2024 Grand Final !!!
Grand Final Winners Cannons
Congratulations to The Cannons for winning in 2024, well done to Geoff ‘The Assassin’ Foster, Darryl ‘Big Daz’ Trippet (the trade of the season), Chris ‘Bum Fluff’ Jacobs, Deano ‘The Armourer’ Brown and cheering on from the sides Benny ‘The Super Sub’ Ellis.
Because I can’t help myself and type dribble for the sake of it, you will have to endure. The night started off with a real arm wrestle (or a snooker kind of arm wrestle if you like). Butts must have taken lessons from Vossy the other week, channelling his inner Warnie, having to bring out the flipper to screw the white around other balls to make a shot. Geoff and Dean continued their good form from last week playing some tactical snooker keeping Ian ‘Butts’ Butteriss and Michael ‘Vossy’ Voss at bay to take out the first frame by only 7 points.
The next frame was a battle between kin, Big Fluff v Bum Fluff (they had partners too Big Fluff played with Neil ‘Wal’ Walter (who knew his name was Neil) and Bum Fluff played with Big Daz. This match was an arm wrestle as well, with Big Fluff following Bum Fluff. Chris gave his dad very little and Daz did much the same to Wal. The Cannons snookered the opposition on a regular basis. When we got down to the colours, it was still pretty close and Wal got some payback snookering Bum Fluff. Bum Fluff and Daz took out this frame by 2 points. The grand final was looking like it was going to go down to the wire.
Geoff and Big Fluff played at number 1, and it looked like Geoff had caged Fluffy not giving him a look at anything. Geoff took out the frame and it was Cannons 3, Ducks 0.
The music was pumping at the Thunderdome and Wal could be heard singing to music from Chisel, the Oils and ACDC to name a few (I could hear him anyway).
The scene was set, Big Daz v Butts (that sounded better before I typed it out) they were the next two to the table. Daz cooked Butts like a duck dinner serving him up on a platter. The score was now Cannons 4 Ducks 0, the points difference has blown out to about 70 and the Ducks need to take back the next frame and by a sizeable margin.
We now saw Wal take on Bum Fluff. Wal entered the fray staring down a hot Cannons barrel and they were looking to take a clean sweep. Bum Fluff added to the carnage, he didn’t need a razor, he was a razor, carving up Wal and not giving him a shot and that was it. It was all over; the Cannons had shot the Ducks out of the sky and defeated them 5-0. Deano and Vossy didn’t even get a look in.
Ben
Dean
Geoff
Daryl
Chris
2024 Championships
A big thank you must go out to the hosts of the event, both Dean and Lisa. Once again you opened you home to us and gave the snooker vagrants of Ocean Grove a home for the night.
Also commitee and all that helped on the night most important members for coming along.
Singles
The singles championship was going to be an epic battle between Roy Tan and Gerry Sanderson. I heard some skuttlebutt (a Navy term for a rumour) on the night that Roy was getting tips on the weekend from last year retiring singles champion Fluffy (better luck next year Pete).
The first frame was over quick smart with Roy not giving Gerry a chance with a break of 48 to completely shut him out. The second frame was a dour contest, with Gerry wrestling control back, scoring well over a number of visits to the table. Gerry was on a tear on the colours and narrowly missed the pink to take the second frame outright. There were two balls left (the pink and the black) with Roy needing a snooker to have a chance at the second frame and claiming the title outright. Trying to remove the pink from over the centre pocket Roy knocked it in ensuring that Gerry won the second frame.
The final frame could only be described as a lesson in snooker. Gerry only had two shots and it was about to be over before it began. Roy treated those present to an absolute master class in ball control and placement. He went on to secure a break of 85, he could have gone higher if there were any more balls left on the table and claim the singles title. It was a sight to see. All matches were over by 2100 (9pm you should get it now).
Gerry and Roy
Doubles
The doubles championship was a contest between Roy Tan/Bobby McKillop and Steve Dolphin/Michael Goodger. Roy and Bob didn’t give the other team much of a chance and won in a clean sweep 2 fames to 0. This final was completed in quick time. The doubles match gave Roy a quick warm for the singles championship..
Bob, Roy v Steve, Michael
2023 Finals
Grand Final Winners Falcons
Congratulations to The Falcons – Mark, Russ, Mick and Bruce (with Bernie and Andy cheering on from the sidelines).
The Grand Final was an epic contest going right down to the line. It was anyone’s game, with The Falcons pulling off the win in the final frame on the black ball. The score was 5 frames to 3. Last night’s match couldn’t have been any more of a cliffhanger, (maybe a bit more of a cliffhanger if Sylvester Stallone was there, for those too young to understand check out the 1993 film).
Commiserations to The Lodge – Rob, Rick, Grant and Duck (with Nick sending his support from afar), better luck next year.
A massive thank you to Lisa and Dean for opening their home and allowing us to play the final in their home. Also a thank you to those who assisted during the final series with refereeing and scoring, keeping everyone on the straight and level.
