FIVE TEAMS SEPARATED BY FOUR POINTS IN TITLE CHASE

KEITH ROBERTSON'S 22 clearance was a match winner

JUST four points separate the top five teams in the most thrilling race yet for the Joinery Joint Snooker League title and Bolehill Institute No 2 upset one of the leading contenders Edgefold No 1 with a 3-2 win on Edge Road to complete a league double over their high flying counterparts.
There was little sign of things to come initially as firstly Rob Muxlow and then Duncan Harwood achieved routine victories to give the home team a 2-0 advantage early doors.
But danger man Keith Robertson started the comeback with a 69-47 verdict in frame three and then Mick Bunting showed some dashing potting skills on the colours to equalise.
And it was the same pairing who brought home the spoils, with Robertson's 22 clearance pivotal in turning a narrow deficit into a match winning frame scoreline.

Bolehill No 1 kept up the pressure with a 4-1 home win over Edgefold No 2, as Simon Zoppi edged out Sean Dobney on a re-spotted black on a night where both teams struggled to reach the heights. Rob Dicken avoided the dreaded whitewash with a run from yellow to pink in the concluding doubles.

Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 1 remain top thanks to a 3-2 success over last seasons champions Belper Strutt Club. Simon Mays top scored before Jamie Rowland earned his ninth successive league win on the black before Wayne Shooter took each of his singles and doubles frames.

And Alfreton No 2 scored a noteworthy 3-2 victory at Matlock Golf Club with Derek Smith again in fine form after Graham Jones put the golfers ahead in the opener. Charlie Hodgkinson's equalising win in frame four left everything resting on the doubles but Smith and Ryan Taylor made sure the trip back into the Amber Valley was a happy one.

League week 10 results: Edgefold Matlock No 1 2, Bolehill Institute No 1 3; Bolehill Institute No 1 4, Edgefold Matlock No 2 1; Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 1 3, Belper Strutt Club 2; Matlock Golf Club 2, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 2 3. Bye week: Matlock Club.
Breaks: K Robertson 22; S Dobney 21; R Dicken 20; D Smith 20.

The Joinery Joint Snooker League
                                          P      W      L      Pts
Alfreton P Morewd No 1  10        8       2     32
Edgefold Matlock No 1     10       5       5      30
Bolehill Institute No 1         9        7       2     29
Matlock Golf Club              9        6       3     28
Alfreton P Morewd No 2  10        5       5     28
Bolehill Institute No 2         9        3       6     19
Edgefold Matlock No 2      9        4       5     18
Belper Strutt Club             9        3       6      14
Matlock Club                     9        1       8      12
Leading breaks: R Slack 44; A Russell 38.
Leading wins: J Rowland 9/9; G Jones 7/9; A Russell 7/10.