Results from Tuesday 20th January

Swift 10-4 Warriors

Greenisland Galacticos 14-0 Alpha

Whitehead Spartans 11-3 Teddy Bears

Hit Men & Her 7-7 Scorpions

Greenisland WMSC 5-9 Whitehead Trojans

Eastway 10-4 Greenisland Colts

Doagh Weapons 8-6 Cowboys

League Fixtures for Tuesday 27th January

Alpha v Swift

Teddy Bears v Greenisland Galacticos

Scorpions v Whitehead Spartans

Whitehead Trojans v Hit Men& Her

Greenisland Colts v Greenisland WMSC

Doagh Weapons v Eastway

Cowboys v Warriors

The Greenisland Galacticos kicked off the evening’s proceedings with a whitewash over Mark Kitson’s Alpha team with Johnny McKay, Paul Harris, Chris Carson and Manager Derek Whiteside completing well taken hat-tricks, Trevor Whiteside with a fine brace.

League leaders The Swift played host to stable mates The Warriors and made short work of the match, winning both sessions 5-2.  Rab Butler was back on song with a well taken hat-trick, also for the hosts Dee Irwin with a fine hat-trick of his own and Andy Arbuthnot 2/3. Gee Crawley recorded a well taken hat-trick for the visitors. 

The Doagh Weapons were under pressure going into the break 5-2 against Hugh McMurtry’s Cowboys.  However the second half was a different matter with Rab McCullough and Iain Britton completing well taken hat-tricks and Jeff Moore with a fine brace to take the second half 6-1 and the match 8-6 despite another Marty Goudie hat-trick for the visitors.

In Monkstown, the Hitmen & Her played host to second placed Scorpions.  With both teams enjoying great form this season this was always going to be a tight affair. With the hosts taking the first frame, Scorpions manager Johnny Thompson kicked off a 3 frame burst for the visitors, Paul Henderson & Tom McCorry took 2 of the last 3 of the session to steady the ship going into the break 4-3 in favour of the visitors. The Hitmen & Her took the first 2 frames of the second to take the lead for the first time 5-4, Darren Whiteside opened his account to level the scores, Paul Henderson then completed his brace to put his team’s nose in front 6-5. Colin Rafferty & Darren Haddock took the next 2 frames to secure a point and set up an all Managers last frame with Johnny looking to complete his hat-trick and Robert Henderson after a share of the points. An unfortunate in off the black meant a share of the points at 7 each. Best for the host P Henderson 2/3, A McMeekin 2/3 and for the visitors C Rafferty 2/3 & J Thompson 2/3.

The Whitehead Spartans completed a hat-trick of demolitions with this week’s victims The Teddy Bears on the end of a 11-3 drubbing. S McWhirter, K English & R Hawkins all completed well taken hat-tricks with L Topping chipping in with a fine brace.

The Whitehead Trojans travelled to take on the Greenisland Working Men’s Club, hoping to put recent form behind them.  With the scores at 4-3 in favour of the hosts at the break it looked like more of the same. However the Trojans finally showed what they are capable of, winning all but 1 frame in the second half to take the match 9-5. An all-round team performance with S Hamilton recording a well taken hat-trick and duo of C Hobson & G Fitzsimmons with fine braces, best for the hosts A Mackay 2/3.