BOLEHILL EDGE OUT STRUTT IN BATTLE FOR RUNNERS-UP

COLIN MARCHINGTON ... struck first for BOLEHILL

WITH league leaders Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 2 sitting this week out due to a late postponement, the teams immediately below clashed in what is increasingly looking like a battle for the runners-up spot.
Bolehill No 1 and Belper Strutt Club were locked together with identical records before the contest and it was the home side who struck first with Colin Marchington extending his already impressive record this season with a 71-38 success.
After a tight battle, Ricki Slack increased the lead in the next, taking the last four balls for a 65-39 success.
Paul Jarrett put up a rearguard resistence to pull one back before Ian Birks ensured victory for Bolehill as he edged another close encounter in frame four.
But with Jarrett and Wayne Shooter dominating the doubles leg, just one point separated the teams in the table at the end of the night.

Bolehill No 2 pulled off a spectacular 5-0 stampede at Alfreton No 1 with Mick Bunting (95 points) in sparkling nick along with triumphant performances from Keith Roberson and Joe Neville in singles and doubles.

The battle of the Tramwaymen went to the No 2 team courtesy of a 3-2 verdict this time around with Ady Lowe successful in both singles and doubles, after Jack Long had nudged the No 1 outfit into an early lead.

And Matlock Golf Club secured a 3-2 win at Whitworth Institute, with Ian McKay's fluked black in frame two proving a pivotal moment after Geoff Brailsford had put the hosts ahead. Tony Blant notched an excellenet run of 29 but Mark Gwynne-Jones made sure it went down to the final pairs leg where McKay teamed up with Les Mooney to quell the storm.
League week 14 results: Bolehill Institute No 1 3, Belper Strutt Club 2; Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 1 0, Bolehill Institute No 2 5; Crich Comrades No 2 3, Crich Comrades No 1 2; Whitworth Institute 2, Matlock Golf Club 3.
Breaks: T Blant 29; L Mooney 22; R Slack 22.

T & M Motors Snooker League        P        W       L      Pts 
Alfreton P Morewood No 2                  12      10        2      42
Bolehill Institute No 1                          14       10       4      41
Belper Strutt Club                               14        9         5     40
Crich Comrades No 2                         14        8        6      36
Matlock Golf Club                               13        8        5      35
Bolehill Institute No 2                          14        5        9      32
Crich Comrades No 1                         13        5        8      28
Edgefold Matlock                                13        4        9      27
Whitworth Institute                              13         3      10     26
Alfreton P Morewood No 1                 12         4        8     23
Leading breaks: S Dobney 74 & 55; B Monk 54.
Leading wins: A Lowe 10/14; A Beardsley 9/9; C Marchington 9/10 B Monk 9/12; J Weller 9/14.