HEADLINES
SPARTANS STAY TOP ~ ROCKERS AND CASTLE KEEP THE PRESSURE ON ~ BARBARIANS STUN PIRATES ~ BOTH MONKSTOWN TEAMS WIN ~ SCOPRPIONS HELD AT HOMEMSC Trojans 9-5 Teddy Bears
Pirates 7-7 Barbarians
Scorpions 7-7 Whitehead Trojans
Rockers 11-3 Alpha
Castle 9-5 Greenisland
Eastway 4-10 Monkstown
Spartans 10-4 Valkyries
Pirates 7-7 Barbarians. Pirates let a golden opportunity slip in their quest to win the League title this season. They led 3-0 through P.McCaffrey, C.Carson and H.McMurtry, but the away side then replied with G.Harrington and P.Akehurst registering. The next 2 frames were shared giving Pirates a slender 4-3 interval lead. In the 2nd half McCaffrey, S.Carson and R.McMurtry scored for the home side with H.Regan replying twice for the Barbarians. Pirates were now on the hill at 7-5 up with 2 to play, but Barbars Captain M.Lowry won the 13th to ensure the match would go the full distance before the destination of the points was known. And it was J.Regan who stunned the hosts by potting the final black of the night to deny Pirates the 3 points they badly desired.
Spartans 10-4 Valkyries. Stablemates Spartans and Valkyries met for the 3rd time in 4 weeks, this time in a League fixture. Spartans raced into a 3-0 lead before the Valkyries registered their first score. Any possible upset was quickly dismissed when the League leaders took 5 out of the next 6 frames to secure the 3 points at 8-2. Credit to Valkyries as they kept on fighting and pulled it back to 8-4 before a brace of frames ended the match at 10-4 for Tom Maguires team. On target for The Spartans were E.McDowell (3), R.Hawkins (3), K.English (2), S.McWhirter (1) and D.Lowe (1). For Valkyries it was S.Peoples (2), S.Lennon (1) and L.Ruddock (1)