Match Report v Coach and Horses home

Post date: Aug 3, 2009 9:04:20 PM

Last game of the season. All hangs in the balance.

Bottom line is we need to get 3 points more than New Eltham get to stay up.

We are playing a team that were bottom Coach and Horses. And New Eltham are playing team that were crowned champions Hot Shots.

Before the game started there was good and bad news!

Good news was that Coach and Horses only had 4 players meaning a dropped game each set meaning we only needed to pick up 2 games a set.

Bad news was that Rod Altes was with supporting them, meaning he wasn't breaking and dishing v New Eltham in Lewisham..

Started badly with Rocket losing to Andre first. But John and Pinkie played well and won and mop was playing forth which got the bye! Glen took the 5th to finish in style.

4-1 1st set won.

More bad news though as we heard New Eltham had sneaked the first set 3-2.

We need to win next 2 to make sure and hope new eltham didn't pick up another set!

2nd set

Mop first and he got the bye again! 25-1 chance of that happening!

Wobbly and John lost the next 2! John to an excellent dish from Andre from after Johns break.

On the ropes now. We needed next 2 games as wins to stay up. Pinie up next and looked in control agianst an off form Keeley. Pinkie win with an excellent fine cut to leave a simple black to middle. OSW also takes the win although it was close!

2nd set win 3-2

3rd set. Just 2 frames out fo the four and we stay up!

Mop puts himself forth and finds from Keeley, that is bye place again! 125-1 chance of hitting all three! No pool for mop tonight on decider night!!!

Set starts badly. Rocket loses to Keeley, with Rocket having 2 shots twice! on the black it was a bad loss!

Pinkie up next and loses to an excellent clearence from Eric.

We need the next 2 again to escape. John v Andre again. John on top gets to the black first. Missues first chance, and surprisingly gets a simple second. But a miss again means a loss as Andre clears up. Set lost OSW loses last as well but didn't matter.

Verdict: 2-1 win and 8-7 on frames. But this was not enough to stay up. Same points as New Eltham but they had a better win record.

MOM: Mop: 3 wins and didnt play a bad shot all night!

Season Verdict: Too many poor performances cost us: Many people under form expected for the season. Good laugh and good experience though. On to a winter of old rules now..