INTER INSULAR

On Friday night in the C.I Billiards final played at Tower, Gary Britton defeated Martyn Desperques 500 to 301,
to win the title for the second year in a row and for the 7th time.

At the halfway mark Martyn was actually leading 259-242 having made a break of 60.

At this stage it looked like it was going to be a close finish, but a break of 78 from Gary changed the pattern
of the game, Martyn was unable to respond and with further breaks of 64 & 55 Gary stormed away and left Martyn
trailing in his wake to win by 199 points which seemed unlikely at the halfway stage.

Team snooker on Saturday resulted in a narrow win for Guernsey 13-12

Going into the last match the scores were level at 12 each  

The result could have been so different had Jersey had a bit more good fortune, having lost 4 frames on the black 

With the last red on the table Glenn was leading by one point 41-40.

Gary potted the red and was unfortunate for the white to just drop into middle bag. 

This gave Glenn the opportunity to clear the colours and duly took his chance by potting yellow to pink to win
the deciding frame against Gary Britton 65-40, to retain the title they won last year.

The highest break went to Gary Britton with an 83 in his first frame against John Skillett

ISLAND BILLIARDS FINAL

THE FINAL BETWEEN

GARY BRITTON AND GUY HEYS

WILL TAKE PLACE AT TOWER ON

WEDNESDAY THE 24TH APRIL STARTING AT 7.30 PM

BYFLEET

 ANDY RICHARDSON WON THE BYFLEET FINAL AGAINST SCOTT CRAWFORD 2-1

ALL THE FRAMES WERE WON ON THE BLACK

ANDY HAS WON THE BYFLEET ONCE BEFORE GOING BACK TO 1996

ISLAND SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

About 20 spectators came to Tower to watch the final between Gary Britton and Aaron Canavan and saw Gary come back from 3-0  down to win 4-3 to retain the title he won last year against Karl Le Fevre, and to claim the Peter Dreux Island Snooker Championship title for the sixth time, a title he first won in 1997. 

At 3-0 down it looked unlikely Gary would come back into the game, but a small interval took place, Gary came out fighting and with some good potting and positional play clawed his way back to take the next four frames.

1- Aaron won 81-16

2- Aaron won 78-9 with a 73

3- Aaron won 59-29 with a 52

4- Gary won 67-27

5- Gary won 92-5 with a 62

6- Gary won 69-22 with a 55

7- Gary won 68-41   (Aaron 41, Gary 40)

In the deciding frame Aaron scored first and broke down on 41, Gary then came to the table and made a 40 and after a few safety shots with the last two reds remaining Gary made a 28 to clinch the frame with just pink and black left.

Match referee: Robert Le Moel 

Scorer: Phil Smith