BOLEHILL No 1 AND BEN EACH HAVE A PEP IN THEIR STEP!

ANDREW BROUGH ... barnstorming form for BOLEHILL No 1

THRILLS aplenty despite a truncated fixture list this week with contrasting fortunes for the teams from Bolehill Institute, a stunning league return from an old friend and an individual match between team mates that ended up as a real nail-biter.
The main focus was on the battle between the top two teams in the Highfields Farm Butchers Premier Division, and Bolehill No 1 put up probably their best performance of the season to score an excellent 4-1 home win over nearest rivals Edgefold Club of Matlock.

Andrew Brough was in barnstorming form in the opener with Duncan Harwood getting little chance of any table time and it was more of the same in the second with Colin Marchington scoring  a 93-19 success over Rob Muxlow.

Despite a promising start from Neil Parkinson in the next, Ricki Slack's 34 break tipped the scales in his favour as he went on to record an 81-43 verdict before Martyn Taylor got the visitors off the mark by defeating Ian Birks on the blue.

But Slack and Marchington each had runs of 24 in the concluding doubles frame to deliver the coup de grace on a memorable night for them.

BEN MONK ... back with a 53 break in his opening league match.

Ben Monk returned to league action with his new team Belper Strutt No 1 and it was like he had never been away with a break of 53 taking him to the top of the season's charts in the opening frame of the match with Bolehill No 2.

Steve Bullock edged out Martin Forster on the deciding black for a 46-45 win in the next and an impressive potting display from Wayne Shooter made the game safe soon afterwards, eventually resulting in a second successive 5-0 win over this opposition.

Elsewhere, an enthralling Intermediate Individual clash saw Matlock Club team mates Keith Manlove and Paul Bryan lock horns and eventually captain Keith earned the 2-1 verdict, courtesy of a re-spotted black in the decider, after each of the earlier frames had also gone down to the final ball.

League week 13 results: Bolehill Inst No 1 4, Edgefold Matlock 1; Bolehill Inst No 2 0, Belper Strutt No 1 5; Belper Strutt No 2 v Matlock Cons match postponed.
"B" (Intermediate) Indiv Handicap Quarter Final: Keith Manlove 2, Paul Bryan 1.
Breaks: B Monk 53; R Slack 34,24; C Marchington 24; K Manlove 22.

Highfields Farm Butchers Premier Division
                                         P      W      L      Pts
Bolehill Institute No 1     12      11       1       39
Edgefold Matlock           11        7       4       32
Belper Strutt No 1          11       6        5       32
Matlock Cons                 10       6        4       29
Belper Strutt No 2          10        4       6       23
Bolehill Institute No 2     11        3       8       22
Matlock Club                  11        1     10       13
Leading breaks: B Monk 53, M Taylor 50.
Leading wins: R Slack 11; M Taylor & P Jarrett 8.