GOLF CLUB TAKE CAPTAINS CUP AFTER TIGHT BATTLE

MATLOCK GOLF CLUB  L-R: Paul Roe, Graham Jones, Tony Blant and Ian McKay.

MATLOCK GOLF CLUB went out with a bang in their final match of the season as they defeated league champions Edgefold No 1 314-287 in the final of the Captains Cup which was played on Edge Road after a toss of the coin.
The first frame was a battle of sheer tenacity as Edgefold's Neil Parkinson (30 break) engineered a 76-54 verdict which lasted for an hour though the match was soon back in the balance as Graham Jones took the next 63-49,
Paul Roe's 66-24 victory saw the golfmen ahead for the first time in the evening and then Tony Blant scored a narrow but crucial win over danger-man Andy Russell to further consolidate their position.
And although Russell and Rob Muxlow took the concluding doubles 65-49, it wasn't quite enough and the Golf Club made amends for their league defeat of the previous week.

BELPER STRUTT CLUB L-R: Mark Newby, Paul Jarrett, Steve Bullock and Justin Weller.

The Jimmy Harper Plate final also took place at Edgefold and saw Belper Strutt Club defeat Bolehill Institute No 2 280-241.
Mark Newby's 42 point margin victory in frame one set the tone though Keith Robertson pulled back a few points in the next with a narrow win.
Steve Bullock and Martin Forster shared the next two and then Bullock and Newby successfully protected the lead of 30 going into the concluding doubles leg with a 52-43 success.

ANDY RUSSELL and GRAHAM JONES, OMYA Cup finalists, shake hands.

The OMYA Cup Individual Scratch final saw a repeat of last season's clash between Andy Russell and Graham Jones and again it was the Edgefold man who emegered victorious, this time via a 4-1 triumph at Alfreton with breaks of 35,30,24 and 23, eventually taking the fifth frame on a re-spotted black after Jones had took blue pink and black to level.

Captains Cup (Team Aggregate) final: Matlock Golf Club 314, Edgefold Matlock No 1 287 (at Edgefold).
Jimmy Harper Plate (Team Aggregate) final: Belper Strutt Club 280, Bolehill Institute No 2 241 (at Edgefold).
OMYA Cup (Individual Scratch) final: Andy Russell 4, Graham Jones 1 (at Alfreton Palmer Morewood).
Breaks: A Russell 35,30,25,24,24,23; N Parkinson 30; G Jones 23.