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FINALS WEEK - Click here for a schedule
The Association would like to thank everybody who helped out during finals week.
Special thanks go to: Dave Row, George Cotterill, Dave Metcalfe, Iain Metcalfe, Rob Gillard, Seb Adamo, Chris Hiley, all staff at the Cubbington Club, our sponsors Warwickshire Beer Company and everyone who attended to support the players.
EJ Riley Singles Cup
The Association's premier individual competition, the EJ Riley Singles Cup took place on Friday evening (9th May). The best of 7 match was between James Gillard (Nelson) and John Beesley (Cubbington). Both players are previous winners of the Eric Briggs Under 35's trophy (Gillard in 2006 and Beesley in 2007).
With both players settling down Gillard took around 30 minutes to take frame 1, 62-44, with the help of a 28 break. It took Beesley under 20 minutes to level the match in frame 2 with breaks of 43 and 22, taking the frame 74-10. Gillard re-established his lead taking the final three colours to win frame 3, 57-51. Breaks of 48 and 44 gave helped Gillard win the fourth 92-0 to pull two frames clear. Gillard started the fifth well with a 29 break on his first visit, but Beesley came back to win the frame 70-40 with breaks of 29 and 27. Now leading 3-2, Gillard started the sixth frame badly, going in off on his break off shot, however, some steady scoring, including a 22 break was enough to take the frame 70-47, giving him a 4-2 win and the title. Refereeing was Dave Metcalfe, with Iain Metcalfe and Seb Adamo marking and Dave Row recording the score.
Gillard's 48 break in frame 4 was the highest break of the week in the snooker finals, winning him a three course meal for two at the Market Tavern in Southam, courtesy of the association's sponsors, The Warwickshire Beer Co.
Kenilworth Billiards Trophy
The final of the Kenilworth Billiards Trophy took place on Thursday evening in the presence of our sponsors Jerry Lewitt and Graham Soden of The Warwickshire Beer Company. The winner was Cliff Webb (Nelson), who defeated Chris Hudson (Lillington Bowls).
Eastgate Engravers Pairs Cup
The second final of the evening saw the Pairs Cup final between defending champions John Beesley & Dean White (Cubbington) and Sam Blundell & Tim Bull (Harbury).
Frame 1 (best of 5) was won comfortably by the Harbury pair 60-28, with only Dean White managing any scoring visits to the table for the Cubbington pair. The Cubbington duo took the second frame just as comfortably, 71-26, but this time John Beesley contributed a 24 break on his first visit with Dean making a 15 and 25. Scores level at 1-1. Frame 3 saw the Harbury lads supporting each other to take the frame 56-28 for a 2-1 lead. Dean White scoring 24 of the Cubbington team's points. In spite of a 26 break by Sam Blundell on his first visit in frame 4, Dean White's reply on his first visit of a 32 break set the pattern for Cubbington to win 81-42 to level the score at 2 frames each.
No one was taking bets on the final and deciding frame, with the evidence suggesting it could be anybody's. However, the Harbury pair were rather subdued and had 12 visits to the table without scoring. During this period Dean and John managed to accumulate 38 with John finishing it off with a 25 break making the score 72-19, the take the match 3-2 and successfully defend their title.
Refereeing was George Cotterill, with Rob Gillard marking and Dave Row recording the score.
Three Man Challenge Cup
The final of the 3-Man team event between Lillington 1st and Kenilworth Conservative 1st took place on Wednesday evening. Andy Devey, Damien Dowdes & Dave McLoughlin made up the Lillington team and Ben Deller, Ian Wagstaff & Craig Campbell the Conservatives. First on were Andy Devey and Ben Deller with Ben winning the frame 51–48, he will however consider himself fortunate having fluked the pink before going on to pot the deciding black. Next on were Damien Dowdes and Ian Wagstaff. Ian scored consistently throughout the frame finishing the victor at 76–18 with a 27 clearance of the colours. With the Conservatives now leading 2–0 it fell to Dave McLoughlin to attempt a fight back against Craig Campbell and he was desparately unlucky to pot what would have been the frame winning black only to see his white drop in the corner bag and thus lose the frame 52–51. The signs were ominous in this first to 4 frames final and so it proved when Ian Wagstaff beat Andy Devey 65–24 with his second workman like performance of the evening to make it 4–0 to the Kenilworth team. At this point the Lillington cuemen could so easily have been level at 2–2 but they just didn't have the "running" on the night. Refereeing was George Cotterill, with Chris Hiley marking and Dave Row recording the score.
Camkin Cup
Finals Week continued on Tuesday evening with the final of the Camkin Cup between Nigel Croft and Jake Roberts (both Nelson Club). Nigel Croft eventually winning the match by 10 points.
Birmingham Mail Cup
The second final of the night was the Birmingham Mail Cup. In a repeat of the 2007 final Geoff Barrett (Lillington Bowls) took on Tony Marsh (Nelson). The result was the same as last year, with Barrett successfully defending his title.
Pete Hiley Cup (Over 50s)
Finals Week kicked off on Monday evening at Cubbington Club with defending champion, Hardip Baines (Lillington), taking on Ted Mullis (Home Guard), in the Pete Hiley Cup (Over 50's). In the best of three match Ted Mullis won frame 1 after clearing the last three colours to win by 5 points despite Hardip compiling a 22 break. Frame 2 started well for Hardip when he made a 25 break at his third visit and consistent scoring won the frame for him, Mullis conceding with the score at 66–39. A close deciding frame was eventually won by Baines 46–38, who retains his title. Refereeing was Dave Metcalfe, with Iain Metcalfe marking. Dave Row was recording the score.
Eric Briggs Cup (Under 35s)
The second final of the evening saw Sam Blundell (Harbury) and Neal Stribbling (Nelson) compete for the Eric Briggs Cup. The opening frame (of a possible 5) was a tentative affair which Sam won when Neal conceded with the score at 54–37. Although Neal had a 23 break, Sam also took frame 2 with the score closer at 64–50. By now Neal's frustration was beginning to show with Sam remaining cool, having the advantage of a 2 frame lead. Greater scoring consistency, plus a 27 break, helped Sam to winning the frame 73-42 to regain the trophy he last won in 2001. Refereeing was George Cotteril, with Iain Metcalfe marking and Dave Row recording the score.
ANOTHER NEW SPONSOR
We are proud to announce Eastgate Engravers & Avon Trophies as the new sponsors of the Snooker Pairs Cup. They will also be producing the trophies and medals for this season's competitions for us.
PRESENTATION EVENING
Presentation evening will take place on Friday 6th June. It has not yet been decided what will be on offer for the evening. The evening will be attended by Jerry Lewitt from our new sponsors The Warwickshire Beer Company. Jerry will be presenting the trophies on the evening. As we have mentioned in the last few newsletters, if anyone has any ideas on what they would like for the presentation evening, then please contact a member of the committee ASAP.
NEW SPONSOR
We are proud to announce The Warwickshire Beer Company as our new sponsors. The league will now be known as The Warwickshire Beer Leamington & District Snooker League and the Warwickshire Beer Leamington & District Billiards League.
A profile of our new sponsors is available HERE or from the link in the left hand menu.
We are still looking for additional sponsors for the Pairs Cup and the Three Man Cup. Maybe even the A Division if we have enough interested parties. If you know of a company that would be interested, please let one of the main league officials know.
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