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Dover Deal And District Bar Billiards League

Report December 2nd 2007

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

 

Results:
Division One: Plough & Harrow, Bridge 5 Market Inn A 1. Magnet A 0 Betteshanger A.L. 6. Royal Oak 3 Two Sawyers 3.

Division Two: P&H Tilmanstone A 4 Brickmakers Arms B 2. Betteshanger B 4.5 Magnet B 1.5.

 

Tables:
Division One: 1, Chantry (P 7, Pts 43), 2, Plough & Harrow, Bridge (7, 40), 3, Betteshanger AL (8, 34), 4, Royal Oak (8, 31), 5, Magnet A (8, 24), 6, Market Inn A (8, 23), 7, Two Sawyers (8, 21).
Division Two: 1, Brickmakers Arms B (P 8, Pts 41), 2, Betteshanger B (7, 38.5), 3, P&H Tilmanstone (8, 37), 4, Market Inn B (7, 33), 5, P&H Tilmanstone B (7, 27.5), 6, Brickmakers Arms A (7, 18.5), 7, Magnet B (8, 12.5).

In the Dover, Deal & District Bar Billiards League,
second-placed Plough & Harrow from Bridge won 5-1 at home to the Market Inn A to close the gap at the top.  The Plough swept the singles via Baz Symes (7,770), Keith Symes (5,840) and Ian Dennett (6,540), plus the first two doubles, the second by Keith Symes & Dennett (5,490).  Ted Hogben & Derek Latham snatched the last leg 3,650-3,560 for a deserved point for the visitors.

The Magnet A side suffered a home defeat against a rampant Betteshanger side
6-0 in this week's matches.  The visitors won all of the singles matches, as both Neville Potts (4,190) and Chris Saville (6,650) both won their games from behind with decisive late breaks, Saville in particular style as his unfinished break of 5,420 pipped an unlucky Mike Callanan. Between these games was Wack Sampson's (4,960) continued good form to take the visitors to a 3-0 lead.  The doubles games saw some excellent form and high scoring from the visiting
Betteshanger team with wins for Sampson & Potts (5,550) and Saville & Sampson (6,410), but with the maximum 2k break in place for these games, the score of 8,200 for Potts & Saville was the most impressive, as the visitors
gained all the points in this League One clash.
The Royal Oak, Nonington and The Two Sawyers enjoyed a 3-3 draw, played at Woolage Green.  Mark Graves (2,480) put the Oak ahead, before Stuart Richardson (3,380) and Richard Cousens (2,600) fought back.  Graves & Steve Lake (4,480) levelled, Alan Smith & Cousens (3,590) regained the Sawyers lead, and lastly Roger Oldfield & Lake (2,270) forced the draw.

 

In Division Two, leaders Brickmakers B lost 4-2 away to the Plough & Harrow A in Tilmanstone.  Ann Keen (3,630), Ron Beer (1,970) and Brian Carpenter (1,690) to give the Brickies a nightmare start, but Dave Howarth & Warren Cowdrey (4,220) took the first doubles.  Keen & Beer (3,300) secured the match for the Plough, before Warren Cowdrey & Rick Cowdrey (2,040) took the last leg.

Betteshanger B beat the Magnet B 4.5-1.5, and are second with a game in hand.  Dave Mackay (1,610), Bill Edwards (3,160) and Luke Smith (4,220) took the singles, and Smith & Edwards (5,530) secured the match.  Dawn Williams & Shirley Cowdrey drew 1010-1010 with Mackay & Smith, and Cowdrey & Donna Prior (2,170) won the last leg.