TR Carpets Grimsby and District Snooker League

Doubles Report 3/4/24

The AGM will take place at Clee Bowls on Wednesday 5th June at 7:30pm.  All teams must be registered before the AGM for next season.  
The presentation night is scheduled for Saturday 8th June at 7:30pm at the Clee Cons club.  
All teams that have sent in sheets via email will be receiving emails (in the next few days) with reminders for the events and relevant forms and information.  If you need any paper copies of registration forms please let me know at the above email address. 

So we come to the final week of games of the 2023/24 TR Carpets Grimsby Snooker Doubles league and what a close season it ended up being.

GY Self Storage were away at Hainton needing three points to overhaul Nats.  Jon Leggett and Gaz Horsfall got GY Self Storage off the mark taking the first frame only for Keith Attmore and Dave Bartlett to level for Hainton.  Danny Reynolds and Dave Jones then got the next two for GY Self Storage to put them on 99 but Sean Bartlett and Glenn Dee got the last two for Hainton, leaving both sides with a draw and GY Self Storage sweating on the other results.

West End A were the only side in the top four playing at home, hosting Healing Legion, and needing all six points to realistically challenge.  And that collapsed after Pete Krofchack and Drew Winship got the opener for Healing.  However, West End won the next five with Jon Steel and Rob Wraith levelling the match and then 2-0 wins from Rick Gilliatt and Ryan Brooke, followed by Martin Shaw and Martin Dowling.  Leaving West End A on 98 for the season.

This meant that if Blossom Way could pick up all six away at Carr Lane then they would finish as champions.  However, Brian Ryley and Tony Hanson won the first frame for Carr Lane before John Lough and Callum Adamson got the next to put Blossom Way back on track.  Brad Mowforth and Shane Newbold then made it 3-1 to Blossom Way with Steve Walker and Mick Ponsonby making it 4-1.  But Joe Goodfellow and Mick Casey put a spanner in the works winning the last frame for Carr Lane and also leaving Blossom Way on 98 points.

Nats had a bye this week so their total ended up as 98 from the previous week.

So big congratulations to GY Self Storage who are TR Carpets Grimsby Doubles Snooker champions for the 2023/24 season.

Now the issue of the runner up position with a three way tie on 98 points and it was a case of consulting the rules, and the rules state as follows:
Rule 6d – Play Offs (league competitions)
“In the event of two or more teams finishing level on points as Champions, or in a promotion or relegation position, their final placing will be decided by adding up the number of points scored by each team in their league matches against each other during the season.”
In summary these matches are –

In totalling up the points (and this ended up close as well) it’s congratulations to Nats Comets who take 2^nd place with 13 points.  Blossom Way are 3^rd with 12 points and West End A 4^th with 11 points.

Clee Cons A end up in fifth spot after a 4-2 win away at Cromwell.  Dan Webster and Steve Johnson won the opening two for Clee Cons, before Howard Bennet and Phil Revell pulled a frame back for Cromwell.  Rob Willerton and Mike Vincent made it 3-1 to Clee Cons, but again Cromwell got a frame back through David Telfer and Aidy Richardson.  It took a last frame from Tom Keeley and Al Goodhand to seal the win for Clee Cons.

Birds Eye Codgers took sixth spot after a 4-2 win away at Clee Cons Sarges Army.  P Hall and T Smith won the opener for Birds Eye before Paul Rudkin and Mark George levelled for Clee Cons.  S Tuplin and D Burrows got the next two for a 3-1 lead to Birds Eye with A Boyington and L Willet making it 4-1.  Dave Lamb and George Rudkin picked up the last frame for Clee Cons.

Clee Bowls C raced into a 3-0 lead at home to West End B with Mick Parker and Janett Newell winning the opening two and Dave Cox and Viv Peterson winning the next frame.  However Rick Benefer and Stewart Wilkinson pulled a frame back for West End and with Simon Allenby and Michael Hunter winning the last two the match ended in a 3-3 draw.

Thank you to everyone who took part this year.  We hope to see everyone back next year and don’t forget to get your registration forms in as soon as possible please.