Workington’s United Club produced the stand-out performance in the L&L Property Contractors Snooker League with a superb away win.
Against the higher tiered Workington Golf Club, they triumphed 3-2 to extend their lead to five points at the top of Division Two.
The golfers started well as Mark Cowen won the first but with United Club captain Andrew Mitchelhill winning the second frame in one of the highest scoring contests of the season the match score was level.
United Club team-mate Clive Lister soon extended the match lead with a win in frame three but as Mark Brasted won frame four a decider was required to split the two sides.
The golf club were hot favourites to take the match in the last, nevertheless a supremely resolute performance from Brian Kendall was enough to claim the match in what turned out to be a satisfying United Club display.
The Golf Club remain third in Division One on 22 points.
Station Road B also stretched their lead, this time at the top of Division One, with a 4-1 away victory against fellow townies Veterans Club B.
A narrow Kevin Kirkham win put Station B one up and with an equally close victory in the second Peter O’Hagan made it 2-0.
The third frame remained in the balance early on, however with a late break of 35 it was Station B’s Shaun Ayre who assured the match win for 3-0.
Points on the board now became Vets B’s priority and as Michael Sid Walker took out Station B captain Stephen O’Hagan in the next, the match score was reduced to 3-1.
The final frame of the fixture probably started with Vets B as favourites but with a clinical performance from Station B’s Simon Frazer he added to the Vets B pain to make it 4-1. Station B lead Division One on 28 points and Vets B sit second in Division Two on 15 points.
Station Road A narrowed their deficit at the bottom of Division One to two points as they defeated Division Two’s Rack Shack with a 3-2 home victory.
A fairly routine win for Tom Thompson put Workington’s Station A 1-0 up and as Darren Lawson won the next with a fine contribution of 30 the Division One side led 2-0.
Whitehaven’s Rack Shack showed their fight with a black ball win for Peter McAvoy in frame three and with Andy Moore winning frame four the match moved to a decider.
Pressure on the home side fell to the ever-reliable Chris Hunter, and in delivering in style it was the Station A cueist who pushed his side over the line in a confidence boosting match victory.
Station A still sit at the bottom of Division One on 16 points with the Rack Shack third in Division Two on 11 points.
Finally, Workington Conservative Club held off a spirited challenge from fellow Division One opponents Veterans Club A with a 3-2 home win to maintain a top tier second spot.
A first frame victory for Julian Plaza, that was highlighted with a break of 30, gave Cons the lead but as Vets A captain Kevin Basnett won a heavyweight second frame clash the match score was level.
Cons’ Alan Moore grew stronger as the game went on to eventually win frame three but in the performance of the match Mark Tatton came back from nearly 40 points behind to claim match parity at 2-2 with a simply brilliant comeback in frame four.
In a deciding frame that was inevitably littered with mistakes it was Stuart Shepherd who finally took control to steer the Cons to victory in a thoroughly absorbing contest.
Cons sit second in Division One on 25 point with Vets A two places lower on 18 points.
