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| BELPER STRUTT CLUB Jaeger Trophy play off champs 2018-19 L-R: Wayne Shooter, Paul Jarrett, Steve Bullock and Mark Newby. |
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| MATLOCK GOLF CLUB T & M Motors Snooker League champs 2018-19 L-R: Charlie Hodgkinson, Graham Jones, Tony Blant and Paul Roe. Also played: Ian McKay and Chris Parker. |
Mark Newby, fresh from his doubles success with Steve Bullock, opened for Strutt and when opponent Paul Roe went in-off on the green after threatening a late comeback, he pounced to take match ball from out of the "D" and take the contest 57-23.
There was a mouth-watering clash of the teams' two winning-most players in the next and with the scores standing fairly even, a superb break of 38 from Paul Jarrett tipped the scales firmly in Strutt's favour and he soon followed that up with a decisive contribution of 18 despite some very deft and skilful snookers played late on by the ever battling Graham Jones.
Benefitting more successfully from a run of snookers was Wayne Shooter, who sealed the deal in the next, defeating Tony Blant 54-44, taking brown, blue and then doubling the pink to run out in style.
Charlie Hodgkinson put the golfers on the scoreboard in the remaining frame against victors' captain Bullock, courtesy of a pink into a baulk pocket. but it was all too late to stop the Belper team taking home one of the most coveted trophies of the season once again.
Jaeger Trophy play off final: Belper Strutt Club 3, Matlock Golf Club 1 (at Bolehill Institute): 57-23; 82(38)-26; 54-44; 36-53.
