Greyhound Marbles
Report 1997
The Germans arrived early
Around 300 hundred people saw 21 teams take part in this years tournament, joining eight teams from Sussex, ten from further a field were three German teams. The Germans had driven through Europe, playing in continental contests before arriving at Tinsley Green. The weather was sunny but very windy.
I arrived early as usual and was met by a film crew from Germany the cameraman had set up on the main ring and after some discussion on his mobile he began filming down Radford Road. After a few minutes a German camper van came into sight, followed by another and then another and another until there were thirteen in all. They drove into the Greyhound car park an around the main ring. It looked to me just like an old west wagon train arriving. The next day we took them down to Arundel, all in convoy – it was quite an experience I can tell you.
Andreas Hildebrandt
Team Championship
| First Round | ||
| Where's Ma Balls 2 | v | Earlswood A 1 |
| Kostritzer 9 | v | Dritte 3 |
| Sergison Arms 2 | v Virgins 7 | North Street Nobbers 4 |
| Caterham Cowboys 4 | v | Cruisers 8 |
| The Tolleymen 25 | v | Tinsley Tigers 7 |
| Handcross Rebels 25 | v | Earlswood B 8 |
| Die Murmeltiere 3 | v | North Street Knockers 0 |
| Second Round | ||
| Pants 1 | v | Barrel Scrapers 13 |
| Kostritzer 2 | v | Huge Ballistics 1 |
| Black Dog 16 | v | North Street Nobbers 0 |
| Cruisers 7 | v | Moonshiners 27 |
| The Tolleymen 11 | v | Rumpledrumskins 1 |
| Handcross Rebels 21 | v | Die Murmeltiere 1 |
| Wunch of Bankers 4 | v | 49ers 11 |
| Quarter Finals | ||
| Barrel Scrapers 11 | v | Where's Ma Balls 4 |
| Kostritzer 3 | v | Black Dog 26 |
| The Tolleymen 8 | v | Moonshiners 27 |
| Handcross Rebels 9 | v | 49ers 38 |
| Semi Finals | ||
| Black Dog 29 | Barrel Scrapers 15 | |
| Moonshiners 16 | v | 49 ers 25 |
| Final | ||
| 49 ers 30 | v | Black Dog 16 |
The Wunch of Banker team
Results
| Best Lady Player | Jen LeBon |
| Individual Champion | Colin Gardner |
| Runners Up | Black Dog |
| Team Winners | 49ers |
Winning team the 49ers
Colin Gardner
Jen LeBon
The Black Dog
View of the main ring
Marble Factoids
• 21 teams or 126 players
• 21 nose drops
• 1029 target marbles – 481 or 47% were knocked out
• 34 players killed one in the final. (Ian has been killed in the final the past 3 years)
• 56 players had no score and 11 players made double figures.
• Highest break of the day was 35 from Darren Ray of the 49ers
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