Wednesday 30 October 2019

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.

Sunday 27 October 2019

CRICH No 1 OPEN SIX RED CAMPAIGN WITH NARROW WIN

ADE SMITH kept up the pressure for CRICH No 1
SOME tight battles in the second round of Bob McCartin Six Red Cup matches and none fore so than the clash which saw Crich Comrades No 1 travel to and defeat Bolehill Institute No 2 4-3 as each team got their Group B campaign underway.
Nick Berry edged the opener for the visitors and Paul Trevett (22 break) made it 2-0 courtesy of a black ball decider in the next.
Home team captain Mick Bunting pulled one back before Ade Smith increased the Tramwaymen's lead to 3-1.
Bunting then teamed up with son Darren to snatch a black ball victory in the first of the scotch doubles legs but John Smith and Cliff Gould sealed victory for the visitors in the penultimate frame.
Bolehill No 1 edged out Belper Strutt Club 4-3 to move level on points in Group A where Ian Birks and Simon Zoppi's black ball win in frame six secured the match after the hosts had led 2-0 early doors.
Alfreton Palmer Morewood defeated Whitworth Institute 5-2 in the same group with Andrew Haggarty and Des Smith (21 break) in winning form whilst in Group C Matlock Golf Club sneaked past Edgefold Club 4-3 on Edge Road with Les Mooney involved in two breaks of 22 with Ian McKay and Paul Roe respectively in the scotch doubles.
Bob McCartin Six Red Cup Group A: Belper Strutt Club 3, Bolehill Institute No 1 4; Whitworth Institute 2, Alfreton Palmer Morewood 5. Group B: Bolehill Institute No 2 3, Crich Comrades No 1 4. Group C: Edgefold Matlock 3, Matlock Golf Club 4.
Breaks: P Trevett 22; L Mooney / P Roe 22; L Mooney / I McKay 22; D Smith 21.

Group A                              P         W          L         Pts
Bolehill Institute No 1         2          2           0           9
Belper Strutt Club               2          1           1          9
Alfreton P Morewood          2          1           1          7
Whitworth Institute              2          0           2          3

Group B                              P         W          L         Pts
Crich Comrades No 1          1          1           0           4
Bolehill Institute No 2           1           0          1           3
Crich Comrades No 2          0           0          0           0

Group C                              P         W          L         Pts
Matlock Golf Club                1          1           0           4
Edgefold Matlock                 1          0           1           3
Matlock Club                        0           0          0           0

Two teams with worst points per game average are eliminated from this stage.