Division One champions Workington Conservative Club completed a superb league/playoff double in the L&L Property Contractors Snooker League.
The second leg was delivered with a 3-0 top 4 play-off win over Station Road B.
The first frame started in a surprisingly cautious fashion as Cons’ Richard McCarthy took on the equally attacking Shaun Ayre.
As the game developed McCarthy looked the more assured of the two players as he built a small lead. However, by chipping away Ayre kept himself in with a chance only to make a crucial foul on the blue.
This misfortune gave McCarthy the opportunity he required and in potting the balls he needed the Cons cueist coolly took the frame 69-39.
The next saw Station B’s current county snooker champion Kevin Kirkham take on Cons veteran Julian Plaza.
The very early opportunities fell to Plaza but with only a couple of minor contributions to follow Kirkham was still in touch. A safety exchange later and Kirkham’s patience was rewarded as he got the chance he was waiting for.
As the balls were spread far and wide the Station B talisman looked likely to put the frame out of reach. However, when Kirkham squandered the opportunity Plaza was visibly buoyed.
At this point the balls seemed to turn against the Station B player and with Plaza giving Kirkham nothing on top of this it only added to the misery as the Cons cueist romped home 68-32.
Frame three saw Cons’ two-time county champion, Alan Moore take the table against Peter O’Hagan, with the Station B cueist now facing the undesirable job of dragging his side back into the match.
An early safety exchange seemed to set the tone but as Moore stamped his authority on the game the Cons veteran moved 33 points in front.
Even though O’Hagan was presented with a chance the pressure mounted as each pot was delivered and the Station B player could only muster a break of 17.
With years of experience at his disposal and a tactical nous up there with the best Moore was never going to give up what he had left of his lead.
Shot by shot Moore then slowly strangled O’Hagan into submission in what ended as a 64-19 frame, match and title winning performance to the delight of his Cons team mates.
