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Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place at the Holiday Inn hotel on Sunday 29th November. Tony Mann chaired the meeting. Thirty-five members attended with apologies being received from a further 15 members.

PST Storehouse conversion. Tony explained that this had not progressed as far as any had hoped partly due to long delays in receiving rental figures and changes in personnel within the Council. A summary of the information provided is given below :-
• Rent – £1,200 pa based on 300 sq ft @ £4 per sq ft
• Rates – £594.13 for 2009/10 year – under review
• Insurance – Linked with the Council’s block
policy for the building covering internal walls, ceilings etc.. There are 2 options:-
1) Basic – which covers fire, lightning, aircraft, no excess payment & cost approx £100 pa
2) Full – covers above + riot, earthquake, water ingress etc. Excess £250 and cost approx £200 pa

Any contents insurance would be our own responsibility.
• Utilities – Electricity & Water. Currently shared by the whole block. Agreement needs to be reached covering shared bills with Council.
• Lease – Standard lease that Council uses with other clubs. A 10-year term with 5-year review. Read the rest of this entry »

The club’s Autumn Mixed Doubles League ended on 1st November. There were 12 teams in total who entered but unfortunately due to illness one team had to withdraw. This meant the remaining 11 teams had to play a total of 10 games each and everyone completed all of their games on time.

 
A win earned 3 points and 1 point for a loss. The overall winners were the team with the most points and in the event of a tie the highest match points difference.

 
No team remained undefeated throughout the league but with only one defeat in 10 games Jill Gebbett & Clifford Conway were worthy winners amassing 28 out of a possible 30 points. Their only defeat was against the 2nd place pairing of Janice Doherty & David Alfred who achieved 8 wins, 26 league points and the highest points difference of +49. Their 2 defeats were against the eventual 3rd place pairing of Ann Wordsworth & Tony Mann and a surprise 2-13 defeat against Dona & Max Crisfield.

The final league table is as follows :-

Key
W  Games Won            

 L           Games Lost

For     Points scored               

  Aga       Points conceded
+/-      Points difference          

 Pts         League Points Read the rest of this entry »

This was another fundraiser, this time towards Team Sussex 2010 (raising funds for the Sussex Squad for next year’s Inter-Regional Championships). Three BHPC teams entered using the competition as a good training exercise for possible team formations for the European Cup for Clubs Teams competition

The 3 BHPC teams were :-
Pat Connolly & Ray Ager
Janice Doherty & Fergal Hogan
David Alfred & Tony Mann

 
There were 10 teams in total and they were split into two leagues of 5 for the morning sessions with 3 games in total being played in each league by each team (including a bye in each league in each round). Unfortunately for the BHPC teams they were all drawn in the same league and all had to play each other in the morning. This kicked off with Pat & Ray beating David & Tony with a terrific display of pointing from Pat. Janice & Fergal lost their opening game and then had to play David & Tony in the 2nd game which they also lost. Pat & Ray had a bye for their 2nd game (a 13-7 win) and then beat Janice & Fergal in their 3rd league game. David & Tony won their 3rd game too. Read the rest of this entry »

This was the club’s final all-day competition of the year and despite a grey and drizzly morning a very respectable 22 members competed.
In this competition everyone gets to play with someone different in each round. The first round was an open public draw using the familiar BHPC bingo machine. The next rounds were also random draws but ensuring that the team formations werem always different. With 22 players taking part for each round there were 4 doubles matches and 1 triples match. This negated any need for byes throughout the day.

There were 3 rounds in the morning before a break for lunch. At the end of the morning session only three players had achieved 3 out of 3 wins and these were David Alfred, Fergal Hogan & Tony Mann. Read the rest of this entry »

Brean Sands, Burnham-on-Sea 19/20th Sept’

Division 2 Final table

As reported last month, 3 teams from BHPC qualified to represent the Sussex Region at this year’s Inter-Regional Championships. On Friday 18th September a mini-bus driven by Ray Ager took the 9 players representing the 3 teams to Brean Sands in Somerset in time for some practice on the terrains. The event is held at a Pontin’s holiday camp with the car park covered in harsh grey gravel creating over 100 separate playing pistes.

There are 16 regions that take part (14 English regions plus Wales and a combined region) and they are split into
two divisions. Sussex region is in Division Two. Each region is represented by 8 triples teams and 1 junior team.

Team BBH Ray A, David A, Fergal H & Tony M finished as the 2nd Sussex seeded team after the three qualifying rounds. Ray, Fergal & Tony formed the team for the championships. Read the rest of this entry »