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There will be a 90 frame Charity Challenge match between past and present Representative Teams on Fri 15th, Sat 16th & Sun 17th November at the Thomas Farley. Would the following players confirm whether they will be available to play in this

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I will be there

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John Baylis and John hersey
Are yes mark. :thumb:

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Yes for Ben McIntosh.:thumb:

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Oh dear why ain't I considered......

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Danny, if you have never represented Croydon you would not be eligible for either the current or the past teams. It is not based solely on ability.

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What's the format? Do we have to be in all 3 days?

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Luke, three matches over three days 30 frames each day.
you can play all matches or any of the days you can manage.
just let me know what you can do so we can set it up.

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Oh I see I didn't no that cheers pat mate.

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Dan you should fine out how to get into the Croydon set up mate :thumb:as Croydon could do with someone like you to help them get to Yarmouth as I didn't even know,that half of them players I know have ever played for Croydon,A or the B team, some really big names in there from the past, should be a good night :band:

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For me to play for croydon mate I Wud have to play for Surrey county and I can't as I am a london player....otherwise I Wud love to represent croydon as I don't play for any inter league team

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As far as I am aware Danny (and I might be wrong) but the only criteria required to play inter-league pool is that you are registered for the league that you will play for. I don't think you have to be a county player also to represent your league.

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Oh really I didn't no that mark thanks mate I will love to represent croydon any day!

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Stick me down mate

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Because you play for London Dan, the only Interleague team you can represent is one affiliated to London (Waterloo, SLKPA etc etc)

Croydon league is affiliated to Surrey, so if you play for Croydon, you're only County choice is Surrey.

Because Croydon crosses the boundaries of Surrey and London it's a bit harsh but that's the way of it.. I don't make the rules.

Should be a good weekend..

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Thanks for clearing that up Sean, I been out of touch with County Rules & Regulations for a couple of decades now lol.

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Mark miller is a yes. :thumb:

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Ian Vice David is a YES!! :roll:

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Count me in, should be a good couple of days of entertaining and emotional pool!! :P

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Mark, can you advise a start time for each of the dates I may have a better idea if I can attend the weekend games.

cheers. Scott Harrison.

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Friday & Saturday from 8.00pm
Sunday from 1.30pm

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Unfortunately I am leaving to go on holiday that evening. Absolutely gutted.

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Paul fellows, yes.
Gary Sweetenham for the old boys.

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There will be a 90 frame Charity Challenge match between past and present Representative Teams on Fri 15th, Sat 16th & Sun 17th November at the Thomas Farley. Would the following players confirm whether they will be available to play in this

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Love the way it comes as mark (original)miller. Mark Hartley miller is old school but is playing quality pool old and present..gotta say he is original.never heard of the other miller....maybe a money match to show the ORIGINAL lol

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Tel u've been in this league 10 mins m8, THE MARK MILLER(retired long before world rules introduced)would have destroyed most of the players currently playing in our league and if you want confirmation of that you would only need to ask some of our longer(prop,eagles & unpred's) serving members of croydon pool.
No disrespect to Mark Hartley Miller as he is an original too and a fine player also.

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mark Hartley miller is without douht a fine attacking player but having played with mark miller in the unpredictables before he retired he was total class,one of the best attacking players ever to grace our league,
in a money match there would only be 1 winner,the original mark miller and I think most old school would agree.

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The Original Mark Miller was a quality player. First played against him in about 1985 when he played from the Horse & Groom. He had red waffle track suit bottoms on & a pair of shiny black shoes. I thought he doesn't look like a pool player, but i was wrong.

Think Hughie Telford, Eddie Taylor & Tony Nuttman were in that side too ?

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Didnt know the game was around back then!

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The last horse and groom team before we moved to the spread Eagle and became the Eagles was
Hugh Telford
Mark Miller
Eddie Taylor
Alan Welshe
Tony Nuttman
Jack Wilson/Fred Green
Peter Frith
Mark Miller was like Metin but in an age where everybody snookered every shot he was a bit out of the ordinary

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Don't build Metin up,his heads big enough already.

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This is new school not 48 years ago...and u can't destroy someone if u don't get a shot....fact.i may of been around only 10 mins as u say Steve.but if we're talking old skool then with them old *******rules Dennis bloss would be the worlds most boring BEST...mark Hartley miller is still around and the current Croydon singles champ..

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. Do u wanna put money on it knockey????

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There will be a 90 frame Charity Challenge match between past and present Representative Teams on Fri 15th, Sat 16th & Sun 17th November at the Thomas Farley. Would the following players confirm whether they will be available to play in this


OLD BOYS (1988-92 squad players)

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
Joe Abbott - Len Gillam - Mark Halsey - Tony Nuttman - Bob Todd - Chris Brooker - Paul Panther - Alan Danneau - Mick Samuel - *Francois Tertullien ? *Gary Swettenham - Hugh Telford - Terry Doke - Eddie Taylor ? *Aaron Taylor ? *Steve Aldridge ? *Mev Ali - Andy Telford - Brian Clarke ? *Billy Barnet

TO BE ADVISED
Russell Allen - Tony Baldwin - Nigel Bird - John Broadway - John Paul Burns - Dave Clements - Jason Deegan - Gary Fearne - Peter Fearne - Peter French - Stephen Green - Terry Jackson - Pat McCarthy - Mark Miller (original) - Garry Pass - Steve Smith - Clive Taylor - Ray Tolfrey (Snr) - Paul Varcoe

NEW BOYS (2013 squad players)

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
Steve Pantony ? John Prothero - John Baylis ? John Hersey ? Ben McIntosh ? Luke Willsher ? Mark Hartley-Miller Halil Nedim - Ian David - Paul Fellows

TO BE ADVISED
Dean Cooper ? Scott Harrison - Michael Huggins


The following players (from *2004-12 will be considered for the Old Boys subject to numbers being available from the original squad)

Emiljan Ajergji ? Barrie Allen ? Rod Altes ? Tony Bailey ? Lloyd Barnes ? Daniel Barthrop ? Graf Bishop - Daniel Brown ? Marc Burnett ? Charles Burrows ? James Charlwood ? Rob Collings ? Ben Crompton ? Martin Drinkwater ? Dominic D'Souza - Christopher Eden ? Michael Eldridge - Andrew Esgrove ? Danny Evans ? David Goodall ? Paul Hailston ? Jake Hanes ? Robert Harkness - Trevor Herbert ? Adam Hewson - John Hoy ? Thomas Jackman ? Tony Jackson ? Jamie Kay ? Sean Kelly ? Chris Knock ? Steven Krishan - Darren Leach ? Ben McCabe ? Rob McDonnell ? Steve Miles ? Alan Mirza ? Dino Nair ? Ollie O'Boyle ? Seb Pereda ? Kyle Pickett ? Nick Pool - Leon Pope ? Wayne Pope ? Darren Porter ? Michael Porter ? Terry Poynter ? John Robinson - Mick Saunders ? Paul Saxton ? Ray Scott - Krishen Sookhaz - Shane St.Romaine ? Mark Stallard ? Luke Terry ? Ray Tolfrey (Jnr) - Metin Tomris ? Andrew Walters ? Barry Watkins ? William White ? Brian Woods ? Dan Wordley

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People did actually break & dish in the "Old days" the rules back then just meant if you missed your last ball or the black you were very unlikely to win as the other player would get 2 shots & they were much more of an advantage back then before world rules.

You could roll up behind a ball without hitting a cushion so get a really good snooker & then pick the white up regardless & pot any ball on the table, so people were less reluctant to go for it because thay nearly always lost if they didn't make it.

You can't really knock Blosse, he got number 1 ranked player, playing to the rules of the time, people sussed his game & played accordinally in the end.

Jumps, Jason Deegan, Paul Wherty, Shaggy, Eddie Taylor & a whole host of others dished just as often as any player does now. Don't think anyone is saying that Mark Hartley Miller isn't a quality player, just that in their opinion Mark Miller was better.

Also think its difficult for anyone who hasn't seen them both play to say who they think is better, thats like watching a film & then saying it's better than one you you have never seen.

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would love to put money on it but unfortunately mark retired a few years back and I don't think hes interested in playing pool anymore,would have been a good attacking match which in my opinun mark (old school)would win.

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How can you put money on it? im pretty sure the argument isn't who's better than who currently.

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The original Mark Miller would have absolutely thrived at the new rules. He gave up in his early/mid thirties so probably didn't even reach his peak. He was still the best/one of the best players in a league that was arguably a lot stronger than it is now.

Very difficult to judge eras, but the newer guys do need to remember that the vast majority of the best players of the late 80's early 90's dont play anymore. That doesn't mean they weren't any good, and I woudn't want to be playing some of them for a pound note thats for sure.

And in the Miller Miller game I know who id be putting my money on..... Miller!

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iv said this before but in my opinion the standard ov the top boys seemed higher back in the day but i guess it would do if ur a young improver working ur way up...i do believe tho the general standard today seems much higher as even the weaker players seem to av a gr8 deal ov ability n the rules today r a big leveler...would also like to let the powers that b i wil try n pop down n play frame for the old boys if possible n ava few beers :angel:

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God, makes me feel old - which of course I'm not - I just started in this league at a very young age!!
Looking forward to seeing the rest of the "Old Boys" next weekend!

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Ditto Andy seeing the last time we was together was 2005 whenn I was there ...... you can't keep a great bunch of lads like this little lot quiet for near on 8 years ........... I'm just wondering whether this current crew will be doing the same in 2039 ? ........... just a thought!!

This is a current update of the squads and seeing that we have a good turn out of the original "Old Boys" and after consultation with Steve Pantony, the newish old boys from 2004-12 who have expressed an interest to take part will play with the current squad other than Gary Swettenham who did play with the originals back in the mid 90's


CHARITY CHALLENGE MATCH
In aid of BBC CHILDREN IN NEED CHARITY

Croydon Interleague 2013 v Croydon ?Old Boys? 1988-92
on
Friday 15th November ? from 8pm
Saturday 16th November ? from 8pm
Sunday 17th November ? from 1.30pm
at
Thomas Farley Public House, 61 High Street, Thornton Heath

Here is your chance to see the current 2013 Croydon Representative Team take on an All-Star line up from the 1988-1996 Representative Teams in a Charity Challenge Match over
3 x 30 Frame Matches

PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT YOUR LEAGUE IN WHAT PROMISES TO BE A GREAT WEEKEND OF POOL WHERE PAST MEETS PRESENT!

The following are eligible to play and have indicated their availability to play :-
CROYDON INTERLEAGUE TEAM *2004-2013
John Baylis ? Ian David ? Paul Fellows ? Mark Hartley-Miller - John Hersey ? Ben McIntosh ? Halil Nedim ? Steve Pantony ? John Prothero - Luke Willsher - *Francois Tertullien ? *Aaron Taylor ? *Steve Aldridge ? *Mev Ali ? *Billy Barnet

CROYDON ?OLD BOYS? 1988-1996
Mark Halsey - Tony Nuttman - Hugh Telford - Bob Todd ? Alan Danneau - Len Gillam - Chris Brooker - Paul Panther - Mick Samuel - Joe Abbott - Terry Doke ? Andy Telford - Brian Clarke - Eddie Taylor ? Russell Allen - Terry Jackson - Steve Smith ? Ray Jones (Guest) - Gary Swettenham

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First game over of the three-day event current team lead the old boys 18_12, great night of fun and banter.
So far money's raised ?165.00
For kids in need.
Great job guys.
Same time tonight.....

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Was sorry i couldn't be there last night & won't be able to make tonight either as have child care issues, but will be there Sunday to cheer the old boys on. Good luck

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The "Old Boys" won 16-14 last night cutting the overall deficit to just 4 frames with the score now standing at 32-28 in favour of the "New Boys" with the final 30 frames scheduled to start at 1.30pm today so should be a cracking finale to the weekend. Mr Brooker, it is a nice touch that you will be there to cheer the "Old Boys" on but we would very much appreciate if you could bring your cue along and join in. Total monies raised at the moment stands at ?320 so a massive thanks to all participants ...... It would be nice if we could top the ?500 mark after today so lets see what we all can do.

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Does any 1 no what time this event finishes today down the Farley? Was going to play Metin down there later but if the challenge match is planned to go on tip late we won't bother. Thanks

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It should finish around 6.30 if it get off on time Danny.
30 frames to play on the three tables
Starting around 2.00.

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It should all be over by no later than 5pm Danny

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Friday night took 3 hours Danny.

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Ok ,,,, well between 5 and 6.30pm then !!!

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Ok cheers lads game on tonight

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Current team have won the charity match 48_42.
Thanks to every body who took part
just over ?500.00 for BBC kids in need.
Great turn out by the old boys. Over the three days nice to see the old faces from the league old school.