Only the A Team had a match this week (the B Team joked that they had been 'seeded through'!) in the first round of the John Evans Cup & travelled to Crown Technology.
Tom was drawn to play first v Olly Walker (who's been getting regular practice at the Comrades having membership to BOTH clubs!). It was nip & tuck all the way through with neither player being able to pull a significant & frame winning lead. It wasn't a surprise to his watching team mates that it ended up with scores tied after Tom sank the black! And so to decide the frame it was a re-spotted black! After winning the coin toss, Tom decided to play first! He did no more than put the cue ball in the D & struck the black perfectly to 'double' it the length of the table into the yellow bag!!! Big cojones!!! Afterwards he explained that his safety game was 'still under development' & he wouldn't have known how to/been confident enough to play a safety shot on the black so thought he would 'go for it'! Oh my goodness! So Tom won 45-38 to give Wallingford a 1-0 lead. Olly offered Tom a drink before he left & Tom refrained from asking for a 'double'!
In the 2nd frame, Nigel was drawn against Paul Claydon. VC took control early on but it has to be said, aided by a few 'good fortune' shots (or 'Greathead's' as they're more commonly known!) & won the frame by 46-27 to give Wallingford a 2-0 lead.
And so to the first chance of the 'glory' frame to clinch the match, which fell to Cuz (for the second week running!) who was drawn against Andy Harper - a repeat of his opponent from the Week 7 League match about 3 weeks ago. Fortunately Andy couldn't produce his fabulous long potting of that match & Cuz ran out winner by 46-22 to put Wallingford A through to the 2nd Round!
With the match result guaranteed, the pressure was lifted on the last 2 players, the first of which was Dave 'Daddy' Greathead who was anxious to get his season kick started with a win (he currently stood as played 4, lost 4 in the table... MOST unlike Anchorman!). His opponent in this 'dead rubber' was Steve Digby (who charitably gave DG a couple of knock about frames in the recent League encounter when Crown only fielded 4 players). Rumour has it that Anchorman had been in practicing quite a lot to get his game up to scratch & it showed as he won by the most convincing score line of the evening 61-29! Whoop whoop!
Last in the draw was Captain who was to play Neil Coppendale. Now Neil has something of a reputation as 'pots 'em off the lampshade' having had a right tussle with DG in last years fixture. He didn't disappoint his team mates, slotting in some quick fire pots including some cracking low angle pots to the middle pockets! Captain stayed in touch & despite the insignificance of whether he won (except in the averages table!), potted a pressure brown & blue before finally pouncing on a loose shot by Neil on the final black to win by 48-38.
So a nice big 5-0 for Wallingford A. We could do with a few of those in the League now boys... starting with Fawley this Wednesday at home!
Tom was drawn to play first v Olly Walker (who's been getting regular practice at the Comrades having membership to BOTH clubs!). It was nip & tuck all the way through with neither player being able to pull a significant & frame winning lead. It wasn't a surprise to his watching team mates that it ended up with scores tied after Tom sank the black! And so to decide the frame it was a re-spotted black! After winning the coin toss, Tom decided to play first! He did no more than put the cue ball in the D & struck the black perfectly to 'double' it the length of the table into the yellow bag!!! Big cojones!!! Afterwards he explained that his safety game was 'still under development' & he wouldn't have known how to/been confident enough to play a safety shot on the black so thought he would 'go for it'! Oh my goodness! So Tom won 45-38 to give Wallingford a 1-0 lead. Olly offered Tom a drink before he left & Tom refrained from asking for a 'double'!
In the 2nd frame, Nigel was drawn against Paul Claydon. VC took control early on but it has to be said, aided by a few 'good fortune' shots (or 'Greathead's' as they're more commonly known!) & won the frame by 46-27 to give Wallingford a 2-0 lead.
And so to the first chance of the 'glory' frame to clinch the match, which fell to Cuz (for the second week running!) who was drawn against Andy Harper - a repeat of his opponent from the Week 7 League match about 3 weeks ago. Fortunately Andy couldn't produce his fabulous long potting of that match & Cuz ran out winner by 46-22 to put Wallingford A through to the 2nd Round!
With the match result guaranteed, the pressure was lifted on the last 2 players, the first of which was Dave 'Daddy' Greathead who was anxious to get his season kick started with a win (he currently stood as played 4, lost 4 in the table... MOST unlike Anchorman!). His opponent in this 'dead rubber' was Steve Digby (who charitably gave DG a couple of knock about frames in the recent League encounter when Crown only fielded 4 players). Rumour has it that Anchorman had been in practicing quite a lot to get his game up to scratch & it showed as he won by the most convincing score line of the evening 61-29! Whoop whoop!
Last in the draw was Captain who was to play Neil Coppendale. Now Neil has something of a reputation as 'pots 'em off the lampshade' having had a right tussle with DG in last years fixture. He didn't disappoint his team mates, slotting in some quick fire pots including some cracking low angle pots to the middle pockets! Captain stayed in touch & despite the insignificance of whether he won (except in the averages table!), potted a pressure brown & blue before finally pouncing on a loose shot by Neil on the final black to win by 48-38.
So a nice big 5-0 for Wallingford A. We could do with a few of those in the League now boys... starting with Fawley this Wednesday at home!
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