Sunday 9 March 2014

STRUTT No 2 SECURE FIRST SILVERWARE OF SEASON

BELPER STRUTT No 2, Bob McCartin Six Red Cup winners 2013/14
L-R: Chris Stubbs, Dave Needham, Adam Winson and fist-pumping Andrew Gratton.
THE BOB McCartin Six Red Cup final took centre-stage this week with Belper Strutt Club No 2 and Matlock Conservative Club competing for the first silverware of the season.
Jack Lynch made a positive start in the opener against Chris Stubbs, but as is often the case in this format of the game, things change in the blink of an eye and a jawed blue gave Stubbs the chance to dish up with blue. pink and black which he took with some aplomb.

Chris Parker took the next on the pink after Dave Needham's attempted safety shot fell just short, but Andrew Gratton, making a rare appearance for Strutt, restored the advantage by taking pink and black against Richard Deakin, who had led throughout until then.

It soon became 3-1 as with the frame scores locked together at 17 apiece, Charlie Hodgkinson's unfortunate in-off allowed Adam Winson to cut the pink along the baulk cushion into the green pocket from the "D".

With the singles legs completed, it was Winson and Stubbs who returned to the table for the scotch doubles and they soon had matters well in hand, with a 45-8 scoreline making the game safe for a memorable triumph.

The Cons gained some compensation later in the week with a 4-1 home win over Bolehill Institute No 2 moving them up to second place in the Highfields Farm Butchers Premier Division.

Richard Deakin won the pivotal third frame on the black whilst Chris Parker and Charlie Hodgkinson took the pairs frame on a re-spotted black after Martin Forster had given the visitors an early advantage.

In the Jimmy Harper Plate, played as a round robin this season, Matlock's Edgefold Club defeated Bolehill No 1 327-277 in the opening match with Martyn Taylor notching a superb 55 break and Ian Birks replying with a solid potting performance for the vanquished.

Bob McCartin Six Red Cup final: Belper Strutt No 2 4, Matlock Cons 1 (at Edgefold, Matlock).
Jimmy Harper Plate (round robin): Edgefold Matlock 327, Bolehill Inst No 1 277.
League (re-arranged): Matlock Cons 4, Bolehill Inst No 2 1.
Denis Morton Trophy (Pairs handicap) quarter finals: Steve Bullock / Mark Newby 2, Neil Parkinson / Robert Muxlow 1; Duncan Harwood / Jason Ankers 1, Chris Parker / Nick Kay 2; Andrew Brough / Simon Zoppi 0, Chris Stubbs / Adam Winson 2; Ricki Slack / Colin Marchington 2, Keith Manlove / Paul Holmes 0.
Breaks: M Taylor 55; R Slack 21; C Stubbs/A Winson (scotch dbls) 20.

Highfields Farm Butchers Premier Division
                                         P      W      L      Pts
Bolehill Institute No 1     14      13       1       47
Matlock Cons                 13        8       5       38
Edgefold Matlock           13        8       5       37
Belper Strutt No 1          13        7       6       37
Bolehill Institute No 2     14        5       9       29
Belper Strutt No 2          13        5       8       28
Matlock Club                  14        1     13       19
Leading breaks: B Monk 53, M Taylor 50.
Leading wins: R Slack 12; M Taylor 10; C Marchington 9.

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