Another tuesday another lacklustre pool display!

 

Captin Power (Or Baby Kev due to his baby pool playing tshirt) up first. He looked like he would finish 2nd until Mark made a mistake and Baby Kev nicked in for the win.

 

Mop v Bert next. Mop had so many chances to finish it hurts to remember back. Needless to say he failed in them all!

 

1-1

 

Downward slide time, Wobbly, Master Blaster and MWCBM went the same way. Basically no chances to take the game were taken. Had we forgottton how to win at pool?

 

Master Blaster got picked to play again. Fortune shown on him as Peter missed a simple black allowing a 2-4 scoreline to go into break.

 

Doubles was normal stroy line. We looked good in places but failed to clear!

 

 

Off to the smallest pool table inthe league. But the 6ft'er had a lovely new match cloth on it, and was a dream to play on despite it's size and surroundings :)

 

Not too much good play from master8ers to be fair. All three sets were 2-3 losses. So matches thrown away, some matches saved then thrown away :) 

 

Mop and new boy John salvaged 2 out of 3 each.  With John potting a lovely long black to get us up to 6 for the night.

 

It was a good night banter wise, we just coudn't get a few more wins to move us into safety zone.

 

A visit by the champions elect was never going to be easy going.

 

A 5 nil white wash in the first set for us. We had a couple of chances to be fair, Blaster and OSW missing  some good chances to take thiers.

 

Which is more than can be said for Mop in the third. Rod to break, which led to Rod to pot the black in the blink of an eye!

 

Second set was going the same way. CP and Blaster lost. Then Mop got a rematch with Rod (is it s rematch if you didnt play a shot in the previous?). Mop broke dry and Rod was on a mission and cleared the table again in one visit!

 

Break trhough came in 8th with a well taken finish for new boy John. A frame on the board!

 

2nd Set finished 9-1

 

This time set started better with both CP and Blaster winning theirs. 9-3 was a little healthier.

 

Mop v Rod for the thuird time! Rod to break and it didnt look good when Rod broke and potted again! All the reds were gone, just the black to go! But luckily for Mop it was not a straight forward pot and Rod missed! Mop could get to table! He potted and laid a snooker which gained him 2 shots. But he was only left with a double on the black to finish on last shot. He just missed just leaving the black in the pocket for Rod to pick up his third win over Mop.

 

2 more loses and our pool lesson was finished!

 

 

 

With ice on the gorund, snow in the air and a bitterly cold Siberian wind we were happy to get indoors into the warmth of Rileys Woolwich.

We could unwind and relax in their plush warm surroundings, enjoy some nice beer, excellent food and partake in a few frames of pool on the superbly maintained tables.

 

The pool standard was excellent with Captain Power gracefully flowing round the table. His cocked hat shot with side to set up the frame win was only surpassed by his 2 break & dishes in his other frames.

 

Marster Blaster fired balls in at power from every angle. OSW played left handed to allow his opponents a chance in the frame, but still polished off his frames with ease.

 

Mop was a tatical mastermind. In one frame he enginered all 15 balls to cover one pocket and in the other 2 he forced his opponents to DF and pot the black to finish it for Mop wins.

 

New boy John Walters took his first wins and beat the number 1 ranked SLKPA player to note his arrival on the SLKPA scene.

 

If Carling did pool nights...

 

 

 

Just when you think you have turned a corner. You realise that there is a train heading in your direction!

 

We should of worked out the nights plan for us with the first shot of the night.

 

Captain Power wins the toss v John from Village Inn and he opts for the break.

 

The crowd go quiet, everyone pauses for the first shot of the night..

 

Captain power aims, he is going for the power break.

 

He pulls back...

 

Fires his cue through the cue ball

 

but probably not quite right...

 

and he misuces horribly

and the cue ball flies into the middle pocket directly! Giving 2 shots away.. His game didn't get much better even though given a few chances. 

 

0-1

 

Mop up again v Jim again! Match up earlier this season was a loss for mop. But he turned it around this time with a 7 baller.

 

1-1

 

But this was the highlight of the night as Master8ers didnt play well. Village inn played a solid game and promptly took the next 3

 

1-4

 

Wobbly was picked to play steve again as both teams had 5. Illness striking on both teams

 

Wobbly gets revenge with a well taken finish this time.

2-4

 

Doubles: We didnt play any better. Losing 2 of the 3 although Moppy failed to remeber this at the end of the night and gave them all three doubles on result sheet! 

Oh well mid table is mid table :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another big game for our season. Could we make it 3 wins in a row?

 

Captain Power up first as normal and the game turned on a snooker escape and then a lucky snooker at the end game. Power lost the frame.

Mop made it 1-1 after he was gifted 2 shots.

Wobly followed it up with a win to put master8ers 2-1 up,

 

Like 2 boxers trading punches the next 8 frames where swapped WL between teams. Neither team gaining a firm foothold in the game.

 

Frame 12 Mop bucked the trend to win his third of the night and put Master8ers 7-5 up

 

Rosary came back with a counter punch to make it 7-6

 

But with the final few blows from the master8ers we took the last 2 frames to seal a close 9-6 win.

 

Critical game time.

 

If we wanted a easy end season and not worrying about relegation, we needed a good win in this fixture. which was going to be tough as they had beaten us twice this seaon already.

 

And it didnt start good for the master8ers.

Captain power playing poorly first, marster blaster losing a tight game too. And mop losing to a good dish from Darren Porter.

0-3 was not what the doctor ordered.

Turn around time and the Rat started us off with a good finish to win our first.

OSW also showed some style in a good finish.

3-2

2nd set was all Master8ers. Captain power had fallen on his own sword and Wobbly took up his place.

A white wash of a 2nd set with some good wins. Most were close but we held our nerve when neededt.

 

3rd set we carried on! with Mop, OSW,Wobbly and Blaster making it 11 wins on the trot. What a run! The Rat could not make the last but this was due to another stunning clearence from Darren Porter for Choppers.

 

 

 

 

It was time to visit the home of the best cooked roast potatoes in the whole league.. Not that out pool team rates places by the food at all :)

 

The table was quite nice too for the pool table enthusiasts too. A nice recent recovering proved a nice playing field for the nights pool. Could the players standard live up to the table...

 

Not for CP. He was up first and was a little pre-occupied with the music box. He turned round just in time to see a nice dish by Steve E from Valley

 

Mop played a tight game which opened up nicely for him when his opponened potted the white ball trying to find position. Simple of clearences for mop to win

 

Wobbly missed an easy'ish black which eventually cost him dear as Gooner cleared.

 

Marsters was gifted a nice simple finish but had deserved it and The Rat had similiar

 

OSW proved his "one season wonder" nick might be true by losing another. His win percentage is shocking this season.

 

3-3

 

The Electonic dice picked the doubles again. Throwing up a Paul and Paul pairing first who sneaked through a tough game.

 

CP and OSW finished the night win early by winning thier doubles. With a loss at the end for blaster and Rat

 

 

 

 

 

This was a much needed game to win, to stop our 5 run loss in SLKPA. We are in bottom 3! not good.  

 

Captain Power up frist playing high flying Steve Pearce from Bellegrove. CP got first option to clear and let him have first shot at the 8ball. He left it plumb staight to the middle. So you can guess what happened. 0-1 to Bellegrove :)

 

Marster blaster was up next and was on tactical advatnage with a blocked pocket, he carried this through to a good win v Dan F.

Mop made it 2 with yet another tactical game ;). The poor bloke was a EPA player and was a tough learning curve for him!

Up stepped OSW. A dry break by Ron let OSW in, who slowly picked his way round the table and cleared! A nice 1st visit dish!

The Rat made it 4-1 up with a controlled game. Shocking are we playing well for once!

 

CP had a point to prove in the second set. He copied OSW 1st visit clearence after Richie from Bellegrove missed.

A win for Mop and  an excellent dish by Marster blaster had master8ers on cloud 9. 7 straight frame win to make it 7-1!

 

But it was fight back time. 2 wins for Dan Foley (one very good dish to stop Marster blaster getting a clean sweep) and wins for Steve and Ron made it 7-5. I wont mention the other missed black by CP!. Damn i just did...

 

Mop took master8ers over the finish line of 8 frame wins with a lucky win after Peter missed an easy black.

OSW and Rat heaped the miseary on Bellegrove with wins at the end.