Snapbacks fail to close the gap on the Jesters

The Jet Wednesday league 5th July, had the featured YouTube Live-stream match showing the top of the table clash with the Court Snapbacks taking on the Court Jesters.With the Jesters already possessing a sizable lead over their nearest rivals in the table, both teams had good reason for a win here. Snapbacks showed their intention early on by going in to a 4-2 lead but, the Jesters came straight back with 3 frames won in a row however, with Liam Ayres then taking the 10th frame for the Snapbacks, it was all tied at 5-5 going in to the last session. With the Snapbacks also taking the 11th and with it, the lead once again via Sam Boome’s ‘break & dish’, the momentum was with the Snapbacks once again and that’s as good as it got for the Snapbacks with the Jesters showing their pedigree under pressure by taking the last 4 frames in a row with Mick Defraine confirming the team win in the 14th. While this leaves no change in table position for both, it certainly leaves the Jesters in a stronger position at the top.
PSL Aint Going Down confirmed their 4th win in a row when they took on Court Gimme A Break at home, just. This was a very close match with advantage going to one team and then the other throughout. It was all tied going in to the last session and still the ‘nip and tuck’ continued leaving the match with a 15th frame decider, and with Rob Mills pinching it for PSL, this leaves Gimme A Break still in 3rd in the table but with PSL moving up one more spot into 4th.
Bottom of the table Court At The Bar ended a run of 4 straight losses when they took on Parkway at home. Court At The Bar went 6-3 up and were looking good for a win however, mid table Parkway had other ideas by kicking back in with John Roe and Gareth Mears pulling two more frames back for Parkway. The last session swung one way and then the other leaving Court At The Bar’s Michael Harrisontaking the all important 14th frame and the team’s win with it, seeing Parkway slip a place in the table and also leaving Court At The Bar now tied in last place with the Postie Pats.
Postie Pats needed a win at home against the Court Kids to move away from the bottom of the table, and did their case no harm at all by going in to a 5-2 lead against their close rivals. But the Kids were having none of it and took the next 3 frames through Ivan Knight, Joe Haywood and Ben Prowen, tying the match going in to the last session. With Patch Hensey, Kev Pike and Martyn Allen taking 3 out of the 5 frames for the Postie’s, they secure their 3rd win of the season however, leaving no changes in table positions, for either team.
The Stanground Carpets & Flooring Thursday League, 6thJuly, had the featured YouTube Live-stream match between Court Gold and Cross Keys Silver. With a 3-2 session a-piece for the first two sessions, including a ‘break & dish’ for Gold’s Sam Boome and Joel Scott, this relatively even match was set up nicely for the last session. This too was a close affair with the match going in to a last frame decider with Silver’s Mick Defraine coming out victorious over Gold’s Andy Bunton. This victory saw Silver move up in to second in the table with Gold still holding on to top spot.
Heron Warlords secured a very convincing win at home to Bluebell R Back. At 5-3 to the Warlords by the end of the 8thframe, they then took 6 out of the last 7 frames with Dee Coogan securing the win in the 11th for the Warlords. With Shane Wood taking a consolation frame in the last session for Bluebell, this result see’s the Warlords move up in to 4th while the Bluebell are now tied on points with the Posites.
The Court Posties took on Court By The Cops and things weren’t looking too bad for the Posties by the end of the first session with the score at close 3-2 to Court By The Cops however, any sign of that vein continuing quickly disappeared. The Cops then took the next 8 frames in a row, including Craig Harbisher ensuring the win in the 10th frame. Darren Hope and Mark Killock took two consolation frames for the Posties in the last session however, this match was already long gone and the result see’s the Posties slip to 7th in the table and The Cops still in 8th spot, but still with a game in hand.