6 July 2017 The Jesters strengthen their grip on top spot

The Jet Wednesday league, 28th June, saw the featured YouTube Live-feed match between top of the table Court Jesters at home to the Postie Pat’s. This was always going to be a tall order for the Pat’s and so it proved as, by the end of the second session, Jesters only needed one more frame to secure the win with 5 more frames still to play. Darren Hopeconfirmed the win for the Jesters in the 11th, and with Gordon Wilks taking a consolation last frame for the Pats, the Jesters have now put even more daylight between themselves in top spot and the chasing pack.
Courts Kids took on the Court Snapbacks and the Kids certainly didn’t let the Snapbacks have an easy ride, despite the gap between them both in the table. It was a tight affair across all 3 sessions with the Snapback’s taking each 3-2 however and, while there was also the notable ‘break & dish’ from Ben Prowen for the Kids, the win was secured for the Snapbacks by Sean Hackett in the 13th frame, leaving the Snapback’s still holding on to 2nd spot in the table, but with the Kids slipping a place to 6th.
Parkway were at home to PSL Ain’t Going Down and this match saw the latter continue their good form of late with a 3rdwin in a row and a place further up the table gained in the process. With Rob Mills achieving a ‘break & dish’ in the 5thand Kris Lord securing the win by the 9th, this was looking like a very convincing win for PSL. The final session was no different to the first two which saw PSL take it 4-1. Parkway’s Jamie Dye took both his frames that helped to secure histeam’s place in 4th position in the table, just.
Court Gimme A Break hosted Court At The Bar with the former taking the first session 4-1 however, all ideas that this was going to be a walk-over for Gimme A Break playing the team at the bottom of the table, were quickly quashed when Court At The Bar came back with a 4-1 second session win of their own – Paul Machin squaring things ups going in to the final session. However, Gimme A Break turned it on again with a repeat of their first session score-line with Liz Dizneywinning the vital 14th frame. Gimme A Break hold on to 3rdspot and Court At The Bar still foot of the table, just.
Thursday 29th June saw the Stanground Carpets & Flooring Thursday League resume after the previous week’s Jet Knockout cup semi-finals. The featured YouTube Live-feed match almost saw Court Larking About inflict a complete white-wash over Heron Warlords. Larking about stormed in to an 8-0 lead to secure the match with a Scott Beasley win however, they weren’t finished there – taking another 5 frames in a row, a 15-0 was definitely on the cards and with Ivan Knight then stepping up for Larking About in the 14th frame and producing a ‘clean-break’, the Warlords Liz Dizney approached the table to produce an excellent 8 ball clearance, white-wash avoided! Larking About jump up to 2ndspot in the table with no change for the Warlords in 7th.
Court By The Cops took on Quinns Muppets at home and this match was over by the end of the 9th frame with Anthony Pask securing the win for the Muppets with 6 frames still to play. The Cops however made it a much more respectable overall score-line by taking the last session 4-1 leaving the Cops still one place off the foot of the table but, with the Muppets moving up one place to 4th spot.
Bluebell R Back hosted Cross Keys Silver and with Silver at 5-1 up, Luke Watkins and Andy Cook for the Bluebell then came back with two frames in a row to halt the slide. This then became a nip & tuck match because, with 4 frames then in a row for Silver once again and Mick Defraine securing the win in the 11th, Silver were not able to capitalize further, with Bluebell then taking the last 3 frames of the match making it a more respectable score-line. This keeps Bluebell 6th in the table and Silver only slipping to 3rd courtesy of Court Larking About’s huge win over the Heron Warlords.