it. Thats the last chance saloon.
Quite often though it goes down to the final hand of one card each a fair amount of the time.
There was also some discussion about the No 2 team which Jason (Fretwell) agreed to run at late notice, they may be scrambling around for players on the odd occasion by the sounds of it due to unforeseen developments so it would appreciated if anyone could help out now and again to keep the team going rather than create large gaps in the league schedule by not being able to fulfil the fixtures.
Its only really about three quarters of an hour a week to play and referee a game usually and hopefully it will be some fun too, as I'd imagine the reason most people joined the Institute was to play snooker after all!!
The league starts next week with the No 3 team away at Matlock Club and the other two teams playing each other on Tuesday night, good luck to everyone!! You can follow it all on http://www.leaguesnooker.co.uk/league/online-snooker.asp?leagueid=106&SeasonID=327&DivisionID=653
Saturday 21 August 2010
SEPTEMBER MEETINGS
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 29th September 2010 @ 7.30pm.
Amongst the items on the agenda will be to collate the entries for the J Haywood Cup Competiton which was a big success last season and depending on the numbers, maybe formulate the draw. Entry sheet is up on the notice board as of now, open to all members (please enter as individuals, pairings will be decided by a draw).
Also the possibility of holding another competition evening evening similar to the ever-popular Christmas Party Night but with slightly different games was suggested, maybe to take place in either November or March when the dark nights were still in the ascendancy.
There was a good take-up of interest for players wishing to represent the club in the coming season's Darley Dale and Orme Snooker League, and at present it looks like there could be three teams with captains being Ricki Slack, Shaun Bunting and Jason Fretwell.
Also not forgetting best wishes from all the members to long standing chairman Alan Hopkinson for his ongoing recuperation period.
Plus a reminder the Institute will be closed for normal business between 7-9pm on Thursday 30th September 2010 as the Bolehill Improvement Group will be staging one of their quarterly meetings on the premises.
Amongst the items on the agenda will be to collate the entries for the J Haywood Cup Competiton which was a big success last season and depending on the numbers, maybe formulate the draw. Entry sheet is up on the notice board as of now, open to all members (please enter as individuals, pairings will be decided by a draw).
Also the possibility of holding another competition evening evening similar to the ever-popular Christmas Party Night but with slightly different games was suggested, maybe to take place in either November or March when the dark nights were still in the ascendancy.
There was a good take-up of interest for players wishing to represent the club in the coming season's Darley Dale and Orme Snooker League, and at present it looks like there could be three teams with captains being Ricki Slack, Shaun Bunting and Jason Fretwell.
Also not forgetting best wishes from all the members to long standing chairman Alan Hopkinson for his ongoing recuperation period.
Plus a reminder the Institute will be closed for normal business between 7-9pm on Thursday 30th September 2010 as the Bolehill Improvement Group will be staging one of their quarterly meetings on the premises.
Sunday 1 August 2010
SNOOKER TEAM SELECTION MEETING UPCOMING
The snooker team selection meeting for the forthcoming local league season will be held on THURSDAY, 19th AUGUST at 7.30pm.
All paid up members interested in playing should attend. There will be four players per team next season with four singles matches and one doubles to follow, it will be run on a limited handicap basis.
Also club competition entry forms are now on the notice board for the forthcoming year, the J Haywood Trophy (pairs competition) hopefully will be played from October-December with the remaining events held from January onwards, not forgetting the ever popular Christmas Party night which includes the flying snooker, darts, dominoes and crib.
Plus anyone wishing to apply for membership please contact bolehillsec@yahoo.co.uk (reduced rate for remainder of year).
All paid up members interested in playing should attend. There will be four players per team next season with four singles matches and one doubles to follow, it will be run on a limited handicap basis.
Also club competition entry forms are now on the notice board for the forthcoming year, the J Haywood Trophy (pairs competition) hopefully will be played from October-December with the remaining events held from January onwards, not forgetting the ever popular Christmas Party night which includes the flying snooker, darts, dominoes and crib.
Plus anyone wishing to apply for membership please contact bolehillsec@yahoo.co.uk (reduced rate for remainder of year).
DARLEY DALE SNOOKER LEAGUE SEASON 2009/2010
The remaining team representing the Institute finished a very noteworthy third in the local league, finishing with 65 points from 20 matches and winning 13 of them.
The team comprised mainly of Ricki Slack (18), Colin Marchington (17), Ian Birks (10), Mick Bunting (9), Kevin Holmes (8) with others used being Andrew Brough (1), Steven Mellor (1), Ian Cresswell (1), David Marchington and Simon Zoppi (points earned in brackets).
Ricki won the open individual and individual handicap knockout events, Kevin won the previous non-winners knockout event whilst Simon and Andrew were runners-up in the pairs handicap knockout event.
All in all a successful season as the team did pretty much as well as could have been expected.
The team comprised mainly of Ricki Slack (18), Colin Marchington (17), Ian Birks (10), Mick Bunting (9), Kevin Holmes (8) with others used being Andrew Brough (1), Steven Mellor (1), Ian Cresswell (1), David Marchington and Simon Zoppi (points earned in brackets).
Ricki won the open individual and individual handicap knockout events, Kevin won the previous non-winners knockout event whilst Simon and Andrew were runners-up in the pairs handicap knockout event.
All in all a successful season as the team did pretty much as well as could have been expected.
CLUB COMPETITIONS 2010 ROLL OF HONOUR
Snooker Scratch: winner, Ricki Slack; runner-up, Simon Zoppi.
Snooker Handicap: winner, Colin Marchington; runner-up, Ricki Slack.
Billiards Handicap (125 up): winner, Ricki Slack; runner-up, Guy Shirley.
Snooker Pairs (seedings apply): winner, Simon Zoppi and Alan Hopkinson; runner-up, Ricki Slack and Mark Sayer.
Flying Snooker (3 reds): winner, Ricki Slack; runner-up, Andrew Brough.
Darts (501): winner, Andrew Brough; runner-up, Alan Hopkinson.
Dominoes (running out): winner, David Hopkinson; runner-up,
Ricki Slack.
Crib (121 up): winner, Andrew Brough; runner-up Jonathan Hopkinson.
Snooker Handicap: winner, Colin Marchington; runner-up, Ricki Slack.
Billiards Handicap (125 up): winner, Ricki Slack; runner-up, Guy Shirley.
Snooker Pairs (seedings apply): winner, Simon Zoppi and Alan Hopkinson; runner-up, Ricki Slack and Mark Sayer.
Flying Snooker (3 reds): winner, Ricki Slack; runner-up, Andrew Brough.
Darts (501): winner, Andrew Brough; runner-up, Alan Hopkinson.
Dominoes (running out): winner, David Hopkinson; runner-up,
Ricki Slack.
Crib (121 up): winner, Andrew Brough; runner-up Jonathan Hopkinson.
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