● Greenisland Derby Match
Greenisland Working Men's Social Clubs Colts V Galactico's
With both teams obviously wishing to put a strong first foot forward Colts Vice Captain Colin Beckinsale and Galactico Paul Harris were selected to get the proceedings underway
Resulting in a close game eventually going the way of Harris
Galactico Rodger Smyth would capitalise on his team mates positive start soon making it two in favour of his side
Galactico Ali Wilson would follow suit completing the hatrick thus making it Three Nil
Derek Whiteside would perform well in the next to see his team four in front
Colt stalwart Joe Patton would temporarily stall the Galactico's progress in the evenings fifth frame however with a particularly well executed clearance
Galactico Wilson would soon see his side back on track in the sixth
Followed by a victory by team mate Gary Wallace saw the scoreline entering the half time interval 7 frames - 1 frame giving the Galactico's a great lead at this juncture
Both teams again selected their players to begin the second half and to no ones surprise this again would consist of Colt Vice Captain Beckinsale and Galactico Harris
Once again although even closer than the evenings first frame as if it were possible the result would go the way of the Galactico's via an excellent finish by Harris
Galactico Smyth would improve on his first half defeat in some style it must be said by way of an impressive Break & Dish win
Colt Aaron Watters brought the Galactico's back to earth somewhat immediately after however with a courageous positional cannon on his final colour to develop and therefore pot his black ball
The next frame would also prove to go the way of the Colts with a win for Captain Harry Warwick by way of a slip of the mind rightly being deemed a deliberate foul by Galactico Wilson
Colt Patton would next make it a second half three in a row hatrick for his lads
However this was quickly undone by Galactico Wallace completing a delectable Break & Dish finish
The evenings final frame would also culminate with a Galactico win via best player on the night and infact only player winning three from three played being Paul Harris
A competitive but friendly and most enjoyable Carrick & District Pool League encounter as always was had between these stable mate teams And it would finally conclude with a winning scoreline for the Galactico's being 10 compared to the Colts 4
● The new girls, the Pink Ladies travelled to Times Bar to take on the Scorpions.
The Scorpions sit in third place within touching distance of the leaders and know that any slip ups now would be the end of their hopes of league glory.
Davy Blair got the ball rolling with a solid performance followed by wins for Lee McIlreavy, Paul Kerr, Aaron Leslie and Michael Wilson to race to a 5-0 lead. Paul Kerr added his second win as did Davy Blair to make it 7-0 at the interval.
Scorpions kept their sting fully charged as Aaron Leslie secured all three points with a sublime break and dish in frame 8. Scorpions marched on with further wins for Davy Blair, Michael Wilson, Lee McIlreavy and Aaron Leslie to make it 12-0. Billie Joe McClure and Sarah Lou Graham had chances and put pressure on their opponents in the final two frames, alas the Scorpions’ Paul Kerr and Michael Wilson breathed a sigh of relief and secured a 14-0 score line.
● Q Club 6-8 Grange Ballyclare
Q Club welcomed down old team mate Ryan Scott as he, and Jackie Murdock, brought down their Grange team from Ballyclare. A close match was anticipated and this looked to be the case as the first 6 frames were evenly shared for a 3-3 scoreline. Highlights from this session were pinpoint finishes from Jim Gilchrist and William Irvine for both teams as the other 4 frames went down the scrappy route.
The Grange however would take a remarkable 5 frame burst to claim the 3 points aided by the arrival of the experienced Wayne Lewis who scored a classy hat trick in frames 7,9 and 11. Credit to the Larne boys who fought for a bonus point and got it thanks to Marty Kane in the last frame.
For the home team there were braces for Marty Kane and birthday boy Kyzler Todd. For the visitors the aforementioned Wayne Lewis and Jim Gilchrist bagged hat tricks.