Sussex
county star Michael Hammond (pictured) took the Mens Singles title at
the opening Sussex Grand Prix event of the season at Roffey Social & Sports
Club on Sunday 9th December beating Epsom's Steve Lovett 3-0 in the final with an average
of 30.67. On his way to the final Hammond knocked out Horley's Danny
King and Crawley pair Martin Burchell and Steve Mecrow before dispatching Gavin Studholme
3-2 in the semi-finals with an average of 28.05 after going two-nil down. In
the other semi-final Lovett beat Paul Russell 3-2 with a 23.79 average. Jake
Watts caused a couple of early round shocks when he put out Tony Ayres and
Dave Mansell. In the
Ladies Singles final Surrey's Laura Power beat Mal Henry from Reading 3-0 with a
20.59 average and in the Youth Singles final Rob Cross beat Dave Weir 2-1
with a 19.25 average. 10 year old Charlie Little hit a maximum in his
opening youth singles game.
Michael Hammond also won the Mens Pairs event
with Craig Deeley beating Aaron Turner and Steve Lovett 3-0 in the final.
Laura Power also completed a double with her Ladies Pairs partner Helen
Cullip. They beat Mandy Perry and Teresa Weir 3-2 in the final. In the
Flying Pairs competition Terry Harmsworth and Aaron Turner beat Jane Johnson
and Graham Judge 3-0 in the final.
A full list of results are available
from the links above. |