POOL: Season winds down

All players will now be looking forward to the presentation dinner this Friday evening (April 30) in the Lodge Hotel.

Division One

Sperrin A 7, McNulty's B 1

Sperrin secured the second spot with another comfortable victory over McNulty's B.

Tommy Morrow was too good for Davy Logue in the first, then teamed up with Lee Caulfield to beat Chris Wade and Gavin McClements. Wade proved to be the visitors only winner on the night as he beat an out of sorts Billy Moore.

Raymond Stockman then dug in well to get the better of McClements. Caulfield wrapped up the match as he won his second doubles match alongside Moore, before registering a third victory of the night in his singles encounter with Geoff Butcher.

McNulty's A 2, Forge A 6

With the home side having wrapped the title up the week before, the pressure was off and both teams produced some great attacking pool as a result.

Raymond Baxter won the first two for Forge, beating Jimmy Moore, before teaming up with Neville Smyth to beat Moore and Andy Park. Damien Reid pulled one back as he beat Hull in the only tactical match of the night. The match was then level as Marc Hutchinson beat good friend Ady Toner.

Toner had some joy in the next doubles match as he teamed up with Willie Eakin to register a solid victory. Eakin and Neville Smyth wrapped up the victory as the pair played some impressive pool to win their respective singles matches.

Division Two

Railway Arms 3, Sperrin B 5

Having been second in this division for the majority of the season, the Arms threw it away in the very last week.

The usually reliable Gary McCafferty was not at his best in the opener, allowing Steven Blair too many chances. Gary recovered in the next doubles match as he registered a win alongside Wahib Ziani. Captain Arthur McMullan led by example as he put the home side in front for the first time with a victory over counterpart Declan Kneeland, but brother Ronnie did not fare as well as John Sweeney got the run of the ball to make it 2-2.

The Arms went in front again as McCafferty and Ronnie McMullan scraped to victory over Kneeland and Uel Kirkpatrick. Wahib Ziani won the first against Kirkpatrick in their singles match, but the Sperrin man showed all his experience to turn it around and level matters once again.

Andy Lyndsay dealt the hammer blow to the Arms as he produced some great stuff against Chris Baxter. The result was mirrored in the last doubles match as Lyndsay, alongside John Sweeney, again got the better of Baxter who was surprisingly partnered by Arthur McMullan.

Forge B 5, Roost A 0

With the Arms losing, the Forge wrapped up second place with this facile victory. Steven McIlroy won the first two matches, beating Pat Conway in his singles match, before teaming up with Corey Sweeney in the doubles.

William Boyce was at his devastating best against Charlie Speight, before Andy Hutchinson made it 4-0 but only after recovering from a bad start against Clive Robertson.

Hutchinson wrapped up the match as he partnered Daniel McAuley to victory in the next doubles match.

Roost B 6, Montra 2

Tommy McDonald’s men finished a tough season off on a high note, Keith Hunter got them off to a good start with victory over Barry McLaughlin, but the Montra man got his revenge in the next doubles match, alongside Paul Ramsey.

Rodney Leighton put the home side back in front as he comfortably beat Johnny Goldie. Victor Boyd was in top form as he beat Steven Ramsey in their singles encounter, before doubling the does in the next doubles match, as he and John Cameron beat Ramsey and Damien Hollinger.

Paul Ramsey pulled one back as he beat Cameron in three keenly contested frames, but the match was won in the next as Adrian Kerr showed some great promise as he swept Hollinger aside.