League Table and Breaks

POSITION		PLAYER	PLAYED	WON	DREW	LOST	FRAME D	POINTS
1		Lockout	6	5	1	0	16	11
2		The Hurricane	6	4	1	1	8	9
3		The Badger	6	1	2	3	-2	4
4		Mr Angry	6	1	2	3	-8	4
5		The Jackal	4	0	0	4	-14	0
HIGHEST BREAKS PER PLAYER
BREAK		PLAYER
25		Lockout
18		Mr Angry
14		The Hurricane
		The Badger
9		The Jackal
BREAKS OF 10 OR OVER PER PLAYER
15		Lockout
6		The Badger
3		The Hurricane
1		Mr Angry
0		The Jackal

The Hurricane Blows Away Mr Angry

A crowd of one witnessed this match of two hours and fifteen minutes. The Hurricane was too strong and won 4-0. The first frame was slow with neither player finding a rhythym. It was summed up when Mr Angry did 'A Badger' - he played the green when he should have gone for the yellow when the game got to the colours. Mr Angry hung on grimly but suffered a devastating blow when The Hurricane performed another 'Badger' - a fluked doubled black to take the frame . 1-0.  The second frame saw the lowest scoring possible , as both players refused to pot two balls consecutively, as a sign of respect for Terry Griffiths. The frame dribbled on until The Hurricane, playing slightly better, won on the blue. 2-0. Only 49 points in total were scored in the frame. The third fame was almost another replica with The Hurricane just outscoring Mr Angry up to the colours and being 19 ahead with just 18 left on the table. But Mr Angry, knowing Lockout was paying him a £1 to get at least a point, would not give in. He got the snooker required but The Hurricane sunk a great pink to clinch the match 3-0. The last frame was an exhibition by The Hurricane of how to destroy your opponent. 4-0. A great result for The Jackal.

Frame scores

The Hurricane 4 vs 0 Mr Angry . 45(7) - 32(5), 31(7) - 18(6), 41(8) - 27(4), 53(14,13) - 14(2)

Post match comments :

The Hurricane - Lockout don't go out in the dark, I am right behind you.

M Angry - If I lose to The Jackal on Monday I will chop off my bridge hand and never play snooker again.

Lockout Stuffs The Badger

After a long Easter break both players looked rusty. The match of two and a half hours (including dinner) in front of a crowd of one saw Lockout emerge 3-1 victor. The first frame was slow but whereas Lockout offered a little , The Badger offered nothing. Despite a few Badger specials near the end Lockout easily moved to 1-0.  At this point the players went for dinner. Sausage, eggs, beans and chips. The Badger showed great speed here and cleared the table in 3 minutes ! The second frame was as the first with The Badger still in hibernation. Lockout moved through the gears to leave The Badger in his wake and it was 2-0. It looked over and in the third frame Lockout went into the colours in a great position. But finally The Badger stirred and potted the last 5 balls in 2 visits , winning with a doubled black. At this point Lockout went for a long, long toilet break. Whatever he did in there, it worked. He demolished The Badger in the final frame. Badger's only accurate shot was to knock his cup of tea clean off the side table with the extended spider. Onwards for Lockout, Backwards for The Badger.

Frame scores :

Lockout 3 vs 1 The Badger 57(13,10) - 33(4), 60(10) - 34(7), 43(9) - 50(10,13) , 58(7) - 5(4)

Post match comments

Lockout - Over to you Hurricane

The Badger - I'll take third.

Upcoming matches

Thursday 12th - Lockout vs The Badger
Friday 13th - Mr Angry vs The Hurricane
Monday 16th - Mr Angry vs The Jackal

The Hurricane is Brewing

In a hastily arranged practice match against the Local Boy , The Hurricane went shot for shot against his practice partner and claimed a 3-3 draw. Both players potted well with The Hurricane showing confidence with several 4 and 5 ball breaks. Local Boy said ' I scored a 40 and 22 in one frame but it wasn't enough. Since his rehab The Hurricane looks more focussed and can pot with the best of them. He is obviously the clear favourite for the title'.

LONGTHORPE TOWER

Longthorpe Tower is a fourteenth century, three-storey tower in the care of English Heritage situated in the village of Longthorpe, now a residential area of Peterborough,  about two miles (3 km) to the west of the city centre.
It was added in 1310 by the first Robert Thorpe to a manor house that had been fortfied in 1263 by Sir Willaim de Thorpe. The interior contains the best-surviving example of English mediæval wall paintings in northern Europe, which survived under a layer of whitewash. This varied "spiritual encyclopedia" of worldly and religious subjects includes the Wheel of Life, the Nativity and King David. It is thought that either this Robert or his son Robert were responsible for commissioning the paintings in the Great Chamber.

Most of the estates of the Thorpe family, including Longthorpe Tower, subsequently passed to the family of Wyttilbury of Milton and Marholm when ,in 1391, John Wytilbury assumed the arms and insignia of William Thorpe. These holdings were later acquired (at the end of the fifteenth or early in sixteenth century) by the Fitzwilliams of Milton. They still belong to their descendant , Earl Fitzwilliam , by whom the Tower was presented in 1947 to the nation.

Location

Thorpe Rd, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire - PE3

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• Today's opening times
• Open for pre-booked guided tours only on the first Sunday of the month from 1 April – 30th September. To book please call 01536 203230 during office hours.

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Oakham Caslte

                                                                 OAKHAM CASTLE

Oakham Castle was an early medieval fortified manor house and was built by Walkelin de Ferrers soon after 1180 in the reign of Henry II. The Great Hall still survives along with the uneven surface of a grass covered enclosure. The Hall is easy to locate just off the High Street in Oakham and is now a museum run by the Rutland County Council. The castle was built on an existing motte and bailey and the remains of the motte still form the highest part of the ramparts today. There are some remnants of a curtain wall (very minor), but most of the original castle is now non-existent or remodelled/ The hall itself has been repaired an renovated over time The Great Hall is best known for its collection of commemorative Horseshoes.

The hall is decorated with a range of 12th century sculptures. Above the columns are six musicians, each playing a different instrument. They are made of local stone from Clipsham and although damaged, they are of superb quality. They are believed to have been carved by masons who had worked at Canterbury Cathedral. It was surrounded by earthen banks and stone walls which had at least two towers. To the north were gardens and fishponds.

The castle was the residence of the lord of the manor of Oakham. Sometimes the king held the manor himself and visited the castle. King John came to Oakham in 1206 and King Henry 111 seven times betwenn 1219 and 1258. He granted Oakham to his younger brother Richard. During the Barons war the castle was damaged by fire in 1264. Edward 11 in 1307 ordered castles to be fortified by their keepers and Oakham may have its defences buit up then.. Edward 111 visited in 1375, the 49th year of his reign. The castle then was often in need of repair and deteriorated to being almost an entire ruin by the 1500s.Up to this time there had been 24 lords of the manor mainly linked with the Kings of England. In 1596 the then Lord obtained licence to sell and the property went into private hands of Sir John Harrington and was held by descendants until the Finch Family gave the Castle and grounds to the Rutland County Council in 1944.

Address :

Rutland County Council D.C.
Rutland County Museum
Catmos Street
OAKHAM
Rutland
LE15 6HW

Tel: 01572 758440
Fax: 01572 758445
Email: museum@rutland.gov.uk