Herewith the Dover, Deal & District Bar Billiards League report for this week:-

Results:
Group A: Brickmakers Arms B 1 P&H Tilmanstone A 5. Royal Oak 2 Betteshanger AL 4. Greyhound 3 Market Inn 3.
Group B: P& H Bridge 4 Fitzwalter Arms 2. P&H Tilmanstone B 3 Magnet A 3.

 

The Spring Cup is underway, featuring standard rules in singles, but all the opening breaks in the doubles played placing the balls in a triangle behind the 100 hole.

The Betteshanger Lions started their defence of the competition with a 4-2 win at the Royal Oak, Nonington.  They rushed to 3-0 with victories for Wack Sampson (2,140), Chris Saville (8,120) and Neville Potts (2,730).  The Oak hit back in the pairs with two wins, including Gary Clarke & Alan Smith (2,340), but Saville & Potts (2,550) took the last leg.

The Plough & Harrow A, Tilmanstone, won impressively 5-1 away to the Brickmakers B, Deal.  They took a 3-0 lead via Ann Keen (3,630), Brian Carpenter (2,170) and Karen Keen (3,140), with Ann Keen & Carpenter (1,500) taking the first doubles to secure the match.  The Brickies point came courtesy of Rick Cowdrey & Shirley Cowdrey (1,740).

An all-Sandwich clash saw a 3-3 draw between the Greyhound and the Market Inn.  Derek Latham (5,550) and Craig Carlson (6,870) both won for the Market, Alan Farra (5,780) won for the Greyhound.  The Greyhound took the first two doubles, including Dave Carliell & Christine Farra (2,260), Carliell hitting a 1,570 break.  Latham & Carlson (2,270) won the last leg for the draw.

In Group B, the Plough & Harrow, Bridge, beat the Fitzwalter Arms 4-2.  Ian Dennett (7,900) and Baz Symes (1,150) put the Plough ahead, Roger Oldfield (4,670) hitting back for the Fitz.  The first two doubles went to the Plough, before a last leg in which Oldfield & Nigel Scott edged Keith Symes & Dennett 1,870-1,860, despite Dennett hitting a 1,640 break.