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The draw for the Group stages of the National Finals (Great Yarmouth – Sat/Sun 1st/2nd April) has been released today and the Croydon groups are as follows :-

Group 6 Round 1
Central Cars v Walkley
Croydon A v Ipswich Boom Boyz

Group 26 Round 1
Croydon B v Peterborough Court
Corn Exchange v Bradford Bulls Head

The format for the group stage will be as follows:
R1 M1: Team A v Team B
R1 M2: Team C v Team D
R2 M1: Loser R1 M1 v Loser R1 M2
R2 M2: Winner R1 M1 v Winner R1 M2 (winner wins group)
R3 M1: Loser R2 M2 v Winner R2 M1 (winner is group runner-up)
All matches are best of 18 frames.
A 9-9 score in the group stage will result in a 1 frame playoff.

CROYDON ‘B’ v PETERBOROUGH COURT
Team playing order (for sets 1)
1 – Mev Ali
2 – Terry Doke
3 – Paul Wildman
4 – John Baylis
5 – Steve Deegan
6 – Tony Nuttman
7 – Shaun Nash
8 – Luke Willsher
9 – Paul Hailston

Playing Reserves (in set 2)
10 – Andy Telford
11 – Mark Halsey

All caravans for the ‘B’ team have been booked for a Thurs – Sun stay but I appreciate that not everyone will be travelling on the Thursday