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I checked the with the British Broadcasting Corporation weather centre, fine with a moderate
wind, OK, no problem there then. 8 o’clock on Good Friday morning Zachary and I were hard at
it. Over 100 chairs were to be set out round the ring, 12 seats for the players and others
to mark off the arena. Did I feel a spot of rain? No it couldn’t be. A few more and then
Zachary said, “I think it’s raining a bit.” So we took the precaution of putting the ring
cover up, just in case. We began at 10.30 approx, with the first game on the main ring and
two other on the side rings. All went well until about midday when the first few drops of
rain came down, and then it got worse and even worse. We abandoned the side rings, covered
the main ring and played a couple of games in the garage. We also played the Golden Oldies
there, and thanks to Dave and Mike of the 49ers it all came together at the appropriate time
to link in to the ‘Order of play’. By the late afternoon the sun was shining, but the side
rings were too muddy to use and with a lot of work we caught up and the event only went on a
little longer than usual. We had the prize giving just after 6pm and the final was being
played while I was giving a radio interview and the cries of delight went out live on the air.
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST ROUND
| Charlwood Strikers 21 |
v |
Tinsley Tigers 0 |
| 1st MC Erzgebirge 25 |
v |
Black Dog Boozers 14 |
| Yorkshire Meds 25 |
v |
Principality of Sealand 5 |
| Fubar 6 |
v |
Saxonia II 12 |
| Fast Ferocious Fockers 5 |
v |
Bloody Marbellous 6 |
| Thuringian II 5 |
v |
Simply Marbellous 7 |
| Caterham Cowboys 13 |
v |
International Bright Round Things 7 |
SECOND ROUND
| Saxonia I 19 |
v |
Turners Hill Lions 10 |
| 1st MC Erzgebirge 24 |
v |
Barrel Scrapers 6 |
| Bloody Marbellous 5 |
v |
Crawley News Crushers 2 |
| Handcross Rebels 12 |
v |
Handcross 49ers 33 |
| Saxonia II 11 |
v |
Caterham Cowboys 3 |
| Charlwood Strikers 19 |
v |
Mish Mash 13 |
| Turners Hill Tollymen 16 |
v |
Thuringian National Team 10 |
| Yorkshire Meds 15 |
v |
Simply Marbellous 5 |
QUARTERFINALS
| Bloody Marbellous 2 |
v |
Saxonia I 7 |
| Saxonia II 6 |
v |
Handcross 49ers 25 |
| 1st MC Erzgebirge 28 |
v |
Yorkshire Meds 0 |
| Charlwood Strikers 14 |
v |
Turners Hill Tollymen 17 |
SEMI-FINALS
| Turners Hill Tollymen 4 |
v |
1st MC Erzgebirge 26 |
| Handcross 49ers 25 |
v |
Saxonia I 23 |
FINAL
| 1st MC Erzgebirge 35 |
v |
Handcross 49ers 10 |
Darren Ray
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP
| Halim |
Yorkshire Meds |
1 |
| Mel |
Charlwood Strikers |
0 |
| Andy |
Caterham Cowboys |
1 |
| John |
Barrel Scrapers |
0 |
| Barry |
Handcross Rebels |
1 |
| Colin |
Black Dog Boozers |
2 |
| Jan |
Saxonia I |
2 |
| Randi |
Saxonia II |
1 |
| Chris |
1st MC Erzgebirge |
4 |
| Darren |
Handcross 49ers |
19 |
| Danny |
Turners Hill Lions |
2 |
| Dave |
Turners Hill Tollymen |
2 |
Gabi Muhlish
BEST LADY PLAYER
| Susi |
Defending Champion |
5 |
| Gabi |
Saxonia II |
9 |
| Leila |
Yorkshire Meds |
1 |
| Justine |
Thuringian II |
1 |
| Alison |
Handcross 49ers |
3 |
| Monica |
Thuringian II |
1 |
1st MC Erzgebirge, the winning team
RESULTS
| Individual Champion |
Darren Ray |
| Team Champions |
1st MC Erzgebirge |
| Runner-Ups |
Handcross 49 ers |
| Best Lady Player |
Gabi Muhlisch |
| Golden Oldies |
Will Aicheson |
| Stan Larbey Trophy |
Dennis |
Darren Ray five times Individual winner
Knuckling Down in the ring
Zachary’s new team the Crushers
MARBLE
FACTOIDS 2005
- 23 teams or 142 players
- 44 Tolleys were nose dropped
- 1078 target marbles were used - 574 or 53% were knocked out
- 21 players were killed
- 46 players had no score and 16 players made double figures
- Highest Break of the day was made by Darren Ray with 14 marbles
- Chris Pampel of the 1st MC Erzgebirge Neukirchen team made the highest Break of the day with 28 marbles
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Jean Fox with marbles for sale
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The British Marbles Board of
Control would like to thank:
The British Marbles Board of Control would like to thank:
Laura, Landlady of the Greyhound
Jean and Ron Fox
John Burnet
Mol the main tournament Referee
David and Mike of the 49ers for refereeing the Golden Oldies
Worthing MIND
Sue Denton-Brown Drawmistress
and the Marble Museum for all their support.
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The 2007 British and World Marbles Championship will be held at The Greyhound, Tinsley Green on Good Friday, 5th April 2007
Contacts: - Sam or Julia McCarthy-Fox
Email: marblesam@hotmail.com
Tel: 01403 730602
Fax: 01403 733877
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the British Marbles Board of Control. Copyrighted 2001. All correspondence
to: The Secretary, British Marbles Board of Control c/o The Greyhound,
Tinsley Green, West Sussex. We wish to thank Sam McCarthy-Fox for making
The Marble Museum the official North American correspondent to The Board.
The contents of this web site have been copyrighted 2001 by The Marble
Museum Inc. All rights are reserved.
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