The Q Club Titans welcomed and the Bay City Bowlers.
Stadium Bar, making their debut in the league, got a baptism of fire away to defending champions Galacticos. The champions took the first with an emphatic 8 ball clearance from Ryan Marcus after a dry break wasn't capitalised on. The visitors drew level with a nice long black from Lewis Neill.
Galacticos elder statesman Paul 'OMH' Harris steadied the ship with a swift whitewash to put the home team 2-1 up. New signing Jack Carson put the Galacticos further ahead with a pinpoint clearance before Ryan Marcus took out his second of the evening to put the hosts in a comfortable lead.
Gary Wallace took out a patient frame to give the hosts a 6-1 half time lead after Gee Crawley had added to the lead. Paul Harris took out an impressive finish incorporating a stunning double in the next and Gary Wallace patiently eked out another frame to ensure the champions started the season with three points.
Phillip Watson got another on the board for the visitors with a composed finish and Bryan Elwood added to the visitors total with a sublime run out.
Any hopes the visitors had for a bonus point ended in the next with another patient performance from the ever impressive Wallace.
Jack Carson got the hosts to double figures before Kyle Robinson finished the night off with an exemplary finish for the visitors.
Final score Galacticos 10 - 4 Stadium
The Greenisland Derby between The Pink Ladies and The Colts
Colts raced to a 0-7 whitewash. The second half went the same way all seven frames going to the Colts to complete a 0-14 whitewash to take the Colts to the Top of The Table for at least one week.
Wins for the Colt’s 3 Frames A Harris & J Patton & 2 Frames Each for G Burns, A Watters, D Harris & A MacKay. The Result Flattered the Colts as some of the Pink Ladies were unlucky not to take a few frames in each half . Best for the Pink Ladies was Tracey Cook and Wendy Long who both came close to winning their frames but came up short in the end. Final Score Pink Ladies 0 - 14 Colts
The Times Bar teams started well too. The Tigers romped to a 12-2 victory over the Knockout cup champions, Railway Blues.
The Bowlers got out of the gates first with a first frame win from Richard Topping. Titans' new signing Stuart killer Kelly quickly drew level with a great clearance. Bowlers again dug deep to win a tactical exchange with already a veteran of the game and current Larne league player of the year, Dean the dark destroyer McDonagh taking the Bowlers 2-1 up. Titans then showed their class winning the next 9 frames via Ryan Mckillop, Riley Patterson, Alan Corrigan, Dean and Stuart. leading 10-2. Bowlers' Ryan Ward took the 13th and Stuart Kelly made it 11-3 on the night. Players of the Night Stuart Kelly 3/3, Ryan McKillop 3/3. A great night was had by all 🎱🎱🎱
Q Club Larne is a hotbed of pool. Q Club A Team pulled out all the stops to whip The Legion 3-11.
Stadium Bar, making their debut in the league, got a baptism of fire away to defending champions Galacticos. The champions took the first with an emphatic 8 ball clearance from Ryan Marcus after a dry break wasn't capitalised on. The visitors drew level with a nice long black from Lewis Neill.
Galacticos elder statesman Paul 'OMH' Harris steadied the ship with a swift whitewash to put the home team 2-1 up. New signing Jack Carson put the Galacticos further ahead with a pinpoint clearance before Ryan Marcus took out his second of the evening to put the hosts in a comfortable lead.
Gary Wallace took out a patient frame to give the hosts a 6-1 half time lead after Gee Crawley had added to the lead. Paul Harris took out an impressive finish incorporating a stunning double in the next and Gary Wallace patiently eked out another frame to ensure the champions started the season with three points.
Phillip Watson got another on the board for the visitors with a composed finish and Bryan Elwood added to the visitors total with a sublime run out.
Any hopes the visitors had for a bonus point ended in the next with another patient performance from the ever impressive Wallace.
Jack Carson got the hosts to double figures before Kyle Robinson finished the night off with an exemplary finish for the visitors.
Final score Galacticos 10 - 4 Stadium
Colts raced to a 0-7 whitewash. The second half went the same way all seven frames going to the Colts to complete a 0-14 whitewash to take the Colts to the Top of The Table for at least one week.
Wins for the Colt’s 3 Frames A Harris & J Patton & 2 Frames Each for G Burns, A Watters, D Harris & A MacKay. The Result Flattered the Colts as some of the Pink Ladies were unlucky not to take a few frames in each half . Best for the Pink Ladies was Tracey Cook and Wendy Long who both came close to winning their frames but came up short in the end. Final Score Pink Ladies 0 - 14 Colts
The Times Bar teams started well too. The Tigers romped to a 12-2 victory over the Knockout cup champions, Railway Blues.
A fixture both sides always look forward to with great friendships and bonds established between the players. On this occasion though the Tigers seemed determined to get off to a fast and winning start, wins for Stephen Simpson, John Fulton, Scott Pettigrew, Kye Robinson and Stephen McWhirter had the Tigers 5-0
up. The last 2 frames were shared with Rab Brown getting the Blues off the mark and Stephen Simpson taking his second win of the night to leave half time score 6-1!!
Stephen McWhirter got the second half off to a winning start for the Tigers before a nice clearance from Wes Smith reduced the deficit to 7-2. That was as good as it got for the Blues though!! Wins for John Fulton (with a notable 8 ball clearance), Scott Pettigrew, Johnny Eccles, Tom McGurk and Kye Robinson taking the last five frames!!
Final score
Tigers 12 Blues 2
Notable performances from Stephen Simpson, John Fulton, Stephen McWhirter, Scott Pettigrew and Kye Robinson each with 2 wins from 2 games.
Great night as usual and I’m sure the Blues will hope to revenge the result when the sides meet again later in the season
Last years Players Memorial Champions, Times Bar Scorpions also had a convincing 2-12 win away to a strong Granges side in Grange Ballyclare (1) Facebook
Our first live streamed match of the season was selected because on paper it was to be an epic and very close encounter. Unfortunately Granges had a few of their first team players out.
The first four frames were shared before Paul Kerr Kick started the Scorpions into gear with a sublime break and dish in frame 5. Times Bar Scorpions went on to win the next 9 frames on the trot. 3/3 for Paul Kerr and Lee McIlreevy. 2/2 for Darren Whiteside and Stephen Johnston.
In the Whitehead Derby the Trojans hosted the Spartans. The Trojans, with 3, very welcome, new signings got off to a flyer,
quickly going 4-0 up with wins from Gary Fitzsimmons, Gordon McKinty, Stevie
Hamilton and Chris Hobson. The Spartans fired back with 5 frames on the bounce,
with wins from Paddy Graham, Kenny English, Alan Johnston, Mark Millar and Alan
Johnston again, before the Trojans stopped the rot and levelled at 5-5. The
final 4 frames were hard fought affairs and were shared between the 2 teams,
for a fair result on the night of 7-7. Best for Trojans were Stevie Hamilton
and Chris Hobson with 2/2. Best for Spartans were Kenny English with 2/2 and
Alan Johnston and Mark Millar both with 2/3.