GOLFERS COME OUT ON TOP IN BATTLE OF THE MAX MEN

IAN McKAY equalised for the Golfers

THE TWO teams who scored maximum points hauls in their opening T & M Motors Snooker League fixtures locked horns this week as Alfreton Palmer Morewood hosts reigning champions Matlock Golf Club and it was the visitors who took the spoils with a 3-2 victory.
Tom Broughton started the ball rolling impressively for the Amber Valley cuemen, taking the opener  61-37 before a crucial second frame went the way of the Golfers as Ian McKay scored a black ball verdict of 60-59.
Tony Blant soon made it 2-1 and then Graham Jones 3-1 before the two Smiths, John and Des, hit back for the hosts in the concluding doubles leg.

Bolehill Institute No 2 opened their account with a 4-1 defeat of Matlock Club. Keith Manlove was in barnstorming form for the hosts with a 75-16 success but three black ball deciders went the way of the victors with Keith Robertson and Kevin Munnelly both instrumental.

And Belper Strutt Club defeated Crich Comrades No 2 by the same scoreline. Mark Taylor on his league debut scored an impressive success for the Belper men and eventually it was down to Dale Shaw and Ady Lowe to prevent a whitewash by taking the final pairs frame.

In a delayed Bob McCartin Six Red Cup Group B encounter, Crich No 2 earned bragging rights over their No 1 team for the forthcoming period with a 4-3 win, Ady Lowe and John Smith top scoring respectively.

League week 3 results: Alfreton Palmer Morewood 2, Belper Strutt Club 3; Matlock Club 1, Bolehill Institute No 2 4; Crich Comrades No 2 1, Belper Strutt Club 4.
Bob McCartin Six Red Cup Group B: Crich Comrades No 1 3, Crich Comrades No 2 4.

T & M Motors Snooker League        P       W       L       Pts 
Belper Strutt Club                                3         2        1        9
Matlock Golf Club                                2         2        0        8
Bolehill Institute No 2                           3         1        2        8
Alfreton Palmer Morewood                  2         1         1       7
Bolehill Institute No 1                           2         1         1       5
Crich Comrades No 2                          3         1         2       5
Matlock Club                                        2         1         1       4
Crich Comrades No 1                          2         1         1       3
Edgefold Matlock                                 1         0         1       2
Leading breaks: R Slack 35 & 31; G Jones 29.
Leading wins: S Bullock 3/3.