Friday 4 November 2011

NO MONKEYING AROUND AS BEN TOPS BREAKS CHART

SUBSTANTIAL breaks were in shorter supply than of late at most of this week's venues - with one exception - as Ben Monk of PJ'z No 1 Ripley more than made up for it, unleashing a barrage of 30 and 29 (twice) in his singles match against Keith Manlove and then topping it off with a 71 in the concluding doubles frame, hence completing a 4-1 triumph over visitors the Matlock Club.
Only Ian Rose triumphed for the visitors with a black ball success over admirable 81-year-old ex-Derbyshire champion John Smith.

Matlock Golf Club, sporting another ex-Derbyshire champ in Graham Jones, continued their unstoppable form of late with a 5-0 win over the PJ'z No 2 team at Ripley and are now four points clear of their nearest B Division rivals Bolehill Institute No 3 who earned a 3-2 success at Jaxx Q Club No 2 of Belper. Mick Bunting's win over Adam Ballard in the fourth frame settled the issue there.

The No 1 team from Jaxx Q Club - after hitting the crossbar so far in the league - finally ran out winners 3-2 at Belper Strutt Club No 2 after taking the first three frames to ease any pressure.

There was no such luxury in the clash between early A Division pace-setters Edgefold Club and Bolehill Institute No 1 which went down to the wire before Ricki Slack and Simon Zoppi won their deciding doubles frame to secure a 3-2 win for the away team.

Bolehill No 2 also prevailed, winning 4-1 against Belper Strutt Club No 1 which featured black ball decisions for Mark Gwynne-Jones and Sean O'Sullivan.

League week 3 results: Bolehill Inst No 2 4, Belper Strutt Club No 1 1; Edgefold Club Matlock 2, Bolehill Inst No 1 3; PJ'z Club Ripley No 2 0, Matlock Golf Club 5; Belper Strutt Club No 2 2, Jaxx Q Club Belper No 1 3; Jaxx Q Club Belper No 2 2, Bolehill Inst No 3 3; PJ'z Club Ripley No 1 4, Matlock Club 1.

Thursday 3 November 2011

COMPETITION DRAWS / NEWS FROM THE MEETING

THE draws for some of the competitions were made recently at the meeting held at Jaxx Q Club, Belper. Balls were pulled out by Dwayne Martin and Ben Monk.
As agreed by the committee, dates are to be put on the matches this season, though you can play them in advance of the set date if you wish obviously.
You must re-arrange with your opponent if a date is not suitable (please give at least 48hrs notice and preferably more) and re-schedule it within 7 days, failing agreement you can apply to the match secretary for a further 7 days to play it.
If someone doesn't contact the opposition and then fails to show, they are expunged obviously.

OMYA CUP (INDIVIDUAL SCRATCH COMPETITION) 1st round Proper
Best of 3 frames - all off Scratch - 7.30pm
Tue Nov 29: K Robertson (Bolehill Inst No 2) 0 R Muxlow (Edgefold Matlock) 2
Tue Nov 29: B Monk (PJ'z Ripley No 1) 2 S Buckley (Belper Strutt Club No 2) 0
Wed Nov 30: I Rose (Matlock Club) 0 R Slack (Bolehill Inst No 1) 2
Mon Nov 28: A Fisher (Jaxx Q Club Belper No 1) 1 G Jones (Matlock Golf Club) 2
BYES:
S Bullock (Belper Strutt Club No 1)
M Whiteman or K Whiteman (PJ'z Ripley No 2)
M Bunting (Bolehill Inst No 3)
A Ballard (Jaxx Q Club Belper No 2)

OPEN INDIVIDUAL HANDICAP 1st round
Best of 3 frames - Normal league handicaps apply - 7.30pm
Tue Nov 22: M Gwynne-Jones (Bolehill Inst No 2) 1 N Parkinson (Edgefold) 2
2nd round
N Parkinson (Edgefold Matlock) v K Holmes (Jaxx Q Club Belper No 1)
M Travis (Edgefold Matlock) v S O'Sullivan (Bolehill Inst No 2)
J Rowland (PJ'z Ripley No 1) v M Taylor (Edgefold Matlock)
P Ogden (Jaxx Q Club Belper No 1) v K Robertson (Bolehill Inst No 2)
S Robinson (Jaxx Q Club Belper No 1) v N Kay (Matlock Golf Club)
R Slack (Bolehill Inst No 1) v T Chambers (Edgefold Matlock)
G Jones (Matlock Golf Club) v R Muxlow (Edgefold Matlock)
A Gratton (PJ'z Ripley No 1) v D Martin (Bolehill Inst No 2)
The above 2nd round matches are not due to be played until the New Year (when dates will be put on them if still unplayed) but feel free to arrange any that you can fit in in the meantime should you so wish!

D MORTON TROPHY (PAIRS HANDICAP) 1st round
Best of 3 frames - Normal league handicaps apply
(add together & divide by 2) - 7.30pm
Mon Jan 02: A Gratton / B Monk (PJ'z No 1) v A Kerry / A Ballard (Jaxx Q 2)
Mon Jan 02: N Kay / C Parker (Golf Club) 2 R Muxlow / N Parkinson (Edgefold) 0
Tue Jan 03: M Taylor / M Lane (Edgefold) v R Slack / C Marchington (Bolehill 1)
Mon Jan 02: S Bullock / M Newby (Strutt 1) v P Ogden / S Robinson (Jaxx Q 1)
Thu Jan 05: D Martin/M G-Jones (Bolehill 2) v K Manlove/P Holmes (Mat Club)
BYES:
K Robertson / S O'Sullivan (Bolehill Inst No 2)
A Brough / S Zoppi (Bolehill Inst No 1)
M Travis / T Chambers (Edgefold Matlock)

CAPTAINS CUP (TEAM HANDICAP COMPETITION) 1st round
It was decided to keep same format as last year - 4 Singles and
1 Traditional Doubles - (ignore any previous info!) - 7.30pm

Overall Points Aggregate to decide the match - all frames played to a finish
Wed Jan 04: Bolehill Inst No 3 v Edgefold Matlock
Tue Jan 03: Matlock Golf Club v PJ'z Ripley No 2
Mon Jan 02: Bolehill Inst No 1 v Matlock Club
Tue Jan 03: Bolehill Inst No 2 v PJ'z Ripley No 1
BYES: 
Belper Strutt Club No 1
Belper Strutt Club No 2
Jaxx Q Club Belper No 1
Jaxx Q Club Belper No 2

First and second round losers will enter the Jimmy Harper Plate Competition (same format).


There is still 1 place left in both the B Individual Handicap and the Hartshorne Cup (2 man team, 4 Singles and 1 Scotch Doubles) to bring us up to a nice round figure.
These events will commence in the New Year and will be drawn at the December meeting.
Please apply to bolehillsec@yahoo.co.uk if interested or ring me on 07890 985830.


The December meeting will be held at Matlock Golf Club on Wednesday December 7th @ 7.45pm. It is especially important that all dues are paid by then as there is a new rule approved which means 2pts are deducted for every week passed that monies are overdue from this date, until expulsion after 1 month of non-payment.
This was necessary due to a team going through the whole season without paying anything at all last time around!
So the most you can be owing by the December meeting is £40, and the rest needs to be paid by the February meeting, thanks. This includes competition monies that are overdue too.
Any outstanding amounts will be communicated with the cup draws shortly.


Also on request from PJ'z of Ripley, it was agreed by the committee that two of the No 2 team players we had not seen before prior to the season should be moved to a handicap of +10, Gary Day and Trevor Hames starting from the forthcoming week and for the foreseeable future in order to help them become more competitive.