Hastings & Bexhill Bar Billiards league

100% records stay in tact after week two
Saturday 24th October
​All team continue with their 100% records as the winners from week one all won in week two, the Cutter A continue their fine start with a 5-0 win at the Jenny Lind A, the Ashburnham Arms won 4-1 at the Cutter A and the Jenny Lind B won again with a 3-2 win at the Old King John.

Old King John 2 Jenny Lind B 3 - Report by Andy Ellison
A depleted OKJ went down to their second successive 3-2 loss, this time at the hands of visitors Jenny B. Steve opened for the away team but came off early to allow Andy E in for a 2710 opener that proved decisive as Steve struggled to coordinate. Andy occupied the table with two sub 1k breaks that were enough to see him to a 4k winning total.
Derek started steadily in the next for the home side but Rob scored a little more heavily and moved ahead for Jenny B. Derek was pushing hard to catch up when a tempter close to the black peg proved his downfall. It was marginal as the peg wobbled but fell eventually leaving Rob as the clear winner on 2360.
Roger for OKJ and Andy H for the visitors were both uncharacteristically edgy at the start of the third. Roger eventually settled into a 2k break but Andy couldn't manage a significant contribution. Roger returned with a 3k break that pushed his total to 8k, both of these efforts proving the best of the evening.
After the break Chris for OKJ and Alex provided the most exciting clash of the night. Both players looked good when at the table but the jeopardy was maintained as neither could build a decisive score at any visit. Alex pushed ahead and Chris was on the table as the bar went. A couple of inventive shots were insufficient to bring him close enough and a total of 3900 saw Alex home and a 2-2 scoreline. 
Jez broke first for the visitors in the decisive frame and set up the basis of his score without recording a characteristic break. Paul was a little rusty but showed some nice touches at times. Jez returned with important contributions that saw him move ahead to a winning total of 3410 that settled things at uni3-2 in favour of Jenny B on an enjoyable evening.

Cutter B 1 Ashburnham Arms 4 - Report by Sandy Harmer
Matt Jones got the away side off to the perfect start, Matt and Dave de Gruchy started evenly until a series of little breaks from Matt saw him establish a lead, Dave had little luck as he gave Matt the break back twice which gave Matt the chance to build a further lead to win the game.  Dave White and Phil Swain battled it out in the second game of the night, Phil established a small lead before both players decided to keep the chalker busy as they had more pegs than a washing line, eventually the players calmed down and Dave White managed to get within 600 of Phil and when he got the break back at the end ended up with 1300 to win the game. Jay Amin and Mick Osborne played a thrilling third game, Mick opened up with 1800, Jay started well and replied with a superb 4150 break, a new PB break for Jay! Micks competitive side came out and once he got the break back was looking on fine form and when the bar went he cleared up and won by 700, a fantastic game, three visits to the table and nearly 9000 scored.  The visitors made it 4-0 with Sandy Harmer securing a win over Callum, the game was quite level throughout, Sandy built a 1k lead but Callum came back and at the end nearly got within a few hundred, the bar went at the right time for Sandy as Callum was building momentum.  Sam Croxton stepped up for the home side as he just edged past Dave Pearce, Sam took control of the game early on but Dave got the break back and got a 2k break to take a small lead. Both players added a few points but struggled to establish a lead. Sam got the break back at the death to take a small 100 lead, Dave missed the 100 hole with the last ball as Sam sent the ball down the 100 hole to make it 1-4 on the night.

Jenny Lind A 0 Cutter A 5 - Report by Ray Norton
On Battle of Hastings Day 14th October 1066, the Cutter A visited the Jenny A
Drawn first was Billy vs Chris. Chris started with a small break but was beaten by Billy who started with a 450, a few non-scoring shots was then followed by Chris’s match winning 3.2K break. The break was well assured and steady, and Billy started to counter with some shots of his own, scoring an unlikely red in the 200 hundred (channelling his inner Jimmy) and threatening a ball in the 200 hundred hole, but as the frame progressed the table became loaded and the balls seemed to stop in difficult places, so that larger scores were not possible. Chris basically scored his break and not much else to roll out the winner.
Next up was Paul vs Dave Dow. Paul started confidently but faltered after 600, Dave started confidently but lost a reasonable break to a peg, Paul then followed suit by losing a 1k break, Dave got into the flow with a 1.5k break, to which Paul lost another 500 score. Dave lost his next score and Paul scored 550 to almost level the tie by halfway, and after Paul’s next 900 score Dave romped ahead to win with a 2k break finishing 1k up.
Next up was home captain Ray vs Alec Pope. Both players had good opening breaks of less than 1k, after a few other low scores Alec slotted in a 3.4k break to storm into the lead, Ray carried on plugging away scoring more heavily than Alec but not making a massive dent, but the scores were starting to close.  Ray then started a large break of 2.1 k which was only interrupted by the bar, as it looked like the frame could have been won at the end.  A 500 deficit was a very close result.
After the excellent sandwiches, Andrew played Colin. Andrew came off far too early having scored 580, only to stand and watch Colin score a confident opening 2.7 k break. After a few low scores Colin then lost his next break, into the awkward top right corner, but then followed up with a 2.4 k break. Andrew finally got the measure of the table and managed a 1k and 1.3 k break towards the end of the frame, and Colin finished with a 750 to close the frame out.
Last up was the returning Paul, as Jimmy was absent. Peter started with 600 score, and Paul did not have a break, but managed a 350 score. Paul overtook Peter with a 540, Peter responded with a 700, Paul nosed back into the lead with a 1k, only to see Peter close out the frame with a 1.2k.
A great atmosphere and enjoyable evening, Jenny A 0 Cutter A 5.
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