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MATCH REPORT - Rubery - 30th January 2008
 
The match against Rubery was a really good evening - we won 3-2 but it could and possibly should have been 5-0.

Dave played the best game of his season so far. He was ahead all game, but went behind for the first time on the low colours. Even then, he potted a superb blue. He left himself the length of the table, needing to play the ball slowly as the black was down the same end of the table as the pink. The cue ball was also tight to the top cushion and he missed, leaving his opponent to wrap it up 57-43.

Mark was behind early on, but knocked in a nice 46 break after which he was always in control and won comfortably 62-22 in the end.

Paul's game was a real rollercoaster. He played their captain, Carl Rose who is a very capable player. They both made minor breaks early on, but then Paul managed to put a 38 together to take control. Carl then came back at him and snookered him on the yellow. Paul is usually reasonable at getting out of snookers, but he just couldn't see the angles this time. He missed 4 times to put Carl ahead, but he took pity on Paul after a while and turned down the opportunity of another miss. He then proceeded to pot yellow, green and brown to leave Paul needing a snooker. Paul potted the blue and then played a lovely stun shot with the rest, leaving a perfect snooker on the pink. Carl tried a swerve, but missed. Paul then tried a safety shot, which almost came off, but not quite, leaving Carl a thin snick into the middle which he knocked in for victory 74-55.

In Alan's game, although both players seemed to be playing well, Alan was always well ahead and ran out a comfortable winner 67-29.

Stuart played Jock and it was a rather scrappy frame given the calibre of the two players. The real problem was that the colours went awkward early on, making it difficult to string a break together. Fortunately, Stuart put together a decent break towards the end which finally clinched it. Final score was 72-47.
 

Neil Endall
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Page last updated: 31st January 2008