THE Flaming Devils whitewashed the Exeter Social Club team on Thursday night, in their Northern billiards clash.

The Devils were led by wins to the three Rainbows - Heath, Josh and Andrew - along with Roydyn Bishop, scoring 4-0, to take the team from bottom to sixth on the ladder.

In other matches Works Gold moved to equal top after defeating Raiders, 3-1. Rolf Stevenson, John Fraser and Steve Leary won for Gold, while Harley Stebbings was the only winner for the Raiders.

Works Black beat Works Red, 3-1. Andrew Saltmarsh and Bruce Lockley, who both played in the national eightball championships in Sydney last week, got back to winning billiards. Bob Cain, with the aid of a 390-point start, kept his early season form going, beating David Bates.

Works Blue defeated Works Navy 3-1. Michael Leslie, Hans Georgieff and Graeme Pickett, conceding 345-point starts, scored for Blue, while Ben Conrades won his match for Navy.

Launceston RSL White held ladder-leader Works Green to a draw. Dennis Collins and Wayne Purdon won for the White team, and George Zammit and Dean Wilson won for Green.

LADDER (after round 4): Works Green 16 (provisional) (66.67%), Gold 16 (62.50%), Launceston RSL 14, Black 13, (prov), Blue 12, Devils 11, Raiders 10, Navy 10, Red 10, Exeter 7.

BEST BREAKS: Graeme Pickett 49, 40, 39, 38, 32, David Bates 34, 31, 30, 29.

BEST BREAKS THIS YEAR: David Bates 132, Graeme Pickett 119.

Leading Players, Dennis Collins, Andrew Rainbow and George Zammit have all won three matches from three played, Derek Peart, Bob Cain, Rolf Stevenson and John Fraser have won three from four played.

ROUND 4 RESULTS - The Flaming Devils 4 d Exeter 0, Heath Rainbow (290) d Derek Peart (275), Josh Rainbow (305) d Adam Bindoff (290), Andrew Rainbow (275) d Rex Swain (200), Roydyn Bishop (135) d Martin Runciman (320).

Works Red 1, lt Works Black 3, Peter Seaman (295) lt Andrew Saltmarsh (225), Bob Cain (285) d David Bates (-105), Phil Rowbottom (280) lt Bruce Lockley (210). Black won the last match on forfeit.

Works Navy 1, lt Works Blue 3, John Fordham (280) lt Michael Leslie (230), Ray Skinner (255) lt Hans Georgieff (235), Phil Page (270) lt Graeme Pickett (-75), Ben Conrades (320) d Peter Donati (85).

Works Gold 3 d Works Raiders 1, Rolf Stevenson (245) d Alan Armitage (235), John Fraser (200) d Lionel Young (205), Steve Leary (240) d Keith Coomber (175), Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott (165) lt Harley Stebbings (220).

Launceston RSL White 2 drew with Works Green 2, Dennis Collins (310) d Lee Morcom (235), Graeme Purdon (320) lt George Zammit (255), Adrian White (165) lt Dean Wilson (255), Wayne Purdon (255) d Rowan Phelps (275).

THIS WEEK'S MATCHES: Tonight at Works: Raiders v Exeter Social Club, Green v Red. Tomorrow night at Works: Blue v Gold, Black v Navy. At RSL: White v Devils.

Lehman pots title

THE Shane Clark memorial shield (50 up billiards) was played at the Claremont RSL last weekend.

North-West's Geoff Lehman added his name to the shield, beating South's Steve Cowie five frames to three in the best-of-nine frame final. Lehman beat Joe Bonnici (North-West) and Cowie beat Grenville Brown (North-West) in the semi-finals.

Steve Carroll (South) beat North's Trevor Leary 5-2 in the consolation final. Carroll beat Wayne Stokes (South) and Leary beat Gerrad Wicks (North-West) in their semi- finals.

Presentation dinner

THE annual presentation dinner will be held on Saturday night at the Works Club. Get your tickets at the club or phone 0408132699.

Exeter calcutta

THERE will be a calcutta tournament at the Exeter Social Club on Sunday, November 27. It will be $10 entry per event and the winner takes all. All proceeds will go towards the upgrading of the Exeter tables. To enter phone Rex on 0408132699.

For more information visit the cue sport website, www.nteba.com.au, or call the secretary on 0487171966.