Match Report, League Match, June 7th 2006 Home versus BFC (3-5)

The bakers were defeated at 3-5 home by the high flying barking football club who are positioned in second spot in the league table. The bakers made the worst start possible by losing the opening three frames, the reliable 'recovery kid' Steve Thomson was beaten in the tense opener followed by a grinding loss by current form player Stuart McClemments. This left the pressure on Mitch Dawson, who was clearly disappointed when his opponent sunk the eight ball after mitches series of poor shots. Dale Bennett stepped up to the 'plate' and with the pressure on, left his opponent with a series of tricky snookers and timed his clearance attempt well to win. Tony Cossey, leading the bakers player of the year competition made bad start to his frame playing a carelessly to give his opponents a foul when playing a 'tuck' snooker. However seizing his opportunity when it came, a determined 6 ball clearance closed the frame out.

This left the score a tense 2-3 to BFC, Matt Townsend, the new player in the bakers squad this year, played 3 nervy attempts at relatively simple clearances (given his 'off the lampshade' potting skills). The frame ended in disaster when he missed a fourth chance giving his opponent a very unlikely win. Scott Rose in the 7th frame played a waiting game as his opponent twice went on ill advised potting spree's, his opponents last visit leaving a near impossible black ball, however with a full table length 'snick' he managed to get the 8 ball and with it the match. Peter Kempster made short work of the final frame with a nice clearance and managed to include his now customary maximum screw shot, however Bakers already had conceded the 5 frames of shame which makes a defeat inevitable.

Highlights
* Cossey clearance
* Bennett Swearing
* Kempster Screwy swerving
* Iron Maiden tunes
* Keeping a spare table open

Lowlights
* Losing when we could have won
* Iron Maiden tunes (for everyone else apart from Tony, Pete & Dale)