Saturday 1 November 2014

EDGEFOLD No 1 CONTINUE FLYING START AT BOLEHILL

DUNCAN HARWOOD made the game secure for EDGEFOLD No 1
THIS weeks J K Interiors and Joinery Services Snooker League fixtures saw a clash of two of last seasons main trophy winners as play off victors and current leaders Edgefold No 1 travelled to league champions Bolehill Institute No 1.
Having taken maximum points from their opening two games, Edgefold's Andy Russell was charged with keeping the run going against home captain Ricki Slack and it was nip and tuck throughout in a marathon battle.

Slack, 11 ahead, clipped green into the middle and with brown over the pocket looked set to command a healthy position only for the cue ball to go up and down the table and agonisingly knock the hanging ball in for a foul. Eventually it was Russell who took a mid range pink and then black in the middle for the early spoils.

Richard Ferguson then pulled away from Mark Gwynne-Jones with a break of 20 on the colours after another hard grind with each of the opening frames taking an hour apiece to complete.

Andrew Brough and Duncan Harwood served up a thriller in frame three with the Bolehill player twice potting brown only to go in off on each occasion before Harwood made it 3-0 with a steady nerve on the remaining colours.

Simon Zoppi thereafter took both his singles and doubles frames to reduce the arrears to the minimum margin.

Bolehill No 2 team continue to press hard in second place, winning 4-1 at Matlock Cons as Keith Robertson (breaks of 45 and 23) and Mick Bunting (wins in both singles and doubles) proved too hot to handle. Nick Kay registered for the hosts with a black ball success.

The other victors were all gaining their opening league win of the season.
Edgefold No 2 edged out Belper Strutt No 2 3-2 on the final black courtesy of Martyn Taylor's pot (having earlier notched a break of 31 in defeat to Keith Hubbold). Sean Dobney also had runs of 25 and 24.

Belper Strutt No 1 triumphed by the same scoreline over Matlock Club, with Mark Newby (32) and Ben Monk (30) amongst the breaks, the latter scoring on the final black. Mick McFall and Paul Holmes notched for the visitors.

And in a very tight match, Jaxx Q Club prevailed, also 3-2 at Alfreton Palmer Morewood with a host of black ball games being the order of the day.
Shak Mirza won both his singles and doubles frames while Ralph Edgson top scored for the Amber Valley outfit.

League week 3 results: Bolehill Institute No 1 2, Edgefold Matlock No 1 3; Matlock Cons 1, Bolehill Institute No 2 4; Edgefold Matlock No 2 3, Belper Strutt No 2 2; Belper Strutt No 1 3, Matlock Club 2; Alfreton Palmer Morewood 2, Jaxx Q Club Belper 3.
Breaks: K Robertson 45,23; M Newby 32; M Taylor 31; B Monk 30; C Parker 29; S Dobney 25,24; R Slack 24; S Mirza 23; R Edgson 22; R Ferguson 20.

J K Interiors & Joinery Services Snooker League
                                         P      W      L      Pts
Edgefold Matlock No 1    3        3       0       13
Bolehill Institute No 2      3         3       0       12
Belper Strutt No 2           3         1       2         8
Bolehill Institute No 1      3         1       2         7
Edgefold Matlock No 2    3         1       2        7
Jaxx Q Club Belper         2         1       1        5
Alfreton P Morewood       3         1       2        5
Matlock Club                    3         1       2        5
Matlock Cons                   3         1       2        5
Belper Strutt No 1            2         1       1        3
Leading breaks: K Robertson 45; M Taylor 43.
Leading wins: K Robertson, M Bunting, R Ferguson, A Russell, D Harwood &
C Stubbs 3.

Sunday 26 October 2014

JAXX REGISTER SIX RED WIN BUT BOLEHILL FIGHT BACK

MARTIN FORSTER's 30 break stopped the rot for BOLEHILL No 2
THE second round of games in the Bob McCartin Six Red Cup saw Belper's Jaxx Q Club edge out Bolehill Institute No 2 4-3 in Group A which also featured some of the most free-flowing snooker.
Tim Maslin, Ben Turner and Jak Groom all registered to see the home team surge 3-0 ahead before Martin Forster stopped the rot with an excellent break of 30.
Turner and Kevin Holmes then took the decisive scotch doubles leg with a run of 23 before the visitors rallied to close to the minimum margin.

Edgefold No 1 all but secured their place in the quarter finals with a 5-2 win over Bolehill No 1.
Richard Ferguson with a great finish of 33 saw the hosts off to the best possible start while Simon Zoppi was the most impressive of the vanquished.

In Group B Belper Strutt No 2 came from 2-0 down to win 5-2 at Matlock Club while Belper Strutt No 1 triumphed 6-1 at home to Matlock Cons in Group C.

Steve Bullock was in prolific form winning all three frames he contested while Nick Kay (26 break) made sure there was no whitewash.

Cons bounced back in a re-arranged J K Interiors & Joinery Services League encounter later in the week triumphing 3-2 over Edgefold No 2.

Martyn Taylor's 43 break still couldn't earn him frame success against a defiant Richard Deakin while Chris Parker's black ball win in frame three proved pivotal.

Bob McCartin Six Red Cup Group A: Jaxx Q Club Belper 4, Bolehill Institute No 2 3; Edgefold Matlock No 1 5, Bolehill Institute No 1 2. Group B: Matlock Club 2, Belper Strutt No 2 5. Group C: Belper Strutt No 1 6, Matlock Cons 1.
League: Matlock Cons 3, Edgefold Matlock No 2 2.

Breaks: M Taylor 43; R Ferguson 33; M Forster 30; N Kay 26; B Turner & K Holmes (sctch dbls) 23; B Turner 22; C Parker 22; S Dobney 22; K Robertson & M Forster (sctch dbles) 21; R Deakin 20; B Turner & J Groom (sctch dbles) 20.

Bob McCartin Six Red Cup Preliminaries
Group A                           P      W      L      Pts
Edgefold Matlock No 1     2        2       0       10
Bolehill Institute No 2       2        1       1         8
Jaxx Q Club Belper         2        1       1         6
Bolehill Institute No 1       2        0       2         4
Group B                           P      W      L      Pts
Alfreton Pmr Morewood   1        1       0         5
Belper Strutt No 2            1        1       0         5
Matlock Club                    2        0       2         4
Group C                           P      W      L      Pts
Belper Strutt No 1            2        1       1         9
Edgefold Matlock No 2     1        1       0        4
Matlock Cons                   1        0       1        1

Leading scotch doubles breaks (for Presidents Cup):
J Rowland & K Rowland 26; B Turner & K Holmes 23.