Post by Mark James on Mar 2, 2007 7:04:56 GMT
Stadium 2 - 3 Three Horseshoes
Another title contender bites the dust. Although not yet mathematically impossible, this home defeat effectively ends Stadium's hopes of retaining their crown.
Game 1 - Martin Smith v Kevin Tunstall. KT hit his first split thin, a couple of shots later he was off, having opened with only 750. Martin got the break back, but made only 800. It was to be his only visit of the game, as KT returned to run it out with a break of 16,860. 0-1
Game 2 - Grant Tully pegged his first split shot v Kevin Hall, and the game became a top-of-the-table affair, very scrappy. Grant had a further break, adding 1500 approx, and then a third , leaving him 4k in front. Kevin finally got the balls back, and it was a close call whether he would have had time to catch up, but it became academic when he broke down at 2k. 1-1
Game 3 - Mal Spier's opening 3k approx v Geoff Jukes left an awkward ball. Geoff moved it, but he failed to get the break back, Mal did and made enough to secure the game at his second attempt. Geoff subsequently returned for a 5k break. 1-2
Game 4 - Ian Lelliott v Stuart Mepham. Ian kicked off with 6600, Stuart did have one chance at the break but was unable to capitalise, Ian cruised home. 2-2
Game 5 - Rick Dewdney, having only just arrived from work, made an impeccable 10k plus v Mark James, leaving your correspondent with insufficient time to catch it. Rick would later add a further 6k break. 2-3
This result means that Three Horsehoes have done the double over the Stadium, and overtaken them in the process. Next week Stadium travel to league-leaders Duke of Wellington, the role of spoiler is all they can hope for now.
Another title contender bites the dust. Although not yet mathematically impossible, this home defeat effectively ends Stadium's hopes of retaining their crown.
Game 1 - Martin Smith v Kevin Tunstall. KT hit his first split thin, a couple of shots later he was off, having opened with only 750. Martin got the break back, but made only 800. It was to be his only visit of the game, as KT returned to run it out with a break of 16,860. 0-1
Game 2 - Grant Tully pegged his first split shot v Kevin Hall, and the game became a top-of-the-table affair, very scrappy. Grant had a further break, adding 1500 approx, and then a third , leaving him 4k in front. Kevin finally got the balls back, and it was a close call whether he would have had time to catch up, but it became academic when he broke down at 2k. 1-1
Game 3 - Mal Spier's opening 3k approx v Geoff Jukes left an awkward ball. Geoff moved it, but he failed to get the break back, Mal did and made enough to secure the game at his second attempt. Geoff subsequently returned for a 5k break. 1-2
Game 4 - Ian Lelliott v Stuart Mepham. Ian kicked off with 6600, Stuart did have one chance at the break but was unable to capitalise, Ian cruised home. 2-2
Game 5 - Rick Dewdney, having only just arrived from work, made an impeccable 10k plus v Mark James, leaving your correspondent with insufficient time to catch it. Rick would later add a further 6k break. 2-3
This result means that Three Horsehoes have done the double over the Stadium, and overtaken them in the process. Next week Stadium travel to league-leaders Duke of Wellington, the role of spoiler is all they can hope for now.
