Billiards

Ithe round-robin at Willington Jim Alcock of Wingate came away with six points after never losing a frame to Arnold Fleming of Crook or Norman Greener of Thornely.

In the first match Alcock took the first frame against Greener easily but was made to struggle for the second, but completed the whitewash with a comfortable third frame victory. After taking the first frame against Fleming easily, Alcock struggled in the remaining two, winning the second by just two points and the third by three points.

Fleming had the edge over Greener throughout and took all three frames by an average of 20 points.

John Hall of Crowtrees has taken over the space left following the resignation of Fred Lintern of Willington and now has to rearrange matches against Trevor Lomax of Hunwick and Fleming.

Worthington CIU

Championship

Ithe qualifying round-robin for two players to reach the semi-final stage, Jimmy Evans of Shotton Palms played Norman Kirkley of Hunwick in the first game and won very easily as Kirkley failed to find his range, while Evans put in a 31 break.

In the second game Fred Lintern of Willington faced Kirkley, who showed a vast improvement on his first performance and looked a likely winner as he built up a good lead. However Lintern recovered to pull back and, with some good safety play, edged through to victory.

In the third match, Evans stayed steadily in the lead of Lintern throughout as both players qualified for the next stage.