Scorpions 5-9 Castle
Rockers 12-2 Dolly Mixtures
Barbarians 4-10 Spartans
Alpha 5-9 Eastway
Pirates 6-8 Greenisland
Monkstown 10-4 Bees
Pirates 6-8 Greenisland. The first two frames were shared, A.Moore for the Pirates and P.Akehurst for the visitors. Pirates then took a 3-1 lead courtesy of the McMurtry brothers Hugh and Joe. But other brother Roy couldn't make the hat trick as he lost out to S.Lennon. J.Millar won frame 6 to put the hosts 4-2 ahead, but a 3 frame burst from the GIs put them into the lead for the first time in the match at 5-4. Pirates rallied to take the next 2 through A.Moore and S.Millar,now needing just 1 more to secure the draw. But for the 2nd time in the match the Greenisland lads took 3 frames in a row with wins for R.Croft, H.Warwick and W.Morrison and this time it was enough to seal a vital 8-6 for Harry Warwicks team.
Barbarians 4-10 Spartans. Spartans clung on to their outside hopes of winning the title with a solid 10-4 victory away to Barbarians. R.Hawkins missed a black for an 8 ball clearance and M.Lowry laid 4 successful snookers but couldn't stop Hawkins giving the visitors a 1-0 lead. It was soon 2-0 as E.McDowell clinically disposed of H.Regan and an S.McWhirter frame then made it 3. The hosts got on the scoreboard with a fine finish from the improving S.Mitchell, but K.English and McDowell again put the Spartans well in control at 5-1. H.Regan won the final frame of the 1st session to reduce the deficit to 3 frames again. Spartans turned on the style at the start of the 2nd session with English, McDowell, Burns and McWhirter all registering wins. But Barbarians got another 2 deserved frames courtesy of Mitchell and Captain A.Galloway. Hawkins won the last of the evening and Spartans headed down to Whitehead with all 3 points.