Report 11th November

The Alma A played the Greyhound B on Sunday this week in a rearranged fixture, and took advantage of the early start with a 5-1 victory which moves them to within a point of leaders the Plough & Harrow from Bridge. At the time of writing, the Plough were resting with a bye, whereas third placed Chantry faced a potentially tricky match at the Lion at Ash. A win would see there would see the Chantry top the table.

The Alma vs. Greyhound match started with a win for Tim Bourner against Daniel Jackson. Tim built an early lead by mounting a score total of over 4000, and through most of the game Daniel was unable to find his scoring touch. However, with about 5 minutes remaining, Daniel got the break back, and with his break standing at 3600 a ball whipped back from the 30 hole and knocked over the white peg, thereby losing a score which would have virtually levelled the frame. The second game was won by Ted Batchelor 4850-3890 against Derek Latham. In this frame, Derek built the early lead and led by a thousand approaching the bar. Ted however gained the break and built enough to take the frame. The third game started scrappily between Chris Saville and Craig Carlson before Chris ran up a break of 6500 on the way to a comprehensive win, and a 3-0 lead for the Alma after the singles matches. The doubles continued in similar fashion as Chris & Gill Saville teamed up to beat Derek Latham and Daniel Jackson 5960-1910. The second doubles leg saw the only point for the Greyhound as Craig Carlson and Derek Latham teamed up to beat Tim Bourner and John Mitchell 4800-3630, a hard earned point helped by a maximum 2000 break from Derek. Ted Batchelor and John Mitchell easily won the final game. John is one a ten players from this league heading to Jersey on Tuesday to compete in the annual Open held there, and will be hoping for a repeat of last year when he reached the quarter finals.