HEADLINES
IT'S AS YOU WERE AS TOP 4 ALL WIN ~MSC WIN BATTLE OF THE TROJANS ~ VALKYRIES MOVE CLEAR OF ALPHA ~ BARBARIANS GOOD RECENT FORM CONTINUESMonkstown 3-11 Rockers
Eastway 2-12 spartans
Scorpions 5-9 Castle
Whitehead Trojans 4-10 MSC Trojans
Greenisland 6-8 Valkyries
Barbarians 10-4 Alpha
Pirates 12-2 Teddy Bears
Pirates 12-2 Teddy Bears. S.Carson and P.McCaffrey easily took the first 2 frames for Pirates and the experienced J.McMurtry soon made it 3-0. The 4th Frame seen A.Moore returning to his old stomping ground but their was no old friends act from S.Carson who edged the Pirates further ahead at 4-0. McCaffrey showed great composure to seal frame 5 for the hosts and H.McMurtry continued the rout in the next. Teddy Bears finally got on the scoresheet in the final frame of the first half courtesy of former Pirate A.Moore. The ever consistent McCaffrey won his 3rd of the night before father and son act Brian and Chris Carson registered to make it 9-1 on the night. Bears' G.Hogg won frame 11 but further wins for B. Carson, C.Carson and H.McMurtry completed the scoring as Pirates done their frame difference no harm at all
Barbarians 10-4 Alpha. Barbarians have been proving increasingly hard to beat as the season has progressed and they bond together. This impressive win moves them up to 10th in the League table and they still have two Semi Finals to look forward to in the Brian Brady Memorial Shield and the Home and Away Cup. Although they lost the opening frame they won 9 in a row to wrap up the 3 points on the night. Alpha then rallied taking 3 of the remaining 4 frames to give the scoreline some respectability. Registering for the Barbars were H.Regan (3), J.Regan (2), M.Lowry (2), G.Harrington (1), P.Akehurst (1) and M.Porter (1). For the visitors it was N.McAllister (2), A.Hall (1) and A.Carson (1)
Eastway 2-12 Spartans. The away win which most pundits expected was never in doubt as Spartans ran riot at Eastway. Both sessions were won by a 6-1 scoreline with team scorers as follows. Eastway - L.McCord (1) and T.Larmour (1). Spartans - E.McDowell (3), E.Martin (3), S.McWhirter (2), D.Lowe (2), K.English (1) and R.Hawkins (1)