BRITISH Legion held off the challenge of Navy Club A to triumph 15-13 in their MW Flooring Barrow Firday league KO Cup Division One match.

The Legion took two snooker matches, with Allan Edmondson beating Declan Huitson 70-24, and Colin Taylor, with the help of a 22 break, keeping Glen Atkinson to single figures.

In reply, Navy captain Stuart Benson won 54-23 against top man Mike Smith.

Legion’s billiards team had a good night, led by captain Peter Johnson. He beat Ian Goodwin 100-90. Allan Edmondson triumphed over Navy captain Geoff Turner and Kevin Quinn was a 100-77 victor against Barry Crawford.

The Navy Club A came out excellent 6-1 winners at darts, with points from Ian Goodwin, Pat Hunter (114), Neil Jones (102-100), captain Dave Armstrong, Bryan Jones and Stuart Benson. Tony Norman saved grace.

The Welch Don games were shared, but the Navy came out better on points 5-4.

Division One leaders Vickerstown CC earned a 17-12 victory at Roose Cons.

The Roose snooker team of Nick Wilkes and Mike Irving lost out to Paul Fitzpatrick and Josh Francis respectively, while Ray Cooney won for the Cons Club with a 56-25 triumph over Jimmy Allen.

At billiards, the Cricketers won 2-1. However, the top man’s game went to Roose’s Paul Bennett with a well-fought game against Cricketers captain Gareth Willis. David Holmes replied, beating Peter Roberts 100-67 and Peter Scott defeated Ray Cooney 100-87.

The Cricketers had the edge at the oche taking four games, with Brian Tucker (100, 140), Paul Fitzpatrick (2x100), Bob Crosthwaite (100) and Peter Scott, coming up trumps. Best for the Roose side were Paul Bennett (2x100), Ray Cooney and Mike Irving.

In Division Two, Cottages beat Navy Club B 16-14, meaning last year’s KO Cup winners head the table with a four-point lead.

The Cottages snooker team took four points, with good wins for captain Dave Simpson against his Navy Club namesake, and Bill Burns beating Andy Charnley 70-31. Joe O’Leary took the top man’s game with an excellent win over John Tyerman.

Their billiards team lost out to the visitors. Paul Kyle took the first game against Alan Fraser 100-83 and captain John Clamp beat Steve Hetherington 100-72. Paul Fieldhouse pulled a game back with a comfortable win over Billy Wall 100-50.

Cottages were in good form at the oche with an excellent 6-1 win. There were victories for Alan Fraser, Dave Macmillan, Steve Hetherington, Mala McCoy, Larry Vincent and Dave Simpson, with Dave Rafferty stopping the whitewash.

Treble winners: Allan Edmondson British Legion, snooker, billiards and don; Tony Norman British Legion, darts and twice at don. Stuart Benson Navy A, snooker, darts and don.

Tomorrow’s league games: Navy B v VCC, BFSC v Navy A, Cottages v Legion.

RESULTS

COTTAGES v NAVY B

SNOOKER

J Tyerman 19 J O’Leary 52, D Simpson 21 59 D Simpson 17, B Burns 70 A Charnley 31. Totals: 4 and 2.

BILLIARDS

A Fraser 83 P Kyle 100, S Hetherington 72 J Clamp 100, P Fieldhouse 100 W Wall 50. Totals: 2 and 4.

DARTS

A Fraser 601 J Clamp 589, D Macmillan 601 D Simpson 585, S Hetherington 601 A Charnley 531, B Bowes 520 D Rafferty 601, M McCoy 601 J O’Leary 581, L Vincent 601 C Kirkby 583, D Simpson 601 B Linklater 585. Totals: 6 and 2.

WELCH DON

B Bowes/A Reid 2 R Procter/P Kyle 1, D Macmillan/M McCoy 0 P Fogharty/K Johnson 2, D Leech/W Bowes 1 R Procter/C Kirkby 2, P Fieldhouse/S Hetherington 1 D Rafferty/D Simpson 2. Totals: 4 and 7. Final Totals: 16 and 14.

BRITISH LEGION v NAVY A

SNOOKER

M Smith 23 S Benson 54, A Edmondson 70 D Huitson 24, C Taylor 53 G Atkinson 3. Totals: 4 and 2.

BILLIARDS

A Edmondson 100 G Turner 62, P Johnson 100 I Goodwin 90, K Quinn 100 B Crawford 77. Totals: 6 and 0.

DARTS

T Woodward 451 I Goodwin 601, M Smith 481 P Hunter 601, C Taylor 516 N Jones 601, J Sowerby 538 D Armstrong 601, A J Norman 601 G Atkinson 584, A Edmondson 582 B Jones 601, P Johnson 593 S Benson 601. Totals: 1 and 6.

WELCH DON

A Edmondson/A J Norman 2 B Jones 2/K Benson 0, T Woodward/J Sowerby 0 B Newby 2/P Hunter 2, C Taylor/M Smith 0 S Benson/B Newby 2, K Quinn/A J Norman 2 B Jones 1/A Player 1. Totals: 4 and 5. Final Totals: 15 and 13.

ROOSE CONS v VICKERSTOWN SNOOKER

N Wilkes 24 P Fitzpatrick 66, M Irving 25 J Francis 68, R Cooney 56 J Allen 25. Totals: 2 and 4.

BILLIARDS

P Bennett 100 G Willis 85, P Roberts 67 D Holmes 100, R Cooney 87 P Scott 100. Totals: 2 and 4.

DARTS

P Bennett 601 G Willis 585, M Irving 1 387 B Tucker 601, R Cooney 601 J Allen 561, P Roberts 583 P Fitzpatrick 601, S Critchley 579 B Crosthwaite 601, M Irving 601 J Francis 561, S Critchley 594 P Scott 601. Totals: 3 and 4.

WELCH DON

B Taylor/J Rawlinson 2 J Francis/J Allen 1, M Irving/P Bennett 0 G Willis/D Holmes 2, J Johnson/J Warburton 2 B Crosthwaite/P Fitzpatrick 0, P Roberts/R Cooney 1 D Holmes/B Crosthwaite 2. Totals: 5 and 5. Final Totals: 12 and 17.