HEADLINES
CHAMPIONS WIN LAST 6 FRAMES AT CASTLE TO STAY VERY MUCH IN THE HUNT ~ SPARTANS ON FIRE ~ MONKSTOWN EASE TO VICTORY ~ BARBARIANS ON THE UP ~ EASTWAY UP TO 8TH ~ SCORPIONS WIN Teddy Bears 2-12 Spartans
Eastway 9-5 Valkyries
Monkstown 10-4 Greenisland
Castle 5-9 Rockers
Scorpions 11-3 Alpha
Whitehead Trojans 5-9 Barbarians
Pirates P-P MSC Trojans
Teddy Bears 2-12 Spartans. Spartans were very wary of the trip up the coast to fellow Rangers Club team the Teddy Bears. After all their only defeat in this seasons campaign came at the hands of the Bears in the first half of the fixture list. And when B.Fleming finished well in Frame 1, Spartans Manager Tommy Maguire couldn't help but think the Gods were against him again. But an 8 ball clearance from veteran R.Hawkins soon levelled the match at 1-1 and a fine N.McKelvey finish and a black doubled the length of the table by E.Martin gave the visitors breathing space at 3-1. A vintage E.McDowell finish and a precise positional shot on his last colour from K.English made it 5-1. McKelvey finished well again to give the Spartans a 6-1 interval lead. The away side kept the momentum going after the break with Martin and McDowell, before D.Lowe with a pinpoint clearance made the score 9-1. A.Lyndsay registered for the Teddies but further wins for McKelvey, McDowell and Hawkins gave a final scoreline of 12-2 for Spartans.
Whitehead Trojans 5-9 Barbarians. Barbarians knew a win would leapfrog them over Whitehead Trojans in the League table up into 11th spot. Trojans went 2-1 ahead before a great run of 4 in a row gave the visitors a 5-2 half time lead. Barbarians went further ahead at 6-2 in the first frame after the break and the remaining 6 Frames were traded one by one to give Michael Lowrys Barbarians a comfortable 9-5 win. Scoring for the hosts were G.Jones (2), T.Scott-Heyes (2) and G.McCormick (1). For Barbarians it was H.Regan (3), M.Porter (2), M.Lowry (2) and G.Harrington (2). The teams meet again in Whitehead on Monday night coming, in the Home and Away Cup Quarter Finals 2nd Leg with Barbarians holding a 9-5 advantage from the 1st Leg. They need just 6 more frames to progress to the Semi Finals, but don't write off a wounded Trojan just yet.