Welcome to the Meon Valley Pool League
Now using Blackball Rules in all of our games
Congratulations to the Waterlooville Sports Bar A team, who won the Premier League by one point, on a night when three teams could all still win the trophy. It was a close fight all season, with the Falcon finishing second, just ahead of RNA on game difference.
Congratulations to The Hampshire Rose A team, who have won the First Division with a dominating performance, with only one match loss in the season, and a record points score for the MVPL so far in its history. The Boarhunt Social Club finished second, with an equally impressive performance, and were the only team to beat the Hampshire Rose A.
Congratulations to William Grummitt, who wins the Singles Cup for the third time in four years, dropping only one game in his campaign. He joins Scott O'Connor and Russ Linkhorn on the trophy with three wins each.
Summer League: We are now in the last quarter of the Winter league and so the time is right to think about the Summer League. Interested teams are requested to print off the signing on forms from the website and start signing their players on Now. It is free to enter again with no trophies awarded except the perpetual trophy. The exact structure will be decided by the committee once the number of entries are known. As a reminder you will need a minimum of 6 players to be signed by the signing deadline which is 5th April 2026 but it is advisable to have around 10 players due to vacations that occur in this time and avoid any fines. Can team captains let Mark Trotter know if they intend to enter a team so we can start to consider numbers.
Rack Em App: The committee have been advised about an App which is being used by other leagues and will be investigating it further and hopefully getting a demo. The App sorts the league tables and competitions and would be available to all. We would require a vote to utilise this at the AGM as there is a small cost involved. The committee will advise more after we have seen more details.
Latest Committee Minutes
History
A few notes from Geoff Hayden
I joined the league in 1986, and it was already several years old by then, so it must be approximately 35 years old. Ted Tait was the chairman, but was voted out by a new committee comprising of myself, Dick Williams, Mick Hall, Debbie Toms and Alan Pitt in 1996. Dick stood as chairman for the first year, I took over for 5yrs, followed by a succession of other chairmen after that.
In its hay day of the late 1990's, there were 3 divisions of 10 teams, with over 300 people signing on. We had a presentation night each year, with a DJ, food, raffle etc etc, and it was always well attended.
We've had teams at the Farmers, Craigstone (Mead End), Boarhunt, Hampshire Rose, Brewers, Jubilee, Wellington, Mount William and many more who only lasted for a season or two. We even had a very good ladies team who played at the Fox & Hounds in the 1990's.
In the 80's & 90's we had a Hampshire League team with the league's best players representing MVPL.
The position of Hon. President has been awarded to people who contributed or did something notable for the league. Ted Tait as original chairman, me during my time as chairman, Debbie for over 30 yrs of service, and Steve O'Boyle who was probably the best player the league has ever had, who won everything one season, captained Hampshire, and I believe represented England on one occasion although I stand to be corrected on this point.
The above is open to correction, especially dates , but I hope it is of some use.
Regards to you all.
- Geoff Hayden