Greyhound Marbles
Report 2000
There was a bit of rain, but not much
The day was a bit on the damp side but we had no real downpours to mar the day. We held the main Championship first. Using three rings, to speed things along we soon moved too the centre ring. This left the side ring open for the Americans to practice on. Many of the British and German team challenged them to play and there was as much action on the side rings as there was on the main ring.
Team Championship
| First Round | ||
| Schwarzmurmler 20 | v | Knockers 3 |
| Johnson Jets 33 | v | Nobbers 5 |
| Saxonia 18 | v Virgins 7 | Tinsley Tigers 4 |
| Handcross 49ers 25 | v | Cruisers 6 |
| Earlswood Army 11 | v | Turners Hill Tolleymen 13 |
| DJ Tries 16 | v | Caterham Cowboys 9 |
| Second Round | ||
| Black Dog Boozers 25 | v | Where’s Ma Balls 1 |
| Johnson Jets 26 | v | Wunch of Bankers 4 |
| Saxonia 13 | v | Bow Street Fudgers 25 |
| Barrel Scrapers 36 | v | Handcross 49ers 13 |
| Turners Hill Tolleymen 25 | v | Mixed German Team 10 |
| DJ Tries 8 | v | Ball Dogs 11 |
| Quarter Finals | ||
| Black Dog Boozers 23 | v | Schwarzmurmler 19 |
| Johnson Jets 24 | v | Bow Street Fudgers 14 |
| Barrel Scrapers 38 | v | Turners Hill Tolleymen 4 |
| Ball Dogs 7 | v | Handcross Rebels 12 |
| Semi Finals | ||
| Black Dog Boozers 25 | v | Johnson Jets 15 |
| Barrel Scrapers 25 | v | Handcross Rebels 15 |
| Final | ||
| Black Dog Boozers 25 | v | Barrel Scrapers 16 |
Winning team the Black Dog Boozers with Jeff Kimmell
Individual Championship
| Individuals | ||
| Jen | Barrel Scrapers | 5 |
| Steggs | Black Dog | 8 |
| Heike | Schwarzmurmler | 2 |
| Darren | Handcross 49ers | 5 |
| Monny | Barrel Scrapers | 9 |
| Pete | Bow Street Fudgers | 3 |
| Alex | Saxonia | 0 |
| Mark | Johnson Jets | 7 |
| Randy | Mixed German | 1 |
| Solar | Cruisers | 0 |
| Capt Wellard | Nobbers | 4 |
Individual Champion ‘Monny’ third year running
After the main event there was a three-way International challenge match between England, Germany and the USA. It was a round robin tournament with each team playing the others three times.
The United States Marbles team was coached by Jeff Kimmell who was the National Champion at Wildwood NJ in 1981 and as well as being a marbles coach is currently Director of a tournament in Maryland. Team members ranged in age from 14 to 35 they were - Danny La Gamba’ Ben Nelson, Emily Martin, Andrew Bunch, Doug Watson, Vaughn Sheroda, Jeff Stauss, Bob Darr, Megan Winkelman and Robbie Nicholson.
The British team playing today had been selected according to the known ability and availability of our top players. We do not have a team coach and these players have not previously competed as a team but as members of several teams. That said, they did put up fierce competition against the opposition. The team was picked from the following players - Darren Ray, Colin Gardner, Buzzard, Paul Smith, Monny, Barry Ray, Paddy Graham, and Jen McGowan,
The German Team Like the British team was made up of players from various club teams and so did not play as well as they might have done, but they did try their best.
| International Winner | US Marble Team |
| Best Lady Player | Jen LeBon |
| Individual Champion | Monny (Simon Monahan) |
| Runners Up | Barrel Scrapers |
| Team Winners | Black Dog Boozers |
US team talk in the car park
German cheer leaders move round the ring
US - German match in progres
Bobby Darr in the ring
Marble Factoids
• 20 teams or 120 players
• 20 nose drops
• 980 target marbles used – 623 or 64% were knocked out.
• 27 players were killed.
• 33 players had no score and 20 players made double figures.
• Highest breaks of the day were 22 from Jen LeBon & Darren Ray
US and German captaind 'Nose Drop'
Colin Gardener posses for the press
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