It was a return to League fixtures for the teams this week with the A Team playing home to Fawley & the B Team travelling to Challow B.
In the A Team match, Captain opened v Neil Winney. Neil started with a tremendous long red after the break off & made 2 blues from it. Captain then made a nice 26 break (but missed a straight pink!) & ended up winning 68-33 to give the A Team a 1-0 advantage.
Next up was VC v Pete Lambourne (AKA Pedro). Pete started with intention & took an early lead, but VC was cueing smooth & slotting in some lovely pots. He quickly caught level & took control with a quick fire 32 break to run out a winner by 61-23.
With the A Team 2-0 up, Tom was on 3rd v Fawley Captain Simon Mulford. It was a fairly cagey frame with neither player taking a frame winning advantage. Both players had chances on the colours but it was Simon who clinched the win 41-32.
With the score now 2-1, Cuz was up next v Neil Murphy. Again, this was a close fought affair & Cuz played some disciplined safety when the balls ran bad. With Cuz in the lead on the colours, Neil looked to be 2nd best for the frame... but sometimes the balls run against you, as Cuz found when he went in off the pink! Neil didn't manage to put the 1st chance away but triumphed on his 2nd chance, winning 43-33.
So, after leading 2-0, Fawley (& credit to them) had fought back to 2-2. Step up Anchorman! Dave has been struggling to recapture his mojo this season & faced Ricky Delahunt. It was nip & tuck at the start, but Dave looked in determined mood, playing good match play & showing immense concentration (testament to his daily practice regime of recent!). Dave took control & despite a late come back from Ricky, Anchorman sealed a classic 'last frame decider' by 78-41 to give the A Team a narrow 3-2 win.
Meanwhile at Challow, the B Team were playing their last match of the 1st half of the season (they have 2 bye weeks so needed a win & as many points in the bank as possible).
It didn't start too well as Captain Kev opened v an 'on form' Paul Finch who made a lovely 32 break (missing a black off the spot when looking like making a 50+!) to win 70-20. 1-0 Challow B.
Next up was Pete Beaumont who put in a workman like performance v Barry Alexander (son of Chris from Wallingford Comrades) & levelled the frame scores at 1-1 by winning 43-24.
Frame 3 saw Duncan Wolage face Brian Orton. Both played good match snooker, but it was Duncan who clinched it by 62-40 to give Challow a 2-1 lead.
Rob House was next on v Gordon Izzard. Rob showed little respect for the League Match Secretary, but plenty of class making a lovely 30 break during a (very) convincing win 75-9 to level the match at 2-2.
Last up in the deciding frame was Andy Rance v Ian Izzard. Ian took an early lead by 20 points before Andy started his comeback & eventually ran out frame & match winner 53-46. A 3-2 away win to Wallingford which puts them 4 points clear at the top of Division 1.
Nervous times as they'll be chewing their nails waiting for results for the next 2 weeks of byes!
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