Herewith
the
Dover
,
Deal & District Bar Billiards League report for this week:-
Please
note, the final of the Spring Cup is this tuesday (6/6) at the
Magnet in Deal, approx start 20:15.
Results:
Spring Cup, semi-final: Alma Lions 3 Chantry 3.
Spring Cup, Plate, final: Greyhound 4 P&H Tilmanstone A 2.
The Greyhound, Sandwich have won the Spring Cup Plate competition
after a 4-2 win against the Plough & Harrow A from
Tilmanstone, in a match plated at the Magnet. Alan Farra
(6,150) put the Greyhound ahead, before Karen Keen (2,710)
levelled for the Plough & Harrow. Gareth Butcher beat
Ann Keen 4,240-2,540 to win the key final singles, putting the
Sandwich
side 2-1 up
with a healthy aggregate lead. In the triangles-rules
doubles, Dave Carliell & Butcher beat Brian Carpenter &
Ann Keen 1,700-1,350, including a 620 break from Butcher, to give
the Greyhound an almost unassailable lead.
Karen Keen & Carpenter edged Butcher & Christine
Farra 1,790-1,660 but the Plate trophy was confirmed in the final
leg as Alan Farra & Carliell defeated Ann Keen & Karen
Keen 1,580-1,260.
This
semi-final was a repeat of last years final and could not have
produced a closer match as the Alma Lions, Deal beat the Chantry
Club,
Canterbury
over aggregate
scores with the games tied at 3-3.
The Chantry won the toss and chose to be the home team, but
lost the first advantage as Neville Potts (5,240) played the table
well on his way to beating Chris Cook, which included an opening
break of 3,850. The Chantry hit back immediately as John Fullager
(4,250) beat Kevin Pringle and then took the lead when Kevin Kay
(5,260) beat Chris Saville to give them a 2-1 lead after the
singles matches. The
first doubles game saw Pringle & Saville (1,710) win to tie
the scores once again, but then Fullager & Cook (2,110)
regained the lead for the Chantry and gave them an overall
aggregate points lead of 660.
This meant that the
Alma
side needed to
win the last leg of this semi-final by more than 660 points in the
triangle format game to secure a place in the final. But with Wack
Sampson partnering Saville in this game, they both played the
table well and with some solid scoring they won with a total of
2,610, and turned the deficit into a 760 points winning margin to
see the Alma Lions side through to the Final.