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Posted by Spudangles on 23-03-2009 23:05

Is tonights singles final between meself & swetts the oldest combined age for a singles final in croydon history??? Gary is 47 & I am 38 so a combined age of 85! :)

Posted by ThePower on 23-03-2009 23:21

:o 85 years - is that all!

Hope its a cracking final. Good luck to both of you.

Posted by Fat-Dart on 23-03-2009 23:48

ThePower wrote:
Is it best of 7's or 9's?

According to the paperwork, it's best of 5.

Posted by JugglingSpence on 24-03-2009 01:01

Maybe in future seasons the finals night could be made into a social evening for people not playing.

That way everyone can meet up have a few beers and a bit of a catch up and then get to watch 2 top players battle it out. Doesn't sound like a bad night to me! Plus if you get to the finals then you probably warrant an audience!

Just a thought... :juggle:

Posted by miq on 24-03-2009 16:37

#10

It was an edgy final with neither player playing their best. Gary missed a black in the middle to win it and he'll be having nightmares for years to come over that one. He left Sean in and Sean didn't look like he was gonna miss the couple of balls and black remaining.

Posted by ThePower on 24-03-2009 16:38

#11

Just out of interest. What was the turn out spectator wise?

Posted by ThePower on 24-03-2009 16:50

#13

That isn't too bad. Still think the final should be held on Presentation night.

Posted by Sass on 24-03-2009 17:43

#14

It wasn't bad. I think the Finals should stay as they are. The crowd put off both players at times and it would be a lot worse at a Presentation Evening.

Posted by Spud on 24-03-2009 19:57

#15

I'm also a fan of playing it on presentation night, but it does cause a logistical nightmare.
Also, the way the league works, presentation night is usually well into the next season.
You'd have the Summer League Singles & Doubles finals being played in January of the following year for instance.

But I think it would be worth it. Evans raved about it, said it was one of his favourite pool experiences (When he played The Thriller last season on presentation night)

Posted by Sass on 24-03-2009 20:43

#16

Felt for Gary really. Once it was 2-2 and Sean missed position ended up giving away 2 shots you felt it was Gary's match. Unfortunately, he missed a trickyish black in the middle and Sean wasn't going to let another opportunity slip.

Posted by Spudangles on 24-03-2009 21:33

#17

We both played really poor and I just fell over the line in the end. I agree that the singles should be on presentation night also. It was sooooo quiet last night that you could here farts and all sorts lol. With a bigger a crowd and a constant buzz of noise it would be much better, but saying that you can't beat th
e atmosphere in the farley with just the light over the table for finals.

Posted by sly294 on 24-03-2009 22:23

#18

Spudangles wrote:It was sooooo quiet last night that you could here farts and all sorts lol.

Yea, But look at the bright side m8.....you didnt have to smell em...god did they stink !!!

Posted by TomK on 25-03-2009 01:43

#19

In the Tolworth league, we hold our singles final on presentation night and it is a great success.

The players wear a waistcoat etc and come into their choice of music. We play best of 9. The atmosphere is great as well. We have always had a great turnout. 70+ minimum. The table is situated with chairs all around it for spectators to watch.