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Welcome to WR DAVIES NISSAN Rugeley Pool League
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 Rileys TTD lifted the first ever Chairman's Cup at The Castle on Tuesday 8th July, beating The Swan from Armitage in the final 4-2.
TTD, the 2007/8 Winter Champions defeated the 2008 WR Davies Cup Winners, Green Man in the semi-final the previous Thursday while 2007/8 Second Division Champions, The Swan defeated WR Davies and Harry Richardson runners up, Mossley A on the same night.
In the final, TTD had to fight back from 2-1 down to win the cup supplied by League Chairman, Graham Jellyman from The Castle, Brereton.
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Lee Grout established himself as the league's number one player with a 4-3 win in the 2008 Singles Final over Jamie Houston.
Jamie set the early pace and raced to a 3-0 lead before Lee got his act together to snatch the next four frames to lift the title for the first time.
For the first time, the final was played on the regular Tuesday night and it was nice to see over 20 signed players turn up to watch the match which could have gone either way.
Lee joins a long list of previous winners including team mates Dave Shaw and Matt Hyden.
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As the Winter League has now closed and the Summer League is about to start, here is a list of the winners over the past 8 months.
DIVISION ONE; Rileys Boys made a poor start to the season, but went on to retain their title, finishing 6 points clear of Pear Tree Club. Red Lion Brereton came 3rd, just edging out Castle A by one frame.
DIVISION TWO; This was a close league all the way till the final few matches, but The Swan kept winning while Castle B lost their last two, finishing 6 points behind the Armitage team and just ahead of Brereton Town who lost four of their last five.
HARRY RICHARDSON CUP; Rileys Boys defended the Cup with an emphatic 8-4 victory over Mossley A. They took the away leg 4-3 and wrapped it up in the home leg with Dave Richardson taking the 12th frame.
W R DAVIES CUP; Green Man became the first ever winners of the W R Davies Nissan Cup with a 4-2 victory over Mossley A at The Castle. Libbys Liberators and Castle B were beaten Semi-Finalists.
SINGLES CHAMPION; Lee Grout V Jamie Houston. Paul Ratcliffe and Scott Price were beaten Semi-Finalists.
DOUBLES CHAMPIONS; Matt Hyden and Dave Richardson took the title, defeating Andy Rawlinson and Christian Jerome 4-1 at Rileys despite losing the first frame. Knight/Hejdner and Mayers/Morgan were beaten Semi-Finalists.
MOST WINS; Lee Grout and Dave Shaw, both Rileys Boys finished with 19/21 in Division One while in Division Two, Nick Harvey (Castle B), Max Gibbons (Swan), Steve Bexon (Swan) and Roy Turnbull (Red Lion Rugeley) all took 13 wins.
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 dson Rileys Boys skipper, Dave Richarson took the 12th frame in the Harry Richardson Final to retain the Cup named after his late father who was Chairman of this league for nearly 20 years.
Boys clinched the 8-4 victory over Mossley A after winning the away leg on Tuesday 4-3. Despite missing 2007 Singles Champion, Dave Shaw, the Boys had aenough in reserve to pounce on the chances given to them by the W R DAVIES finalists.
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  The 2007 Rugeley Singles Champion, Dave Diamond Shaw has tasted his first ever taste of defeat in the tournament at this years Quarter-Final stage as team mate and favourite for the title, Lee Grout knocked him out.
Both members of the Rileys Boys team were trying to get in the Semi-Finals where Jamie Houston (Pear Tree Club) has already qualified. Lee now meets the winner of Matt Hyden (Boys) v Paul Ratcliffe (Mossley), while Jamie will face the winner of Ash Max-Keys (Club) and Scott Price (Boys)
Matt Hyden is attempting to be the first player in 20 years to win the Singles and Doubles in the same season.
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 Rugeley started the season at home to a very strong Cannock team who play most of their matches from Rileys in Rugeley and left with a comfortable win.
Rugeley could have easily taken a few of the early frames, but missed their chances and were soon 0-5 down. Cannock reached the needed 10 frames early in the second half, but Rugeley continued to battle and took some good wins with a host of new players.
Nick Pascall and Andy Mayers, both making their debuts in the Super League won both their frames while Mick Tooth took an 8 ball clearance and Karen Morgan gained a deserved win.
RUGELEY 6 - Nick Pascall 2, Andy Mayers 2, Mick Tooth 1, Karen Morgan 1, Ash Max-Keys 0, Sam Knight 0, Dave Leeke 0, Dave Baker 0, Phil Gent 0*, Dion Borton (res) 0* Grahame Darlington did not play.
CANNOCK 12 - Lee Grout 2, Matt Hyden 2, Christian Jerome 2, Andy Rawlinson 2, Scott Price 1, Stu Jones 1, Dean Machin 1, Dave Shaw 1, Nige Wilby 0
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 In the next few weeks we hope to announce a new sponsorship deal with the Rugeley Pool League that will have major benefits for both parties.
Watch this space !
RILEYS will be bringing in a sponsorship deal for the league with details to be announced soon.
They will however be backing the Inter League team for 2008 which features many new players.
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| RUGELEY UNDER 21'S CHAMPIONSHIP |
We are going to stage an Under 21's Tournament in 2008 which will be open to anyone that is 21 or under as of January 1st 2008.
Entrants do not have to be registered members of the League and may come from outside the boundaries set by the League. The exact format will depend on the number of entrants, but it is likely to be held on consecutive Saturdays at Rileys around May.
Anyone interested, or knows someone that may want to enter, then please put it in writing and send it to Rugeley Under 21's, The Castle, Main Road, Brereton. WS15 1DX.
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2007 Doubles Champions, Kevin Opie and Scott Price have been kicked out of this years tournament for playing a match at a different venue than the one selected on the set night which can only be done before the due date..
 They were due to face Gerry Holland and Ian Grant at Libbys on Thursday 15th November, but decided between themselves, to play the match at another venue not used as a venue in competitions.
There was a warning given to Kevin Opie about playing elsewhere on the night, but all this fell on deaf ears and not only went ahead with the match, but also covered it up by lying about it and getting others involved in the lies.
At an Executive Meeting tonight, it was decided that both pairings were guilty and both pairings were fined £5 per player and kicked out of the competition.
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 The Pear Tree Inn will close its doors for the last time on Saturday 20th October after the land was sold by the Brewery for housing
The venue has been Head Quarters for the Rugeley Pool League for most of the years and Harry Richardson was Chairman for most of that time while son, Dave later held that post until a few years ago.
The league will hold the 2007 Presentation at the Pear Tree this Saturday with the first ever handing over of the Harry Richardson Cup to The Pear Tree Boys.
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| WINDMILL WIN SUMMER SHIELD |
The Windmill won a tight Summer Shield Final at The Mossley with a last frame decider required to beat the favourites and defending champions, Pear Tree Boys.
Windmill went into an early 2-0 lead, but were pegged back as the boys won the next three before Windmill levelled by taking the doubles.
That left 2007 Singles Champion, Dave Shaw come forward for The Boys to play Iain McLean and the underdog came through to take the title back to Lichfield.
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