GOLF CLUB EDGE THE SPOILS TO STAY IN TOUCH AT TOP

GRAHAM JONES was in convincing form for MATLOCK GOLF CLUB

SOME big clashes in the congested race for the Joinery Joint Snooker League title this time around and one such game saw Matlock Golf Club return home triumphant with a 3-2 win from Edgefold No 1.
Rob Muxlow ended the unbeaten league run of Ian McKay in the opener with a 53-32 success but Chesterfield League seniors champ Paul Roe (25 break) and previous dual Derbyshire individual winner Graham Jones put in convincing shifts to edge the visitors in front.
Andy Russell scored his sixth win in eight games to equalise but it was the Jones-Roe combination who showed all their experience and class in the deciding doubles leg to engineer a 63-39 verdict.

The clash of the high flying Alfreton teams saw the No 1 outfit edge out the No 2 string by the minimum margin with Jamie Rowland winning both his singles and doubles outings whilst Andrew Beardsley opened his league account helped by a run of 29.
Derek Smith and Ryan Taylor registered for the vanquished.

Bolehill No 1 emerged from a bleak spell with a 4-1 home win over Matlock Club with Ricki Slack top scoring with 96pts after Graeme Wood had taken the opening frame courtesy of a cocked hat double on the black.

Belper Strutt Club lifted themselves off the foot of the table with a 3-2 success over Bolehill No 2.
Wayne Shooter and Kevin Munnelly were in fine form for their respective teams.

League week 9 results: Edgefold Matlock No 1 2, Matlock Golf Club 3; Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 1 3, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 2 2; Bolehill Institute No 1 4, Matlock Club 1; Belper Strutt Club 3, Bolehill Institute No 2 2.
OMYA Cup (Individual Scratch) first round: Steve Bullock 2, Ian Peacock 0.
"B" (Intermediate) Individual Handicap first round: Derek Smith 2, Neil Parkinson 0; Keith Manlove 2, Ryan Taylor 0.
Denis Morton Pairs Handicap quarter final: Keith Manlove / Paul Holmes 2, Derek Smith / Andrew Haggarty 0.
Breaks: A Beardsley 29; P Roe 25; S Zoppi 25; R Slack 22,21; R Taylor 21; J Rowland 21.

The Joinery Joint Snooker League
                                         P      W      L      Pts
Alfreton P Morewd No 1  8        7       1     27
Bolehill Institute No 1       8        6       2     25
Edgefold Matlock No 1     8        4       4     25
Alfreton P Morewd No 2  8        4       4      23
Matlock Golf Club             8       5       2      22
Bolehill Institute No 2       8        2       6      16
Edgefold Matlock No 2     7        3       4     14
Belper Strutt Club            8        3       5      12
Matlock Club                    8        1       7      11
Leading breaks: R Slack 44; A Russell 38.
Leading wins: J Rowland 8/8; A Russell 6/8; I McKay, S Zoppi & R Taylor 5/6.