Match Report March 22nd 2006 Away versus Beacon Public House

Bakers managed another away victory this week against a strong Beacon team who finished only 5 points adrift of our championship winning points tally last year. On slow but straight table Bakers relied on some strong play and a little luck here and there to sneak an away win at a tough venue.

Highlights
* Denis Sheriden’s outstanding play at number one slot, Denis will admit he is not our best player, simply produced the best frame I have seen him play to lose a very tight frame on the last couple of balls.
* Dan Cooper’s higher than normal slot in the order resulted in him clearing up from 4 balls out, including clever use of an opponents covering ball to free the black.
* Scott Rose normally incisive play was replaced this week with a long thoughtful style, his snookers at the end and cool head lead to him beating one of the Beacons best players
* Terry Greenwood once more out thought and out fought his strong opponent, however his opponent leaving the last black on edge of the middle pocket helped him to a usful but fortunate win
* Tony Cossey’s cool clearance from 6 balls out to beat the beacon captain (a women so it does not really count – very PC NOT)
* Yon winning the last game against the drunkest bloke in Dagenham, IE Lucked out again.

Lowlights
* Peter Kempster’s ability to keep ending up less than an inch from the object ball in his frame.
* Mitches miscue in his tight frame while in a Chinese snooker AND a normal snooker, so I will think we will let him off.

The bakers are having a good start to the season if all keep performing or being lucky like yon I can see us ending up in the top places once more.

Pool Fixtures for the Next Few Weeks

Pool fixtures on the Horizon
22/3/2005 vs Beacon away
29/3/2006 Cup match vs Drawn opponents (Our 'bye' needs confirming)
05/4/2006 No game
12/4/2006 No game (singles & pairs competetion see me for entry forms)
19/4/2006 vs BPC Goodfellows (Venue to be confirmed)
26/4/2006 Cup match vs Drawn opponents
02/5/2006 vs Roundhouse home

Lets win them all :-) and have a practice night for the NO GAMES

I have spoken with the league official today as i did not collect our fixture list last week and i don't know which fixture we have on Wednesday. I think we are at home......i will send a sms/txt regarding this when i get the information tonight.

Second thing, after talking to the jolly fisherman captain last week and their experiences with the barking supporters club 'bent' table. I mentioned this fact to our league 1 rep Jamie Joyes, he will keep an eye on the situation but will be talking to other league officials about a course of action should the jolly fisherman confirm our feelings on the playing environment

Match Report March 8th 2006 Away versus Jolly Fisherman

The Bakers had an away victory last night at the Jolly Fisherman PH Barking, one of our rivals from last years championship winning run, the 6-2 win was a great result given we played with only 7 players. The whole team played well with only Dennis Sheriden losing his match, however the match was closer than the score suggests.

Highlights
* Tony's delicate snooker with only 4 balls on the table to get the advantage in frame one
* Terry's potting with his new cue!
* Scott Rose's skillful tactics and deadly potting to be beat their player of the year
* Stuarts form
* yons luck once more :-)
* Mitch and his waiting game

Lowlights
* Slightly slow playing surface
* Champions league soccer on the projection TV over the table (well done Arsenal)
* Danny watching the soccer at home instead of playing :-)

All in all better than last weeks drubbing.

Match Report March 3rd Away versus Barking Supporters Club

This match was an absolute disaster, the home sides table was clearly out of line and this was a major influence on the match result. Bakers had our worst defeat ever inflicted on us and went home with our tails between our legs after an 8-0 drubbing (plus a loss in the doubles). I complained to home captain and his 'spirit level' was worse than useless at showing how out of line the table was, in fact is was more of a way of avoiding arguments than lining up the table. Underthe table was a trolly, this shows that the table has to be moved regularly, we know from the old may & baker club this leads to a very low quality playing environment unless you spend an hour adjusting the table prior to the game.

On a shot weighted to travel from baulk cushion to baulk cushion, the cue ball would roll offline by at least the width of two cue balls. The very existence of a spirit level alone shows the table was suspect, the only way to line a table up is by eye and via playing shots across the table diagonally and along the spots. All this sounds like sour grapes but the whole match turned into a joke as the home team obviously were used to playing crown green bowls.

The only player to come near winning was Scott Rose who managed to double the black and was unfortunate enough to knock in a opponents red as the cue ball rebounded off the cushion. My own memory of the game will be the snooker i played when in complete control of my opponent, watching the ball start online and then curve directly into the middle pocket avoiding contact with my red will live with me for some time.

Highlights
* NONE

Lowlights
* Everything

Can everyone post an opinion on if we should register a complaint or not? My vote is NO as it will be viewed as sour grapes and effectively nothing can be done by the league anyway. It reminded me of the home table at the old may and baker club :-( Lets beat them 8-0 on the return fixture.