A WEAKENED Labour Club pushed favourites Cottages all the way in their Tommy Snaith Memorial Knockout Cup quarter-final match, with the result only decided on the final game of darts.

Labour Club excelled on the card tables with a great 3-0 win at crib and scored a 2-1 win at darts, giving the team a handy five points.

Cottages did what they do best with some stunning performances on the snooker table. Matty Hill had a 55 break in his win alonsgide Wayne Baxendale.

Kyle Brown had breaks of 50 and 33 in his win alongside Alan Eaton, and Danny Macdonald had a brilliant 71 break in his win with partner Len Irvine. Even with these three points, the home team still needed to win all three of the remaining darts games, which they duly did, thanks to comfortable wins for Len Irvine/Neil Knight and Alan Fraser/Wayne Baxendale and a nail-biting victory for Justin Bates/Matty Hill.

This secured them a hard-fought 7-5 overall win. Soccer Bar eased to a 9-3 win at the British Legion courtesy of a clean sweep at cards and secured six valuable points.

Harry Bateman/Matty Love and Josh Howarth/Harold Pearson were also victorious in the snooker pairs.

Mike Smith/Dave Dunn were good winners for the shell-shocked home team. British Legion managed to win two of the three darts games thanks to John Wakefield/Mark Brown and Dave Edwards/Mike Smith.

A 7-5 win for West Shore over Central doesn’t reflect the ease of their victory. A clean sweep at crib gave the home team a great three points, which was closely followed by a good 2-1 win at snooker.

The pairings of Andy Boardman/A Jackson and John Reilly/Peter Scott eased to comfortable wins. Neil Rezamand/Jamie Thompson saved face for the visitors. Victories at darts and don for the Central, both by a 2-1 margin, proved to be too little too late.

Monday’s fixtures: British Legion v West Shore, Labour Club v Central, Greengate v Soccer Bar, Cottages Bye.

BRITISH LEGION v SOCCER BAR

SNOOKER: M Smith/D Dunn 73 T Mason/S Martin 39, A Carruthers/J Harker 23 H Bateman/M Love 66, K Meloy/J Wakefield 43 J Howarth/H Pearson 50. Totals 1 and 2.

CRIB: J Harker/C Taylor 1 M Love/B Hotchkiss 2, A Carruthers/A Hart 1 B Hotchkiss/B Jacks 2, T Woodward/J Sowerby 0 D Leech/T Mason 3. Totals 0 and 3.

DARTS: T Woodward/C Taylor 0 H Bateman/J Howarth 2, J Wakefield/M Brown 2 S Martin/H Pearson 0, D Edwards/M Smith 2 M Love/D Leech 1. Totals 2 and 1.

DON: A Carruthers/A Hart 0 H Bateman/S Martin 2, G Horne/P Phillips 1 D Leech/H Pearson 2, T Woodward/J Sowerby 1 H Bateman/T Mason 2. Totals 0 and 3.

Final totals 3 and 9.

COTTAGES v LABOUR CLUB

SNOOKER: M Hill/W Baxendale 70 N McMillan/I Phizacklea 26, K Brown/A Eaton 83 K Williams/A N Other 29, D Macdonald/L Irvine 83 G Clark/P Millar 29. Totals 3 and 0.

CRIB: P Fieldhouse/D Macmillan 0 K Williams/P Millar 3, B Robinson/S Hetherington 1 A N Other/K Williams 2, L Irvine/J Bates 0 P Millar/M Kane 3. Totals 0 and 3.

DARTS: J Bates/M Hill 2 G Clark/I Phizacklea 1, L Irvine/N Knight 2 K Williams/A N Other 0, A Fraser/W Baxendale 2 P Millar/N McMillan 0. Totals 3 and 0.

DON: P Fieldhouse/D Macmillan 1 K Williams/A N Other 2, B Robinson/S Hetherington 2 M Kane/A N Other 1, L Irvine/N Knight 0 P Millar/M Kane 2. Totals 1 and 2.

Final totals 7 and 5.

WEST SHORE v CENTRAL

SNOOKER: S Scott/J Richardson 17 N Rezamand/J Thompson 57, A Boardman/A Jackson 62 S Hughes/P Gatt 15, J Reilly/P Scott 73 M Edmonds/J Macmillan 15. Totals 2 and 1.

CRIB: C Knipe/N Reilly 2 J Atkinson/B Pearson 1, J Sanderson/A Edmondson 2 G Cooksey/E Wall 1, S Woods/T Cropper 2 T Kelly/S Gregory 1. Totals 3 and 0.

DARTS: A Butterworth/K Southward 2 A Wallace/T Kelly 1, R Parry/E Nelson 1 J/T Macmillan 2, P Scott/J Reilly 0 D Crosthwaite/S Hughes 2. Totals 1 and 2.

DON: A Edmondson/J Sanderson 1 G Cooksey/J Macmillan 2, T Cropper/S Woods 0 S Gregory/T Macmillan 2, C Knipe/N Reilly 2 S Hughes/T Kelly 1. Totals 1 and 2. Final totals 7 and 5.