FURTHER HANDICAP ADJUSTMENTS

LATEST handicap adjustments are as follows:.
Simon Mayes (Alfreton Palmer Morewood) goes from -10 to -5
Mark Kitson (Alfreton Palmer Morewood) goes from Scratch to +10
Ken Rowland (Alfreton Palmer Morewood) goes to +5 from Scratch
Jamie Strutt (Edgefold Matlock No 2) is a new registration off +10

BELPER STRUTT No 2 TAKE TOP SPOT IN GROUP B

KEITH HUBBOLD was one of BELPER STRUTT No 2's match-winners

BELPER STRUTT No 2 and Alfreton Palmer Morewood were both unbeaten so far and vying for top spot in Group B going into the final qualifying round of matches in the Bob McCartin Six Red Cup.
Andrew Beardsley is showing fine form in early season and continued his run of impressive performances with a 46-7 win in the opener to strike first blood for Alfreton.

However, Justin Weller quickly equalised and then Keith Hubbold edged Belper ahead with a 39-19 verdict in the next.

Dave Needham maintained the momentum to make it 3-1 before Weller and Hubbold sealed the match in the first of the scotch doubles.

The visitors had to wait until the final frame before Beardsley and Ralph Edgson got them back on the scoreboard, though both teams will qualify for the next stage.

Belper Strutt No 1 were already through from Group C and were joined by Matlock Cons and Edgefold No 2 who clashed on Dale Road.

Cons got the win they needed but only by the minimum margin, meaning both teams will progress into the quarter finals.

Gareth Johnson and Chris Parker saw the hosts 2-0 up before Gary Blackburn pulled one back and eventually Richard Deakin and Charlie Hodgkinson took the decisive scotch doubles leg.

In Group A a mix-up meant the Bolehill No 1 v Jaxx match is delayed with the home team offering a replay in early December while the No 2 team ended Edgefold No 1's unbeaten run in all competitions 4-3 in the only other match.

Richard Ferguson (28 break) saw the Matlock side in front, but four unanswered frames starting with Keith Robertson and ending with Ian Peacock and Martin Forster in the scotch doubles ensured a home victory despite a late rally from the visitors.

Bob McCartin Six Red Cup Group B: Belper Strutt No 2 5, Alfreton Palmer Morewood 2; Group C: Matlock Cons 4, Edgefold Matlock No 2 3; Group A: Bolehill Institute No 2 4, Edgefold Matlock No 1 3; Bolehill Institute No 1 v Jaxx Q Club Belper* - Bolehill have offered a rescheduling for Monday December 01 (as Jaxx mistakenly thought this weeks match was Tues instead of Mon).
Breaks: R Slack 29,25,24,22; R Ferguson 28; A Brough 25.

Bob McCartin Six Red Cup Preliminaries
Group A                           P      W      L      Pts
Edgefold Matlock No 1     3        2       1       13
Bolehill Institute No 2       3        2       1       12
Jaxx Q Club Belper*        2        1       1         4
Bolehill Institute No 1       2        0       2         4
Group B                           P      W      L      Pts
Belper Strutt No 2            2        2       0       10
Alfreton Pmr Morewood   2        1       1         7
Matlock Club                    2        0       2         4
Group C                           P      W      L      Pts
Belper Strutt No 1            2        1       1         9
Edgefold Matlock No 2     2        1       1         7
Matlock Cons                   2        1       1         5
Leading scotch doubles breaks (for Presidents Cup):
J Rowland & K Rowland 26; B Turner & K Holmes 23.

*Rule 31 applies - Failure to turn up for a match without giving prior notice will result in the offending team forfeiting the game and being deducted 2 further points.
(Unofficially, if there is a genuine misunderstanding and the offending team is normally of good repute, the wronged team is obviously at liberty to offer a re match if they think the circumstances dictate, in which case just the 2pts deduction would apply).  See above re proposed rescheduling.