WORKING MENS
CLUB & INSTITUTE
UNION
National Individual Billiards
of 259 and 216.
There was a disappointing entry of 29
players for the £1,100 CIU National
Individual Billiards, with eleven of these
coming from Teesside clubs. The three top
players from that regionBennett, Lagan
and Kellwere all faced with away
draws in the first round, as was defending
champion Neal Rewhorn. This however,
proved to be no obstacle as all the leading
contenders progressed comfortably. The
star performance came from Lee Lagan
who included breaks of 259 and 101 in
his victory over Alf Nolan. Neal Rewhorn
was also in fine form, producing breaks
of 120, 82 and 75.
| F.H.Page 159 (Swanley Junction WMC ) |
Jack Hedley (Maidenhead Ivy Leaf Club) |
500 | |||
| Mark Leonard (New Haw Club) |
(80unf.) 500 (Swanley Junction WMC) |
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| Ivan Stevenage (Railway Rec. & Soc.) |
w/o | F. Crawley (Hayes WMC) |
scr. | ||
| M.H.E. Chapman (Selly Oak Inst.) |
268 | Neal Rewhorn (Parkstone Club) 120, 82, 75 |
500 | ||
| Bem French (Boston Railwaymen’s) |
w/o | T. Matthews (Riverside SC) |
scr. | ||
| P. Emerson (Riverside SC) 93 |
500 | J. Ingleby (Bradley & Colne Bridge) |
483 | ||
| Tom Hodby (Clay Lane WMC) |
500 | S. Bean (Riverside SC) |
340 | ||
| P. Johnson (Monks Road WMC) |
500 | W. Reed (Doncaster Labour Club) |
208 | ||
| T. Sheekey (No.1 Amalgamated) |
197 | Paul Bennett (Acklam Garden City Social ) 97, 81, 71 |
500 | ||
| Lee Connor (Newport WMC) |
500 | D. Ramrekha (No.1 Amalgamated) |
325 | ||
| John Hartley (Acklam Steel Works) |
241 | Darren Kell (Beechwood & Easterside) 104 |
500 | ||
| Tony James (Throckley Union Jack) |
500 | Simon Snee (Newport WMC) 70 |
483 | ||
| Alf Nolan (Western SC) |
140 | Lee Lagan (North Ormesby Inst.) 259, 101 |
500 |
Byes : Peter Shelley (Ball Green WMC), Branson Hoole (Clay Lane WMC),
Tony McKinder (North Ormesby Inst.)
| Jack Hedley |
500 | Mark Leonard |
443 | ||
| Neal Rewhorn |
500 | Ivan Stevenage |
165 | ||
| Peter Shelley 120, 118unf |
500 | P. Emerson |
288 | ||
| Branson Hoole |
496 | Bem French |
500 | ||
| P. Johnson |
500 | Tom Hodby |
274 | ||
| Paul Bennett |
500 | Tony James |
170 | ||
| Darren Kell |
229 | Tony McKinder 255 |
500 | ||
| Lee Lagan 216 |
500 | Lee Connor |
250 |
2nd Round break of 255.
In the second round, Tony McKinder
produced a excellent performance to defeat
1997 Champion Darren Kell on his own
table, and in doing so, made a superb break
of 255. Surprisingly perhaps, the news of
his club-mate´s first round break of 259 had
not reached him, and it was only after the
completion of his wonderful effort that he
discovered that he had fallen just 4 points
short of the competition´s top break, which
carries a prize of £100. Lagan meanwhile
put in another huge break of 216 to defeat
Lee Connor by half the game and Peter
Shelley continue his good form this season,
compiling runs of 120 and 118 unfinished
to ease into the third round
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