Well done to Castle trio of Trevor Whiteside, Tom McCorry and Paul Roberts. They are the new Carrick & District Pool League 3 A Sides Champions. After an exciting day of pool with some nailbiting matches, they beat Rockers trio John McClean, Jonny Johnston and Gee Crawley in the Final to take the title.
Frame 1 - Gee Crawley cleared the table but hung the black. Tom McCorry didn't need a second invitation and duly cleared up to give the Castle lads the lead.
Frame 2 - After a dry break from Castle's Trevor Whiteside, John McClean missed his 7th and final colour for what would have a break and dish. Whiteside cleared up all his balls but left the black hanging over the middle pocket. McClean then potted a very fine cut on his last ball and potted the black with an even more difficult cut to level at 1-1
Frame 3 - Jonny Johnston broke for Rockers and went on to pot 6 of his 7 colours. Paul Roberts got in but didn't make the most of the chance he had been given and allowed Johnston back to the table. When he failed to finish Roberts cleared up to put Castle back in front at 2-1
Frame 4 - After a very tight tactical exchange, McCorry cleared all his 6 remaining balls and the black to increase Castle's lead to 3-1.
Frame 5 - Johnston broke well, but hung the black to just miss a break and dish, Whiteside potted a few and laid a tight snooker, but Johnston got out of it and potted the 8 ball to keep the Rockers trio in it at 2-3.
Frame 6 - Probably the worst frame of the final, but Roberts didn't mind as he edged it over Crawley to put Castle on the hill at 4-2.
Frame 7 - McCorry broke dry, Johnston potted 7 reds to leave himself a straight black to the middle. But to the amazement of all watching he rattled it out of the pocket. Fast forward 62 seconds, after 7 yellows and a black by McCorry and Castle had won their first trophy of the season and deservedly so
Prelims
Castle Conquistadors 5-4 Ballbreakers
HAFMC 5-4 Resevoir Underdogs
Last 8
Coral Castle 5-1 Spartans Quest
Castle Conquistadors 5-3 Rock 'n Rollaz
The 3 Musketeers 5-0 JLC
HAFMC 5-0 Chosen Few
Semi Finals
Coral Castle 5-3 The 3 Musketeers
HAFMC 5-3 Castle Conquistadors
Final
Coral 5-2 HAFMC
Resevoir Underdogs (Brown, A.McMeekin, McIlvenny)
Spartans Quest (English, Hawkins, McDowell, McWhirter)
Castle Conquistadors (Irwin, Howard, Toner)
Coral Castle (McCorry, Roberts, T.Whiteside)
JLC (McIlroy, Ruddock, Webster)
Ballbreakers (Galloway, Lennon, Morrison)
RocknRollaz (Harris, Arbuthnot, Butler)
HAFMC (McClean, Crawley, Johnston, Lewis)
3 Musketeers (H.McMurtry, McClenaghan, Scott-Heyes)
The Chosen Few (Lowry, Burns,Vance)
Thanks to the Greenisland WMC for hosting the event and to our Pool League Committee member Rab Brown on running the days events.