Town and Country title race is too close to call

THE destination of this year's INBEV Town and Country Pool League title as yet seems a hard one to call with three of the top four teams all losing points in recent weeks.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Mar 2010, 10:28 BST
Updated 29th Mar 2010, 12:45 BST

McAuley’s started the second half of the league as the only unbeaten team in the league, however, their form of late has been indifferent and Lurig B fully capitalised on this on Thursday night by defeating the Carnlough outfit 3-2.

Thomas Crawley and Fergal McAteer got the home side of to a flyer with wins over John McAllister and Sean Davision respectively.

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David Magill then clawed one back for McAuleys defeating Matthew Crawley. This however was to be Lurig’s night and Liam Cooper sealed victory with a 2-0 win over Ryan Michell. In the final game Mark McConnell rescued a point for McAuleys to see Lurig win 3-2.

With Lurig B giving their stable mates Lurig A a helping hand in their chase for the league Lurig A needed a strong result on the road to Black Bull.

This game however was a much tighter affair than was expected and Black Bull put in a great performance to be narrowly defeated 3-2. Wins on the night for Lurig came from Declan Birt, Paddy McAteer and a final game win by John McKillop. Black Bull’s points came from Ryan Hamilton and Nigel Percy.

With Randalstown Veterans not in action this week, fellow title chasers Glencloy Inn needed a big win against BUSC to keep the pressure on at the top of the league.

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The Carnlough team duly delivered with a comfortable 4-1 success with wins for Connor McCollum, Paul Bates Paul Abram and Stevie Morgan. Captain James Atcheson was however unable to compete the whitewash losing out to Seamus Scullion 2-0.

Elsewhere, Glencloy Elite had an away win at Heffrons in the bottom of the table clash, running out 3-2 winners. Greenhills also won on a similar score line this time defeating Halfway B. The only other game of the night was played at the Braid where Halfway A defeated Social Chronics 4-1.

Lurig B 3, McAuleys 2: T Crawley 2, J McAllister 1; F McAteer 2, S Davision 1; M Crawley 1, D Magill 2; L Cooper 2 R Mitchell 0; G Shannon 1, M McConnell 2.

Halfway A 4, Social Chronics 1: S Rowan 0, B Kenney; M Curran 2, A Fusco 0; D O’Boyle 2, D Black 1; A Graham 2, H Barr 0; B Hamill 2, T Hamill 0. Sportspersons - Bertie Kenney/Seamus Rowan.

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Greenhills 3, Halfway B 2: C Reid 1, J Liddie 2; J P Kane 1, R Mark 2; E Darragh 2, B Feeney 1; J Larkin 2, B Fleck 0; C Reid 2, S McCollough 0. Sportspersons - Brendan Feeney/Ciaran Reid.

Black Bull 2, Lurig A 3: R Hamilton 2, M Birt 1; P Bloomer 1, D Birt 2; T Robb 1, P McAteer 2; N Percy 2, B Birt 1, B Byrne 1, J McKillop 2. Sportspersons - Nigel Percy/Paddy McAteer.

BUSC 1, Glencloy Inn 4: S Clarke 0, C McCollum 2; T O’Neill 0, P Abram 2; J Knowles 1, P Bates 2; L McClelland 1, S Morgan 2; S Scullion 2, J Atcheson 0. Sportspersons - Stevie Morgan/Seamus Scullion.

Glencloy Elite 3, Heffrons 2: MJ McCourt 2, H McNally 0; J Mellon 0, M McVeigh 2; A Bird 0, D crossan 2; A Abram 2, MJ O’Boyle 0; J Abram 2, J Glennon 0. Sportspersons - Jim Glennon/Anthony Abram.

TABLE

PWLPts

Glencloy Inn1714367

R'town Veterans1715265

Lurig A174362

McAuleys1613357

Halfway1810847

Greenhills1711644

Lurig B189943

BUSC1810843

Halfway B168840

Black Bull1851337

Glencloy Elite1851335

Social Chronics1751232

Heffrons1921726

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Round 20 of league matches takes place this Thursday, April 1, with the following games: Lurig A v Greenhills; Glencloy Inn v Halfway House A; Randalstown Veterans v BUSC; McAuleys v Glencloy Elite; Halfway House B v Lurig Inn B; Social Chronics v Heffrons. Bye – Black Bull.