Bar Billiards at The Swan pub in Worthing
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - The well lit and nicely positioned table") |
| Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - The well lit and nicely positioned table |
We arrived and immediately saw the table in a good location to the left of the entrance. We ordered our drinks and decided on a format for the matches. The pub is a competition table and according to the notice board next to the table it's a location for matches in the
Worthing & District Bar Billiards League.
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing") |
| Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - the rules & league information |
In the first match-up Chris ‘Who’ Harding of the Midlands Minigolf Club took on Scott ‘Donkey Gringo’ Lancley of the
Kent Minigolf Club. Both players had played the game before, but neither had picked up a Bar Billiards cue in a number of years. After a quick rules reminder the game was underway and Chris built-up an early lead against Scott. The final result of the match was a 1,550 to 460 win to Chris, cleaning up the last two balls so no sudden-death shot was required.
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| Chris lines-up a shot in his match against Scott |
My opponent was Paul ‘Johnson Paul Johnson’ Johnson who would be playing his first-ever game of Bar Billiards. In a very closely fought match-up there were quite a few white pegs knocked over by me before the final shoot-out. The final ball available was the red, but unfortunately for Paul the scores stood at 870 to 460 at the shoot-out stage and even if he had sunk the red he’d have only managed to reach 860.
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| Scott in action as Paul looks on |
The third/fourth place play-off match saw Donkey Gringo take on The Johnson. Paul did manage to score 200 with his last shot, but it wasn’t enough to win and the game ended with a score-line of 710 to 520 in Scott’s favour.
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - Chris takes on a sudden-death shoot-out shot") |
| Chris takes on a sudden-death shoot-out shot |
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - Paul 'Johnson Paul Johnson' Johnson takes on a sudden-death shoot-out shot") |
| Paul 'Johnson Paul Johnson' Johnson takes on a sudden-death shoot-out shot |
The final match was a battle between me and Chris and saw me receive a new Bar Billiards nickname – The Black Peg – due to my innate ability to wipe out a half-decent break by knocking over the dreaded black peg. The final was won by Chris 840 to 700 to make him the side-tourney champion of Worthing.
The evening also saw the official handing over of the Midlands Minigolf ClubCaptain’s armband to Paul ‘The Overtaker’ Johnson who takes charge of the MMGC from departing Captain Chris ‘Who’ Harding, who has led the team for a number of years and captained the MMGC to national tournament victory in the 2008 BMGA British Club Championships in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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| The Captaincy Handover for the Midlands Minigolf Club |
.JPG "A shell-shocked Paul 'The Capitan' Johnson with his new Captain's armband") |
| A shell-shocked Paul 'The Capitan' Johnson with his new MMGC Captain's armband |
With Scott carrying our team we picked up the win 560 to nil after The Capitans had wiped-out a score of 350 in the sudden-death shoot-out at the 200-hole. In this match we had decided that each team had to go for the 200-hole on the final shot.
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - Richard plays a shot") |
| I play a shot |
The Swan Inn was a nice spot to spend a Saturday night and there was a DJ and Disco going on, which provided a nice soundtrack to the competition. It’s also the first time I’ve played a game (of Bar Billiards, or anything) to the song
“Nellie the Elephant”!!!
Links:
.JPG "Bispham - Queens Road Promenade - The Crazy Golf isn't there any more")
.JPG "The Putting Course at Anchorsolme Park in Bispham - not yet open for the season")
.JPG "The Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt Course at Anchorsolme Park in Bispham - not yet open for the season")
.JPG "Outside the Closed Minigolf Kiosk at Anchorsolme Park in Bispham")
.JPG "The Crazy Golf & Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt in Fleetwood - not yet open for the season")
.JPG "The Crazy Golf course in Fleetwood - not yet open for the season")
.JPG "We noticed the Crazy Golf course in Marine Hall Gardens in Fleetwood has been demolished since our last visit in 2009!")
.JPG "Happy Mount Park in Morecambe - home to Crazy Golf and Putting Courses, but the Miniature Golf is no longer there")
.JPG "The Crazy Golf course at Happy Mount Park in Morecambe")
.JPG "The Putting Mini Golf course at Happy Mount Park in Morecambe")
.JPG "The Putting Green at Morecambe Golf Club - for Members only!")
.JPG "The Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt course at Bowness-on-Windermere - not yet open for the season")
.JPG "The Crazy Golf course on The Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere - not yet open for the season")
.JPG "The Putting course on The Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere")
.JPG "Another locked gate visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!")
.JPG "The Crazy Golf course at Brockhole used to be laid out all in one place. The Putting Course there wasn't yet open for the season")
.JPG "White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside - home to a Crazy Golf course, Putting Green and a Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt - we played the Crazy Golf")
.JPG "The Putting Green at White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside")
.JPG "The Pitch & Putt Mini Golf at White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside")
.JPG "The Obstacle Golf course at Keswick's Hope Park")
.JPG "The Pitch & Putt Mini Golf can be seen beyond the Putting Course at Keswick's Hope Park")
.JPG "The Swedish Felt Crazy Golf course at the Lake District Coast Aquarium in Maryport is open daily from 10am-5pm. We arrrived at 5.10pm!")
.JPG "The Crazy Golf on The Green in Silloth-on-Solway is no longer there. It looks to have recently been dug up!")
.JPG "The Putting Green in Helensburgh, Scotland - not yet open for the season")
.JPG "Driving through Bannockburn towards Stirling we popped into Brucefields Family Golf Centre and found a Putting Course there")
.JPG "The Putting Course at South Inch Park in Perth wasn't yet open for the season on our visit")
.JPG "The Old Course Putting Green at St Andrews in Scotland is for 'Old Course' Players Only")
.JPG "The Bruce Embankment Putting Green wasn't open on our visit to St Andrews")
.JPG "The Adventure Golf course at Jumpin Jacks Children's Adventure Play and Crazy Golf in Kirkaldy, Scotland is open until 6pm, we arrived after 6pm")
.JPG "The Putting at Beveridge Park in Kircaldy wasn't yet open for the season on our visit")
.JPG "A sign at Beveridge Park in Kircaldy also said there was a Crazy Golf course there. We couldn't find one, but this are could be home to a portable type of course during the summer")
.JPG "While we played the East Links Putting Course in North Berwick, we ran out of time to play the West Links Mini Golf")
.JPG "The 'Golf Town' of Gullane had a Childrens Golf Course - a miniature version of the larger Golf courses")
.JPG "Dunbar's Lauderdale Park no longer has a Crazy Golf course, but there were some funny looking ornaments in the gardens!")
.JPG "The Magdalene Fields Golf Club in Berwick-upon-Tweed is home to a Putting Course")
.JPG "On our visit to The Pavilion Amusements in Spittal, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Crazy Golf course wasn't yet open for the season")
.JPG "The last stop on our tour saw us not play the Crazy Golf course at St Marks Activity Gardenin Millfield, Sunderland as we couldn't find any staff to hire equipment from")
.JPG "A view of the Longest Bench in the World stretching along the Littlehampton Promenade")
.JPG "Littlehampton (Maltravers Park) - Putting")
.JPG "Brown Tourist Sign to Maltravers Park in Littlehampton")
.JPG "Littlehampton (Harbour Park) - Sharksville Adventure Golf")
.JPG "A view of the Sharksville Adventure Golf course through the gate at Harbour Park in Littlehampton")
.JPG "The shark on the sign outside Sharksville Adventure Golf has a Bow Tie on!?")
.JPG "Western Putting on Banjo Road in Littlehampton - home to a Putting Course, Crazy Golf of the Swedish Felt variety and a Crazy Snooker course!")
.JPG "A view of the Western Putting centre on Banjo Road in Littlehampton - home to a Putting Course, Crazy Golf of the Swedish Felt variety and a Crazy Snooker course!")
.JPG "The Putting course at Western Putting in Littlehampton")
.JPG "Norfolk Gardens in Littlehampton - home to a Pitch & Putt course and an Adventure Golf")
.JPG "The Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Gardens in Littlehampton")
.JPG "A view of the Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Gardens in Littlehampton")
.JPG "Mewsbrook Park in Littlehampton - no Minigolf course there")
.JPG "A view of the very well maintained Mewsbrook Park in Littlehampton")
.JPG "Putting Course at Rustington Golf Centre, Angmering")
.JPG "Brooklands Par-3 Golf Centre Putting Green")
.JPG "Brooklands Pleasure Park Krazy Golf course in Worthing")
.JPG "Richard Gottfried at the Adventure Island courses in Southend-on-Sea")
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - The well lit and nicely positioned table")
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing")
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - Chris lines-up a shot in his match against Scott")
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - Scott in action")
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - Chris takes on a sudden-death shoot-out shot")
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - Paul 'Johnson Paul Johnson' Johnson takes on a sudden-death shoot-out shot")
.JPG "Midlands Minigolf Club - Captaincy Handover")
.JPG "A shell-shocked Paul 'The Capitan' Johnson with his new Captain's armband")
.JPG "Bar Billiards at The Swan in Worthing - Richard plays a shot")
.jpg "A pair of Airdancers at Times Square in Bangkok, Thailand")
.jpg "A close-up of the two Airdancers at Times Square in Bangkok, Thailand")
.jpg "Mr Seafood next to Worthing Pier")