EVENTS UPCOMING AT THE INSTITUTE

UPCOMING at the Institute:
Monday May 13, 7pm: Club Billiards Final
Tuesday May 14, 7pm: Bolehill Improvement Group Meeting
Saturday May 18, 10am-3pm: Bolehill Memories Exhibition in conjunction with Wirksworth Heritage Centre (some setting up possible on Friday afternooon also) Thanks

SEASON REVIEW, PAIRS & 3-BALL SUCCESS

IAN BIRKS and RICKI SLACK

ALTHOUGH the league campaign was less than stellar this time around, Bolehill's Ricki Slack and Ian Birks found their form in the Denis Morton Trophy pairs handicap competition by fighting off all opposition to lift the prize with a narrow 4-3 win over Edgefold's championship winning players Steve Burton and Duncan Harwood at Crich Comrades.
Trailing three times, the Bolehill pair fought back on each occasion and eventually took the decider when their opponents went in-off on the black which they had needed to force a re-spot. It could have been decided earlier but the Matlock pair twice came back from the snookers required stage and it was around 11.40pm before the cup could eventually be lifted!
Bolehill survived a scare in the semi final when 2-0 down to Nick Berry and Paul Trevett of Crich and already needing a snooker with the opposition just having to pot the pink over the pocket but the cue ball followed it through and completely turned the game around, resulting in a 3-2 win.
Prior to that there was a 3-1 win at Alfreton Palmer Morewood over Ady and Jack Lowe and a 3-0 home win over Lee Hage and Duncan Waring of Clay Cross in the first round.
Ricki had one of his better competition breaks of 57 in the opening round plus 33 and 22 in the final while Ian notched 32 in the quarter final and 24 in the final.

Ricki also finished runners-up in the OMYA Cup scratch competition but it was always a tough ask to beat multi-centurion Ben Monk of Alfreton Palmer Morewood off level in the final at Tansley and eventually it was the favourite who prevailed 4-1.

In the T & M Motors Snooker League, the team finished seventh out of nine but did pick up somewhat after a disastrous start when they were lying rock bottom around the halfway stage. Plus they reached semi finals of both cup competitions.

RICKI SLACK and ANDREW BROUGH 

The billiards team of Andrew Brough and Ricki Slack finished joint winners in the Elliott Carpets Billiards League with a last gasp 14-9 win at Tansley Potters forcing a tie with those opponents at the top. Last season saw Bolehill take the hat-trick of league and both cups but it was a decent effort again this time around off adjusted handicaps.