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| DUNCAN HARWOOD made the game secure for EDGEFOLD No 1 |
Having taken maximum points from their opening two games, Edgefold's Andy Russell was charged with keeping the run going against home captain Ricki Slack and it was nip and tuck throughout in a marathon battle.
Slack, 11 ahead, clipped green into the middle and with brown over the pocket looked set to command a healthy position only for the cue ball to go up and down the table and agonisingly knock the hanging ball in for a foul. Eventually it was Russell who took a mid range pink and then black in the middle for the early spoils.
Richard Ferguson then pulled away from Mark Gwynne-Jones with a break of 20 on the colours after another hard grind with each of the opening frames taking an hour apiece to complete.
Andrew Brough and Duncan Harwood served up a thriller in frame three with the Bolehill player twice potting brown only to go in off on each occasion before Harwood made it 3-0 with a steady nerve on the remaining colours.
Simon Zoppi thereafter took both his singles and doubles frames to reduce the arrears to the minimum margin.
Bolehill No 2 team continue to press hard in second place, winning 4-1 at Matlock Cons as Keith Robertson (breaks of 45 and 23) and Mick Bunting (wins in both singles and doubles) proved too hot to handle. Nick Kay registered for the hosts with a black ball success.
The other victors were all gaining their opening league win of the season.
Edgefold No 2 edged out Belper Strutt No 2 3-2 on the final black courtesy of Martyn Taylor's pot (having earlier notched a break of 31 in defeat to Keith Hubbold). Sean Dobney also had runs of 25 and 24.
Belper Strutt No 1 triumphed by the same scoreline over Matlock Club, with Mark Newby (32) and Ben Monk (30) amongst the breaks, the latter scoring on the final black. Mick McFall and Paul Holmes notched for the visitors.
And in a very tight match, Jaxx Q Club prevailed, also 3-2 at Alfreton Palmer Morewood with a host of black ball games being the order of the day.
Shak Mirza won both his singles and doubles frames while Ralph Edgson top scored for the Amber Valley outfit.
League week 3 results: Bolehill Institute No 1 2, Edgefold Matlock No 1 3; Matlock Cons 1, Bolehill Institute No 2 4; Edgefold Matlock No 2 3, Belper Strutt No 2 2; Belper Strutt No 1 3, Matlock Club 2; Alfreton Palmer Morewood 2, Jaxx Q Club Belper 3.
Breaks: K Robertson 45,23; M Newby 32; M Taylor 31; B Monk 30; C Parker 29; S Dobney 25,24; R Slack 24; S Mirza 23; R Edgson 22; R Ferguson 20.
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P W L Pts
Edgefold Matlock No 1 3 3 0 13
Bolehill Institute No 2 3 3 0 12
Belper Strutt No 2 3 1 2 8
Bolehill Institute No 1 3 1 2 7
Edgefold Matlock No 2 3 1 2 7
Jaxx Q Club Belper 2 1 1 5
Alfreton P Morewood 3 1 2 5
Matlock Club 3 1 2 5
Matlock Cons 3 1 2 5
Belper Strutt No 1 2 1 1 3
Leading breaks: K Robertson 45; M Taylor 43.
Leading wins: K Robertson, M Bunting, R Ferguson, A Russell, D Harwood &
C Stubbs 3.
