Snooker Club 17 – 5 Pool Club
THE SNOOKER Club trounced the Pool Club in an exciting grudge match earlier this month.
The clubs were battling to determine who would be crowned Cardiff Cuesport champions.
Taking place at Rileys, City Road, the event comprised of fifteen snooker games and fifteen of pool. Each club fielded a team of 10.
The Snooker Club took an early 7-3 lead in the singles snooker matches through Ben Davies, Dave Blake, Rupert Taylor, Dan Peacey, Neil Fairbrother, Dom Osborne and Dave Trebilcock. Andy Holman, Shaun Hill and Alun Edwards returned victories for the Pool team.
In the snooker doubles, the Snooker Club whitewashed the Pool Club 5-0. Wins from the pairings of Dave Blake/Dan Peacey, Jon Hillard/Richard Jones, Neil Fairbrother/James Channon, Dominic Osborne/Dave Trebilcock and Ben Davies/Rupert Taylor gave the Snooker Club a 12-3 half-time lead.
The Pool Club looked to hit back in the 9 Ball singles, their favoured sport, but Taylor, Blake and Channon claimed impressive victories for Snooker. Holman scored the only win for Pool. The results left Snooker requiring one more point to win the match outright.
Snooker did far more than that. In the 9-Ball doubles, the pairings of Hillard/Osborne and Fairbrother/Jones pushed Snooker further ahead. Shaun Hill and Mike Lloyd pulled one back for Pool but by now Snooker had cemented a 17-5 win with 8-Ball pool singles and doubles still to play.
Pool Club will be hoping to revenge the defeat when the teams meet again next year.
