Castle 12-2 Spartans
Pirates 3-11 Rockers
Monkstown 9-5 Dolly Mixtures
Bees 6-8 Barbarians
Scorpions 14-0 Alpha
Eastway 9-5 Greenisland
Eastway 9-5 Greenisland
Greenisland got off to a good start with stalwart S.Lennon claiming a win. But back came Eastway to lead 3-1 with L.McCord, M.Greer and R.Whiteside all winning. Lennon with his 2nd, reduced the arrears, but Eastway Captain Tom Larmour opened up a 2 frame lead for the hosts once again. The final frame of the 1st session went to the GIs through W.Morrison. The in form Lennon completed his hat trick to level the match at 4-4, but Eastway's determination shone through as McCord and Greer made it 6-4. When G.Burns brought it back to 6-5 it looked like it would go all the way but the hosts closed the match out by taking the final 3 frames with wins from Whiteside, Greer and Larmour. Top performers on the night were M.Greer for Eastway and S.Lennon for Greenislan, both on 3 from 3.Monkstown 9-5 Dolly Mixtures
Monkstown got off to a bad start when P.Charles potted the 8 ball prematurely to hand the game to D.Walker, but that was soon a distant memory as they ran off 6 in a row courtesy of R.Henderson (x2), S.Greenberg (x2), P.Henderson and P.Charles. The Dollys came out strong in the second half with wins for K.McCormick, L.Ruddock and D.Walker with her 2nd of the night. 6-4 now to the hosts and game on. But R.Henderson and G.Russell ensured Monkstown got the 3 points by taking the score up to 8-4. The final 2 frames were shared, K.McCormick with her 2nd for the visitors and P.Henderson with his 2nd for Monkstown.Castle 12-2 Spartans
Any hopes that the Spartans had of becoming Champions this season were emphatically crushed by the Castle in the R.A.O.B club in this battle between 2nd and 3rd. A draw between these teams would gave League leaders the Rockers a massive advantage in the title race but now it could possibly hinge on one match when Castle visit the Rockers in the penultimate game of the season. But back to this match, Spartans came up the road from Whitehead with high hopes after beating the Rockers two weeks ago but by the half time interval it was effectively all over as the hosts raced into a 7-0 lead with wins from P.Roberts (2), T.McCorry (2), T.Whiteside, J.Meredith and D.Irwin. After the interval Irwin notched up his 2nd before E.McDowell finally got the visitors on the scoresheet with an 8 ball clearance. It was only a temporary blip for Castle as they heaped on the agony through Irwin again and T.McCorry with his hat trick.K.English finished in style in frame 12 but a break and dish from T.Whiteside and a whitewash from Meredith finished off the night for Castle in fine style. For the spectators it was something of an anticlimax as they expected a very tight match, for Castle it was a huge step in retaining their title, a feat that looked forlorn a few weeks ago. It's full steam ahead now to 24th of May in Jacqs Bar, unless that is, there is another twist in the story with one of the top 2 teams dropping unexpected points. Watch this space !!!