[i]Prelim Round (Race to 4)[/i] 1 Billy Girdwood 0-W Roy Middleton 2 Paddy Nicoll 4-1 Andy Braid 3 John Maud 3-4 Steve Hamilton 4 Craig Toal 2-4 Brian Craig 5 Stewart Philip 0-4 Michael Emslie 6 Paul Brown W-0 Conor Warren 7 Danny Ford 3-4 Peem Twaddle 8 Connor Hunter 4-0 Martin Cherry 9 Ian Quinn 4-0 Lee Devine 10 Michael Carle 0-4 James Curran [i]Last 32 (Race to 4)[/i] 33 Roy Middleton 1-4 Paddy Nicoll 34 Steve Hamilton 4-1 Brian Craig 35 Michael Emslie 4-0 Paul Brown 36 Peem Twaddle 4-1 Connor Hunter 37 Ian Quinn 4-1 James Curran 38 Fraser Stewart 4-2 Kyle Brown 39 Glen McEvoy 4-0 Craig Fairweather 40 Richard Paterson 4-1 Darren Wyllie 41 Darrin Warren 4-1 Ronnie Edwards 42 Gordon Smith 4-2 Craig Humphreys 43 Jake Bruce 3-4 Scott MacEwan 44 Michael Bastow 4-2 Alan Leonard 45 John Cargill 0-4 Lee Strachan 46 Shane Twaddle 4-2 Keir Hamilton 47 Willie Whitson 2-4 Stefan Van Rijn 48 Ben Rennie 0-W Steve Reid [i]Last 16 (Race to 4)[/i] Paddy Nicoll 4-3 Steve Hamilton Michael Emslie 0-4 Peem Twaddle Ian Quinn 4-3 Fraser Stewart Glen McEvoy 2-4 Richard Paterson Darrin Warren 1-4 Gordon Smith Scott MacEwan 4-1 Michael Bastow Lee Strachan 4-2 Shane Twaddle Stefan Van Rijn 4-1 Steve Reid [i]Quarter Finals (Race to 4)[/i] Paddy Nicoll 2-4 Peem Twaddle Ian Quinn 0-4 Richard Paterson Gordon Smith 4-0 Scott MacEwan Lee Strachan 4-1 Stefan Van Rijn [i]Semi-Finals (Race to 4)[/i] Peem Twaddle 4-3 Richard Paterson Gordon Smith 4-1 Lee Strachan [i]Final (Race to 5)[/i] Peem Twaddle 4-5 Gordon Smith PAPA IS CHAMPION!

The draw for this years 2023 Cliffburn Singles was carried out tonight under the watchful eyes of Alan Leonard, Ben Rennie, Craig Humphreys and Kyle Brown. Thanks to the lads for their assistance. The timed draw is as follows:- [b][u]Sign in Time 11:15am for 11:30am Start[/u][/b] [i]Prelim Round (Race to 4)[/i] 1 Billy Girdwood v Roy Middleton 2 Paddy Nicoll v Andy Braid 4 Craig Toal v Brian Craig 5 Stewart Philip v Michael Emslie 6 Paul Brown v Conor Warren 7 Danny Ford v Peem Twaddle [b][u]Sign in Time 12 Noon[/u][/b] [i]Prelim Round (Race to 4)[/i] 8 Connor Hunter v Martin Cherry 9 Ian Quinn v Lee Devine 10 Michael Carle v James Curran [i]Last 32 (Race to 4)[/i] 38 Fraser Stewart v Kyle Brown 39 Glen McEvoy v Craig Fairweather 40 Richard Paterson v Darren Wyllie [b][u]Sign in Time 1pm [/u][/b] [i]Prelim Round (Race to 4)[/i] 41 Darrin Warren v Ronnie Edwards 42 Gordon Smith v Craig Humphreys 43 Jake Bruce v Scott MacEwan 44 Michael Bastow v Alan Leonard 45 John Cargill v Lee Strachan 46 Shane Twaddle v Keir Hamilton [b][u]Sign in Time 1.45pm [/u][/b] [i]Prelim Round (Race to 4)[/i] 3 John Maud v Steve Hamilton 47 Willie Whitson v Stefan Van Rijn 48 Ben Rennie v Steve Reid For those that want to map their route to victory, the full drawsheet is available to view using the link below:- [url]https://tinyurl.com/482apkt4[/url] Cheers, Bssh

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[b][u]Prelim[/u][/b] Michael Emslie 0-3 Glen McEvoy James Curran 3-2 Mark Donald Daryl Scott 3-2 Chris Mitchell Louie Bolton 3-2 Mike Clark [b][u]Last 32[/u][/b] Glen McEvoy 1-3 James Curran Daryl Scott 3-1 Louie Bolton Roy Middleton 3-2 Jarred Smith Steve Reid W-0 Ricky Swa nkie Craig Humphreys 2-3 Shane Twaddle Conor Warren 3-2 Callum Paton Keir Hamilton 3-1 Peem Twaddle Danny Ford 1-3 Michael Watt David Thornton 0-3 Stefan Van Rijn Connor Hunter 3-2 Andy Braid Kyle Brown 3-2 Ryan Mackenzie Liam Low 1-3 Michael Bastow Lee Strachan 3-2 Darrin Warren Lee Devine 0-3 Darren Wyllie Ronnie Edwards 3-2 John Cargill Paddy Nicoll 3-1 Stewart Philip [b][u]Last 16[/u][/b] James Curran 0-3 Daryl Scott Roy Middleton 3-0 Steve Reid Shane Twaddle 3-1 Conor Warren Keir Hamilton 3-0 Michael Watt Stefan Van Rijn 1-3 Connor Hunter Kyle Brown 3-2 Michael Bastow Lee Strachan 3-2 Darren Wyllie Ronnie Edwards 0-3 Paddy Nicoll [b][u]Quarter Finals[/u][/b] Daryl Scott 3-1 Roy Middleton Shane Twaddle 1-3 Keir Hamilton Connor Hunter 2-3 Kyle Brown Lee Strachan 2-3 Paddy Nicoll [b][u]Semi Finals[/u][/b] Daryl Scott 3-1 Keir Hamilton Kyle Brown 2-3 Paddy Nicoll [b][u]Final[/u][/b] Race to 4 Daryl Scott 2-4 Paddy Nicoll And the new ADPL Challenge Trophy a champion is….Paddy Nicoll (y) A valiant effort from this years runner-up, Daryl Scott.

All, to give everyone a last minute chanced to enter; I'm going to leave the draw until 11.15am on Saturday morning in the venue. With this in mind, everyone should sign in for 11am. Cheers, Bash

The Entry deadline for this years ADPL Challenge Trophy is this coming Monday night (20th March) at 7pm. Can Captain's please spread the word.... Cheers, Bash

Entries 1 Michael Bastow 2 John Cargill 3 Darren Wyllie 4 Keir Hamilton 5 Stewart Philip 6 Steve Reid 7 Conor Warren 8 Mark Donald 9 Paddy Nicoll 10 Kyle Brown 11 Danny Ford 12 Ryan Mackenzie 13 Chris Mitchell 14 Mike Clark 15 Ronnie Edwards 16 James Curran 17 Roy Middleton 18 Daryl Scott 19 Louie Bolton 20 Lee Devine 21 Darrin Warren 22 Craig Humphreys 23 Peem Twaddle 24 Shane Twaddle 25 Michael Watt 26 Lee Strachan 27 Ricky Swa nkie 28 Andy Braid 29 David Thornton 30 Stefan Van Rijn 31 Connor Hunter 32 Ian Quinn 33 Jarred Smith 34 Liam Low 35 Michael Emslie (Tfr) denotes bank transfer to be confirmed by Treasurer Interest

Entries 1 Michael Bastow 2 John Cargill 3 Darren Wyllie 4 Keir Hamilton 5 Stewart Philip 6 Steve Reid 7 Conor Warren 8 Billy Girdwood 9 Kyle Brown 10 Danny Ford 11 Paddy Nicoll 12 Ronnie Edwards 13 James Curran 14 Roy Middleton 15 Lee Devine 16 Andy Braid 17 Stefan Van Rijn 18 Brian Craig 19 Willie Whitson 20 Lee Strachan 21 Craig Humphreys 22 Jake Bruce 23 Alan Leonard 24 Glen McEvoy 25 Peem Twaddle 26 Shane Twaddle 27 Craig Toal 28 Craig Fairweather 29 Connor Hunter 30 Michael Emslie 31 Fraser Stewart 32 Ian Quinn 33 Martin Cherry 34 Darrin Warren 35 Steve Hamilton 36 Richad Paterson 37 John Maud 38 Paul Brown 39 Michael Carle 40 Scott MacEwan 41 Gordon Smith

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2023 CLIFFBURN SINGLES The second event within seven days will see the Cliffburn host the 2023 Cliffbrun Singles. When - Saturday 1st April 2023 Where - Cliffburn Hotel, Arbroath Entry - £5 per player (No Pay, No Play!) Entry Deadline - Monday 27th March (at 7pm) As a refresher, the timed draw will be carried out in advance and published online via our Facebook page. Players must be registered within the ADPL to be eligible to play. All entries will be paid out with the prize fund. Minimum races to 3, however, this may increase depending on entries! To enter, please contact Michael Bastow directly. This is more important than ever with the two events so close together!

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2023 ADPL CHALLENGE TROPHY The Challenge Trophy event for 2023 will provide some much needed event pool for most. When - Saturday 25th March 2023, starting at 11am (depending on entries) Where - Cliffburn Hotel, Arbroath Entry - £5 per player (No Pay, No Play!) Entry Deadline - Monday 20th March 2023 (at 7pm) As a refresher, the timed draw will be carried out in advance and published online via our Facebook page. Players must be registered within the ADPL to be eligible to play. All entries will be paid out with the prize fund. Rules will be the usual SPA Blackball Rules, and matches will be best of 5 to begin but may have to be reduced to 3 for a prelim, dependent on entries. The event has a number of ineligible players who have won local singles ranking events and/or represented ‘A’ teams at Superleague level. To enter, please contact Michael Bastow directly. This is more important than ever with the two events so close together! Those ineligible are: Graham Dunbar David Jack Greg Alexander Steve Webster Colin Brown David Williams Iain Soutar Weland Holroyd

EVERYONE IS TERRIFIED, FORD IS ON FIRE Danny Ford is the 2022 ADPL Challenge Trophy Champion! Danny reached the final today dropping only a single frame on his way there. He was faced with the much experienced Roy Middleton, reaching his second final in the space of seven days! Danny found himself two frames in front before Roy responded and got himself on the board. The fourth frame was a pivotal frame in the match, both players played out a series of tactical safety play before Danny opted to take first blow and attempted to take the frame away; he runs out of position and retreats. Roy has a chance but he painfully watches on as the white ball disappears down the pocket and Danny takes out the frame for 3-1. Roy's luck didn't improve in the next frame where he wen in-off from his break shot, Danny looked to be on course for a reverse dish but he runs out of position on his last red and sees his effort agonisingly stay out of the pocket and allow Roy back in! Roy starts potting his colours only to see his white disappear and give Danny two shots. Danny makes no mistake and wins the frame to nudge 4-1 in front. Roy wasn't done just yet, he managed to get himself into a position to secure the next frame and claw the score back to 4-2. It was a short lived revival though as Danny took out the last frame for the Title! Commiserations to Big Midders. Congratulations to Danny; he played extremely well all day. Thanks again to the Cliffburn Hotel for their hosting and sponsorship. See you again next season, if not before! [img]http://arbroath.scottishpool.com/infusions/news/images/challenge_trophy_finalists.jpg[/img] Pictured above: Roy Middleton, Lee Devine (Cliffburn Hotel) and Danny Ford

Updates from the tournament will be made during the course of the day, please see the link below to view the results sheet. [url]http://arbroath.scottishpool.com/viewpage.php?page_id=38[/url]

The draw for this weekend's Challenge Trophy was carried out tonight and witnessed by various Committee and League Members. Matches will start at 11:30am sharp, with players in the first session to sign-in at 11:15am. [b]Matches will be race to four from the start.[/b] [b][u]Sign in Time 11:15am for 11:30am Start[/u][/b] 1 Lee Strachan v Craig Fairweather 2 Sam McWalter v Jake Bruce 4 Kyle Scott v Brian Craig 6 John Maud v Glen McEvoy 9 Nic Van Rijn v Ryan Mackenzie 10 Mark Donald v Connor Hunter [b][u]Sign in Time 12 Noon[/u][/b] 3 Chris Mitchell v Michael Emslie 38 Keir Hamilton v Roy Middleton 40 Lee Devine v Shane Twaddle 41 Michael Watt v Nathan Sinclair 42 Willie Whitson v Martin Garden [b][u]Sign in Time 1:00pm[/u][/b] 5 Stewart Philip v John Cargill 39 Kieren Gordon v Gordon Dickson 43 Peem Twaddle v James Curran 44 Richard Paterson v Steve Reid 45 Craig Humphreys v Conor Warren [b][u]Sign in Time 2.00pm [/u][/b] 7 Kevin Azzopardi v Darren Wyllie 8 Paddy Nicoll v Ronnie Edwards 46 Mark Gray v Michael Bastow 47 Darrin Warren v Billy Girdwood 48 Danny Ford v Gareth Mount Cheers, Bash

A massive hand and congratulations to James Curran, our 2022 Cliffburn Singles Champion! James overcame a valiant Roy Middleton in the final by five frames to four, which went all the way to the very last ball!! Both players had to wade through a plethora of players before reaching the final; taking notable scalps en route; which setup an enthralling finale. After sharing the first eight frames a decider ensued and it was Roy to break. James could only look on as Roy steadied himself and started maneuvering himself around his chosen set of yellows. He steadily tucked them all away but ran slightly out of position on his last colour but recovered and gave himself a shot at the black. A tough pot at the best of times, amplified by the circumstances, Roy watched agonisingly on as it narrowly missed. James played a couple of safety shots to keep Roy at bay before taking his opportunity and tidying away his reds to leave the black down the cushion; he composed himself and sunk the winning black. Hard to see either of these two gents have to suffer defeat; but Roy took home the consolation prize money and should be extremely proud of his efforts over the course of the day. James has been at the business end of tournaments for a while and now adds this title to his honours list, well done. Thanks to Lee Devine and his staff at the Cliffburn Hotel, not only for their very welcoming hospitality but for their hosting and sponsorship into the prize pot! Also to the players who entered and managed along, I hope you all had a great day. On a personal note, a special thanks to Lee from me. Lee presented myself with a voucher to spend at the Cliffburn as a thank you for my assistance with the pool matters. So thank you and much appreciated. [img]http://arbroath.scottishpool.com/infusions/news/images/2022_cliffburn_singles_finalists_1.jpg[/img] Pictured above: Roy Middleton, Lee Devine (Cliffburn Hotel) and James Curran

Updates from the tournament will be made during the course of the day, please see the link below to view the results sheet. [url]http://arbroath.scottishpool.com/viewpage.php?page_id=37[/url]

The list of ineligible players is:- Graham Dunbar David Jack Greg Alexander Steve Webster Colin Brown David Williams Iain Soutar Weland Holroyd

Payment deadline is Friday folks.

The draw for this weekend's Cliffburn Singles was carried out tonight and witnessed by various Committee and League Members. Matches will start at 11:30am sharp, with players in the first session to sign-in at 11:15am. [b]Matches will be race to four from the start.[/b] [b][u]Sign in Time 11:15am for 11:30am Start [/u][/b] 1 Sam McWalter v Craig Fairweather 2 Billy Girdwood v Roy Middleton 3 John Maud v Glen McEvoy 4 Martin Cherry v Stewart Philip 5 John Cargill v Colin Brown 6 Ben Ross v Paddy Nicoll [b][u]Sign in Time 12 Noon [/u][/b] 7 Peem Twaddle v Liam Low 8 David McFarlane v Graham Dunbar 9 Darrin Warren v Chris Mitchell 10 Shane Twaddle v Danny Ford 11 Daryl Scott v Mark Donald [b][u]Sign in Time 1pm[/u][/b] 38 Winner Match 11 v Nic Van Rijn 39 Richard Paterson v Michael Bastow 40 Darren Wyllie v Nathan Sinclair 41 Craig Humphreys v Kieren Gordon 42 Keir Hamilton v Connor Hunter 43 Lee Devine v Steve Hamilton [b][u]Sign in Time 1.30pm [/u][/b] 44 Weland Holroyd v Ronnie Edwards 45 Bob Whitelaw v James Curran 46 Jack Denholm v Ryan Mackenzie 47 Steve Reid v Iain Soutar 48 Michael Emslie v David Thornton Cheers, Bash