Herewith
the
Dover
,
Deal & District Bar Billiards League
report for this week:-
Results:
Group A: Chantry 6 Royal Oak 0. Fitzwalter
Arms 4 Magnet B 2.
Group B:
Market
Inn
B
3 Butchers Arms 3. Magnet A 5 Brickmakers
B 1.
Group C: Greyhound 2 Alma B 4. P&H
Tilmanstone 1
Market
Inn
A
5.
In Group A, the Chantry put on an
exhibition of bar billiards as they beat
the
Royal
Oak
6-0 in
Canterbury
.
Mick Nichol (10240), Kevin Kay (8010) and
John Fullager (9670) took all three
singles comfortably for the home side.
The triangles-fettered doubles restricted
the Chantry's
free scoring, but the closest frame was
the final one as Fullager & Nichol
beat Alan Smith & Richard Cousens
2340-1650.
The Magnet A beat the Brickmakers B 5-1 in
the other match in this group. Mike
Callanan (6490) and John Higgens (8250)
put the Magnet A 2-0 up, before Simon
Jones (8550) secured the point for the
Brickies.
After the first two doubles fell to
the Magnet A, the bonus points were
assured, but the Brickies came close to a
second point in the final frame as Mike
& Lin Callanan won after a black peg
from Simon Jones & Nick Corck.
The Butchers Arms earned a well-deserved
draw, 3-3 away to the
Market
Inn
B.
Craig Carlson (3290) put the Market in
front, before wins for Doug Vickers (1840)
and Darryl Pemble (2060-2040 against Derek
Latham) put the Butchers ahead.
After Pemble & Phil Court took the
first doubles, a win for the visitors
looked likely, but the Market team
scrapped for the final two legs, Carlson
& Ted Hogben beating Paul Collins
& Pemble 1480-1270, then Hogben &
John Skinner defeating Vickers & Court
1730-1490.
The Fitzwalter Arms enjoyed a 4-2 win at
home to the Magnet B. Roger Oldfield
(6420) put the Fitz ahead, Tanya Philpott
levelled for the Magnet B, and finally Lee
Byford (2470) restored the Fitz lead.
The Magnet B, fresh from their stunning
Challenge Cup victory against the Alma
Lions, managed to take the first doubles
through Steve & Tanya Philpott.
From there, though, the Fitz took the
final two doubles to secure match victory.
Group C saw the Alma B forge an early
lead, thanks to a 4-2 win away to the
Greyhound. Daniel Jackson (3040)
beat Harry Pearson to give the Greyhound
the lead, but only after Pearson
back-pegged late, with just luckily
escaping a similar misfortune. Dave
McNeily (3160) played exceptionally well
to put the home side 2-0 up, including a
2100 break.
The
Alma
revival began as John Mitchell (6990) won
the final singles, followed by an
1860-1410 victory for Rick Cowdrey &
Bill Edwards in the first doubles.
The next doubles also went to the
Alma
,
and the turnaround was completed in the
final leg as Shirley Cowdrey & Rick
Cowdrey beat Len Carlson & Roger
Beadle 1810-1050.
The
Market
Inn
A
defeated the Plough & Harrow 5-1 in
Tilmanstone. The Plough took the
first leg as Ann Keen beat Alan Farra
2720-2600 in a last ball game, but from
there the
Sandwich
side took control. Gareth Butcher
(4750) won, followed by a narrow victory
for Dave Carliell
against Karen Keen. The
Market
Inn
A
also took all three doubles, the highest
scoring being 2570 for Christine