Redhill League 22/23 Week 11 - 06/12/2022

[tommo III]

Fixtures for 06/12/22:

Nomads 2 Horley CC 3 (@ Garland)
MVC A 2 Salfords B 3
SPCC B 4 Jolly Bricks 1
Old Oak 0 SPCC A 5
Salfords A 1 MVC B 4
Reigate Ex 2 Salfords Y 3 (@ Horley CC)

[tommo III]

Old Oak BFZ, SPCC A 5
*Martin 1640, Tracy 5080
Clive 1670, *Junkie 3690
Paul 2850, *Vernon 3420
*Nick 1510, D.C. 6600
*Charlie 910, Laurie 7880

A smashing evening despite the result - our opponents even allowing themselves the luxury of leaving out their England player! 
Good food from Rebecca and Martin, enjoyed by all.

[billiardsmichael]

Nomads	2	v	3	Horley CC
JP*	2970	-	0	Chris
Abbey	1060	-	1790	*Nev
Michael	2300	-	1770	*Roland
Jim	840	-	3380	*Aaron
(P5) Abbey	1810	-	2910	*Alex

The Garland table decided to provide a tough test this week, with nobody really getting hold of it. It was crap, in short.

First up the classy JP took to the baize and he built a lead of about a k against Chris with 10 mins on the clock. JP had (cleverly?) placed a ball down the centre and the onus was on Chris to clear it, sadly though in trying to do this he nudged the black peg over and that was the game. 1-0.

Next up Abbey and Nev took centre stage and it was one of those games where adding 500 off the break was key. Nev held that advantage thoughout as the balls gathered for a lovely meeting down the far end. Some hilarity ensued late on - though - as Abbey explained it required four fingers to put the final shot down the hole. Lets just say giggling fit ensued for the rest of the night when the last shot came about... 1-1.

Roland held the lead against a beleagured Michael for the first 12/13 minutes and despite Michael getting the break back once a terrible one up and split combination meant he didn't take advantage. Thankfully for him though his knowledge of the back table roll saw him to enough points to overhaul Roland and put the Nomads back in front. 2-1.

Fourth on Aaron showed us that at least one person could get on with the table alright as a pair of "k and a bit" breaks gave him a healthy lead. Jemima tried to fight back but never quite managed to get the break back and so Aaron deservedly got Horley back level. 2-2.

So last up was Alex and Abbey. When Alex had come down here earlier in the season he bashed in 6+k off the break against an in-form Michael and there were worries he may go off in the same manner here. The table lived up to it's trickness, though, and so 1.2k was all Alex could muster. Abbey stuck in and fought valiantly, never being out of sight and was (perhaps) slightly unfortunate to get the break back just as the bar dropped. So Alex held on in a good game to finish the night - despite the table being shi... shiny. 2-3.

[tommo III]

Dec 7, 2022 9:48:51 GMT billiardsmichael said:

 Some hilarity ensued late on - though - as Abbey explained it required four fingers to put the final shot down the hole. Lets just say giggling fit ensued for the rest of the night when the last shot came about... 

Sniggering also last night within the close vicinity of the Oak .... Laurie playing and Vernon and Clive putting up/marking: Laurie had 69 twice, a 99 (=change hands!) and 88 (=two fat ladies). V & C concurring on the merits of the latter: C quote "they're always grateful" and V quote "like riding a moped, can be fun but you don't want to be seen by anyone else". Laurie impervious to the banter, and able to drill in the best score of the evening.