Twenty years of Jersey winners - 2004-11-20 17:00:19
Due to the ultra diligent records kept by Mark Hewitson,not to mention a huge dollop of personal graft on his part,the old ginger minger recently sent me what is nigh on a complete list of the open winners and runners up since the Festival began way back in'85....

For these details I am extremely grateful, they make fascinating reading. Not only that he is also compiling similar details for a multitude of events that have taken place over the last twenty years. From hotel events,club events ,national tournaments, regional tournaments, he has compiled details that the vast majority of us had forgotten many many years ago, but boy do they bring back some memories, both good and bad, both on and off the tables !!! Who won the cliffs hotel event in '89 or the City Limits London Championship, where the winner went into the televised John Bull Bitter event on LWT, or the hotel event at Gretna Green run by Jim Eadie when the winner went onto the telvised Borders Classic, or the first pro-am the EPA ran at Southport, or the first pro-am ever run at Warners Hayling Island ? Mark knows and he's compling them as part of his ultimate and perhaps utopian dream of writing a book on pool. Maybe I should help him, boy could I give him some stories !!! If you lot, and when I say you lot I mean anyone that has come into the sport in the last twelve years or so,knew what has previously gone on in pool since it got half serious you would be fucking staggered. You would certainly have your eyes opened !!. Hmmmm, a book on pool ? that would be brill ! If any of you are intersted in the winners from previous tournaments, or perhaps you are a club owner who wants to put up a roll of honour board, like they do at golf clubs, give Mark a ring, he may well be able to help you set one up. Back to the winners at Jersey, with two exceptions.'98 and '99 which need some unequivocal confirmation I am confident Mark has got the details correct, and just looking through them brings back so many memories, maybe you lot have some memories from any year in Jersey you would like to share with us all, I will give you a few later !! Year winner runner up 1985 Dave Linton Danny Mcguire 1986 Ross Mcinnes Mick Casey 1987 Keith Brewer ?????(Keith let us know !) 1988 Jim Stephens Ross Mciness 1989 Alan Mitchell Lee Tucker 1990 Greg Farren Ross Mciness 1991 Steve Sanders Rob Hill 1992 Ross Mciness Steve Sanders 1993 Rob Hill Howard Miller 1994 Wayne Fryer Richard Brompton 1995 Wayne Fryer Rob Hill 1996 Pat O Kane Ross Mciness 1997 Martin Hazell Lenny Hatton 1998 Ross Mciness ...we think ! Phil Harrison..we think ! 1999 Steve Sanders...we think ! ??? 2000 Ross Mciness Pat Holtz 2001 Rob Hill Neville Glover 2002 Ross Mciness Steve Webster 2003 Derek Murphy Steve Martin 2004.............not applicable 2005 who knows ???? Mick Coasdale to beat Big Ron !!!!!!!! In the ladies we are missing quite a few, perhaps you lot can help fill in the gaps ? Year Winner Runner Up 1985 Anne Ferry Nicola Ball 1986 Yvonne Miller Sue Thompson 1987 ?????????????????????????????????????????? 1988 ?????????????????????????????????????????? 1989 Yvonne Miller Sue Thompson 1990 ??????????????????????????????????????????? 1991 Sue Thompson Jo Kent 1992 Nicola Ball Debbie Bell 1993 Linda Moffat Yvonne Miller 1994 Alison Wilcox Theresa Pummell 1995 Carly Smith Gillian Laverty 1996 Yvonne Miller Pam Wood 1997 Yvonne Miller Netty Anderson 1998 ????????????????????????????????????????????? 1999 ?????????????????????????????????????????????? 2000 Jackie Meecham Denise Whitehead 2001 Jackie Meecham (we think !) 2002 ?????????????????????????????????????????????? 2003 Kerry Ann Hunt 2004.................not applicable 2005 ??????????????????????????????????????????????