Heath Rainbow 2-0, Josh Rainbow 2-1, Wally Sully 2-1 and Scott Kopriva 2-0 were Devils winners.

Exeter drew with Launceston RSL. Rex Swain 2-1 and Adam Bindoff 2-1 won for Exeter. Robin McEnnulty and Roydyn Bishop, both 2-0, won for Launceston.

Black stayed clear on top of the ladder holding on for a draw against Gold. Rodney Martin 2-0 and Andrew Saltmarsh 2-1 were winners for Black while the Leary brothers, Steve and Trevor, both won 2-1 for Gold.

Steven Leary's break of 29 was the round's highest.

Black heads the ladder on 16, Devils 10 Exeter 10, Blue, Gold, and Launceston RSL are on eight points.

David Bates leads the player rankings with nine wins from 10 frames.

In A reserve, Green had an impressive 9-3 win over Amber, where Lee Morcom, George Zammit and David Thomas all won 2-0.

Navy moved into second spot with a 7-5 win over Red, John Fordham's win for Navy was the decider.

Exeter beat Longford 7-5, with Lloyd Rogers and Greg Reid successful for Exeter, while Greg Williams was Longford's winner.

The A reserve ladder after round 6 is: Green52, Navy 36, Amber 33, Red 30, Exeter 30 Longford 29.

Lee Morcom leads the players table with nine wins from 10 frames, Lloyd Rogers had this week's best break.

Player profile

JOHN Reece was born in Scotland in 1923, lived at George Town, and died in 1991.

He was an outstanding billiards player with Launceston Workers and Exeter RSL clubs.

He won six Tasmanian billiards championships in succession, 1969 to 1975, and won the 1974 Australian title beating George Ganim jnr, of Melbourne, to earn his place in the IBSF world billiards championship in New Zealand in 1975.

He was a great rival of Harold Roberts-Thompson, having played each other in 14 Northern billiards championships.

Reece's legacy lives on with many players to whom he imparted the finer points of billiards.

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