Singles 1 Beeston: Chris Winter, with the help of a nice 43 break, gets Arnold off to a flying start at Beeston beating Clint I'anson by 67pts who has had 3 centuries so far this year in non-match games.
Singles 1 Arnold: Arnold veteran Tony Hart beat Shane Kidd by 43pts, giving Arnold an early 110pt lead after the first singles at both venues.
Singles 2 Beeston: Beeston's Ant McMahon replied by beating Malc Belshaw by 47pts
Singles 2 Arnold: Johnny Kareer helped Beeston take the lead by beating an out of practice James Notman by 73pts giving Beeston a 10pt lead over Arnold
Singles 3 Beeston: Neil Jones got off to a big lead over Gary Spencer, who needed snookers to win the frame, but the Arnold captain wasnt giving up and got the snooker and cleared the table with a 30-something break to beat Jones by 3pts
Singles 3 Arnold: Tom Walters gave Beeston a massive boost by beating Brian Kinton by 97pts.
Pairs Arnold: The Beeston pairing of Tom and Johnny got off to a good start but James Notman pulled off a 32 clearance to to beat the Beeston pair by a single pt.
Pairs Beeston: At this point Beeston was 103 pts ahead going into the final game of the evening, Arnolds Gary and Chris needed something special to win the match, but Beeston Neil Jones and Andy Spicer restricted Arnold their pts and with 4 Reds left and Arnold ahead in the frame by only 4pts, Arnold conceded the frame
At Arnold:
Shane Kidd (42) Vs (85) Tony Hart
Johnny Kareer (90) Vs (17) James Notman
Tom Walters (113) Vs (16) Brian Kinton
Tom/Johnny (67) Vs (68) James/Brian
At Beeston:
Clint I'anson (25) Vs (92) Chris Winter (43 Break)
Ant McMahon (89) Vs (42) Malc Belshaw
Neil Jones (61) Vs ( 64 ) Gary Spencer
Neil Jones/Andy Spicer (28) Vs (32) Gary/Chris
At Arnold: Beeston (312) Vs (186) Arnold
At Beeston: Beeston (203) Vs (230) Arnold
Handicap: Beeston (0) Vs (0) Arnold
Total = Beeston (515) Vs (416)
Well done Steve & the Beeston team. A good win to set up a final clash vs BCI Super Elites.
:bravo:
Just to clarify, Neil & Andy also get the points that were remaining on the table (59) so the score of that final frame would be 87-32 and the total team scores would be:
Beeston 574-416 Arnold A
Thanks Steve, it'll be an interesting final. Looking forward to playing Captain Kwok's Super Elites :)
Another Quality match againt two Heavyweights!
Unlucky Arnold!!!
And well played Beeston!!!
Steve - Looking forward to play the defending cup champions! It should be a cracker!!! ;)