Martin O'Donnell believes he can succeed on the pro circuit after earning a two-year tour card via Q School.

London's 25-year-old O'Donnell was one of four players, alongside China's Chen Zhe, Devon's Sam Baird and Preston's Ian Burns, to come through the first Q School event and earn a place on the main circuit for 2012/13 and 2013/14. The quartet will be in the draw when the new season starts with the Wuxi Classic qualifiers in early June.

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21 May 2012
Spot On Sneinton A v BCI Elites
BCI Snooker Centre D v BCI Snooker Centre C
BCI Snooker Centre B v Oakleigh Lodge Social Club A
South East Derbyshire Snooker Centre v Top Spot Club
Oakleigh Lodge Social Club B v Mapperley Community Centre
Willowbrook Club v Ruddington Conservative Club
Spot On Masters v Spot On Sneinton C
Nottingham City Transport (Carter Gate) v Beeston Vikings

22 May 2012
Beeston Titans v Arnold Civil Defence
Spot On Masters v Oakleigh Lodge Social Club A
BCI Braves v Pegasus Snooker Club
NO MATCH v BCI Super Elites
NO MATCH v Mapperley Community Centre
Spot On Sneinton B v Spot On Sneinton C
Oakleigh Outcasts v Spot On Sneinton A
Beeston Vikings v BCI Snooker Centre C

IMPORTANT RULES TO BE AWARE OF
Mondays

• Team entry fee of £30 must be paid by 23rd July. Late payment will result in deduction of points and ultimately expulsion from the league and suspension of all team members.
• No postponements are allowed except in extreme circumstances (eg. Severe weather, floods, power failure).
• Teams failing to submit a result within 48 hours will be fined £5 and this fine will be donated to charity.  Both teams will receive zero points and the match will be recorded as no result ("NR").
• The miss rule will not be played in any match.
• Players must play in their order of ability as defined by the official NBSA handicaps.  A grade 1 player must play before a grade 2 player who must play before a grade 3 player and so on.  If two players share the same grade the team captain shall decide which order they will play in.
• Division 2 teams cannot use more than one Grade 1 player in a match.

Tuesdays

• Team entry fee of £30 must be paid by 24th July. Late payment will result in deduction of points and ultimately expulsion from the league and suspension of all team members.
• No postponements are allowed except in extreme circumstances (eg. Severe weather, floods, power failure).
• Teams failing to submit a result within 48 hours will be fined £5 and this fine will be donated to charity.  Both teams will receive zero points and the match will be recorded as no result ("NR").
• Upon entry a team must elect to play on 1 table or 2 tables throughout the season.  Once this decision is made it will not be possible to change it during the season.
• One table venues: each player will play 1 frame each.
• Two table venues: each player will play 2 frames against the same opponent.
• All players will use their NBSA handicaps (grading) in ALL matches including league matches.  If a team uses a player who has not been given a grade, that player must play as grade 1.
• Two points will be awarded for a win and one point for a draw.  One table in use: frame scores will be doubled, eg. 4-0 becomes 8-0, 3-1 becomes 6-2, 2-2 becomes 4-4.
• The 3 miss rule will be played by all division 1 teams in all matches except when they are playing a division 2 team.  Division 2 teams will never play the miss rule.
• Players must play in their order of ability as defined by the official NBSA handicaps.  A grade 1 player must play before a grade 2 player who must play before a grade 3 player and so on.  If two players share the same grade the team captain shall decide which order they will play in.

PDF DOCUMENTS FOR YOU TO PRINT
Monday Team League Fixture List
Tuesday Team League Fixture List
Team List (includes club and captain's phone numbers)
Monday Team League Scoresheet
Tuesday Team League Scoresheet

PLAYER GRADES
Please ensure that you are familiar with the new NBSA Grading System that will be used for all Tuesday Team League matches.  Further details can be found HERE.

I was handed a file today containing old papers belonging to the NBSA.  Whilst looking through the file I found a few old press cuttings.  This inspired me to launch a series of posts containing scanned on images of those old cuttings.  Here is the first in the series:


Article date: 19/03/2003

If you have any old press cuttings hidden away in your drawers, cupboards or loft, please send me an email at mail@nottinghamsnooker.com and I will arrange to collect them from you so that we can share them with the world!

Pegasus Snooker Club Competitions 2012

I hope you all enjoy the more streamlined Pegasus competitions that will be running again this summer.  I feel the need to move away from traditional league format this year for two reasons. 

1. Since the NBSA started a Tuesday summer league players have struggled to fit in the weekly fixtures.
2. The Pegasus league was the forerunner of the hugely successful NBSA Singles League and due to this I feel players would prefer less fixtures after a long hard winter season and something different.

So the formats are as follows:

The 'Trevor Steeples' Trophy & Shield (2011 Trophy Champion - Nav Hussain, Shield Winner - Hanzla Zahid):

This will be a handicapped competition open to everyone using the the new NBSA Graded Handicap system.
The format will see players split into initial 4 or 5 man groups playing 4 frame matches receiving 1 point for each frame won.
The top 2 players from each group will qualify for the 'Trophy' whilst players finishing 3rd & 4th will qualify for the 'Shield'
The competition will then become a knock-out with matches being the best of 5.

The Pegasus Snooker League KO Cup & Plate:(2011 winner - Nav Hussain, Plate - Wayne Martin)

This will be a handicapped KO competition open to everyone using the the new NBSA Graded Handicap system.
Losers from Round 1 and possibly Round 2 will enter the Plate Competition.
All matches Best of 5 except the final which will be Best of 7.

The 'Pegasus Snooker Championship' - :

This will be a Scratch KO competition for Grade 1 + 2 players only.
All matches Best of 7

The Members Championship (2011 winner - Harvey Pabla):

This will be a Scratch KO competition for Grade 3,4 + 5 players only.
All matches Best of 5

The Members Cup (2011 winner - Wayne Martin)

This will be a Handicapped KO competition for Grade 3,4 + 5 players only.
All matches Best of 5

Pairs Championship

This will be a handicapped KO competition open to all grades.

To enter any of the above competitions you must be a member at Pegasus Snooker Club.  We do offer a half year Membership for players from other clubs who wish to enter.  Half rate tables for all matches.

So if interested let me know which competitions you would like to enter.

Here's to another season....Mike

The date for your diary for this years Annual Golf and Presentation Dinner is Tuesday 31st July 2012. Once again we will be holding our event at the excellent Oakmere Park Golf Club.

The price per person this year is as follows:

18 Holes including tea or coffee + bacon cob on arrival = £14
Meal only (2 courses) = £9
both = £23 per person

The presentation evening will be limited to just 85 people this year and i will be holding 20 places back for committee members and competition winners.  So that leaves 65 places available for reservation.

If you wish to attend this year please drop me a text, email or reply to this message to reserve your place stating if you will be playing golf or just attending meal etc.

Full payment must be received by the NBSA no later than the 30th June. If payment is not received by that date you will be moved off the reservation list and may miss out as this is always a very popular event.

The first tee off time will be around about midday.

Get your name down quick.

Cheers

Mike