CLAY CROSS No1 STORM THROUGH INTO SIX RED FINAL

GRAHAM JONES ...  Player of the Week

WITH the Bob McCartin Six Red Cup final now being played at the end of the season, the remaining semi-final took centre-stage in a week of few team fixtures with Clay Cross Brotherhood No1 entertaining Alfreton Palmer Morewood No1 for a place in the grand showdown against Edgefold No1.
A hard fought opener went the way of Duncan Waring 28-20 and once again it was down to the wire in frame two but with the same end result as the home side's Graham Jones took it on the black 52-45 to put them two to the good.
Tony Blant's 42-15 victory put them on the cusp of qualification in the next and indeed, it was all over in four straight frames as Ian McKay ran up a 49-16 scoreline to complete an excellent night's work for the hosts.
A couple more frames were played out, and Jones and Waring combined to record the highest scotch doubles break so far with 26 in frame five before McKay and Blant made it six soon afterwards.

With a proposed re-arranged high-flying T & M Motors League clash between Alfreton No2 and Edgefold No1 sadly biting the dust for a second time, the remaining rescheduled fixture saw play-off hopefuls Tansley Potters take on bottom-placed Bolehill Institute No2.
Joe Neville secured the first frame 77-39 for the hosts but Owen Williams replied in similar fashion to take the next 73-47.
Steve Hawkins put Tansley back in front with a 77-42 salvo before the esteemed Martin Lawrence, playing as a stand-in for the absent Radford Neville, showed his class with an 86-47 powerhouse performance, exhibiting just how he had run up several century breaks in Sheffield snooker circles over the years.
Lawrence and Neville (J) then combined to take the doubles leg 72-58.

In the Classic Gas Bodyshop Billiards League, Bolehill Institute defeated Mayfield Institute 12-9 with Ricki Slack notching a break of 31 and Mark Jennings fighting back for a narrow verdict to reduce the arrears while Whitworth Institute saw off Tansley Potters 12-7 to remain just on top for now with Jim McCann edging his own cliffhanger and Rob Lowe gaining a rather more comfortable success.

Bob McCartin Six Red Cup semi final: Clay Cross Brotherhood No1 6, Alfreton Palmer Morewood No1 0.
T & M Motors Snooker League, rearranged: Tansley Potters 4, Bolehill Institute No2 1.
Breaks (inc. comps): J Lowe 28.23; D Waring / G Jones 26 (scotch doubles); I McKay 26; M Lawrence 21.
Clay Cross Brotherhood sponsored Player of the Week: Graham Jones (Clay Cross Brotherhood No1).

Classic Gas Bodyshop Billiards League: Mayfield Institute 9, Bolehill Institute 12; Whitworth Institute 12, Tansley Potters 7.
Breaks: R Slack 31.

T & M Motors Snooker League        P        W        L      Pts 

Edgefold Matlock No2                       14       11         3      49

Alfreton P Morewood No2                 13       10         3      44

Bolehill Institute No1                         14         9         5      40

Clay Cross Brotherhood No2            14         7         7      39

Tansley Potters                                  13         8         5      37

Edgefold Matlock No1                       13         8         5      36

Belper Royal British Legion               14         7         7      34

Alfreton P Morewood No1                 13         7         6      32

Clay Cross Brotherhood No1            13         5         8      28

Crich Comrades                                14         5         9      27

Edgefold Matlock No3                       14         3       11      22

Bolehill Institute No2                         13         1       12      17

Leading breaks: D Waring 47, I McKay 46.
Leading wins: J Lowe 12/13; M Barwick 11/13.

Classic Gas Bodyshop Billiards League       P     W      D       L     Pts
Whitworth Institute                                           11       3       1       7    100
Bolehill Institute                                                 9       8       0       1      98
Mayfield Institute                                                8       2       1       5     76
Tansley Potters                                                  6       3       0       3      54

Leading breaks: J McCann 91; M Jennings 51.
Leading wins: R Slack 7/9; J McCann 7/11.