NAZARETH HOUSE SNOOKER LEAGUE
MATCHES PLAYED 6 OCTOBER 2009KNOCKOUT CUP GROUP MATCHESTable toppers BCI Super Elites (40 handicap) were run extremely close by an Oakleigh Lodge (240) side that sits fifteen places below them in the league. At BCI Jason Bettridge scored 54 points to Jason Turner’s 45, the latter making a good 31 break. Bo Murtagh scored 31 points and restricted Tony Collins to 47. Neil Elliott played well, scoring 68 points compared with Steve Roe’s 19. A high scoring pairs frame saw Bettridge and Collins taking 70 points against Turner and Tutin’s 41. Bettridge had a 33 break. At Oakleigh Lodge, Jamie Moore scored an impressive 89 points as his opponent Adam Robinson was restricted to just 17. BCI captain Kwok Yip was taken all the way by Spider. The Oakleigh captain potted a terrific long black only to go in-off to hand the frame to Yip 44-42. Rob Selby scored a creditable 41 points to Jonathan Mason’s 68. The pairs frame was also close but it was BCI’s Moore and Mason who defeated Spider and his partner 58-51. The final tallies after adding the handicaps were BCI Super Elites 538, Oakleigh Lodge Social Club 527.
The group A match between Nottingham University (140) and Stadium Leisure (80) was extremely close, the Basford side emerging 555-515 winners. At the Sports Centre, Tom Laycock proved tough opposition for Daniel Di Folco. Laycock couldn't miss in the early stages of the frame but Di Folco finished strongly to win the frame 67-51. The frame between Dale Prime and Steve Butler was fairly even until Prime made two fouls late on. To his credit though, Prime potted pink and black to ensure he only lost by one point 56-57. The third frame was also close but it was University captain Robin Hicks who emerged victorious against Ross Wilkin 57-51. In the pairs, Di Folco and Butler took on Laycock and Prime and a solid 24 break from Di Folco proved the difference as the Stadium pair clinched the frame 63-41. At Stadium, Barry Stark was made to work for his victory by the impressive Kalpesh Mevada. Stark made a 22 break but only won the frame by ten points 59-49. Matt Hearson-Ellis played well and had a comfortable 67-32 win against Michael Sullivan. Pete Gormley also won 56-45 against Ben McIntosh and the pairing of Stark and Hearson-Ellis took the pairs with a 55-44 victory over Mevada and McIntosh.
Mapperley Community Centre (120) enjoyed a 601-483 win against a lacklustre Pegasus Snooker Club B team in group B. The night had started well for Pegasus with Andy Orange making it three straight wins with a 10 point victory over Don Merry. Mapperley bounced back through Andy Carnell with a 78-44 win over Eric Towle which was followed up with a win for Doug Bough against Daniel Norton. Mapperley’s Merry and Carnell narrowly won the pairs frame against Orange and Towle by sinking pink and black. At Mapperley, Mike Langdon was awful against Chris Wright who won by 30 odd points in an error strewn frame. Danny Knowles did respond for Pegasus and also stays unbeaten after a good 53-34 win against Chris Starr whilst Chris Mathers was unfortunate to go down against the dangerous Geoff Merry. Merry had opened up an early lead thanks to an excellent 30 odd break before Mathers responded with a couple of small breaks. With the frame now delicately poised Mathers was left ruing his luck when he went in off the brown having taken the last red, credit to Merry though who cleared up the colours for a 73-34 victory. Pegasus's rotten luck continued in the pairs with several freak fouls helping the sharp Mapperley pairing of Wright and Starr to a whopping 81-17 win over Langdon and Knowles.
Division one side BCI Braves (120) lost 540-542 to second division Cotgrave Welfare (160). At Cotgrave, Harry Briody defeated Toby Irons 71-27 and John Cyrek beat Mick Salmon 81-33. Billy Campbell lost to Dave Salmon 49-57 but Steve Evans and Briody beat Dave Salmon and Irons 57-42 to secure a 99 point victory for Cotgrave in the home leg. At BCI, Craig Bradley beat Colin Armstrong 54-35, Paul Bradley beat Phil Foster 82-14, Clint Broome beat Chris King 69-41 and Don Collins beat Rob Paterson 56-34. A comprehensive 137 point victory for the home side but not enough to avoid an overall two point defeat when the handicaps were added.
Pegasus Snooker Club A (0) produced a solid 606-509 win over City Hospital Leisure Centre (240). Sizeable wins at home and away kept the dangerous City Hospital at bay. At Pegasus, Chris Brooks beat Rob Wallace 88-43 and Jamie Mathers beat Sean Croft 85-25 but James Booth went down 30-71 to Jordan Parnham. The ever improving Parnham produced an excellent win over the Pegasus man to get his team back into the match. In the pairs Mathers and Brooks beat Wallace and Archer 98-18, Brooks getting back to his normal consistent break building best with a run of 45. At City Hospital there were hefty wins for Wayne Martin, Danny Castel-Nuovo and Zeb Ahmed. Les Smith made his debut for City Hospital but he didn’t stand much chance against Castel-Nuovo.
Chris Winter starred for Arnold Civil Defence A (0) in their 572-456 victory over Lenton Liberal Club (180). Winter made a terrific 53 break and scored a total of 100 points in his frame against Lenton’s James Murrin. John Fountain also contributed 97 points to Arnold’s impressive total as Lenton failed to score more than 50 points in any of the eight frames played.
Beeston Snooker Hall (0) and Wollaton Royal British Legion (240) produced a high scoring match. Beeston’s haul of 617 points included an amazing 115 points total from Johnny Kareer and a terrific 55 break by Ant McMahon. Wollaton’s total of 514 points resulted from solid performances from most team members.
In the final match of the night a plethora of high scoring frames helped Phoenix Cue Sports (120) and Arnold Civil Defence B (160) score 593 and 532 points respectively. Phoenix were particularly impressive at home.
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