Well we ended up finishing runners up which we are all really pleased about. We will play in division 3 next season which will be a great challenge.
Personally, I feel that I performed far above my standard. There was a generous portion of luck involved I think, but I played well at times too and ground out results when I needed to. I'm not naturally a very confident person, but in snooker I feel that I play pretty well under match conditions.
In terms of the players league for the 4th division, I actually finished second (out of 54 players) with 1729 points for and 1225 points against for a win ratio of 77% of frames. I'm really quite proud of that achievement; I'm not sure I'll ever better it. The winner of the players table was Steve Blackman, a good player. I should mention that my top break was only 20, this is a little disappointing as I've hit quite a few breaks bigger than this in practise, but I think that if I continue to put in the hours (especially when I start working again) then perhaps next season I can try and claim a match break in the 30s.
I think Steve (from our team) will be plesed with his performance, he finished 8th. For someone who hadn't played much snooker before (and none competitively) he did exceptionally well. Chris is disappointed, he's mentioned that he would like to have played better at times. But I can think of two or three matches where his results made a big difference. So while I performed above my standard, I think that 'Monty' performed beneath his, and in this respect the team balanced itself out.
As I mentioned, I'm out of work at the moment (I quit my last job in a rash moment). If I can get some work going before too long then I will be able to put some hours in over the summer months and perhaps come back in the Autumn as a better player.
Right, that's it for a few months. If anyone has read any of this and found it interesting then I'll blog again in September.
Simon.
