As always, we will be running three summer events on Mondays in August for those who do wish to play some pool during the holiday season. This is in line with the information set out in the Season Calendar circulated with the paperwork at the start of the season.

More specific details of each tournament will follow nearer the time, but here is the initial basic information to be passed on to those players who may be interested. As always, these tournaments will be open to anyone who is in the venues on the evenings concerned, not just League registered players.

Monday 4th August - Ten Shot Crush at Smeta Club.

Monday 11th August - Blackball Rules Competition at Prince of Wales.

Monday 18th August - Scotch Pairs at Streatham Vale Sports and Social Club.

Simon Hooberman

League Secretary

The week 12 #SELPOOL League Results and Table have now been uploaded to the website following last Monday's matches.

Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond anyone's control, the match between Prince of Wales and Hand in Hand had to be postponed on Monday. This means that both teams now have two postponed fixtures to play. 

I shall be making recommendations for playing postponed fixtures in the near future.

Simon Hooberman

League Secretary

Following the John Luery Knock Out Cup Preliminary Round fixtures on Monday 9th June, the draw for the Quarter Finals, due to be played on Monday 1st September, is as follows;

Prince of Wales B v Hand in Hand

Duke of Edinburgh v George Canning

Streatham Vale Sports and Social Club v Horns Tavern

Smeta Elite v Marquis of Lorne

Simon Hooberman

League Secretary

Congratulations to our GLCPA Interleague team on a terrific league win away to SLKPA 3 (South London and Kent) by 17 frames to 10 on Friday 4th July.

Simon Hooberman

League Secretary

Singles: Following the playing of the Sid Burgess Singles Trophy Mini-Competitions on Monday 16th June, the draw for the Quarter Finals, currently due to be played on Monday 29th September, is as follows;

Peter Harrison (Streatham Vale Sports and Social Club ) * v Kevin Dempsey (Conquering Heroes) 

Kieran Coppinger (Streatham Vale Sports and Social Club) v Eamonn Staunton (Horns Tavern)

Richard Carty (Hand in Hand) v Steven Anderson (Hand in Hand)

Richard Langley Jr (Marquis of Lorne) v Louis Marzin (Duke of Edinburgh)

* Subject to Appeal.

Simon Hooberman

League Secretary

Unfortunately, Mini-Comp 1 in the Joe Farrell Pairs Trophy did not go ahead on Monday 23rd June as a majority of the players involved were not satisfied that the table was playable. A new date and venue for this Mini-Comp will be circulated in due course. Officers have inspected the table at the venue concerned since the aborted Mini-Comp, and consider that, although there is a slight roll and the lighting is not perfect, two matters that were already known to the League, the table is playable and League matches at the George Canning for the rest of the season must go ahead as planned.

Following the conclusion of the other Mini-Comps, the draw for the Quarter Finals, currently due to be played on Monday 6th October, is as follows;

Winner Mini-Comp 1 

Match 3 v Winner Mini-Comp 1 Match 4

Thomas Rushmer & David Alexis (Marquis of Lorne) v Kevin Dempsey & Paul Meek (Conquering Heroes)

Rodel Daquioag & Lewis McCartney (Duke of Edinburgh) v Rhys Owens & Gary Owens (Smeta All Starz)

Derrick Brown & Frankie James (Prince of Wales B) v Noah Halperin & Antonio Stephens (Duke of Edinburgh)

Simon Hooberman

League Secretary

#SELPOOL Pairs Draw 2025

This year we are keeping the mini-competition format for the early rounds of the Pairs competition on a similar basis to the Singles competitions. 

We have 24 entries and the competition will run as follows.

On Pairs 1 in the calendar, Monday 23rd June, there will be 4 mini-competitions (known as mini-comps) (each with 6 pairs) (so four current League venues will need to be used) which will work as follows:

Match 1 = Pair 1 v Pair 2

Match 2 = Pair 3 v Pair 4

Match 3 = Pair 5 v Winner Match 1

Match 4 = Pair 6 v Winner Match 2

All matches will be played on a best of 3 basis. The winners of Matches 3 and 4 in each of the mini-comps will not play the mini-comp final on this evening but will automatically qualify for the Quarter Finals on Monday 6th October where they will meet each other. The winners of each of those will reach the Semi-Finals to be played on the same night with the winners advancing to the Final which will take place on Monday 17th November. The draw is continuous so the Semi-Finals will be Winner Mini-Comp 1 v Winner Mini-Comp 2 and so on.

https://www.selpool.co.uk/2025---jf-draw---results

#SELPOOL Singles Draw 2025

This year we are keeping the mini-competition format for the early rounds of the Singles competition on a very similar basis to previously. 

We have 47 entries and the competition will run as follows:

On Singles 1 in the calendar, Monday 16th June, there will be 8 mini-competitions (known as mini-comps) (so ALL current League venues bar one will need to be used) (7 with 6 players and 1 with 5 players) which will work as follows:

Match 1 = Player 1 v Player 2

Match 2 = Player 3 v Player 4 

Match 3 = Player 5 v Winner Match 1

Match 4 = Player 6 v Winner Match 2

Match 5 = Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4

Or

Match 1 = Player 1 v Player 2

Match 2 = Player 3 v Player 4 

Match 3 = Player 5 v Winner Match 1

Match 4 = Winner Match 2 v Winner Match 3

All matches will be played on a best of 3 basis. The winners of Match 5 in each of the 6-player mini-comps and match 4 in the 5-player mini-comp will automatically qualify for the Quarter Finals on Monday 29th September. The winners of each of those will reach the Semi-Finals to be played on the same night with the winners advancing to the Final which will take place on Monday 17th November. The draw is continuous so the Quarter-Finals will be Winner Mini-Comp 1 v Winner Mini-Comp 2 and so on.

https://www.selpool.co.uk/2025---sb-draw---results

South East London Pool League 

Governors Cup

Monday 19th May 2025

VENUE – SMETA CLUB 

(10 St. Matthew's Road, Brixton London, SW2 1NH)

This competition is open only to the Manager, Steward, or, if he/she does not wish to play, a bona fide member of the staff - venues with two teams in the league may enter two bona fide members of the staff.

Please ensure your venue is represented in what is one of our most important events of the year.

Please note the following;

This is a simple knock out competition, one player per league team with registration on the night NOT LATER than 8pm. 

The draw will be made just after 8pm and matches will commence immediately.

The competition will be on a single frame knock out basis with the final as best of 3.

Table fees for each frame will be covered by the League for this competition.

NB; CAPTAINS - PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOUR TEAM'S ENTRY FORM AND FEES FOR THE SINGLES AND PAIRS COMPETITIONS MUST BE HANDED IN THAT EVENING.

It is with much sadness that we inform you of the death on Wednesday morning after a short illness of Brian Willey, Captain of the Prince of Wales B team, Treasurer of the League for several years, and, more recently, also the Vice-Captain of our League's team in the GLCPA Interleague. 

Brian had been involved in the League as far back as I remember, which is some 25 years. I recall that, when I first met him, he was involved in the team that played at the Prince Regent in Dulwich Road and, when they got rid of their pool table, he switched to the Tulse Hill Tavern. When the Tulse closed he switched to play for the Smeta Club, the team now known as Smeta All Starz, and then finally switched again to join the team that is now Prince of Wales B.

He had played a big part in our League and will be sorely missed. 

We send our sincerest condolences to Brian's family and friends. At the behest of the Chairman, this evening's Officers and captains meeting was postponed by two weeks and, on the suggestion of the President, all Captains are being asked to hold a minute's silence in Brian's memory at their matches on Monday 14th April.

As always, details of Brian's funeral will be circulated when we know them. RIP Brian.

Simon Hooberman

League Secretary

This season we have 11 teams and are reverting to a similar structure to the one we used with 11 teams in 2023. The season commences this coming Monday evening, 3rd February, as always with the Captains Cup, and all the paperwork for the season is ready and will be issued on the night.

An e-mail was sent a few days ago to Captains and Vice-Captains about the Captains Cup competition. This year it is being held at Smeta Club, 10 St. Matthew's Road, SW2 1NH. Normally, it would have been held at Horns Tavern, as the home venue of last year's winner Chris Owens, but the Horns is under new management and is closed temporarily for refurbishment. It's due to open later on next week but too late for the competition so we gave Chris the choice of alternative venue this year as a one-off change to our regular pattern.

League matches commence the following Monday, 10th February. Given that we have 11 teams, there will be one team each week that does not have a match - and in the fixture list we describe that as Void. Here, for information, is a list of the opening match week's fixtures to be played on 10th February (home teams first);

Duke of Edinburgh v Void

Hand in Hand v Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales B v Marquis of Lorne

George Canning v Conquering Heroes

Streatham Vale Sports & Social Club v Smeta Elite

Smeta All Starz v Horns Tavern (we have given Horns Tavern away fixtures in weeks 1 and 2 just in case the refurbishment works overrun and the pub is later opening than planned).

If there are any questions do get in touch. All the information and documentation needed for the season is in the packs that will be issued on Monday.

Good Luck to all players and all teams!

Simon Hooberman

League Secretary

SOUTH EAST LONDON POOL LEAGUE

CAPTAINS CUP

Monday 3rd February 2025

VENUE – SMETA CLUB

(St. Matthew’s Estate Tenants Club)

10 St Matthew’s Road, SW2 1NH

Registration NOT LATER than 7.55pm.

Play starts straight after the draw at 8.00pm.

Captains Cup – Only the Captain or Vice-Captain of each team, as registered, is eligible to participate in this competition.

The tournament will be straight single frame knock out with best of three frames in the Final. Table fees for each frame will be shared between the players in accordance with the relevant Rules except for the Final which will be paid for by the League.

All players intending to participate MUST be at the venue by 7.55pm to register so that the draw can take place at 8.00pm promptly and competition commence immediately thereafter. 

Please ensure your team is represented on the night as I will have available packs for every team for the new League season containing all the paperwork you need including details of all Venues, League Calendar and Fixture List, updated set of Rules, and Match Results Sheets for the season.

Dear All,

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year, have taken the opportunity to recharge your batteries and are ready for the 2025 pool season.

I hereby confirm and give notice that the Annual General Meeting of the South East London Pool League will take place next Monday evening, 13th January 2025, at 8.00pm at Streatham Vale Sports and Social Club, The Pavilion, (next to 57) Canmore Gardens, SW16 5BD. 

Copies of Agenda, Minutes of last AGM, along with a Financial Statement (not the end of year position as income and expenditure linked to Presentation Night will need to be added) and Secretary's Report, will be available at the meeting.

Captains are reminded that entry forms for the 2025 season were distributed at the November Officers and Captains Meeting and should be handed to me at the AGM along with your entry fees for the season. Please do everything in your power to ensure that this happens as my mobility issues are still ongoing and I can't chase around after you as I have done in the past.

I would also like to remind everyone that the Presentation Night will take place on Saturday 18th January 2025 at Smeta Club, 10 St. Matthew's Road, SW2 1NH. Some copies of the flyer will also be available at the AGM.

We are still aiming for Monday 3rd February for the start of the season and will confirm that as soon as we can. It does, of course, require everyone's cooperation in submitting paperwork and entry fees.

I look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Kind regards,

Simon Hooberman

League Secretary