Workington’s United Club A ensured they maintained their Division One title-chasing pace in the L & L Property Contractors Snooker League.
They recorded a 3-2 home win over fellow top tier opponents, Station Road Club.
A victory for United A captain, Andrew Mitchelhill put his side on the front foot but with wins for Mark Robertson and Chris Hunter Workington’s Station Road Club pushed 2-1 ahead.
The fourth frame is usually pivotal in the league’s best of five frame format and with Peter O’Hagan up for the job he took the match to a decider with a victory on the colours.
The final frame could have gone either way at the mid-way point, however as Dave Chapman grabbed the initiative the United A cueist guided his team to yet another match win. The United Club A remain third in Division One on 25 points with Station Road two places below them on 19 points.
As last week’s Division One league leaders Flimby Social had to sit out owing to their free week, defending champions Workington Golf Club A took full advantage to leapfrog them to the top of the table with a superb 4-1 away victory against Workington Conservative Club.
Victories for Mark Brasted and Ryan Ismay got the Golf A outfit off to a speedy start at 2-0, nevertheless it was handicap tier two leading player Dave Holland who kept Cons in the match with a win in frame three.
Frame four produced one of the lowest total points scored results in league history at just 51 between the two players but with Bryan Walker coming out on top the Golf A side reached an unassailable 3-1 lead.
In the last frame of the match Cons tried desperately to claw a point back but with Phil Sorfleet in no mood to capitulate the Golf A potter added to the Cons misery to make it 4-1.
Golf A are top of Division One on 26 points with Cons five points behind in fourth on 21 points.
Workington’s United Club B maintained second spot in Division Two on the back of a 3-2 away victory against second tier rivals Maryport Social.
A win for United B’s Stephen Harrison was soon cancelled out with a victory from Maryport’s Andrew Sharp but it was Dale Milton who produced the highlight of the match with a break of 51 to put United B 2-1 up.
A Greg Todd triumph in frame four was enough to take the fixture to a decider, however it was Wayne Sinclair who dashed the Social Club’s hopes with a relatively easy win in the last to take the match victory.
United B and Maryport Social sit on Division Two respective totals of 21 and 11 points.
Whitehaven’s Rack Shack recorded their second win in as many weeks with a 3-2 away defeat of Workington’s Golf Club B.
A Ryan Pearson victory was a good opening for the Golf B side but as Chris McKelvey took a close second parity was delivered.
Will Ferrell soon claimed the next as the Golf B outfit moved to the front at 2-1. A convincing Nev Stitt fourth frame win was nevertheless key to the Rack Shack’s overall performance and as Neil Dougherty proved victorious in the last the Whitehaven side snatched the match win to leave their opponents shell-shocked.
The Rack Shack sit third in Division Two on 12 points with their opposition two places lower on 10 points.
Finally, Division Two leaders Workington Veterans Club A made it as hard as they possibly could against club rivals Workington Veterans Club B as they ran out 4-1 winners to remain at the apex of the table on 22 points.
A win in the first for the Vets A side followed by a victory in the second from Adam Hodgson saw the game quickly sit at 1-1.
Frame three produced an assured display by Mark Tatton to make it 2-1 and with Vets A captain Kevin Basnett taking the fourth, with a 31 break to boot, the league’s top team were certain of the win.
The last frame of the match started evenly, however, but Mark Tunstall upped his game and the Vets A cueist galvanised the match victory to finish 4-1. Vets B sit 5th in Division Two on a 10-point total.
