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We are halfway through the season and competitions are proceeding well. Congratulations to Nick Yates for winning the Roehampton Shield; the summer handicap knockout. It is good to see another new name on the boards. The winter handicap knockout (James Selby Trophy) is proceeding well, despite me losing my semi-final. Good luck to the rest of the field. We are on our second round of the leagues, and I urge players to get all their matches completed by the deadline of 26th March.

My thanks to Sally Gesua who has run the ladies’ part of the section for many years for her help. She has now stepped down and I am looking for someone to fill her shoes. In the meantime, I will be in touch to arrange this year’s ladies’ knockout, the Roberta Luxton Trophy.

We have not managed to arrange many inter-club matches in the last few years for obvious reasons, but we hosted the RAC Woodcote Park team in January and had a very enjoyable evening, made all the better by a 5-1 victory. Pictured are members of both teams including Nick Yates, Pradip Patel, Scott Stanley, and me for Roehampton Club. I hope to arrange some more matches, and we look forward to this year’s London Club’s Competition, which we won in 2020.

Last weekend we were visited by our guest professional, Martin O’Donnell, who coached several Members in private sessions. He is pictured giving incumbent Club champion, Alex Rose some advice on positional play. My thanks to Alun Hughes for arranging the sessions, and of course to Martin for his invaluable advice. Martin finished top of the 2022-3 amateur tour and has consequently earned himself a place back on the professional Word Snooker Tour. Best of luck to him.

 

 

As the current competition nears its end I will shortly invite Members to sign up for the scratch club championship, the Atherton-Collins Trophy. Look out for my email.

 

Meanwhile, I would like to remind all Members that they can book the snooker room at any time through MyCourts or at Reception. All equipment is provided in the room, and if you would like more information on competitions, please don’t hesitate to email me on anowell@harrodian.com.

 

Happy potting,

 

Andrew Nowell