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| EASTWAY POOL TEAM |
Scorpions 8-6 Bees
Barbarians 5-9 Pirates
Monkstown 12-2 Alpha
Rockers 9-5 Greenisland
Dolly Mixtures 2-12 Castle
Eastway 5-9 Spartans
Eastway 5-9 Spartans
Eastway put in one of their best performances of the season, pushing the Spartans all the way before falling just short at the end. The match was level at 5-5 and looked like going to the wire until a 4 frame burst by the visitors gave them the 3 points. The relief on manager Tommy Maguires face was tangible, before next weeks big clash with Castle in the Buffs Club. Spartans went 3-0 up courtesy of R.Hawkins, E.McDowell and S.Burns. The next 2 were shared, G.Orr for Eastway and K.English for Spartans. Leading 4-1 the visitors had hoped to kick on but Eastway took 4 out of the next 5 through L.McCord, T.Larmour (2) and G.Orr again. McDowell replied for the away team with a difficult long black. With the match poised at 5-5 the next frame was vital and S.Hamilton played a great tactical game to win it for the Spartans. In frame 12 a good black by English ensured at least a point, but the 3 were guaranteed when D.Lowe finished well to make it 8-5. Spartans took the next through Hawkins to finish the night of. Well played Eastway especially T.Larmour and G.Orr both with 2 wins on the night.Monkstown 12-2 Alpha
Monkstown raced out of the blocks into a quick 4-0 lead with wins from S.Walker, P.Charles, R.Henderson and S.Greenberg. L.Carson got the Alpha on the scoresheet with a good finish, but further wins from Walker and Greenberg gave the hosts a 6-1 interval lead. A.Hall gave the Alpha some hope by winning the first frame of the second session but Walker (3/3), Greenberg (3/3), Charles (3/3), P.Henderson and R.Henderson completed the evening off for a comfortable Monkstown win.