BOLEHILL No 2 AND BELPER STRUTT No 1 REACH FINAL

MARTIN FORSTER delivered the killer blow for BOLEHILL No 2

BUOYED by their Captains Cup team aggregate competition quarter final win over Bolehill Institute No 1, Matlock Club now tried to oust the same club's No 2 outfit in the semi final stages held this week.
Christmas shootout champion Ian Peacock was in no mood to show any favours though and he took the opening frame 72-33 over Keith Manlove to give the visitors a head start.

Paul Bryan threatened to turn it on its head in the next but Mark Gwynne-Jones took the last three balls to only go down 66-41 and keep his team with their noses in front.

And after Mick Bunting defeated Graeme Wood 65-41 and Martin Forster saw off Mick McFall 67-24 the game was all but safe.

Peacock and Forster took the doubles frame at the end for an overall 312-197 Bolehill win.

Belper Strutt No 1 will be the final opposition after they overcame Matlock Cons 298-265 in the other semi.

Wayne Shooter and Mark Newby each won by wide margins before Chris Parker (35 break) and Charlie Hodgkinson reduced the deficit to 42 points going into the concluding doubles leg.

But Parker and Richard Deakin could only erode the margin by a further 9 points up against the home teams stoic rearguard action.

In the second round robin match in the Jimmy Harper Plate, visitors Belper Strutt No 2 defeated Bolehill No 1 334-280 with Chris Stubbs putting in a starring role with a 97-28 verdict in frame four.

At the time the home side were 43 points to the good after Simon Zoppi had gotten them off to a flyer.

KEITH HUBBOLD took the spoils for BELPER STRUTT No 2 in a high scoring thriller

Also worthy of mentions were Keith Hubbold, who edged a high scoring thriller 81-71 and Dave Needham, whose vital 27 break from last red to pink pulled things back against Ricki Slack, who just prevailed with a long-pot on the final black.

Captains Cup (Team Aggregate) semi finals: Matlock Club 197, Bolehill Inst No 2 312; Belper Strutt No 1 298, Matlock Cons 265.
Jimmy Harper Team Plate (round robin): Bolehill Inst No 1 280, Belper Strutt No 2 334.
"B" (Intermediate) Indiv Handicap semi finals: Duncan Harwood 1, Paul Ogden 2; Steve Bullock 2, Neil Parkinson 0.
Breaks: C Parker 35; D Needham 27; R Slack 23.