Week 15 , League Week 12 Review

Nonny Pool Boys moved a step closer to winning the Irvine and District Snooker League with a close 7-5 win over Lucky Break. Gary McLaughlin set the Pool Boys on their way with a 3-0 win .Jamie Lynn increased the lead by winning 2-1 over Steven Stamp , Steven having breaks of 37 and 36, Jamie replying with a 35 break. Graeme Dick brought Lucky Break back into the match with a 2-1 win before Jatinder Singh of Lucky Break defeated Individual Stats leader Geo Edgar 2-1 in another close match , Jatinder having a 37 break and Geo a 41 break.

Nonny Bashers extended their winning run to 3 wins with a fine 8-4 victory over Century. Daniel Durham gave the Bashers an excellent start with a very good 3-0 win over Cameron Armstrong. Paul Doherty of Century then gave Century some hope with his 2-1 win, but Bashers put the result beyond doubt when James Higgins ( 6th consecutive win ) and Chris Giffney both won 2-1 for Nonny Bashers

Aces went joint second in the league table with a comfortable 9-3 victory over The Rack Pack. Graeme Innes , Allan Duffy and Ian Craig all winning 2-1 added to a 3-0 win for Ian Reid to seal the win for Aces. Graeme Innes struck breaks of 51 , 35 and 31 in his win for Aces to maintain his unbeaten league run for this season.

Baize of Glory slipped to joint second place with Aces following a 6-6 draw with Potting Bowler who remain routed to the bottom of the League. Warren Fullerton put Baize ahead with a 2-1 win. David Stirling increased the lead to 4-2 with his 2-1 win before Ian Boyd and Derek Muir had good 2-1 wins over Stephen Shaw and Colin Wiggis respectively.

Cuddles avenged last week's defeat by Chalk is Cheap with a close 7-5 win. Chalk is Cheap started strongly when their form player Gerry Pentleton had a very good 3-0 win over Nicky Carr. Cuddles cancelled this out when their own form player Kris Ballantyne won 3-0 ( 4th consecutive 3-0 win). Cuddles won the match when Sam McDonald and Stewart Garrick both won 2-1, both players having won on black ball frames in each of their second frames.

Touching Cloth triumphed again over You've been framed with a solid 8-4 win. David Cowan had Touching Cloth ahead early on with a 3-0 win , Craig McPherson had a 31 break for YBF in his 2-1 win over Robin Dunlop. Chris Byrne of YBF remains near the top of the Individual Stats winning 2-1 before David Mitchell won 3-0 for Touching Cloth to complete the scoreline to put them up into 5th place in the League with YBF slipping down to 8th place.

Next week will see Century take on Nonny Pool Boys and try to halt the Pool Boys run. Aces and Baize of Glory will be looking to keep the pressure on the league leaders with Lucky Break closely behind in 4th place.