Workington Conservative Club re-established themselves at the top of division 1 table in the L&L Property Contractors Snooker League.
They produced a superb performance at Division Two’s Veterans Cub B to land a 5-0 whitewash.
A grinding win for Julian Plaza in the first was surpassed with aplomb in the second frame as team mate and former county champion Richard McCarthy constructed an excellent break of 70 to give Cons an early 2-0 lead.
Adding to the Vets pain it wasn’t long before Cons stalwart Alan Moore made it 3-0 and as Stuart Shepherd delivered another experienced Cons performance the score-line moved towards an inevitable whitewash at 4-0.
A cagey fifth and final frame followed a familiar safety conscious scenario and even though it looked as if it could have gone either way it was Ryan Barker who won on the black to complete the 5-0 destruction.
Cons lead Division One by three on 50 points while Vets B sit second in Division Two on 27 points.
Division Two debutants Whitehaven’s Rack Shack won their second match of the season with a brilliant away performance as they defeated Division One’s Workington Golf Club 3-2.
Stephen Harrison had put them 1-0 up and with an excellent victory against quality opposition in frame two the Rack Shack led 2-0 thanks to a Chris McKelvey masterclass.
Stephen Jackson produced a classy 33 break in the third to pull one back and as team mate Bryan Walker won the next the golfers took the match into a decider.
A win was within touching distance and the Rack Shack’s Andy Moore could have been forgiven showing a little nerves, however in winning with room to spare he guided his team to an impressive victory.
Rack Shack stay third in Division Two on 19 points and Workington Golf Club remain third in Division One on 36 points.
Division Two leaders The United Club won the first and the last frame against fellow Workington townies, Veterans Club A but with their usually reliable middle order failing them they went down 3-2 to the Division One outfit.
A first frame win from Dave Chapman gave The United Club some confidence but as Kevin Basnett won easily in frame two, with a 40 break to boot, it was soon 1-1.
The third frame proved to be key with Paul Smith trailing all the way to the final blue. A brilliant pot later followed by two equally superb bits of cueing enabled the Vets A player to nick the frame on the black for a 2-1 score-line.
Frame four was fairly evenly matched early on, but a 38 break later from Steve Garroway ensured the match victory was guaranteed as Vets A now led 3-1.
An error strewn beginning to the final frame saw Mark Suitor eventually take control and in improving significantly the United Club player earned an important point for the home side.
The United Club now lead Division Two by a margin of ten on 37 points while Vets A stay fourth in Division One on 35 points.
Finally, Workington’s Station Road A ended a three-match losing run to defeat Division Two’s Maryport Social 3-2 in a competitive home fixture.
Tom Thompson opened up with a win in the first to put Station Road A into the lead that would be eventually doubled as Darren Lawson proved victorious in the second.
Gary Miller added another victory to his tally in the third to see Maryport pull one back, however Mike Walker converted in the next to assure Station A delivered the match win at 3-1.
The final frame of the fixture saw Andrew Scott dig deep and with an excellent win he pulled a point back to offer his team some consolation.
Station Road A still prop up Division One on 31 points and Maryport also reside at the bottom of their table on a Division Two points total of 18.
