Thursday 10 November 2016

STRUTT CLUB BOUNCE BACK INTO LIFE IN SIX RED CLASH

MARK NEWBY ... black ball clincher in opener
AFTER an unusally stuttering start this season, Belper Strutt Club sprung back into life with an excellent 6-1 triumph over Bolehill Institute No 2 in their second Bob McCartin Six Red Cup Group B fixture .
Mark Newby took a tight opener on the black and then the floodgates opened with Wayne Shooter, Steve Bullock and Paul Jarrett all piling on the pressure against the shell-shocked visitors.
Jarrett and Shooter made it a nap hand in the opening scotch doubles leg before Mick Bunting and Mark Sayer finally got their team on the scoreboard in the next.
But Bullock and Jarrett completed a noteworthy nights work by taking the decider.

Bolehill No 1 also bounced back from an opening week defeat in Group A with their own 6-1 win over the previously twice successful Edgefold No 2.
Ricki Slack and Mark Gwynne-Jones were both in winning form for the hosts while Sam Lavelle notched for the Matlock outfit.

And also in Group A, a tight encounter saw Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 2 team score their first win in the competition, 4-3 over Matlock Club.
Tom Broughton and Derek Smith compiled the highest scotch doubles break so far of 36 while John Smith and Ryan Taylor also notched a run of 26 to seal the match in frame six.
Paul Bryan was top scorer for the visitors.

Bob McCartin Six Red Cup results, Group A: Bolehill Institute No 1 6, Edgefold Matlock No 2 1; Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 2 4, Matlock Club 3. Bye week: Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 1.
Group B: Belper Strutt Club 6, Bolehill Institute No 2 1; Matlock Golf Club v Edgefold Matlock No 1 postponed.
Breaks: T Broughton & D Smith 33; J Smith & R Taylor 26 (both scotch doubles).

Group A                                    P       W      L       Pts
Matlock Club                               3        1       2      10
Edgefold Matlock No 2               3        2       1        9
Bolehill Institute No 1                  2        1       1        9
Alfreton P Morewood No 1         2        1       1        8
Alfreton P Morewood No 2         2        1       1        6

Group B                                   P       W      L       Pts
Belper Strutt Club                      2         1       1       9
Matlock Golf Club                      1         1       0       6
Edgefold Matlock No 1              1         1       0       4
Bolehill Institute No 2                 2         0       2       2