The presentation night for 2008 season will take place on Friday 26th September at St. Augustine's Social Club, 55, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith. W6 8AU. Music will be a disco and bar will open 'til late. Tickets will be available at the next Council meeting priced £4.00 in advance or £5.00 on the door.

Congratulations to all winners and runners - up, which include the following:
In World Division 1 Leamington 'A' came out the winners with St. Augustine's 'B' runners-up.
In World Division 2 Orchard Tavern 'A' came out the winners with Clarence Sands runners-up.
In Old EPA Division 1 Windmill came out the winners with Laurie Arms runners-up.
In Old EPA Division 2 Orchard Tavern 'B' came out the winners with Live and Let Live runners-up.
In Denis Hyatt Memorial KO Plate (Old EPA) Windmill came out the winners with a 7-1 victory over Connolly's.
In Frank Reynolds KO Cup (World) St. Augustine's 'C' came out the winners with narrow 7-6 victory over St. Augustine's 'B'.

In the individual Competitions:
The World Doubles Competition was won by Maurice Sheehan and Mushe Lewis (St. Augustine's 'B') with a 5-1 victory over Michael Heffernan and Steve Moynihan (Clarence Sands).
The Old EPA Doubles Competition was won by Pat Smith and John Sheehan (Windmill) who won 5-1 over Frank Hawton and Mike Spender (Duke of Cornwall).
The Captain's Competition was won by Steve Moody (Chiswick Globetrotters) with a 3-0 victory over Noel Horgan (Laurie Arms).

Once again Congratulations to all winners and runners-up and a big thank you to all who participated. Roll on Monday 15th September!!!

Frank Callaghan

Congratulations to Maurice Sheehan (St. Augustine's 'B') who added the 'Royal Berkshire County Open Singles Competition' title to his haul over the past few seasons, with a close 4-3 victory over Vikas Sabharwal. This feat was also achieved by David Clarke (Chiswick Globetrotters) last year; a belated congratulations to David as well. Details of both winners' route to success can be found on the Berkshire Website.

Just a reminder to those who have not yet registered their team for the new season. This should have been in at 6th July's Council meeting, there is limited time left before next season structure and fixtures are decided so you need to remit the team form and money as soon as possible.

The event will be held on Sunday 27th July at 12noon at Chiswick Snooker Club, the usual entry fees are Men £10 in advance or £13 on the day; Women £7 in advance or £10 on the day. Format will be best of 7. World Eight Ball Rules apply. Plate competition will also be run for first round losers at a very reasonable cost. Please see the flyer for full details.

The competition eventually finished with Noel Horgan (Laurie Arms) beating Mo Sheehan (St. Augustine's B) 2 - 0 in the semi-final. In the other semi-final Stephen Moody (Chiswick Globetrotters) beat Stuart Smith (O'Donoghue's A) 2 - 1. In the final Stephen beat Noel 3 - 0.

There were only a couple of games played this week. In the Final of The Frank Reynolds Memorial Trophy St. Augustine's B played St. Augustine's C with the C team triumphing in the 'extra' game. The result was B team 6 - 7 C team. In the finals of the Old EPA doubles it resulted in a victory for Pat Smith & John Sheehan (Windmill) over Frank Hawton & Mike Spender (Duke of Cornwall) by the score of 5 - 1.

With just 2 rearranged matches remaining (neither of which affect the tables) all the tables are now complete. There was a sting in the tail for several teams.
In World Div 1 St. Augustine's B went to Chiswick & beat Globetrotters & so managed to finish above them in 2nd place. Leamington A already won the division.
In World Div 2 Clarence Sands slipped up at the final hurdle losing to O'Donoghue's A while Orchard Tavern A beat Tournament & so finished top of the division, Clarence finished 2nd (the only time they have not been top this season)!
Only two meaningless games in Old EPA Div 1 Laurie Arks beat Duke of Cornwall & Norman Arms drew with Connolly's, Windmill already having won the Div with Laurie Arms finishing 2nd.
In the closest of all Divisions, Old EPA Div 2, Brackenbury Arms B lost to O'Donoghue's B while Orchard Tavern B were drawing with Live & Let Live so the final order is 1st Orchard Tavern B 2nd Live & Let Live with Brackenbury Arms B a point behind in 3rd place.

There is a new section added to the website called "Rules. What if??" This section is for questions and different scenarios that may arise during matches where members are unsure of the rules, how they continued and what should have been the outcome. This will be a past situations section but it is purely for information should such a scenario arise in the future. Members can post their question/scenario on the "Rules. What if??" forum on the main forum, await the correct procedure and then both the question/scenario and correct outcome will be posted in the "Rules. What if??" section on the home page of the main website. Please be patient as not every question/scenario can be answered straight away. An example is for viewing in the "Rules. What if??" forum.

The event will be held on Sunday 27th July at 12noon at Chiswick Snooker Club, the usual entry fees are Men £10 in advance or £13 on the day; Women £7 in advance or £10 on the day. Format will be best of 7. World Eight Ball Rules apply. Plate competition will also be run for first round losers at a very reasonable cost.

Please register your interest at secretary@hammersmithpool.co.uk or send me a private message on the forum, as soon as possible, as I need to let the County know by Friday 11th July.
Frank Callaghan.

We are proposing to hold another Referee's exam within the next couple of months on the World Eight Ball Rules. I think this would be beneficial to our members as there is some uncertainty about certain rules. Please let me know either at secretary@hammersmithpool.co.uk or send me a private message on the forum. For those that are interested, please let me know your availability with the summer months almost upon us. The sooner the better please folks.
Frank Callaghan.

Just a reminder for captains that Team entrance forms and monies for 2008/09 season, need to be handed in at the Council Meeting next Sunday at the Duke of Cornwall.
Frank Callaghan.

The Captains Competition draw is now available in the Competition Fixtures Section.

Congratulations to Windmill who won 7 - 1 against Connolly's in the Denis Hyatt Memorial Plate final.

Over the next few weeks the website as a whole will undergoing a re-vamp. This will include the forum where there is a need to tidy some of the individual forums up. This will mean some topics that are irrelevant being removed, topics that are active staying put and topics from the past being moved to the archive section. Please be patient whilst this work is carried out; the webmaster will keep us posted as work progresses. Thank you for your co-operation.

The run-in for the end of season:
Monday 23rd June - Final League matches in all divisions.
Monday 30th June - World Rules Knockout Cup Final at St. Augustine's, between 'B' and 'C' teams, also the EPA Doubles Semi-final and Final at Chiswick Snooker Club.
Monday 7th July - Captain's Competition - venue TBA.
Monday 14th July - World Rules Doubles Semi-final and Final at Chiswick Snooker Club - TBC

There were only four games played this week.
In the Denis Hyatt Memorial Plate Final Windmill won 7 - 1 over Connolly's & became the first trophy winners this season.
In World Div 1 Cowshed beat St. Augustine's B while in World Div 2 & Old EPA Div 2 respectively both matches between Eleusis Social Club & O'Donoghue's A & St. Augustine's Caballeros & Live & Let Live ended in draws. Consequently there is very little change in the league positions.

The semi-finalists in the World rules are M. Sheehan & C. Lewis (St. Augustine's B), either B. Love & H. Sutherland (Leamington A) or M. O'Malley & T. Habib (Cowshed), S. Moynihan & M. Heffernan (Clarence Sands) & J. Kelly & D. Lindsey (Clarence Sands).
In Old EPA rules the semi-finalists are F. Hawton & M. Spender (Duke of Cornwall), B. Forknall & C. Lewis (Kent House), P. O'Connor & D. Reynolds (Duke of Cornwall) & P. Smith & J. Sheehan (Windmill).
The semi-finals are to be played at Chiswick Snooker Club on 30 June.

Please note that the end of season fixtures have changed slightly, specifically the Cup, Plate and Doubles Finals. The runin to the end of the season is as follows: [2nd June Doubles Semi]; [9th June Cup & Plate Finals and Rearranged Games]; [16th June Week 13]; [23 June Week 14]; [30th June Doubles Final]; [7th July Captains Competition]; [14th July Captains Competition]. Please see the Fixtures section and the Calendar section for full details of fixtures and events in this season.

A couple of notable results this week in World Div 1, Leamington A lost at home to St. Augustine's B 5 - 7 while St. Augustine's C beat Chiswick Globetrotters by the same sore, the other winner was Cowshed.
No real surprises in World Div 2 wins for Clarence Sands, O'Donoghue's A & Orchard Tavern A.
Another couple of notable results in Old EPA Div 1, Windmill lost at home to Norman Arms 5 - 7 & Connolly's lost at home to Duke of Cornwall, the other winner was Brackenbury Arms A.
In Old EPA Div 2 wins for the top four teams, Brackenbury Arms B, Orchard Tavern B, Live & Let Live & Earl of Derby means no change in position.
There are now no unbeaten teams in the league. The last 2, Leamington A & Windmill both lost this week.

This week saw the preliminary & round one of the doubles competitions. We are running 2 seperate competitions this season one playing to World rules & one playing to Old EPA rules.
Winners in the World rules section were Mathew Tully & Darrel Wallace (Cowshed), Mo Sheehan & Conrad Lewis (St. Aug's B), Tom Dickens & Frank Callaghan (St. Aug's C & B), Paul Forknall & Mick O'Brien (Orchard A), Les Creaven & Alan King (Leamington B), Bob Love & Hugh Sutherland (Leamington A), Chris Ayres & Paul Carr (Orchard A), Michael O'Malley & Tony Habib (Cowshed), Joe Dennis & Andy Scales (Norman), Nick & Guiseppe D'Imperio (St. Aug's C), Dan Davies & Steve Phillips (Chiswick Dynamos), Steven Moynihan & Michael Heffernan (Clarence), Ray Prentice & Cat Polland (St. Aug's B), Stuart Smith & Ciaron Tracey (O'Donoghue's A), Rob Chan & Dean Preston (Chis Dynamos), & Joe Kelly & Dean Lindsey (Clarence).
In Old EPA rules section winners were Bernie O'Neill & Danny O'Keefe (Duke of Cornwall), Brian Forknall & Chris Lewis (Kent House), Gary Weatherall & Paul James (St. Aug's Caballeros), & Pat Smith & John Sheehan (Windmill). They join the 12 lucky pairs who had a bye into the next round.

Although there are no changes in position in World Div 1 wins by the bottom 2 clubs, Leamington B & Chiswick Dynamos away to Chiswick Globetrotters & St. Augustine's B respectively, & a draw between Cowshed & St. Augustine's C, see the teams much closer together with Leamington A now 4 points clear.
In World Div 2 wins by Clarence Sands & Queen Adelaide & a draw between Rileys West 12 & Tournament has enabled Sands to have a 2 point lead.
In Old EPA Div 1 wins by the top 2 teams, Windmill & Laurie Arms saw them open up a 5 point lead at the top of the table.
In Old EPA Div 2 wins for Live & Let Live, O'Donoghue's B & St. Augustine's Caballeros & a draw between Brackenbury Arms B & Orchard Tavern B has meant there are 5 teams within 2 points of the leaders with only 4 games left.