New Season Tactics and Selection

With the new season just 1 day away i thought i would put on the BLOG a few key tactics for matches, lets just say we should keep these simple guidelines in our minds when playing, i do this every year in hope someone will take some notice :-)

• Before just potting a ball, try to think why you are potting it and which shot you want to play next.
• Make a clear decision before your first shot of a visit on the outcome of the WHOLE visit to the table; Examples = "clearance including the black" or "get my opponent in a snooker" or "cover that pocket so my opponent can't win"
• If you decide to play safe, think about where you would NOT like the white ball to be if you had to play the next shot
• IF ALL ELSE FAILS, You are playing terrible and feel off form, nothing is going right, here is a winning tip, just worry about keeping your HEAD still and stay down on the shot......The basics always come to the rescue

I think we are all very close as a team in terms of being friends, this is an important factor when playing any team sport, however with pool its slightly different, in MY singles matches all i worry about is WINNING MY GAME, even if we are 6-0 up or 0-6 down, its why i played a few seasons in the Wednesday league as last man.......i am good under pressure as i am playing for ME in the singles, it may be something that can help you out with pressure. If we all worry about WINNING our OWN games the TEAM will benefit.

If we had done a little better in the singles last season we would have been in the top 3 of the league overall, our doubles performance placed us level 2nd in the league on points.....such a small difference as winning ONE more singles frame can swing a match in our favour.

I think the reason we were strong in the doubles last year was that i changed the selection policy, i now try and play four 'on form' players as two pairs, this obviously pays off given our doubles performance last year, thus i will continue that policy this year.....

Best of luck to everyone and all please make the effort to attend every game.

Thanks

Tony

Fixtures Winter League 2010-11

RAFA BAKERS Fixtures Winter League 2010-11

22/11/10 HOME v PRINCE ALBERT

29/11/10 NO MATCH

06/12/10 HOME v FARMHOUSE

13/12/10 AWAY v MARLBOROUGH B

20/12/10 AWAY v BELL & GATE A

27/12/10 NO MATCH

03/01/11 NO MATCH

10/01/11 HOME v SUN

17/01/11 K.O.CUP 1^st ROUND

24/01/11 AWAY v BELL & GATE B

31/01/11 NO MATCH

07/02/11 HOME v H.S.S. CLUB

14/02/11 AWAY v PRINCE ALBERT

21/02/11 NO MATCH

28/02/11 AWAY v FARMHOUSE

07/03/11 HOME v MARLBOROUGH B

14/03/11 HOME v BELL & GATE A

21/03/11 AWAY v SUN

28/03/11 HOME v BELL & GATE B

04/04/11 NO MATCH

11/04/11 AWAY v H.S.S. CLUB

Bakers Pool Team - HDPL Winter League 2010/2011

Yon kindly attended the meeting on Sunday, he will bring the fixture list to the next practice night, plus we will have the final tables.

FIRST LEAGUE FIXTURE = HOME on 22nd of November 2010

Thus I suggest the following pre season fixtures:

First Practice Night = Monday 8th of November 2010

Second Practice Night = Monday 15th of November 2010

Can i also suggest we change practice night into something that that resembles match conditions, this will allow everyone to practice snookers, snooker escapes and of course potting. No drinking practice required for our team.

Can we aim to try and get at least 6 or 9 members of the team and we draw names out of a hat and play small matches in teams of 3, it will take slightly longer but will give Terry and Stuart more drinking time :-)

Regarding team structure this season, I assume that nobody has objection with the structure from last season.

Captain = Me
Vice Captain's = Yon & Mitch
Fixture and Results Secretary = Monster
Drinking & Driving Safety Officer = Terry

We will use this BLOG to publish our 100% of our fixtures, upcoming venues and results, i will ensure this does happen this year

Singles & Doubles Draw

SINGLES (18th October):-

Mitch (OLD MAYPOLE)

Pete (BELL & GATE)

Terry (MARLBOROUGH)

Monst (IONA)



DOUBLES (25th October)

Tony & Dale (C.R.C.C.)

Yon & Scott (MAYPOLE)

Pool Season 2010 : Match day 1

Away Hyneholt PH 12 April 2010: The bakers made a good start to the season with a convincing away win versus the Hyneholt of hainault. The team won the singles portion of the match by four frames to two.

The highlights of the singles being a long black by Alan Bruniges, playing in his first match for Bakers and Dale Bennett keeping his cool to pot a tricky black ball with the cue ball in a difficult position. There was some controversy in Peter Kempster's frame as his opponent claimed a deliberate foul after a poor snooker escape attempt, however the Hyneholt official team must be applauded for their fairness as they told there own player to continue (and stop moaning) as they felt Peter made a genuine attempt to escape and just mis-hit his shot. However it must be said the call by the Hyneholt ref in the first instance was correct in his call, the player however asked 4 times if it was a deliberate foul, clearly making him a special breed of moaner, however his fellow team members were very clear in their thoughts and obviously are very sportsmanlike....well done the Hyneholt.

The Doubles portion of game closed the overall match as bakers closed all three frames for victory, the main highlight being Scott Rose's 4 ball clearance under lots of pressure to close the victory in the first doubles frame.

This left the bakers with a away victory of Seven frames to Two.

Singles - Won 4-2
Monster loss (good clearance by opponent)
Mitch win (drawn out tactical frame)
Peter loss (deliberate foul controversy)
Tony win (bad black positional from tc lead to tactical end of the frame)
Dale win (ahead all the way thru the fame and potted a good black)
Alan win (great black after failed initial clearance)

Doubles - Won 3-0
Scott and yon (tactical frame with great black by Scott
Alan and Monster (win)
Peter and Mitch (win)

Overall Match: WIN 7-2

Next match HOME, versus the BELL & GATE 19th of April 2010

2010 League Fixtures

Havering & District Pool League Fixtures for RAFA Bakers Pool Team 2010

12/04/10 - HYNEHOLT - away .... 26/07/10 - home
19/04/10 - BELL & GATE - home .... 02/08/10 - away
26/04/10 - P.A.L.S. - away .... 09/08/10 - home
17/05/10 - HSS CLUB - away .... 23/08/10 - home
24/05/10 - MAYPOLE - home .... 06/09/10 - away
07/06/10 - PRINCE ALBERT B - away .... 13/09/10 - home
21/06/10 - CHERRY TREE - away .... 20/09/10 - home
28/06/10 - FARMHOUSE - home .... 27/09/10 - away
05/07/10 - WINCHESTER - away .... 04/10/10 - home
12/07/10 - DRILL - home .... 11/10/10 - away
CUP GAMES
14/06/10 & 19/07/10
COMPETITION
18/10/10 - SINGLES
25/10/10 - DOUBLES
NO MATCH
10/05/10 & 16/08/10
BANK HOLIDAYS
03/05/10 & 31/05/10 & 30/08/10