Ladies World Championships Qualifiers will be held in Cambridge Snooker Centre Saturday 23rd May, 2009. 2 Winners will go forward to play in the World Pool Championships in Blackpool 29th June 2009. See flyer for full details and entry form. Closing date is 4th May 2009.

This is your opportunity to play in one of the 4 qualifying events held around the country with one player from each event joining the leading players in the world to compete for The Title of "JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION" at the Grand Finals in Blackpool.

The Area 3, which covers Regions 6 & 7, Qualifiers will be held at Q World, 173 High Street, Southampton SO14 2BY on Saturday 6th June 2009. Please see the entry form for full details.

We would like to thank everybody who turned up for the trials on the 18th of Jan, Due to the the high number of people attending only a limited amount of positions were available. The county will re-assess the situation of players after 3 matches and will hopefully plan a mini trials as soon as possible after this time.

Many thanks 'The Captains'

In recent weeks a lot of changes have been taking place within Sussex County and as a result of this I have the following announcements to make:

• Dave Tildesley has stood down from all of his county commitments and it was with regret I accepted his resignation and we wish him all the best for whatever lies ahead for him, and cant thank him enough for all he has done for Sussex over the years and hope that maybe in the future we will be able to welcome him back in some capacity.
• Mark Newman has also stood down as Vice Chairman and C team captain, Mark Hewitt has taken his place as C team captain and I wish him well this season.
• Naftali who helped with the selection of the B team during trials and who led the B team against Kent has handed over his captaincy to Des Morley and will now be vice captain for the B team, he has expressed his interest in being more involved with the Sussex County committee and I hope to welcome him aboard at the next meeting in whatever position he wishes to take up.

As a result of the above the following vacancies are now available for any interested parties to apply for all must be done in writing or via email to myself and must be received by 29th February 2009, details of each positions requirements can be found under the committee tab of this page.

With thanks Jo Chappel Chairperson Sussex County Pool

VACANCIES; Vice Chairperson - Secretary - Youth Team Manager
Contact: jochappel@ntlworld.com or
Jo Chappel, Flat 2 11 Shelley Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1TU

Hi everyone,

There will be an Interleague season soon and it will be going from the 26th April to the 13th December. If any team would like to join please could they ring or send an email to me Darren_jeffery317@hotmail.com or 07887533639.

There will be an Interleague knockout which will be on the 31st May, more information will follow.

Yours in sport,

Darren Jeffery

Interleague Secretary

Mens A lost 18-26

Mens B lost 21-23

Mens C lost 17-27

Ladies lost 11-33

See full report

Following the annual general meeting and player trials the county have announced the most dramatic changes in the last 10 years.

At the end of year AGM, Jo Chappel captain of the ladies team was voted unanimously as the new chairperson with a 3 year remit.

Previous Chaiman David Tildesley stood down after 7 years to concentrate on the county junior development.

Andy Palmer sadly due to his wife’s ill health and his own work commitments informed the committee that he was having to stand down.

The committee would like to record our very grateful thanks for Andy’s superb work following Ted Aylwards illness.

We all wish him and his wife our very best for the future.

Four  new captains have been voted in and the committee is as follows.

CHAIR                                                 JO CHAPPEL

VICE CHAIR                                     MARK NEWMAN

ACTING TREASURER                    JO CHAPPEL

SECRETARY                                    DAVID TILDESLEY

REGISTATION SECRETARY      SHEILA DURHAM

INTERLEAGUE SECRETARY    DARREN JEFFRIES

MENS A TEAM CAPTAIN           KEN FORD

MENS B TEAM CAPTAIN           NAFTALI

C TEAM CAPTAIN                        MARK HEWITT

LADIES CAPTAIN                        JO CHAPPEL

JUNIORS CAPTAIN                      CONNOR ANDERSON

JUNIOR TEAM MANAGER        DAVID TILDESLEY

The county have over the last months received an invitation to transfer the home venue from Chichester to Rileys in Brighton.

The chairman felt it disloyal to enter discussions during the contract with Chichester but with the agreement ending and a new leader the committee met with the Rileys management and voted 7-2 to move the county to Brighton

As such please note that with immediate effect the new home of Sussex is:

RILEYS
119 LONDON ROAD BRIGHTON
EAST SUSSEX
BN1 7YH

Following the sad news of Brian passing away over Christmas, the Region Committee felt it right we all honour Brian's hard work for the Region/London/Pool over the years.

For those that didn't know Brian, he was a long standing member of the London County scene, and served the Region on the committee over numerous years. One of his notable achievements was setting up the formula for the current inter county fixtures, without the use of software etc, purely on paper, covering a ten year cycle, and worked tirelessly for the good of the game generally.

At the Region committee meeting held on 17/01/09 the following was agreed:

At all county matches on 1st Feb, 1 minutes silence will be observed by all teams as a mark of respect for Brian.

We trust this will be honoured by all, as we all owe a debt of thanks to Brian, and in Region 7 we are a big community who have pride and respect for our fellow players.

For the Mens County Trials on 18/01/09, the venue is now 'Rileys', London Road, Brighton.

The Ladies & Juniors County Trials on 11/01/09 are still CHICHESTER SNOOKER CLUB   TERMINUS ROAD  CHICHESTER.