UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETING DEC 5th

JUST a reminder that the next COMMITTEE MEETING is set for THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5th @7.30pm.
Items on the agenda will be setting the date for the AGM and Christmas Party Night amongst others. All are encouraged to attend.

CLUB BILLIARDS HANDICAP DRAW

THE DRAW for this seasons J Hall Trophy (Billiards Handicap) is as follows (all matches 125 up):
1st round:
Andrew Brough 124 Mick Bunting 125 (Fri Nov 15, 7.00pm)
Semi finals:
Steve Hawkins 125 Mick Bunting 90 (Fri Nov 22, 7.00pm)
Ricki Slack 125 Sean O'Sullivan 104 (Fri Nov 22, 8.00pm)
Final:
Steve Hawkins 125 Ricki Slack 53 (Fri Nov 29, 7.00pm)
Handicaps:
S Hawkins owe 60
S O'Sullivan owe 50
R Slack owe 50
A Brough scratch
M Bunting rec 10

JACK HAYWOOD CUP THRILLER AND BILLIARDS ENTRY DEADLINE

RICKI SLACK was in amongst the breaks in the first leg of the J Haywood Cup.

MICK BUNTING meanwhile was at his "Drago-like" best for the No 2 team.

THE first leg of the Jack Haywood Cup team contest took place recently and the No 1 team edged out the No 2 team 3-2 in the first of the three legged contest (this is one more leg than usual due to the constitution of the local league fixture list).
Winning for the No 1 team were Ricki Slack (with breaks of 30 and 28), Colin Marchington and then Ricki and Andrew Brough took the deciding pairs leg on the pink at the end in a real thriller.
On target for the No 2 line-up were Martin Forster and Mick Bunting.
Also a reminder that the club billiards handicap entries close at the end of the October with a view to playing it off before the end of the year so make sure you are in it if you want to win it!

IMPROVEMENT GROUP MEET AGAIN

JUST  a reminder to members that Bolehill Improvement Group meet on Tuesday, September 24th between 7 and 9pm, so the club will be out of action for normal business between these hours.

BOLEHILL No 1 BACK FROM THE BRINK IN PIPE OPENER WITH HARTINGTON RBL

IAN BIRKS and COLIN MARCHINGTON finished the night in style.

THANKS to a Hartington Royal British Legion "All Stars" team who travelled to Bolehill Institute for an enjoyable pre season friendly with the hosts' No 1 team.
Designed to blow away the cobwebs, the event had the desired effect as play gradually improved as the night progressed for the home team after some inevitable early rustiness.

Hartington started much the quicker, with Steve Hawkins (a member of both clubs) taking the first frame on the black, Gary Walker putting in an impressive display to make it 2-0 and then John Turner adding the third frame shortly afterwards.

However, Ian Birks stopped the rot in the fourth and then he and Ricki Slack further reduced the arrears in the first of the pairs frames to make it 3-2.

Ian then partnered Colin Marchington to enjoy his third success of the night, with the latter scoring the nights highest break of 27, to level things up.

The overall aggregate margin was 13pts in favour of Bolehill after at one stage being 76pts adrift after the opening three frames.

SEAN TAKES DELAYED BILLIARDS TITLE, PLUS 2 TEAMS AGAIN THIS SEASON

THE trip down from Reapsmoor resulted in a success for Sean O'Sullivan.

SEAN O'SULLIVAN of Reapsmoor triumphed in a much delayed club billiards final by winning an enthralling encounter with Mick Bunting by 125pts to 122, that handicapper fellow must be quite good!!
Entries are now being taken for this years billiards competition too which is likely to be run prior to Christmas and hopefully to its conclusion this time around!
Meanwhile, the Institute is set to run two teams again in the Darley Dale and District Snooker League with the No 1 team captained by Ricki Slack remaining largely the same and Mick Bunting's No 2 team just finalising the places for a couple of players as we speak hopefully though the majority of last season's team will be taking part again.

TEAM SELECTION MEETING NEW DATE

THE TEAM SELECTION MEETING for the 2013/14 Darley Dale & District Snooker & Billiards League season will provisionally now be held on TUESDAY, AUGUST 20th @ 7.30pm (sorry for the late date amendment due to some committee members being unavailable on the original date).
All interested players with up to date membership are encouraged to attend.
The No 1 team finished runners up in A Division last season and also won the Captains Cup which were the same two excellent achievements replicated from the previous season, while the No 2 team were gallant runners up in the latter event.