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skittles championship 2011
Welcome to the 8th Blackthorn British Skittles Championship homepage!"A fantastic weekend! I don’t know how it happened, but the 92 last leg just came out of the blue! We’re really happy to have won and proud to be the first team from Bristol to have done it." Michael Sposito, Men's Champions – Nibs "When we played our semi-final, we were 29 pins down in the last leg and came clawed it back to win by one pin on the last throw of the last player. At the point, we just knew it was our title! As always, it’s been a tremendous day and this year it was topped with the result!" Maxine Steer – Ladies Champions – Sinners "What a cracking weekend to become Blackthorn Champions & to win it in Torbay. I didn’t expect us to come away as Champions & our Semi Final against 10cc could have gone either way." Richard Farman – Mixed Champions – Misalots Saturday 1st October 2011 saw the 8th Blackthorn British Skittle Championship Grand Finals start with earsplitting cheers of support as record numbers meant a whopping 850 people had converged on the home of the Grand Finals at the Rivieria International Conference Centre in Torquay. With record breaking temperatures, the English Riviera was alive with October sunshine and skittles. The 64 qualifying teams from across the skittling counties had battled through group rounds and knock out stages to be fighting for a coveted place in the finals. Amazing camaraderie was shown throughout the day with many nail biting matches taking place. Then to rousing applause and fantastic support the six finalists were lead into the arena to do battle for the Champions title. A wonderful display of skittles at its best followed and a wide range of counties walked away with the titles this year, with Bristol celebrating its first ever Champions. The winnersThe winning prize money of £1650 for the Men’s, £1200 for the Ladies and £1200 for the Mixed were awarded as follows:
Runners upRunners up in each event with the Men’s receiving £800, Ladies £600 and Mixed £600 with Blackthorn goodies were as follows:
plate winners / runners upThe last 32 men’s teams and the last 16 Ladies and Mixed teams lined up according to the previous evening’s live draw and got the ball rolling shortly after 10am. For teams that fell at the first hurdle, a plate event was held and the results were as follows:
All 64 teams were entertained Friday Night with the unique comic talents of Jeff Alvey and Saturday Night the amazing band 3BF all followed by music into the early hours by UK Karaoke. |
Press Officers awardThe Press Officers award for presenting the best local press coverage for the event was won for the first time by last years runner up Nic Baker from Motley Crew, the runner up title went to last years winner Dave Rowe from The Saints, Sinners and Chicken Dinners and first time entrant Catherine Poole from 10CC, Cotswold Wags and Cotswold Cavaliers gained third place. Home Alley AwardThis award is presented to the top home alley venue as voted for by the visiting teams. This year it was awarded to St Thomas Social Club in Exeter, winners of the award in 2008.The award was presented to the club by Michael Mullarkey, Assistant Football Referee in the 2011 World Cup Final, FA Cup Final and Champions League Final. A huge thanks to all the teams who competed in the Blackthorn British Skittle Championships this year and to all the Finalists for making the 8th Grand Finals such a fantastic success. To register your interest or to find out more about the Blackthorn British Skittles Championships contact us. To view the following results you will need Adobe Reader installed on your computer - it is available as a free download from Adobe if you don't already have it. Get the Adobe Reader
2011 results
Shoot Out Singles and Pairs Skittles TournamentA record number of entries made the Shoot Out Singles and Pairs Tournament the biggest EVER! Even with doubling the entries for the Mixed Pairs, every event was sold out weeks in advance!! 16 alleys were in full swing from 11.30am on Friday 30th September with cheers of support echoing around the arena. The finals commenced at 9pm and the presentation followed with winners and runners-up being awarded their trophies and prize money.
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2011 Skittles Champions
Men's Champions - Nibs
Ladies Champions - Sinners
Mixed Champions - Misalots |
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