City Air Express Home & Away Cup Final 1st Leg
Spartans 8-6 ScorpionsCity Air ExpressHome & Away Plate Final 1st Leg
Rockers 10-4 Bees
City Air Express League
Castle 11-3 BarbariansSpartans 8-6 Scorpions
This 2 legged Final is very much alive as Spartans travel to North Belfast in 3 weeks time with a 2 frame advantage from the first leg in Whitehead. The match panned out as follows.Frame 1 - Spartans, a great pot out of a snooker gave Burns a black to the middle, he didnt miss.
Frame 2 - Scorpions, a neat Montgomery finish levels the scores.
Frame 3 - Spartans, Hawkins gets perfect position on the black on the bottom rail from his final colour.
Frame 4 - Spartans, J.Thompson juggles a long black and McWhirter happily accepts the gift.
Frame 5 - Spartans, a delightful clearance from English makes it 4-1 for the hosts.
Frame 6 - Spartans, a quick frame by McDowell puts Spartans 5-1 ahead.
Frame 7 - Scorpions, Rafferty didn't think he was going to get back to the table, but he did and duly finished
Frame 8 - Spartans, another big finish from English. 6-2 now and in control.
Frame 9 - Scorpions, again Rafferty gets a 2nd chance to finish, and again he delivers.
Frame 10 Spartans, a magical break & dish from McWhirter. 7-3 Spartans.
Frame 11 Scorpions, a scrappy one but visitors Captain J.Thompson edges it.
Frame 12 Scorpions, Smyth couldn't believe his luck when an easy missed black let him steal it
Frame 13 Spartans, Burns scores another for his double. 8-5 to the hosts.
Frame 14 Scorpions, a massive frame in the context of the match and Montgomery finishes in style to reduce the arrears to 2 for the return leg.