Greyhound Marbles
Report 2001
General View 2001
It was Friday 13th April the day of the championships; I set off bright and early for the Greyhound, Tinsley Green. At 7.30 am it was cold, too early for the sun. I arrived at 8 am and began putting the 100 white plastic chairs around the main ring to keep the playing area free of cars.
Some of the sand to be used was still a little damp, to dry it, it was sprinkled over the three rings to be used of the days play-So far so good.
Sam sanding the ring
In the office the draw, score sheets and the other paper work was sorted out. Red target marbles were counted out – 49 plus some extras for each of the three rings. Red marbles are traditional in England whereas blue are used at the National Marbles Tournament at Wildwood.
Julia my wife arrived to register the team ready for play, this year 13 team pre-registered – nine British teams and four from Germany. Six other teams registered on the day making 19 teams in all.
The nose drop in the final game
Team Championship
| First Round | ||
| Cruisers 15 | v | Purple Heads 7 |
| Saxonia I 22 | v | Top Tolley Totties 1 |
| The Tolleymen 12 | v Virgins 7 | Where's Ma Balls 5 |
| Bow Street Fudgers 23 | v | Tinsley Tigers 14 |
| Second Round | ||
| Earlswood Army 12 | v | Barrel Scrapers 18 |
| Handcross 49ers 19 | v | The Tolleymen 18 |
| Saxonia I 26 | v | Handcross Rebels 13 |
| Johnson Jets 21 | v | Saxonia II 10 |
| 1st MSC Smithy 12 | v | Wunch of Bankers 4 |
| Schwarzmurmler 10 | v | The Lions 11 |
| Bow Street Fudgers 13 | v | Black Dog Boozers 25 |
| Quarter Finals | ||
| Cruisers 21 | v | Barrel Scrapers 17 |
| Saxonia I 15 | v | Handcross 49ers 25 |
| 1st MSC Smithy 8 | v | Johnson Jets 25 |
| Black Dog Boozers 26 | v | The Lions 17 |
| Semi Finals | ||
| Cruisers 14 | v | Handcross 49ers 27 |
| Johnson Jets 33 | v | Black Dog Boozers 3 |
| Final | ||
| Handcross 49ers 18 | v | Johnson Jets 25 |
The winning team 2001From l to r Graham Smith, Trevor Baker, Les Rogers
Donny Smith, Paul Smith and individual champion Mark Parsons
Individual Championship
In the Individuals four marbles for each of the 19 players plus one extra are placed in the ring, 77 marbles this year. Each of the contenders dropped the tolley from nose level to decide the order of play.
| Individuals | ||
| John | The Tolleymen | 7 |
| Tim | The Lions | 1 |
| Dave | Wunch of Bankers | 10 K |
| Randy | Saxonia II | 5 |
| Stefan | Schwarzmurmler | 6 |
| Glyn | Purple Heads | 3 |
| Freddie | Saxonia II | 3 K |
| Swampo | Cruisers | 8 |
| Tom | Tinsley Tigers | 0 K |
| Alison | Handcross 49ers | 4 |
| Chris | Black Dog Boozers | 2 |
| Adrian | Where's Ma Balls | 0 K |
| Jon | Barrel Scrapers | 2 |
| Richard | Handcross Rebels | 3 |
| Mark | Johnson Jets | 13 |
| Nick | Earlwood Army | 1 |
| Tony | Bow Street Fudgers | 4 K |
| Nina | Top Tolley Totties | 0 |
| Roger | 1st MSC Smithy | 1 |
After five rounds 68 of the marbles were knocked out of the ring, Mark with 13 was in the lead and only Swampo with eight could beat him. In the sixth round the first five players knocked out five of the remaining marbles and Mark was declared the winner. (The biggest surprise of the day was the break of 9 Dave of the Wunch of Bankers which took him 10 minutes to achieve.)
A blast from the past Jack Norris who last played for the Whiteman Flippers in 1951
RESULTS
| Best Lady Player | Alison Reimer |
| Individual Champion | Mark Parsons |
| Runners Up | Handcross 49ers |
| Team Winners | Johnson Jets |
Marble Factoids
• 19 Teams or 114 players
• 55 Tolleys were nose dropt
• 959 target marbles were used – 658 or 69% were knocked out
• 22 players were killed 4 of them twice
• 21 players had no score and 23 players made double figures
• Highest Break of the day was 20 marbles form both Paul Smith and Darren Ray.
You are viewing the text version of this site.
To view the full version please install the Adobe Flash Player and ensure your web browser has JavaScript enabled.
Need help? check the requirements page.