GOLF CLUB AND ALFRETON No 2 TO MEET IN TEAM FINAL

CHRIS PARKER ... man of the match display

MATLOCK GOLF CLUB and Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 2 will contest the Captains Cup Team Aggregate final after they both came through stern examinations with only 61 and 35 points separating their semi final matches when the overall points were totted up.
The Golfers took on Alfreton No 1 on Chesterfield Road and it was the visitors who struck first with Des Smith taking a 54-38 success before Les Mooney's 77-63 reply put the game back in the melting pot.
Chris Parker's 90-42 scoreline was more than enough to give him man of the match status, especially as he later notched a fine break of 46 in the decisive pairs leg with Mooney after John Smith had reduced the points deficit to just 19 after his fourth frame win.

Although Alfreton No 2 won all five frames contested at Bolehill No 2, several of them were down to the wire as Ben Monk (4pts), Kyle Ryde (4pts) and Andrew Beardsley (3pts) were all taken to the brink by their plucky opponents.
Ryde impressed with a run of 31, but Steve Donner's 43 break proved pivotal in his 92-58 verdict in frame three and he teamed up with Jamie Rowland to rubber stamp the place in the final later in the evening.

The Jimmy Harper Plate competition got underway and with Edgefold struggling for players, it was left to Duncan Harwood and Steven Clark to don their "Superman" capes and see off the best Bolehill No 1 could muster with just the pair of them contesting all the five frames.
Harwood remained unbeaten throughout, even whilst giving up the extra handicap, whilst Clark got his team off to a flyer with a confident start. Simon Zoppi was the only visitor to register after taking pink and black in his frame.

And in the battle of the Crich cuemen, it was the No 2 team who took the spoils with Jack Lowe starring courtesy of a century points haul whilst Graeme Wood and Dale Shaw also impressed. Paul Trevett won both singles and doubles for the No 1 outfit.
Captains Cup (Team Aggregate) semi finals: Matlock Golf Club 322, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 1 287; Bolehill Institute No 2 297, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 2 358.
Jimmy Harper Plate (Team Aggregate) first round: Edgefold Matlock 312, Bolehill Institute No 1 239; Crich Comrades No 2 322, Crich Comrades No 1 254.
Breaks: C Parker 46; S Donner 43; K Ryde 31; C Marchington 25.