Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Results from Tuesday 5th March
Eastway 6-8 Whitehead Trojans
Scorpions 10-4 MSC Trojans
HM&H 3-11 Rockers
Castle 8-6 Warriors
Cowboys 13-1 Alpha
Jolly Beggar 7-7 Barbarians
Greenisland 10-4 Teddy Bears
Spartans - Bye
-- Rockers Pool Team steamroll on towards the title. In what was potentially a tricky fixture they easily brushed aside HM&H, making up for their defeat in the Knock Out Cup Final earlier in the season. Andy Arbuthnot's team remain 6 points clear of their nearest rivals.
-- With Spartans having a bye this week, Greenisland took full advantage and moved up two places into 2nd place in the table albeit on frame difference only, courtesy of a 10-4 home win over the Teddy Bears
-- Castle stay 4th after an 8-6 home win over the Warriors, they too are level on points with Greenisland and Spartans, but with an inferior frame difference.
-- A tight match was anticipated in Whiteabbey RBL as Scorpions entertained MSC Trojans, but the hosts in a good frame of mind after the previous nights display in the Home & Away Cup Final, had other ideas as they turned a 3-3 scoreline into a 10-4 victory.
-- Gordon McCormick's Whitehead Trojans recorded a welcome win in Rathcoole against Eastway. With the game in the balance at 7-5 to the visitors Chris Hobson secured the points by completing his hat trick for the win.
-- Honours were even after Barbarians travelled to Jolly Beggar and came away with a 7-7 draw. glen Harrington winning the all important 14th frame for the visitors.
-- Cowboys continued their run of form with a 13-1 thumping of Alpha. Their were hat tricks for Captain Hugh McMurtry, Steven Carson and Chris Carson who enjoyed a break and dish and an 8 ball clearance. Angie Carson registered Alpha's sole frame.