It was a glorious weekend at Colchester, totally different from last year, but that’s where the differences end! It was Simon Carter again who successfully defended his title, this time defeating his Dulwich club-mate Pierre Beaudry. Both of them had fought through two really tight blocks of eight playing each other twice. Of the 28 games in each block almost 50% were tied one apiece. Both Pierre and Simon played in the same block, the former actually winning most games. From the other block, Marcus Evans and Don Beck won through, in that order, but both lost tight games to their opponents in the semi-finals.The final itself was a demonstration of straight shooting by Simon who reasonably comfortably beat his friend Pierre.

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