David Long wins the One Ball final at Surbiton

The event was attended on behalf of Blewbury by David Long and Steve Fisher. Carol Wadsworth represented Phyllis Court, her main club. The courts were in fair shape though almost every hoop had a small rabbit run and the hoops driven in too far. We were triple banked giving six people on each of seven courts and a few waiting for a game. It was played as a “flexible” Swiss and at around 15:00 the four with the best results played in semi-finals and final. I only managed to win three out of six but David managed five out of six. David played Matt Miles-Griffiths from High Wycombe where he had to give away 1.5 bisques. The game was close but David won. This was followed by the final against Richard Coward, also from High Wycombe, who gave David the same number of bisques. Richard had a succession of long hit ins to try and stop David but to no avail. There will probably be an official photo at some point meanwhile here is one of David thanking Martin Burger who managed the event in the afternoon. David is holding a rather nice glass trophy in the box.