
WORKING MENS CLUB & INSTITUTE UNION
National Individual Billiards
The entry of 27 for the CIU National Billiards
Championship was two less than last year, with
perhaps the most notable absentee being the 1998
Champion, Neal Rewhorn. With a total of £1,300
in prize money, this contest is the last to be
sponsored by Newcastle Breweries although arrangements have been
made for Newcastle´s parent company, John Smith´s, to take over
sponsorship next year.
The current Champion, Tony Mackinder, started his defence of the
title by travelling to the Northern Social Club where he overcame the
challenge of Jackie Sinclair. Mackinder made breaks of 80 and 75 in a
comfortable victory. Also in good form was Jack Hedley, who raced to
a massive 420 point victory which included a break of 104. However,
the highest break of the preliminary round came from Peter Shelley
with a run of 105. An additional break of 94 sealed his win.
Four of the preliminary round matches were unplayed with the tie being
awarded to the away player in each case. Paul Bennett, in anticipation
of his move to the professional ranks, conceded his match to Alf Nolan.
Jack Hedley (Maidenhead Ivy Leaf Club) 104 | 500 | Ivan Stevenage (Nat. Ass. of Railway Soc.) | 80 | ||
G. Hope (Crewe Pioneer Anglers Club) | 179 | Maurice Chapman (Selly Oak Inst) | 500 | ||
Peter Shelley (Ball Green W.M) 105, 94 | 500 | M.A. Faddes (Crewe Pioneer Anglers Club) | 134 | ||
Bem French (Boston Railwaymen’s Social) | 500 | P. Emerson (Riverside Social) | 167 | ||
John Ingleby (Bradley & Colne Bridge Club) | 500 | Derick Townend (Oaklands Mount W.M.) | 282 | ||
Steve Best (Billingham Social Club) | 281 | Geoff Charville (Acklam Garden City Social) 88 | 500 | ||
Jackie Sinclair (Northern Social Club) | 319 | Tony Mackinder (North Ormesby Institute) 80, 75 | 500 | ||
F. Crawley (Hayes W.M.C.) | scr. | G. Lee (Durrington W.M.C) | w/o | ||
M. Downing (Crewe Pioneer Anglers Club) | scr. | P. Johnson (Monks Road W.M.) | w/o | ||
T. Matthews (Riverside Social Club) | scr. | M.A. Lowndes (Crewe Pioneer Anglers Club) | w/o | ||
Paul Bennett (Acklam Garden City Social) | scr. | Alf Nolan (Western Social) | w/o |
The sensation of the second round was not only the departure of the
Champion but also last year’s finalist! Tony James turned in a
magnificent performance to defeat Tony Mackinder by almost half the
game on the Champion’s own table!
Lee Lagan also made an unexpected exit at the hands of Geoff Charville,
who is highly regarded in the Teesside area but who has not, so far,
made a great impact on the national scene. A break of 109 helped
Charville to level the scores at 455 and at this point he took his
opportunity, running to game with an unfinished break.
Alf Nolan won the first of his nine CIU titles in 1953 and the most
recent in 1989. Playing in the tough Northern area, he almost caused a
major upset as he came very close to defeating the 1997 Champion,
Darren Kell. With Kell taking an early lead of almost 100 points Nolan
played his way back into the match levelling the scores at 360. He then
put together a run of eighty points to go clear, subsequently advancing
his position to just 5 points from game. Over eighty points in arrears
and faced with almost certain defeat, Kell responded in magnificent
style to snatch the game with his next two visits, each producing a
contribution in the forties.
Peter Shelley made two century breaks to overwhelm Sean Bean, and
with the elimination of Lagan and Mackinder, establish himself as the
one of the favourites for this years title.
G. Lee (Durrington WMC) | 500 | F.E. Page (Swanley Junction WMC) | 180 | ||
Maurice Chapman (Selly Oak Inst) | 500 | Jack Hedley (Maidenhead Ivy Leaf Club) 77 | 488 | ||
M.A. Lowndes (Crewe Pioneer Anglers Club) | 320 | John Ingleby (Bradley & Colne Bridge Club) | 500 | ||
Simon Bean (Riverside Social Club) | 269 | Peter Shelley (Ball Green WMC) 109, 102 | 500 | ||
P. Johnson (Monks Road WMC) | 315 | Bem French (Boston Railwaymen’s Soc.) | 500 | ||
Alf Nolan (Western Social Club) | 495 | Darren Kell (Acklam Garden City Social) | 500 | ||
Geoff Charville (Acklam Garden City Social) 106 | 500 | Lee Lagan (North Ormesby Institute) | 455 | ||
Tony Mackinder (North Ormesby Institute) | 252 | Tony James (Throckley Union Jack Club) | 500 |
Quarter-final Draw : Chapman v Lee; Shelley v French; Kell v Ingleby;
James v Charville.
CIU NATIONAL BILLIARDS CHAMPIONS
1920 | J. Jaye (Craghead Social) |
1921 | S. Parr (Abertillery Social) |
1922 | W. Charlesworth (South Elmsall) |
1923 | J. Dick (Heburn Social) |
1924 | J. Daley (St. James & Soho) |
1925 | C. Hudson (Heburn RAOB) |
1926 | J. Stephenson (Willington WMC) |
1927 | Roy Crookson (Leeds City Tramways) |
1928 | Howard Hayes (Thornes WMC) |
1929 | P. R. Hinton (Luton Social) |
1930 | L. Hall (Holbeck WMC) |
1931 | J. T. Welch (Stanley Empire) |
1932 | J. Larter (Thornhill Lees) |
1933 | No Contest |
1934 | J. Brindley (Barnsley Central) |
1935 | G. Ossington (Belgrave WMC) |
1936 | No Contest |
1937 | Gladney Hoyle (Thornton Lodge) |
1938 | J. Curtis (York INL) |
1939 | G. Ainsley (Tudhoe & Spennymoor) |
1940 | Tom Jones (Hatcham Liberal) |
1941 | J. Duston (Stanley Central) |
1942 | W. Veall (Moorthorpe Empire) |
1943 | S. Green (Moorthorpe Empire) |
1944 | S. Green (Moorthorpe Empire) |
1945 | Howard Hayes (Towncroft WMC) |
1946 | Tom Jones (Hayes WMC) |
1947 | Charles Jacques (Kettering Midland) |
1948 | Tom Jones (Hayes WMC) |
1949 | Victor Muff (Huddersfield Dyers) |
1951 | Reg C. Wright (Hinckley Regent) |
1952 | H. King (Hinckley Regent) |
1953 | Alf Nolan (Usworth WMC) |
1954 | Reg C. Wright (Hinckley Regent) |
1955 | Brian Simpson (Usworth WMC) |
1956 | Alf Nolan (Usworth WMC) |
1957 | Jack Lambert (Hillfoot WMC) |
1958 | John Sinclair (Ashington Excelsior) |
1959 | Roy Oriel (Mountain Ash WMC) |
1960 | John Sinclair (Ashington Excelsior) |
1961 | W. Ward (Ashington Excelsior) |
1962 | Alf Nolan (Blaydon & District) |
1963 | Alf Nolan (Blaydon & District) |
1964 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1965 | Reg C. Wright (Hinckley Regent) |
1966 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1967 | Alf Nolan (Blaydon & District) |
1968 | Alf Nolan (Blaydon & District) |
1969 | Alf Nolan (Blaydon & District) |
1970 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1971 | Alf Nolan (Blaydon & District) |
1972 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1973 | Roy Oriel (Mountain Ash WMC) |
1974 | Nip Wright (Skegness WMC) |
1975 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1976 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1977 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1978 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1979 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1980 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1981 | Norman Dagley (Hinckley Regent) |
1982 | Bob Close (Western Social) |
1983 | Bob Close (Western Social) |
1984 | Bob Close (Western Social) |
1985 | Bob Close (Western Social) |
1986 | David Edwards (Mountain Ash WMC) |
1987 | David Edwards (Mountain Ash WMC) |
1988 | Peter Gilchrist (North Ormesby Inst.) |
1989 | Alf Nolan (Western Social) |
1990 | David Edwards (Mountain Ash WMC) |
1991 | Martin Goodwill (Newport & District) |
1992 | Martin Goodwill (Newport & District) |
1993 | Martin Goodwill (Newport & District) |
1994 | Martin Goodwill (Newport & District) |
1995 | Martin Goodwill (Newport & District) |
1996 | Chris Shutt (North Ormesby Inst.) |
1997 | Darren Kell (Beechwood & Easterside) |
1998 | Neal Rewhorn (Hinckley Central) |
1999 | Tony Mackinder (North Ormesby Inst.) |