Workington Golf Club Dig deep to keep advantage in snooker league.
Workington Golf Club A retained their Division One lead in the L&L Property Contractors Snooker League.
They had to dig deep for a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Division Two’s top team, Workington Veterans Club A.
Mark Brasted’s strong start helped the Golf Club. A cueist the foundation he needed to set his team 1-0 up, but with breaks of 41 and 31, Kevin Basnett swiftly negated this as the Vets A captain equalised the score at 1-1.
In frame three, the ever-reliable Bryan Walker delivered his customary to put the Golf A outfit ahead 2-1, but the Vets A side rallied with a great performance from Mark Tatton to level it 2-2.
In the final frame of the match the Vets A side looked to be on the verge of an upset but with a determined Mark Cowen having other ideas the Golf A potter nicked the frame and match on the last couple of balls.
Workington’s United Club A defeated fellow Division One side Workington Conservative Club 4-1 at home and are just three points behind leaders Workington Golf Club A with a game in hand so the title looks to be going down to the wire.
Dave Chapman put the United A side 1-0 up with a low-scoring victory in the first, however a re-spotted black ball win in the second for Cons’ Richard McCarthy was enough to draw level at 1-1.
A break of 32 for Peter O’Hagan in the third proved to be the catalyst for a United A 2-1 advantage and as team mate, and captain, Andrew Mitchelhill won the fourth the lead was stretched to 3-1.
In the final frame of the match Mark Suitor used his tactical knowledge to outwit his opponent, and with a victory to follow as a result the United A side ended the game with a extremely satisfying four point haul.
Division One’s Flimby Social hung on to their title winning chances on the back of a 4-1 victory at Division Two’s Maryport Social.
Kevin Kirkham came on strong at the conclusion of frame one to give Flimby a 1-0 lead, and with Paul Vickers winning in a similar fashion in the second, the Division One side led 2-0.
Andrew Scott offered some Maryport fight in frame three, bringing the score to 2-1, but Richard Kirkham produced a game-winning break of 31 in frame four, putting Flimby up 3-1.
Midway through frame five, everything appeared to be delicately balanced, but when Gary Miller violated the three miss rule, Sal Cakmak won the frame and match by default, increasing Flimby’s lead to 4-1.
Workington’s United Club B closed the gap to ten points on Division Two leaders Vets Club A with a 5-0 whitewash of fellow second tier outfit Workington Golf Club B.
A thumping away win saw Stephen Harrison and Andrew Carter put the United B side 2-0 up. A solid win for Stephen Jackson made it 3-0 and even though Adam Sowden scored just 41 points in frame four it was enough to take the match score to 4-0.
Frame five gave the Golf B side some hope of a point as the frame went to a re-spotted black, however as the black went down Jamie Flitton recorded another United B victory to add further misery to the golfers’ woes.
Finally, Division One’s Station Road Club saw a 2-0 home advantage turn into a nervy decider as Whitehaven’s Rack Shack came back at them to level at 2-2. But with coolness under pressure it was the Workington outfit who eventually presided 3-2.
Wins for Darren Lawson and Mark Robertson got Station Road out of the blocks quickly but not to be deterred Phil Denvir and Neil Dougherty soon levelled for the Rack Shack at 2-2.
The last frame of the match saw nerve ends jangling, however staying cool under pressure Tom Thompson guided Station Road to victory with a win on the last couple of balls to snatch the match win.
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