Interclub Billiards.

David Bates of Works Black put his skills on show last week, scoring three century breaks to completely outclass veteran Works Blue player, Michael Leslie. Bates scored 505 points to Leslie’s 38 in a very one sided match, on the way to a 4-0 rout by the Black team.

Graeme Pickett made breaks of 97, 59 and 48 but fell 18 points short in his match against Black’s Terry Adams. Andrew Saltmarsh and Bruce Lockley also won for Works Black.

Works Raiders also scored a 4-0 win over Works Green, Keith Coomber, Alan Armitage, Harley Stebbings and Lionel Young all winning for the Raiders.

Launceston RSL White defeated Exeter 3-1, Adrian White won a very close match against newcomer William Cameron, getting home by 4 points, Greg Williams and Dennis Collins also won for RSL White, Adam Bindoff scored for Exeter.

Works Red defeated Works Gold 3-1, Peter Seaman, Phil Rowbottom and Bob Cain won for Red, John Saggers was Gold’s only winner, scraping in by just 4 points.

Works Navy and the Devils had a 2-2 draw, the close match of the round was between Navy’s Ben Conrades and Roydyn Bishop, Bishop gave a 270 point start but failed by the barest margin to get over Conrades. Ray Skinner also won for Navy, Josh and Heath Rainbow both won for the Devils.

Ladder after round 9:

Works Black 34, RSL White 33, Raiders 31, Works Gold 29, Works Blue 29, Devils 28, Works Navy 27  Works Green 26, Works Red 21, Exeter Social Club 15.

Best breaks: David Bates 123, 116 (unfinished), 110, Graeme Pickett 97, 59, Alan Armitage 21, Andrew Saltmarsh 21, Zane Brown 20.

Best breaks this year: David Bates 132, 123, 123, 116, 110, 103, Graeme Pickett 119, 99, 97

Leading Players: Lionel Young continues to lead in the player stats, winning 6 matches from 7 played, 85.71%, followed by Dennis Collins 6 wins from 8 matches played 75%. Others, David Bates, George Zammit and Heath Rainbow have won 6 from 9 played, Keith Coomber and Ben Conrades 5 from 7, John Saggers has won all 4 matches played, Scott Kopriva and Zane Brown have 4 wins from 5 played.

Round 9 Results:

Works Black 4 defeated Works Blue 0, Terry Adams (175) defeated Graeme Pickett (-95), David Bates (-105) defeated Michael Leslie (230), Bruce Lockley (200) defeated Hans Georgieff (245), Andrew Saltmarsh (225) defeated Zane Brown (285).

Works Green 0 lost to The Raiders 4, Corr Zoon (300) lost to Keith Coomber (165), Glen Johansen (260) lost to Alan armitage (255), Dean Wilson (245) lost to Harley Stebbings (220), George Zammit (245) lost to Lionel Young (195)

Launceston RSL White 3 defeated Exeter Social Club 1, Wayne Purdon (240) lost to Adam Bindoff (300), Greg Williams (270) defeated Derek Peart (280), Dennis Collins (305) defeated Rex Swain (200), Adrian White (170) defeated William Cameron (320).

Works Red 3 defeated Works Gold 1, Peter Seaman (310) defeated John Fraser (195), Steve Andjelkovic (275) lost to John Saggers (265), Phil Rowbottom (285) defeated John Stevenson (265), Bob Cain (300) defeated Rolf Stevenson (250).

Works Navy 2 drew with The Flaming Devils 2, Ben Conrades (300) defeated Roydyn Bishop (130) by one point, Ray Skinner (270) defeated Andrew Rainbow (270), Alan Legg (280) lost to Josh Rainbow (290), Phil Page (275) lost to Heath Rainbow (275).

This week’s matches: Wednesday at Works, Red v Exeter, Navy v Gold.

Thursday night at Works, Devils v Black, Green v Blue.

Thursday night at Launceston RSL Club, RSL White v Raiders.

Northern Billiards Championships: Entries close this week for “A Grade”, “A Res.” and “B Grade” championships. Enter at Works Club.           

For more information visit the cue sport website, www.nteba.com.au or call the Secretary on 0487 171 966