Northern Interclub Snooker

A Grade ladder leaders, Works Raiders, had their third whitewash this year, defeating Works Gold 4 nil. The Raiders players Alan Armitage, Barry glover, Lionel Young and Harley Stebbings all won to move their team two games clear of Works Gold on top of the ladder.

Works Blue held third spot with a 3-1 win against the Flaming Devils, Rolf Stevenson, Hans Georgieff and Graeeme Pickett won for Blue, Josh Rainbow was the Devils only winner.

Launceston RSL Grey, who surprised everyone by dropping former Tasmanian champion Roydyn Bishop for the first time in 44 years, suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Works Black. Bruce Lockley, David Bates and Rodney Martin all won for the Black team, Robin McEnnulty was RSL’s sole winner.

Exeter Social Club had last week’s bye.

In “A Reserve” Works Red continue to head the ladder, this week beating lowly RSL White 8-4, Phil Rowbottom, Peter Seaman and Louis Wong won for Red, Adrian White won for the RSL team.

Works Green beat Exeter 7-5, to move to outright second, Green’s Cor Zoon was the only winner on the night.

Works teams Amber and Navy played a 6 all draw, Damien Bushby and Peter Fraser won for Amber, Ben Conrades and Warren Hayes were Navy’s winners.

A Grade Ladder after round 12, Works Raiders 30, Works Gold 24, Works Blue 22, Exeter Social Club 20, Works Black 20, Launceston RSL 18, Flaming Devils 10,

Best breaks: David Bates 42, 21, Peter Donati 32, Robin McEnnulty 27, Andrew Saltmarsh 25 (clearance), 25, Lionel Young 22

Leading Players, Alan Armitage leads the player stats winning 16 frames from 21 played, followed by David Sheppard 11 from 16, Hans Geogieff 15 from 21, Dean Wilson 14 from 21, Keith Coomber 15 from 23, Harley Stebbings 13 from 20, Ted Mountney and Barry Glover 13 wins from 21 played

“A Reserve” Ladder .

Works Red 87, Works Green 82, Exeter Green 79, Works Amber 76, Works Navy 74, RSL White 64.

Leading Players: Phil Rowbottom and Cor Zoon jointly lead the player stats, winning 13 frames from 18 played, followed by Chris Reid and Louis Wong 10 from 14, Lloyd Rogers 13 from 20, Tony Quach and Greg Reid 14 from 22, Warren Hayes has won 10 from 16 frames played.

Best breaks:  Adrian White 27, 22, Damien Bushby 24, Bob Cain 22, Christian Waldron 20.

Results Round  12 “A Grade”

Works Raiders 4 defeated Works Gold 0, Lionel Young (36) defeated Frank Clark (34) 2-0, Harley Stebbings (42) defeated John Fraser (12) 2-1, Barry Glover (38) defeated Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott (6) 2-0, Alan armitage (36) defeated Ted Mountney (42) 2-1.

Works Blue 3 defeated The Flaming Devils 1, Rolf Stevenson (30) defeated Heath Rainbow (38) 2-0, Peter Donati (4) lost to Josh Rainbow (48) 0-2, Hans Georgieff (46) defeated Debbi Rainbow (50) 2-0, Graeme Pickett (-18) defeated Andrew Rainbow (28) 2-1.

Works Black 3 defeated Launceston RSL Grey 1, Bruce Lockley (20) defeated David Sheppard (24) 2-0, Andrew Saltmarsh (26) lost to Robin McEnnulty (16) 1-2, David Bates   (-8) defeated Paul Zoon (40) 2-0, Rodney Martin (44) defeated Terry Adams (20) 2-0.

Results Round  11 “A Reserve”

Launceston RSL White 4 lost to Works Red 8, Wayne Purdon (32) lost to Peter Seaman (56),

Adrian White (28) defeated Bob Cain (48), Lee Morcom (24) lost to Phil Rowbottom (48), Dennis Collins (50) drew with Graeme Purdon (60), Sue Singline (60) lost to Louis Wong (64) Tim Donnachy (50) drew with Steve Andjelkovic (60).

Works Amber 6 drew with Works Navy 6, John Saggers (44) drew with Brian O’Byrne (44), Peter Grimes (48) defeated Ben Conrades (50), Tony Quach (42) lost to Warren Hayes (42), Damien Bushby (34) defeated Ray Skinner (44), Peter Fraser (28) defeated Phil Page (40), Christian Waldron (58) drew with Luke Williams (68).

Works Green 7 defeated Exeter Social Club Green 5, Dean Wilson (26) drew with Rex Swain (20), Zane Brown (38) drew with Greg Reid (32), Cor Zoon (42) defeated will Cameron (66), Simon Thomas (58) drew with Phil Stagg (38), George Zamitt (32) drew with Chris Reid (30), David Thomas (46) drew with Lloyd Rogers(36).

This weeks matches

“A Grade” Works Blue v Exeter Social Club and Works Black v Works Gold at the Works club, Launceston RSL Grey v The Flaming Devils at the RSL Club, all on Thursday night.  Works Raiders has the bye.

“A Reserve”,  Works Red v Works Green and Works Navy v Launceston RSL White at the Works Club Wednesday night. Exeter Social Club Green v Works Amber at the Exeter Club.

Tasmanian Ladies Snooker Championship: Former Northern player Tracey Baylis has made it three in a row, winning her third consecutive Tasmanian Ladies Snooker Championship, defeating Emily Cowie 4-3 in a close final at the Claremont RSL Club over the weekend.

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