JUNIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Breaks SC, Lincoln - 25th February 2001
A series of regional elimination contests culminated with teams from Lincolnshire and Cleveland meeting in the Junior County Team Championship Final at the Breaks SC in Lincoln. With all the three one-hour games played concurrently, the Lincolnshire team of Peter Gamblin, Robert Hall and Neil Hall emerged victorious with a 737-647 aggregate result. The key performance was a massive 178 point win by Lincolnshire's Robert Hall who included a 54 break in his 297-119 result over Andrew Fairly. Peter Gamblin, who was being kept very busy with his additional involvement in the U-16 and U-19 Championships, increased this aggregate with a narrow 33 point win over Steven Hassack. Although Jason Robinson gave Cleveland a big 292-144 win in the remaining match, it was not enough to close the gap and Lincolnshire took the title by 90 points.
Match details
SOUTH
Newmarket Snooker & Bowl, Suffolk (Saturday 20th January 2001)
The Southern qualifiers were played as a one-day competition at the Newmarket SC with representative sides being selected from the Norfolk and Lincolnshire areas. The players were grouped into teams based on their individual ranking positions. Peter Gamblin was a decisive factor in the ultimate victory of his Lincolnshire side, wining both his matches by 225 and 290 points respectively. His team's victories in these rounds, by 195 and 154 points, underlines the importance of his contribution.
NORTH
Various Club venues and dates
Eight teams from the Teesside Boys League entered this year's event to find the representative team for Cleveland. The favourites, Ormesby Institute 'A' have traditionally only required the performance of their star player, Robin Wilson, to guarantee their success, but this year his effort was not enough as the team crashed out to Stockton Riley's 'B' in the semi-finals. This performance installed the Riley's team as new favourites, but they too were defeated in the final against Redcar WMC. Steven Hassack secured an impressive 152 point victory for the seasiders when he defeated the Riley's best player Craig Murphy 300-170 in the last game.
