{"id":45668,"date":"2026-11-01T17:18:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/?p=45668"},"modified":"2026-11-01T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:19:09","slug":"eight-group-winners-not-a-game-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/eight-group-winners-not-a-game-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight group winners, not a game dropped!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi everyone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A busy week for the league competitions, with four qualifying rounds of the singles, a League Cup fixture and a league fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The singles seemed to go off without any problems, with most evenings seeing all 12 matches completed by 9.30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were clear winners in all eight groups, with none of the winners dropping a game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting at Huntley, it was a good night for Westbury, with both groups won by Graham Orr and Yvonne Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Forest of Dean, it was Yorkley&#8217;s turn to supply both winners, with Peter Taylor and Delvin Porter taking the honours. There was some strong opposition in both groups, with a few likely contenders missing out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Longhope, the evening was dominated by Julian Kellett and Steve Williams, who both recorded some impressive winning margins. Steve even managed a massive 22 shots in one game, out of a possible 28!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last up was Woolaston, where there were again two clear winners: local player Andrew Mott and Marlene Tippins of Yorkley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The finals at Yorkley on November 17th should be an evening to watch, so please come along and support your players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Singles finals draw<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Group A: Andrew Mott, Julian Kellett, Steve Williams and Marlene Tippins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Group B: Yvonne Jones, Graham Orr, Peter Taylor and Del Porter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The League Cup match at Longhope saw the home side secure a 9-0 win against Woolaston. A tough venue for any club to visit, especially against such a strong home team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the league at Westbury, the spoils were shared, with two wins each for the Weasels, Falcons and Oaks. Woolaston&#8217;s Commoners were really unlucky, losing all three games by the narrowest of margins, 6-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the results are available on the Forest League website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">mysmbc.uk\/forest\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone, A busy week for the league competitions, with four qualifying rounds of the singles, a League Cup fixture and a league fixture. The singles seemed to go off &#8230; <a title=\"Eight group winners, not a game dropped!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/eight-group-winners-not-a-game-dropped\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Eight group winners, not a game dropped!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45670,"href":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45668\/revisions\/45670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysmbc.uk\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}