Herewith
the
Dover
,
Deal & District Bar Billiards
League report for this week:-
Results:
Group A: Royal Oak 4 Chantry 2.
Brickmakers B 2 Magnet A 4.
Group B: Magnet B 6 Fitzwalter
Arms 0. Butchers Arms 1
Market
Inn
B
5.
Group C:
Market
Inn
A
4 P&H Tilmanstone 2. Alma
Gills 3 Greyhound 3.
League standings:-
Group A: 1, Chantry (P 6, Pts 37),
2, Royal Oak (6, 35), 3, Magnet A
(5, 21), 4, Brickmakers B (6, 15),
5, Brickmakers A (5, 4)
Group B: 1, Alma Lions (P 5, Pts
37), 2, Fitzwalter Arms (6, 24),
3, Market Inn B (5, 23), 4,
Butchers Arms (6, 16), 5, Magnet B
(6, 12)
Group C: 1, P&H Bridge (P 5,
Pts 32), 2, Market Inn A (6, 28),
3, Alma Gills (6, 25), 4, P&H
Tilmanstone (6, 15), 5, Greyhound
(5, 12)
In Group A, the Royal Oak beat the
Chantry 4-2, narrowing the gap at
the top.
Gary Clarke (3860) and Alan
Smith (2960) put the Oak 2-0 up,
before Mick Nichol (2760) pulled a
point back.
Richard Cousens & Smith
took the first doubles, but the
Chantry again fought back to take
the next doubles.
A close final leg was won
1720-1480 for Clarke & Cousens
for the match victory.
The
Magnet A beat the Brickmakers B
4-2 to move clear in third place.
Simon Jones put the
Brickies ahead, but excellent wins
for Ward Griffiths (2650) and Mike
Callanan (5400) gave the magnet
advantage.
Griffiths & Callanan
then took the first doubles,
before Jones & Nick
Corck fought back for the Brickies.
The Brickmakers mini-revival was
halted, however, as Mike & Lin
Callanan won the final frame.
The Magnet B, without a win in the
Spring Cup, produced a stunning
6-0 victory against the Fitzwalter
Arms. Tanya Philpott (2410),
Chris Gent (2760) and Steve
Philpott (2660) swept the singles,
and the first two doubles also
fell to the Magnet B. Steve
Philpott & Chris Gent beat
Mark Graves & Carl Byford for
the whitewash, but only after a
brave attempt by
Graves
to pot the final ball down the 200
for victory, as the ball clipped
the black peg by a whisker.
The
Market
Inn
B
from
Sandwich
travelled to Ashley and won 5-1
against the Butchers Arms.
Derek Latham (4460) put the
visitors ahead, before Doug
Vickers beat John Skinner
2140-1820. Craig Carlson
regained the lead, a late 1390
break proving just enough to
defeat Paul Collins 2570-1700.
Ted Hogben played and won all
three doubles, including a narrow
1630-1590 for Hogben & Skinner
against
Phil
Court
& Ruth Collins.
Skinner had to pot the
final ball down the 100 to win to
complete a 380 break.
The
Market
Inn
A
defeated the Plough & Harrow
from Tilmanstone 4-2 in Group C.
Alan Farra (4120) took the first
leg courtesy of a 2360 break, Ron
Beer (1940) levelled for the
Plough, before Gareth Butcher
restored the Market Inn lead with
an 1890 break and a 3660 score.
The first two doubles followed
suit to hand match victory to the
Sandwich
side, but the final frame was won
by Beer & Karen Keen,
1560-1230 against Butcher &
Christine Farra.
An
excellent result for the Greyhound
from
Sandwich
as they travelled to Deal and drew
3-3 with the Alma Gills.
Alma
wins for Rick Cowdrey (3640) and
Bill Edwards (4960) were separated
by a success for Dave McNeily
(1850).
John Mitchell & Dave
Howarth took the first doubles,
but the Greyhound fought back as
first Roger Beadle & Daniel
Jackson won, and then Jackson
& McNeily edged a close final
leg against Howarth & Paul
Callanan.