FINE HAT-TRICK FOR BOLEHILL AT THE THREE-BALL GAME

RICKI SLACK (left) and ANDREW BROUGH of the Bolehill billiards team

THE BOLEHILL INSTITUTE billiards pairing of Ricki Slack and Andrew Brough completed a fine hat-trick in their first full season at the three-ball game as they defeated Jim McCann and Rob Lowe 200-134 at Whitworth Institute to lift the Kenworthy Cup (scotch doubles knockout) to add to recent successes in the Elliott Carpets Billiards League and Captains Cup.
Starting in fluent fashion with a run of 24 and receiving 30 newcomers' handicap for starters, Bolehill looked in a commanding early position but Whitworth came back strongly and got to within ten before the eventual victors pulled away with a run of steady scoring entering the home straight.

In the T & M Motors Snooker League, there were wins for the top three teams who all enjoyed 4-1 victories.
Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 2 saw off their No 3 team with Ben Monk amassing 91 points in the opener before Jamie Rowland struck the decisive blow with eventually Ady and Jack Lowe notching a late point for their rivals in the doubles leg.

Tansley Potters defeated Alfreton No 1 likewise after Des Smith had given the visitors an early lead but Steve Hawkins and Joe Neville were successful in both singles and doubles to turn the tide.

And also enjoying the same healthy margin of victory were Matlock Golf Club at Edgefold No 1, for whom Sean Dobney notched 99 points in the opening frame with breaks of 29 and 20 before the Golfers took control with Graham Jones and Chris Parker each twice successful.

Edgefold No 2 scored an excellent 3-2 verdict at Crich Comrades, their second in a row, with Roy Taylor and Ryan Spencer delivering on the final black after Rob Mulliss had equalised for the hosts.

And Belper Strutt Club continued their resurgence with a third win in four games, defeating Bolehill Institute 3-2 leaving the latter still without an away win all season in league or cup.
Wayne Shooter top scored for the hosts while Ricki Slack was twice successful for the opposition in tightly fought contests.

T & M Motors Snooker League: Alfreton Palmer Morewood No3 1, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No2 4; Tansley Potters 4, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No1 1; Edgefold Matlock No1 1, Matlock Golf Club 4; Crich Comrades 2, Edgefold Matlock No2 3; Belper Strutt Club 3, Bolehill Institute 2.
Breaks:  S Dobney 29,20; S Zoppi 23; A Lowe 22; R Mulliss 21.

Kenworthy Cup (billiards scotch doubles) final: Whitworth Institute 134, Bolehill Institute 200.

T & M Motors Snooker League         P        W       L       Pts
Alfreton P Morewood No 2                13        11        2       43
Tansley Potters                                  14        11        3       41
Matlock Golf Club                              13          8        5       39 
Alfreton P Morewood No 3                14          7        7       35 
Alfreton P Morewood No 1                14          6        8       32
Bolehill Institute                                 14          4      10       32
Edgefold Matlock No 1                      13          5        8       30
Belper Strutt Club                              14          5        9       30
Edgefold Matlock No 2                      14          6        8       29 
Crich Comrades                                13          5        8       29
Leading breaks: S Donner 92, R Mulliss 60.
Leading wins: G Jones 11/13; L Mooney 10/13; A Beardsley 9/11.

GOLF CLUB SUFFER HOME REVERSE TO ALFRETON No1

PHIL LONGDEN

ALFRETON PALMER MOREWOOD No1 scored a fine 3-2 away victory at title challengers Matlock Golf Club as they overturned a 2-1 deficit to bring home the spoils in one of the most exciting fixtures from this week's T & M Motors Snooker League.
Ryan Taylor had them off to a flying start with a 64-26 win in the opener before the golfers hit back strongly with hard-fought wins for Les Mooney and Graham Jones giving them their tenth victories in twelve outings.
However, the Amber Valley cuemen have been showing alot of resolve lately and Phil Longden with a 64-45 success set up a grandstand finish which saw Taylor team up with John Smith to see the visitors home with a 77-47 scoreline.

Leaders Alfreton No 2 edged out Belper Strutt Club 3-2 after falling 0-2 behind to wins for Justin Weller and Wayne Shooter.
However, Andrew Beardsley and Ben Monk (36 break) took each of their singles legs in tight encounters before pairing up to secure the deciding doubles 69-49.

Alfreton No 3 were denied a clean sweep for the Palmer Morewood Club teams however as they fell 4-1 at Edgefold No 2.
Roy Taylor top scored for the hosts while Ady Lowe was the only player to register for the visitors.

And Tansley held second place with a 3-2 home win over Bolehill Institute. Joe Neville and Steve Hawkins took the deciding doubles leg after Joe's son Radford had gotten them off to the best possible start while Simon Zoppi top scored for the vanquished.

Billiards finalists, the two Mayfield players flank the winners from Bolehill Institute:
Keith Gregory, Ricki Slack, Andrew Brough, Mark Jennings.

The Captains Cup final for the billiards was also played with Bolehill Institute doubling up from their league success with a 285-199 verdict over Mayfield Institute.

T & M Motors Snooker League week 13: Matlock Golf Club 2, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No1 3; Alfreton Palmer Morewood No2 3, Belper Strutt Club 2; Edgefold Matlock No2 4, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No3 1; Tansley Potters 3, Bolehill Institute 2.
Breaks (inc. comps): B Monk 36; I Birks 27,20; S Zoppi 23; J Neville 24,21; K Robertson 22,20.

Captains Cup (billiards) final: Bolehill Institute 285, Mayfield Institute 199.

T & M Motors Snooker League         P        W       L       Pts
Alfreton P Morewood No 2                12        10        2       39
Tansley Potters                                 13         10        3       37
Matlock Golf Club                              12          7        5       35 
Alfreton P Morewood No 3                13          7        6       34 
Alfreton P Morewood No 1                13          6        7       31
Bolehill Institute                                 13          4        9       30
Edgefold Matlock No 1                      12          5        7       29
Crich Comrades                                12          5        7       27
Belper Strutt Club                              13          4        9       27
Edgefold Matlock No 2                      13          5        8       26 
Leading breaks: S Donner 92, R Mulliss 60.
Leading wins: L Mooney & G Jones 10/12; R Neville 9/12.

MONK SETS THE STANDARD AS ALFRETON No2 EDGE WIN

BEN MONK

AFTER a short hiatus for cup games, the T & M Motors Snooker League returned with a full set of fixtures last week and fresh from their six red cup final success, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No2 continued their good work with a 3-2 win at Bolehill Institute.
Ben Monk (37 break) took the opener in fine style and a stupendous potting display from Andrew Beardsley in the next soon had the visitors in prime position with a 2-0 lead.
Keith Robertson then pulled one back as he took a 67-48 success and Ian Birks then levelled things up with his own verdict of 65-43.
And in an enthralling final doubles frame, just one point separated the pairings with pink and black on the table.
Robertson took the pink but in following through for the black on the bottom cushion, saw the cue ball disappear into the same pocket and eventually Kevin Rowland took a mid range pink to see off the fightback.

Tansley Potters remain second despite a 3-2 reverse at fourth placed Alfreton No3. Radford Neville (22 break) top scored for the visitors but Ady and Jack Lowe took each of their singles and doubles legs to swing things in the Amber Valley cuemen's favour.

Alfreton No 1 also enjoyed the sweet taste of success to complete the hat-trick for the Palmer Morewood teams as they saw off Edgefold No 2 3-2.
John Smith secured the winning leg after brother Des had got them off to a flyer but Roy Taylor and Jamie Wright reduced the arrears to the minimum margin in the concluding doubles match-up.

Matlock Golf Club kept up their challenge towards the upper echelons by defeating Crich Comrades 4-1. Les Mooney and Chris Parker both amassed 73 points as the hosts started in rip-roaring form and it wasn't until the final doubles frame that Cliff Gould and Jack Long got a point on the board for the Tramwaymen.

In the remaining fixture there was a second successive win for Belper Strutt Club, who took the spoils 3-2 at Edgefold No1.
Steve Bullock took the opener on a black ball decider and although James Travis soon levelled, eventually it was Bullock again teaming up with Wayne Shooter who recorded an emphatic 74-12 scoreline to take the match.

In the Elliott Carpets Billiards League, Bolehill Institute's 14-7 win at Tansley Potters gives the pairing of Ricki Slack and Andrew Brough an unassailable advantage at the top despite Mayfield Institute putting in one of the performances of the season in defeating Whitworth Institute 14-5.
Mark Jennings with a run of 41 and Keith Gregory (33 & 30) replied in fine style to Jim McCann's own effort of 33 in a free-flowing spectacular.

T & M Motors Snooker League week 12: Bolehill Institute 2, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No2 3; Alfreton Palmer Morewood No2 3, Tansley Potters 2; Alfreton Palmer Morewood No1 3, Edgefold Matlock No2 2; Matlock Golf Club 4, Crich Comrades 1; Edgefold Matlock No1 2, Belper Strutt Club 3.
Breaks: B Monk 37; J Rowland 25; R Neville 22; R Taylor 22; K Robertson 21,20; K Rowland 20.

Elliott Carpets Billiards League: Tansley Potters 7, Bolehill Institute 14; Mayfield Institute 14, Whitworth Institute 5.
Breaks: M Jennings 41; K Gregory 33,30; J McCann 33.

T & M Motors Snooker League         P        W       L       Pts
Alfreton P Morewood No 2                11          9        2       36
Tansley Potters                                 12          9        3       34
Matlock Golf Club                              11          7        4       33 
Alfreton P Morewood No 3                12          7        5       33 
Edgefold Matlock No 1                      12          5        7       29
Alfreton P Morewood No 1                12          5        7       28
Bolehill Institute                                 12          4        8       28
Crich Comrades                                12          5        7       27
Belper Strutt Club                              12          4        8       25
Edgefold Matlock No 2                      12          4        8       22 
Leading breaks: S Donner 92, R Mulliss 60.
Leading wins: L Mooney & G Jones 9/11; J Lowe 9/12.

Elliott Carpets Billiards League       P     W      D       L     Pts
Bolehill Institute                                 12     10       1       1    141
Whitworth Institute                             11       4       0       7    110
Mayfield Institute                                  9       4       1       4     98
Tansley Potters                                  10       2       0       8     93
Leading breaks: J McCann 57, S Hawkins 46.
Leading wins: R Slack 10/12; J McCann 9/11.

ALFRETON ADD ELUSIVE SIX RED PRIZE TO THEIR TALLY

ALFRETON PM No 2 L-R: Ant McMahon, Steve Donner, Jamie Rowland, Andrew Beardsley,
Ben Monk, Kyle Ryde and Kevin Rowland.

ALFRETON PALMER MOREWOOD No 2 lifted the delayed Bob McCartin Six Red Cup final courtesy of a 4-0 defeat of Edgefold No 1 at Crich, for their first ever success in the event, though a couple of the players had previously taken part in teams from Marehay and Ripley which had lifted the silverware in the years of 2013 and 2012.
With Alfreton having won the group stage clash between the pair 7-0 they surely couldn't have expected the same kind of procession this time around but Kyle Ryde's 28 dish down to the black got them off to a rip-roaring start in the opener and Steve Donner quickly followed up to defy his elite players handicap with a 39 clearance for 2-0.
James Travis was in a good position to reduce the arrears in the next but a fluked pink from Ant McMahon took the frame all the way and it was the Amber Valley cuemen who struck a vital blow for 3-0.
With Edgefold a man short, Sean Dobney was drawn out of the hat under the extra handicap rule and was well in contention throughout but ultimately Ben Monk's brown and blue sealed the deal for the victorious reigning league champions.

Meanwhile, the Captains Cup Team Aggregate second round was taking place where Crich Comrades racked up a mammoth 393 points in their defeat of Matlock Golf Club.
Cliff Gould amassed 109 points in frame four which pretty much put the game to bed after Graham Jones has momentarily revived the golfers' fortunes in the third.

And in the other match Alfreton No 1 defeated Belper Strutt Club 303-241 on Hall Street with Des Smith winning each of his singles and doubles legs and Wayne Shooter on target for the visitors.

Keith Gregory (Mayfield) and Jim McCann (Whitworth) will meet in the Williams Cup billiards singles final after each came through their semi in midweek.

Bob McCartin Six Red Cup final: Alfreton Palmer Morewood No2 4, Edgefold Matlock No1 0.
Captains Cup (Team Aggregate): Crich Comrades 393, Matlock Golf Club 277; Alfreton Palmer Morewood No1 301, Belper Strutt Club 247.
Breaks: S Donner 39; K Ryde 28; C Parker 23; P Trevett 21.

EDGEFOLD No1 FIRST TEAM THROUGH IN CAPTAINS CUP

KEITH GREGORY...breaks of 35 & 30

WITH the Six Red Cup final put back for a week due to team unavailability, there were just two matches taking centre stage with a re-arranged all-Alfreton clash in the T & M Motors Snooker League and the second round of the Captains Cup between Edgefold No 1 and Bolehill Institute which was brought forward.
The clash between Palmer Morewood No 1 and No 3 teams saw Ryan Taylor give the former an early advantage before Jack Lowe edged a tight second frame on the black to level.
Dale Shaw then put his side ahead for the first time but again things were squared up with a victory for John Smith in the next.
But in a tense final frame, it was the Lowes, Ady and Jack who took a gritty 41-33 success to give the No 3 outfit the bragging rights as they moved back into third place in the standings.
Meanwhile the cup tie saw Colin Marchington giving Bolehill an early 19pt lead despite Jamie Wright, who was guesting from the No2 team, having earlier scored a fine break of 27.
Duncan Harwood however cancelled that out in the next before Keith Robertson again nudged the visitors in front with a 65-47 verdict.
However, Sean Dobney secured the win for the Matlock cuemen by taking the next 77-26 and then teaming up with Harwood for a 96-3 romp in the concluding doubles leg, with runs of 24 and 22.
In the "B" Individual Handicap competition, the aforementioned John Smith had a 32 break en route to reaching the semi final.
The Elliott Carpet Billiards League featured two tight games with Bolehill Institute defeating Mayfield Institute 12-11 despite a sparkling display from Keith Gregory with runs of 35 and 30 whilst Whitworth Institute edged out Tansley Potters by the same scoreline with Jim McCann hitting 36.
T & M Motors Snooker League: Alfreton Palmer Morewood No3 3, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No1 2.
Captains Cup (Team Aggregate) second round: Edgefold Matlock No1 358, Bolehill Institute 211.
Breaks: J Smith 32; J Wright 27; S Dobney 24,22.

Elliott Carpet Billiards League: Mayfield Institute 11, Bolehill Institute 12; Whitworth Institute 12, Tansley Potters 11.
Breaks: J McCann 36; K Gregory 35,30.

T & M Motors Snooker League         P        W       L       Pts
Alfreton P Morewood No 2                10          8        2       33
Tansley Potters                                  11          9        2       32
Alfreton P Morewood No 3                11          6        5       30 
Matlock Golf Club                              10          6        4       29 
Edgefold Matlock No 1                      11          5        6       27
Crich Comrades                                11          5        6       26
Bolehill Institute                                 11          4        7       26
Alfreton P Morewood No 1                11          4        7       25
Belper Strutt Club                              11          3        8       22
Edgefold Matlock No 2                      11          4        7       20 
Leading breaks: S Donner 92, R Mulliss 60.
Leading wins: L Mooney & G Jones 8/10; J Lowe 8/11.

Elliott Carpets Billiards League       P     W      D       L     Pts
Bolehill Institute                                 11       9       1       1    127
Whitworth Institute                             10       4       0       6    105
Tansley Potters                                    9       2       0       7     86
Mayfield Institute                                  8       3       1       4     84
Leading breaks: J McCann 57, S Hawkins 46.
Leading wins: J McCann 9/10; R Slack 9/11.

BELPER STRUTT CLUB REDISCOVER THE WINNING TOUCH

PAUL JARRETT

AFTER an unusually difficult run of results, Belper Strutt Club sprung back into life with a 3-2 win at Alfreton Palmer Morewood No1 to lift themselves off the foot of the table in the ever-changing environment of the T & M Motors Snooker League.
Paul Jarrett struck first in the opener with an excellent 76-45 win before the Taylors hit back for the home side with wins for Ryan and Guy (on the black) putting the hosts 2-1 ahead.
However, this was to be Belper's night as Steve Bullock took a 77-64 victory to force a decider where Wayne Shooter and Mark Newby secured a narrow verdict to take the spoils.

At the other end of the table, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No2 continued their winning ways as they defeated fellow challengers Matlock Golf Club 3-2.
Les Mooney and Chris Parker had the visitors two up early doors but there was a timely return for Simon Mays (32 break) on his first appearance of the season and Ben Monk's run of 35 in the deciding doubles leg proved the difference.

Tansley Potters kept up the pressure in second place with a 4-1 defeat of Edgefold No2. Steve Burton's 38 break in the opener counted for nothing as Radford Neville battled back strongly to take the frame 72-61 and Gray Astle made sure of victory in frame three before Roy Taylor's virtuoso effort reduced the arrears.

Edgefold No1 were also defeated by the same scoreline at the resurgent Bolehill Institute, who were gaining their second such win after a disappointing run. Sean Dobney took the opener 80-15 for the visitors but Ricki Slack and Ian Birks took each of their singles and doubles legs to turn the tables thereafter.

And Crich Comrades defeated Alfreton Palmer Morewood No3 3-2 in the other match with Ade Smith and Jack Lowe top scoring respectively.

In the Elliott Carpet Billiards League, Bolehill Institute moved into a strong position with a 14-5 win over Whitworth Institute though Mayfield Institute now have three matches in hand so could yet close the gap with the two teams meeting next up.

T & M Motors Snooker League week 11 results: Alfreton Palmer Morewood No1 2, Belper Strutt Club 3; Alfreton Palmer Morewood No2 3, Matlock Golf Club 2; Edgefold Matlock No2 1, Tansley Potters 4; Bolehill Institute 4, Edgefold Matlock No1 1; Crich Comrades 3, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No3 2.
Breaks: S Burton 38; B Monk 35; S Mays 32; A Lowe 28; S Dobney 24,22; T Broughton 24; R Mulliss 22; D Harwood 22; K Robertson 22.

Eliot Carpets Billiards League: Bolehill Institute 14, Whitworth Institute 5.
Breaks: J McCann 31.

T & M Motors Snooker League         P        W       L       Pts
Alfreton P Morewood No 2                10          8        2       33
Tansley Potters                                  11          9        2       32
Matlock Golf Club                              10          6        4       29 
Alfreton P Morewood No 3                10          5        5       27 
Edgefold Matlock No 1                      11          5        6       27
Crich Comrades                                11          5        6       26
Bolehill Institute                                 11          4        7       26
Alfreton P Morewood No 1                10          4        6       23
Belper Strutt Club                              11          3        8       22
Edgefold Matlock No 2                      11          4        7       20 
Leading breaks: S Donner 92, R Mulliss 60.
Leading wins: L Mooney & G Jones 8/10.

Elliott Carpets Billiards League       P     W      D       L     Pts
Bolehill Institute                                 10       8       1       1    115
Whitworth Institute                               9       3       0       6     93
Tansley Potters                                    8       2       0       6     75
Mayfield Institute                                  7       3       1       3     73
Leading breaks: J McCann 57, S Hawkins 46.
Leading wins: R Slack 9/10; J McCann 8/9.

MATLOCK GOLF CLUB HAVE IT OFF TO A TEE IN BELPER

LES MOONEY

MATLOCK GOLF CLUB picked up a fine 4-1 win over Belper Strutt Club in the latest round of T & M Motors Snooker League fixtures on Campbell Street to move onto the heels of the leaders in third place.
Les Mooney with his seventh win in nine outings cruised to a 62-3 success in the opener before Wayne Shooter, also enjoying an excellent season so far, equalised after a tight encounter for 1-1.
Graham Jones then edged the next on the black for 2-1 despite Paul Jarrett's run of 27 and Chris Parker sealed the deal with a 53-33 verdict in the fourth before the Golfers landed the pairs leg to complete a great nights work.

Leaders Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 2 went 3-0 up over their No 1 team with Ben Monk and Andrew Beardsley both scrambling home on the black after Kyle Ryde set the tone with a break of 31 but the underdogs fought back strongly with John Smith taking his singles and doubles legs, in which Phil Longden notched a run of 24.

Bolehill Institute defeated Alfreton No 3 4-1 with Graeme Wood putting the visitors ahead early doors but the hosts fighting back strongly to assert with Ricki Slack top scoring after an almost 40pt turnaround on the last red with several snookers involved.

Tansley Potters kept up their momentum with a 3-2 home win over Crich Comrades, which saw Joe Neville and Ade Smith top scoring. Both teams were a man down which meant the Gray Astle v Ade Smith match-up was on show again in frame four but this time it was Astle who held sway on the final black.

And in the battle of the two Edgefold teams, the No 1 team completed the double but only narrowly 3-2 after a hard-fought battle which saw the No 2 team strike first through Steve Burton who had breaks of 39 and 23 in the opener.
Sean Dobney (21 break) equalised and eventually teamed up with James Travis to take the deciding pairs leg 66-36.

In the billiards pairs final, Ricki Slack and Andrew Brough will meet Jim McCann and Rob Lowe after each won their keenly contested semi finals recently.

T & M Motors Snooker League week 10: Belper Strutt Club 1, Matlock Golf Club 4; Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 2 3, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 1 2; Bolehill Institute 4, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No 3 1; Tansley Potters 3, Crich Comrades 2; Edgefold Matlock No 1 3, Edgefold Matlock No 2 2.
Breaks: S Burton 39,23; K Ryde 31; P Jarrett 27; C Marchington 25; I Birks 24; P Longden 24; C Parker 23; S Dobney 21.

T & M Motors Snooker League         P        W       L       Pts
Alfreton P Morewood No 2                  9          7        2       30
Tansley Potters                                  10          8        2       28
Matlock Golf Club                                9          6        3       27 
Edgefold Matlock No 1                      10          5        5       26
Alfreton P Morewood No 3                  9          5        4       25 
Crich Comrades                                10          4        6       23
Bolehill Institute                                 10          3        7       22
Alfreton P Morewood No 1                  9          4        5       21
Edgefold Matlock No 2                      10          4        6       19 
Belper Strutt Club                              10          2        8       19
Leading breaks: S Donner 92, R Mulliss 60.
Leading wins: G Jones 8/9; L Mooney 7/9; B Monk & W Shooter 6/8.