WEEK 26

Week 26 has brought us to our first finalists in the winter cup competitions.

The Rifleman’s put up a brave fight against the league leaders, Workies All Chalked Up. They were all square after 8 frames when the Workies All Chalked Up stepped up a gear to win the next two frames and so secure a place in the final on 11th June.

There they will meet the team chasing them in the league, the Salt ’n’ Asbo’s, who put up a similar display against Barley Mowners. Once again with both teams level on 4 frames each the Asbo’s took the next 2 frames to run out 6-4 winners on the night.

In the shadow winter cup competition the Workies find themselves in the final having lost the actual play 4-2 against the Dovey Boys, but they progress to the final due to the Dovey Boys only having 3 players available and so lost the match 6-4. The final will take place on Monday 9th June at a venue to be announced later.

The other semi final appeared much closer with a 6-5 victory for Star Dinosaurs. However, after examining the match sheet the result has been reversed and amended to a 6-2 win for the Hop Pole. The Star Dinosaurs broke rule 6-4 on 3 occasions by playing 3 of their players 3 times in the match. Rule 6-4 clearly states that “Players shall be allowed to play twice in any order they wish”

Following a conversation with the Star Dinosaurs captain about the decision to award the match to the Hop Pole they have decided to quit the league with immediate effect. No amount of persuasion could change their mind. So it is with regret that any future matches involving the Star Dinosaurs will be replaced with a bye unless we get notification over the weekend that this action was said in the heat of the moment and they would like to remain in our league.