Home & Away Cup Quarter Finals 2nd Legs (Aggregate scores in blue)
Castle 4-8 Spartans (11-15)
Whitehead Trojans 8-5 Barbarians (12-15)
Scorpions 8-5 Pirates (15-12)
Greenisland 6-6 Rockers (11-15)
Semi Finals Draw (ties played Monday 9th April & Monday 30th April)
Scorpions v Spartans
Rockers v BarbariansCastle 4-8 Spartans (Agg. 11-15) Castle took the upper hand early on with wins from T.McCorry and T.Whiteside. It looked for all the world that they would go 3-0 up but Spartan debutante D.Sterrett superbly turned the frame around to reduce the deficit to one. An amazing finish from S.McWhirter who was in all sorts of trouble levelled the scores and the visitors took the lead with a good finish from E.McDowell. K.English made it 4-2 but a super 8 ball clearance from J.Meredith brought it back to 4-3 in Spartans favour at the interval. E.Martin and McDowell with his 2nd gave the visitors breathing space at 6-3 but a well worked out finish by T.Whiteside kept Castle hopes alive. Alas, it wasn't to be for Castle, as an accurate 8 ball clearance from Sterrett and a tidy win from McWhirter sent Spartans into a Semi Final tie with Jonny Thompsons Scorpions.
Scorpions 8-5 Pirates (Agg. 15-12) Scorpions and Pirates battled for a place in the Home & Away Cup Semi Final in the Light House Bar, Jordanstown. After the 14 frames from the 1st Leg the teams couldn't be seperated and it was the same after the first 10 in the return leg. But with the scores at 12-12 on aggregate the hosts finished superbly taking 3 in a row to progress to the last 4. Scorers on the night for Scorpions were C.Montgomery Sr (2). C.Montgomery Jr (1), C.Rafferty (1), J.Thompson (1), G.McCorry (2) and J.Nelson (1). Replying for the Pirates were S.Carson (2), A.Corrigan (1), H.McMurtry (1) and P.McCaffrey (1)
Greenisland 6-6 Rockers (Agg. 11-15) Harry Warwicks Greenisland can be proud of the fight they put up after trailing 5-9 from the first leg. They took the match to The Rockers and at the interval led 5-2 on the night, trailing only 10-11 on aggreate. But the Rockers are full of class and experience and they dug deep to take the next 3 to lead 14-10 overall. Although Greenisland pulled another one back it was to be their last as J.Johnston potted the final black of the tie to send the League Champions into the Semi Finals. Scoring for the home side were, D.Harris (2), A.Harris (1), H.Warwick (1), G.Burns (1) and D.Baird. For Rockers it was G.Crawley (2), A.Arbuthnot (2), R.Butler (1) and J.Johnston (1)
Whitehead Trojans 8-5 Barbarians (Agg. 12-15) So near but yet so far, Trojans had a mountain to clim after losing 4-10 in the first leg, but climb that mountain they nearly did. They led 8-4 on the night and needed the last 2 to take the match into a play off frame, but Barbarians Captain Michael Lowry broke the Whitehead teams hearts by winning the 27th and final frame of the match. On the scoresheet for Trojans were G.Jones (3), S.Hamilton (2), R.Baird (2) and A.Matthews (1). For the visitors it was M.Lowry (2), H.Regan (2) and M.Porter (1).