The only "Roll the Ball" World Championship took place in August 2022 and was won by Adam Raeford 2-1 in the final against Martin Musgrave. It was a best of 5 game final but remarkably 2 games ended up as draws.

Roll the Ball Game and Rankings Explained

Rules of the exciting and addictive game of Roll the Ball

  • Each game you play costs £1 for 10 balls (ping pong balls)
  • The Roll the Ball table is set on a downward slope and you stand at the top end and roll each ball down to the scoring end.
  • The scoring end of the table has 9 numbered chutes from 1 to 9 (randomly placed, not in order)
  • We then add your totals together. For example if all 10 balls go down the chute numbered 5, then that's a total of 50 points.
  • If you achieve one of the best 3 scores of the day, you get one of the 3 prizes on offer.
  • The winner gets the choice of the 3 prizes, the runner-up will get the choice of the other 2 prizes and 3rd place gets the last one.

Ranking tournaments

During the year there are a total of 8 ranking tournaments, where a score in the top 20 of the day gets you some ranking points.

Ranking points are earned thus:-

                                                          The winner receives...................................30 ranking points plus a prize

                                                    The runner-up receives...................................25 ranking points plus a prize

                                                             3rd place receives...................................21 ranking points plus a prize

                                                             4th place receives...................................18 ranking points

                                                             5th place receives...................................16 ranking points

                                                             6th place receives...................................15 ranking points

                                                             7th place receives...................................14 ranking points

                                                             8th place receives...................................13 ranking points

                                                             9th place receives...................................12 ranking points

                                                           10th place receives...................................11 ranking points

                                                           11th place receives...................................10 ranking points

                                                           12th place receives...................................9 ranking points

                                                           13th place receives...................................8 ranking points

                                                           14th place receives...................................7 ranking points

                                                           15th place receives...................................6 ranking points

                                                           16th place receives...................................5 ranking points

                                                           17th place receives...................................4 ranking points

                                                           18th place receives...................................3 ranking points

                                                           19th place receives...................................2 ranking points

                                                           20th place receives...................................1 ranking point

Thanks to everyone who turned up on Sunday 15th December for our last event until April 13th. There was an incredible battle in the "Roll the Ball" rankings with the current top 6 all turning up to see who would be the Christmas number 1.First up was Phil Gregory, the former number 1 and his 4 year old daughter and number 12, Anya. Phil scored 58 and 52 for 7th and 17th place. It was enough to move him up a place to number 4. Anya got scores of 61, 54 and 53 to give her 3rd, 13th and 15th and she moved up 7 places to 5. Ann Green who was 3rd in the rankings only managed 51 for 20th place and she dropped to 6th. Then the world number 1 John Humphreys tried his luck. He actually won the event. It was a 3 way tie at the top but he took the 30 ranking points because he was in the lead after 9 balls. He also scored 60 to finish 5th as well. So his 46 points was almost enough to cancel out the 53 he'd lost because of his exploits at the Christmas lights in 2022. So, it all came down to worlds number 2 and 4, daughter and mother, Courtney and Cheryl Henshaw respectively. Cheryl did well enough to move to number 3 with 2 scores of 54. Courtney, although we didn't know it at the time, needed 17 ranking points to overtake John at the top. Courtney scored 57 which gave her 13 points and then got a 56 and 52 which was enough to get her back to the top after just 3 weeks at number 2. Megan Newton was the other player who tied at the top on the day and her 2nd place means she's the highest new entry at number 41. Here's the full list with the previous positions in brackets:-

1 (2) Courtney Henshaw.................................................................................173

2 (1) John Humphreys.....................................................................................160

3 (4) Cheryl Henshaw......................................................................................120

4 (5) Phil Gregory..............................................................................................104

5 (12) Anya Gregory...........................................................................................86

6 (3) Ann Green....................................................................................................82

7 (6) Kelly Prescott...............................................................................................73

8 (7) Tella Durham...............................................................................................71

9 (9) Leanne Stenson..........................................................................................56

10 (10) Julie Stenson...........................................................................................55

11 (11) Robert Locke..........................................................................................51

12 (13) Carly Nazar..............................................................................................47

13 (27) Elaine Dalton..........................................................................................45

14 (14) Hazel Charlesworth..............................................................................44

15 (15) Hazel Ward..............................................................................................43

16 ( Jack Till........................................................................................................42

17 (16) Maddie Rostance..................................................................................41

18 (17) Wayne Durham.....................................................................................39

19 (18) Paul Smith-Pepper...............................................................................38

20 (19) Jamie Place.............................................................................................37

21 (20) Ollie Stocker...........................................................................................36

22 (21) Lillian Locke............................................................................................36

23 (22) Will Henshaw.........................................................................................35

24 (23) Nicola Barsby.........................................................................................35

25 (24) Jack Cooper............................................................................................32

26 (25) Dean Gladwin.........................................................................................32

27 (26) Tom Bates................................................................................................31

28 (28) Geoff Pearson.........................................................................................31

29 (29) Balazs Vari................................................................................................31

30 (30) Donna Cooper.......................................................................................30

31 (31) Woody.......................................................................................................30

32 (32) Jessica Byrne...........................................................................................30

33 (33) Callum White..........................................................................................30

34 (34) Lloyd Henshaw......................................................................................30

35 (35) John Taylor..............................................................................................30

36 (36) Thomas Butler-Worrall.......................................................................30

37 (37) Gaz Veeren..............................................................................................30

38 (38) Kieran Blaney..........................................................................................30

39 (39) Andy Stevenson....................................................................................28

40 (40) Nicola Fletcher.......................................................................................27

41 (-) Megan Newton.........................................................................................25

42 (41) Pete Smith...............................................................................................25

43 (42) Kate Exley.................................................................................................25

44 (43) Maisy Durham........................................................................................25

45 (44) Beth Rowan.............................................................................................25

46 (45) Charlotte Vari.........................................................................................25

47 (46) Louise Simpson.....................................................................................25

48 (47) Matt Radford..........................................................................................25

49 (48) Theo Cooper...........................................................................................24

50 (49) Alex Locke...............................................................................................24

51 (50) Amelia Thorpe.......................................................................................24

52 (51) Katy Gilbert.............................................................................................24

53 (52) Lileth Ford................................................................................................23

54 (53) Vicky Sloman..........................................................................................22

55 (54) Courtney Watkins.................................................................................21

56 (55) Ethan Fox.................................................................................................21

57 (56) Joy Robinson..........................................................................................21

58 (150) Jill Castledine.......................................................................................20

59 (57) Mia Jones.................................................................................................19

60 (60) Martin Blagg...........................................................................................18

61 (61) Amy Smith...............................................................................................18

62 (62) Pete Exley.................................................................................................18

63 (63) Ann Jenkins.............................................................................................18

64 (64) Blake Dack...............................................................................................18

65 (65) Imogen Webster...................................................................................17

66 (66) Rhian Cullen............................................................................................16

67 (67) Jennifer Woolley....................................................................................16

68 (-) Stacey Gregory.........................................................................................15

69 (68) Reuben Cooper.....................................................................................15

70 (69) Hannah Stimson....................................................................................15

71 (70) Ryan Dennis............................................................................................15

72 (71) Phoebe......................................................................................................15

73 (72) Paul Dalton..............................................................................................15

74 (73) Charlie Hallam........................................................................................15

75 (74) Orla Bartlett............................................................................................15

76 (76) Niall Ruddy..............................................................................................14

77 (77) Zak Baker.................................................................................................14

78 (78) Harry Barker............................................................................................14

79 (79) Alfie Fowkes............................................................................................14

80 (81) Rio Herring..............................................................................................13

81 (82) William Newton.....................................................................................13

82 (83) Jessica Ruddy.........................................................................................13

83 (84) Beth Scott................................................................................................13

84 (85) Georgia Reckless...................................................................................13

85 (86) Jacob Hatch............................................................................................12

86 (87) Craig Bailey.............................................................................................12

87 (88) Amy Wathall...........................................................................................12

88 (89) Daniel Gregory.......................................................................................12

89 (92) Leo Perks..................................................................................................11

90 (93) Logan Webster......................................................................................11

91 (94) Chloe Shepherd.....................................................................................11

92 (95) Linda Barnwell........................................................................................11

93 (96) Monty Watts...........................................................................................11

94 (97) Jayden Ottr..............................................................................................11

95 (98) Jason Palmer...........................................................................................11

96 (99) Shirley Lewis...........................................................................................11

97 (-) Noah Roberts............................................................................................10

98 (101) Lily-May Hopcroft-Beecham..........................................................10

99 (102) Mark Rowan.........................................................................................10

100 (103) Freddie Longdon.............................................................................10

101 (104) Alfie Herrod.......................................................................................10

102 (105) Ellie Geehan.......................................................................................10

103 (106) Flynn Usher...........................................................................................9

104 (107) Ruth Smith............................................................................................9

105 (108) Chris Stocker........................................................................................9

106 (109) Matt Dee................................................................................................9

107 (110) Michaela Ruby.....................................................................................9

108 (111) Abbie Hutsby.......................................................................................9

109 (112) Joshua Pykett.......................................................................................9

110 (114) Kirsty Gilbert........................................................................................8

111 (115) Enya Dove.............................................................................................8

112 (116) Sandra Barker......................................................................................8

113 (117) Verna Poppy.........................................................................................8

114 (118) Henry Copley.......................................................................................8

115 (119) Chris Wisniewski.................................................................................8

116 (141) Dorothy Coope...................................................................................7

117 (121) Tom Stimson........................................................................................7

118 (122) Pete Guiler............................................................................................7

119 (123) Julie Watson.........................................................................................7

120 (124) Louie Tansley........................................................................................7

121 (125) Maddie Taylor......................................................................................7

122 (126) Steven Barratt......................................................................................7

123 (127) Grace Hutsby.......................................................................................7

124 (128) Laon Ruby.............................................................................................6

125 (129) Rachel Wright......................................................................................6

126 (130) Ellie Stimson.........................................................................................5

127 (131) Krissy Thorpe.......................................................................................5

128 (132) Noah Taylor..........................................................................................5

129 (133) Gary Woodhouse...............................................................................5

130 (134) Kathy Teece...........................................................................................5

131 (135) Jason Faulconbridge.........................................................................5

132 (136) Ryder Herring......................................................................................4

133 (137) Luke Hodson........................................................................................4

134 (138) David Holmes......................................................................................4

135 (139) Olivia Thorpe.......................................................................................4

136 (140) Robyn Larner........................................................................................4

137 (142) Mel Willis...............................................................................................4

138 (143) Ellie Miller..............................................................................................4

139 (144) Evelyn Bicker........................................................................................4

140 (145) Abigail Needham...............................................................................3

141 (146) Pete Ward..............................................................................................3

142 (147) June Vasey.............................................................................................3

143 (148) Matt Harding.......................................................................................3

144 (151) Richard Martin.....................................................................................2

145 (152) Xsana Connor......................................................................................2

146 (153) Owen Bowmar.....................................................................................2

147 (154) Josh Simpson.......................................................................................2

148 (155) Penny Clark...........................................................................................1

149 (156) Deanne Mills........................................................................................1

150 (157) Lee Ashford-Bryant...........................................................................1

151 (158) Marion Hemson..................................................................................1

152 (159) Laila Clarke............................................................................................1

153 (160) Thomas Simpson................................................................................1

The next ranking tournament, after our mid-season break will be sometime on April 13th at Greasley Community & Sports Centre on Dovecote Road, Newthorpe NG16 3QN

Join the Fun and Compete!

Think you have what it takes to top the rankings? Come to our next event and see if you can claim the top spot!

Our next ranking event is Sunday 13th April 2025 at Greasley Sports & Community Centre 10.00am - 3pm.

There are players in the rankings from the ages of 2 to 82. It's so easy and lots of fun.

Challenge your friends and family to see who's number 1 in your group. See you at our next event.