EDGEFOLD No 2 ARE FIRST ONTO THE WINNERS ROSTER

EDGEFOLD No 2: L-R: Rob Dicken, Sam Lavelle and Sean Dobney. 
Did not arrive: Mark Gibson.
Also played in earlier rounds: Tom Chambers, Richard Ferguson.

EDGEFOLD No 2 snaffled the first silverware of the season as they lifting the Bob McCartin Six Red Cup this week at Bolehill Institute, defeating holders Belper Strutt Club in the final by an emphatic 5-0 scoreline.
Sam Lavelle took a tight opener 37-26 and Sean Dobney added the second 33-25 to earn his sixth consecutive win in the event to give the Matlock cuemen the best possible start.
A 35-11 verdict for Rob Dicken put them on the precipice and with the scotch doubles brought forward to frame four whilst waiting for late arrivals, it was Dicken and Dobney who sealed the deal in the scotch doubles, taking brown, blue, pink and black to steal the frame 30-22.
Dicken and Lavelle continued the winning streak in an academic frame five with team mate Mark Gibson only making it as far as Cromford before being turned back.
Elsewhere, the Jimmy Harper Team Plate got underway with the preliminary round match falling to Crich Comrades, who got the better of Bolehill No 1 318-249 on the aggregate scoreline.
Colin Marchington and Simon Zoppi had the visitors in an early advantage, but the hosts then turned on the style with Ady Lowe and Ade Smith scoring 91 and 92 points respectively before teaming up successfully with a black ball win in the pairs.
Bob McCartin Six Red Cup: Edgefold Matlock No 2 5, Belper Strutt Club 0 (at Bolehill Institute).
Jimmy Harper Team Plate: Crich Comrades 318, Bolehill Institute 249.
OMYA Cup (Individual Scratch) semi final: Graham Jones 3, Justin Weller 1.
Open Individual Handicap semi final: Sean Dobney 3, Keith Manlove 0; Kevin Munnelly 3, Rob Dicken 0.
Breaks: J Weller 25; R Dicken / S Dobney 22 (scotch doubles).