Monday 29 October 2012

Nigel Bond won the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship without conceding a frame in his four matches at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth.

Bond, from Derby, who still plays on the main tour and is ranked 45 in the world, beat Welshman Tony Chappel 2-0 in the best-of-three final having seen off Dennis Taylor, Tony Knowles and last year's winner Darren Morgan en route to the final.

Both finalists had come through qualifying to claim their place in the tournament and former World Championship finalist Bond took a close first frame 68-54 after both players missed opportunities to take a 1-0 lead by potting the black.

The second frame was more one-sided with breaks of 33 and 28 helping Bond to take it 66-4 and claim the £18,000 prize money.

"It is a great feeling," he said on collecting his trophy. "It has been a great weekend, all of the players have enjoyed it.

"I think I played a bit scrappy yesterday and only really got going in the second frame against Chappel but then I felt I got into a nice rhythm. I was playing great on the practice table but sometimes it is not always easy to put it out there on the match table."

Runner-up Chappel conceded the best player won. "I have really enjoyed it and I have got further than I expected to get," he said. "The better man definitely won. Nigel is a tour player and you could see on the table that he was playing like one and looked like one, and that was the difference."

Friday 26 October 2012

Ladies and Gentleman – start your engines and get ready for the Wyldecrest Parks World Seniors Championship  this weekend at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth.

Tuesday 16 October 2012

100 YEARS YOUNG !

MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO RADCLIFFE PARK RESIDENT IAN GOODMAN WHO CELEBRATES HIS 100th BIRTHDAY TODAY.

Thursday 4 October 2012

Wyldecrest Park Homes Sponsor World Seniors Snooker

Wyldecrest is delighted to announce that the company is to sponsor the World Seniors Championship for the third consecutive year.

 

The Sky Sports televised tournament will be known as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship and will feature many of snooker's all-time legends including Steve Davis, Jimmy White, Dennis Taylor and Cliff Thorburn.

 

A limited number of FREE tickets for the event are available to Wyldecrest residents so call Rebecca in the PR department on 0844 567 7300 as soon as possible if you would like to attend.

 

The tournament was staged for the first time in 2010 and won by Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White, then last year Darren Morgan captured the title by beating Davis in the final.

 

This year the event is on October 27-28 at the Mountbatten centre in Portsmouth. Tickets and VIP packages are on sale - for details call 02392 626509 or visit www.worldsnooker.com/tickets
 
Wyldecrest Parks is one of UK's largest mobile home park operators, priding itself on having high quality parks and giving residents a peaceful and stress free life.
 
Alfie Best, chairman of Wyldecrest, said: "We are thrilled to again be involved in a fantastic event which brings great entertainment to all sports fans. Many of our residents are avid snooker fans so we look forward to joining World Snooker for a wonderful weekend."

 

World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn said: "Wyldecrest have been outstanding supporters of snooker in recent years and it is a pleasure to welcome them back for the World Seniors Championship. Sky Sports provide extensive live coverage of the tournament which clearly offers tremendous exposure for the Wyldecrest brand.

 

"It's fabulous to see the great names of the 1980s and 1990s battling for this prestigious crown. They will have some fun with the crowd, but winning still matters to them above anything."

 

The full first round line up is:

 

Darren Morgan v Joe Johnson
Dennis Taylor v Nigel Bond
Dene O'Kane v Barry West
Steve Davis v Cliff Thorburn

Tony Drago v Tony Chappel
Karl Townsend v Tony Knowles
Alain Robidoux v Les Dodd
Mike Hallett v Jimmy White

Monday 1 October 2012

The World's Biggest Coffee Morning.   Shirkoak Park doing their bit and raising money for the  McMillan Cancer charity

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The coffee morning held in Great Blakenham Parish Rooms in aid of MacMillan nurses was well attended by both Blueleighs residents and villagers from Great Blakenham. 

 

A total of £354.73 was raised through the sale of coffee/tea and cakes, hand-crafted cards (made by some of the ladies on the Park) and a raffle, which was drawn by a couple of villagers. 

 

The winner of the long weekend away,at Bockenfield Country Park  donated by Wyldecrest, was Sue Broomfield from Blueleighs (picture enclosed of Reg Barton presenting Sue with her "Golden Ticket"). 

 

 A big thank you to the people who live on our Park for their support with raffle prizes and donations, the baking of cakes and also all those who helped to stage the event. 

 

An enjoyable time was had by all and the day was a great success.

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